Eveland pitches Jays to win over White Sox

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05/06/2010 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dana Eveland hurled seven shutout frames and Fred Lewis drove home the run support necessary, as Toronto blanked the White Sox, 2-0, in the opener of a four-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.

Eveland (3-1) outpitched the red-hot John Danks (3-1), who lost his first game despite surrendering just two runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts and two walks over seven frames.

"We look like the weather in Chicago. Very good then very bad, very good then bad," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.

Eveland scattered just two hits and four walks, leading Toronto to a season- tying fifth straight victory. Vernon Wells went 2-for-4 and Lewis also had two hits and both RBI for Toronto.

Toronto posted all of the runs it needed in the fifth. John Buck slapped a one-out single and raced to third on Travis Snider's line-drive two-bagger to right. Lewis drove them both home with another double, this one past Alex Rios into no-man's land in center.

The White Sox brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth. Rios skied a shallow fly ball to right field, but the ball went off the glove of a diving Alex Gonzalez, leaving Rios at second with a double. Kevin Gregg bared down and got Alexei Ramirez to strike out swinging to nail down his second strikeout of the frame and his eighth save of the season.

Chicago's other big threat came in the third with runners on first and second and two outs. Rios popped up to first base to end that inning.

Game Notes

Eveland cut his earned run average to 3.82...Danks' ERA climbed to 1.98 in the loss...The Blue Jays also won five straight from April 7-11...Danks has not allowed more than two runs in any of his six starts...The former Toronto star Rios finished 1-for-4...Attendance was 20,106.

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Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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