Canadian-born Richmond leads Blue Jays over Texas

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04/23/2009 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Richmond fanned eight over six strong innings, as Toronto beat Texas, 5-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Alex Rios belted a two-run homer in the fifth inning, while Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay added solo shots in the second frame for Toronto, which has won four of its last five games.

The 29-year-old Richmond (2-0), a native of Vancouver and just the sixth Canadian pitcher to ever appear in a Blue Jays uniform, gave up six hits and two runs, both on homers, and walked a pair of batters.

Kevin Millwood (1-2) was charged with five hits and four runs over seven innings.

Josh Hamilton and Chris Davis homered for the Rangers, who are 3-9 since starting the season with three consecutive victories.

Wells homered to left-center on the first pitch of the bottom of the second. With two outs, Overbay homered to center.

Hamilton homered with one out in the fourth, and the Rangers put runners at the corners after Hank Blalock doubled and Nelson Cruz singled. Richmond settled down and fanned Davis. Cruz stole second and David Murphy walked to load the bases, but Taylor Teagarden struck out to end the inning.

Aaron Hill doubled with two outs in the fifth and Rios followed with a homer to left, making it 4-1.

Davis went deep to right-center the next inning, but after walking Murphy, Richmond struck out Teagarden.

Brandon League pitched a perfect seventh inning for Toronto, while Jesse Carlson worked around a lead-off single to Hamilton and struck out the ensuing two batters before Shawn Camp fanned pinch-hitter Andruw Jones to end the inning.

Scott Rolen singled in Adam Lind in the Toronto eighth, and Scott Downs pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save of the year.

Game Notes

Earlier Thursday, the Blue Jays placed rookie pitcher Ricky Romero on the 15- day disabled list because of a strained right oblique muscle...The Rangers start a four-game series at Baltimore Friday, while the Blue Jays play at Chicago against the White Sox this weekend in a three-game set.

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With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2.

Quinn isn’t the only big man on campus this season.  Oklahoma junior running back and 2004 Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson, listed at 7-2, rushed for a combined 3,033 yards in his first two years as a college player and will give Quinn a run for his money. 

This online sportsbook has also listed Troy Smith, Ohio State senior quarterback, as another strong favorite to win the 72nd Heisman Trophy.  A 7-1 bet, Smith threw for 2,282 yards last season and also led the Buckeyes to a convincing 34-20 victory over Quinn and the Fighting Irish in last season’s Fiesta Bowl.

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Brady Quinn (QB, Notre Dame)
Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma)
Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State)
Michael Bush (RB, Louisville)
Steve Slaton (RB, West Virginia)
Brian Brohm (QB, Louisville)
Chris Leak (QB, Florida)
Mike Hart (RB, Michigan)
Ted Ginn (WR, Ohio State)
Darius Walker (RB, Notre Dame)
Drew Tate (QB, Iowa)
Marshawn Lynch (RB, Cal)
Kenny Irons (RB, Auburn)
Chad Henne (QB, Michigan)
Kyle Wright (QB, Miami)
Drew Stanton (QB, Michigan State)
Kenneth Darby (RB, Alabama)
JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU)
Drew Weatherford (QB, Florida State)
Blake Mitchell (QB, South Carolina)
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