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GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 10:05pm ET
Toronto (20-19) at Anaheim (18-21)


Pitching match-up CAREER VS. OPPONENT
TEAM NO. NAME L/R IP W L BB SO ERA IP W L ERA
Toronto 50 Joey Hamilton R 48.2 1 2 16 31 4.99 20.2 1 1 3.48
Anaheim 36 Ramon Ortiz R 46.0 3 3 16 37 4.30 32.2 2 3 3.03

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Ramon Ortiz looks to rebound from two subpar outings Thursday night when he starts for the Anaheim Angels in the rubber game of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

SEASON SERIES
Apr. 27
Apr. 28
Apr. 29
May 15
May 16
May 17
Aug. 10
Aug. 11
Aug. 12
at Toronto 12, Anaheim 4
Anaheim 4, at Toronto 1
at Toronto 2, Anaheim 0
Toronto 9, at Anaheim 3
at Anaheim 3, Toronto 1
Toronto at Anaheim, 10:05pm ET
Toronto at Anaheim, 10:05pm ET
Toronto at Anaheim, 10:05pm ET
Toronto at Anaheim, 8:05pm ET

Ortiz (3-3, 4.30 ERA) has at times displayed the tools to be the ace of Anaheim's staff, but has been inconsistent. The hard-throwing righthander won at Toronto on April 28 when he limited the potent Blue Jays lineup to one run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings. But he is 0-1 in two starts against the Detroit Tigers since, allowing 12 runs and 17 hits in 13 1/3 innings.

After Toronto posted a 9-3 victory on Tuesday, Anaheim received a strong performance from Scott Schoeneweis in Wednesday's 3-1 win. Schoeneweis, pitching for the first time in 12 days after being bothered by lower back problems, allowed one run and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings.

Troy Percival struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Wednesday for his eighth save in as many chances. Percival has allowed just three hits and an unearned run in 13 1/3 innings.

Toronto, which has lost seven of its last eight games, starts Joey Hamilton (1-2, 4.99). The righthander has not won since April 9 and was reached for five runs and eight hits over seven innings in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Hamilton last faced the Angels in 1999 when he went 1-0 in two starts, allowing four runs and 10 hits in 14 innings.





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