The record for two winning streaks in Jays history
It's the first time 49ers Andy Lee Jersey in Blue Jays history they have recorded two winning streaks of at least nine games in a season. The Blue Jays won a season-high 11 straight in June.
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Drew Hutchison reached a place he hadn't been in almost three months: the eighth inning.
Jose Bautista hit a solo home run, Hutchison pitched seven strong innings and the streaking Blue Jays won their ninth straight game, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Hutchison (11-2) allowed two runs and four hits in seven-plus innings. The right-hander hadn't completed seven innings since a complete-game victory over the Chicago White Sox on May 25.
''I executed http://www.dolphinsshopnfl.com/Authentic-Earl-Mitchell-Jersey better pitches tonight,'' Hutchison said. ''I was down in the zone and elevated when I wanted to.''
Toronto starting pitchers have held the opposition to three earned runs or fewer in 15 consecutive games.
Oakland's Marcus Semien said Hutchison ''got quick outs when he needed to'' against the last-place Athletics, who had won three straight.
''I had one at-bat where I got 0-2 pretty quick and it seemed like he had the ability to do that all night,'' Semien said.
Hutchison is 9-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 12 home starts and 2-1 with a 9.00 ERA in 11 road outings.
''He's been kind of the whipping boy around here lately,'' Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. ''For him to step up like that, it's big.''
After the first two Oakland batters singled in the third, Hutchison got Coco Crisp to ground into a double play, starting a streak in which he set down 14 of 15.
''It's pretty Jared Allen Bears Jersey fun to watch when he gets like that,'' Toronto's Chris Colabello said.
Hutchison left to a standing ovation after Semien's infield single to begin the eighth inning. Aaron Sanchez came on and surrendered an RBI single to Billy Burns but escaped by striking out Crisp looking and getting Josh Reddick on a comebacker.
Roberto Osuna finished for his 11th save.
The Blue Jays thought they had turned a double play to end the top of the first but a replay challenge showed Reddick beat out shortstop Troy Tulowitzki's relay throw. Former Toronto infielder Danny Valencia followed with an RBI double past a diving Kevin Pillar in center, giving the Athletics a 1-0 lead.
Oakland's run snapped a stretch of 26 consecutive scoreless innings by Blue Jays pitchers, a streak that began in the third inning of Friday's 10-inning victory over the New York Yankees.
Bautista made it 4-1 with a two-out homer into http://www.jetsnflofficialshop.com/Authentic-Sheldon-Richardson-Jersey the second deck in the fifth, his 27th. Toronto has homered in 10 consecutive games and 22 of 23 since the All-Star break.
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