The Jays needed another solid performance from Mark Buehrle and he was up to the task while Jose Bautista gave him some breathing room with his 10^th homer of the season against C.J. Wilson and the Angels in the first inning.

A three-run lead that the crafty lefthander almost lost in the third inning as Mike Trout reached him for a two-run double. But, he settled down.

Brett Lawrie celebrated his return to the lineup by hitting his seventh homerun, a two-run blast in the sixth inning. Then, Steve Delabar and Casey Janssen took over on the mound and sailed the rest of the way, as Juan Francisco gave the Jays a four-run lead.

Francisco came in the eight inning after Colby Rasmus pulled a muscle, running to first base.

Janssen looked pretty sharp as he toed the mound for the first time this season and the Jays prevented the sweep. Buehrle had his league-leading seventh win.

Then, the Indians came to town and R.A. Dickey notched his fourth victory while Janssen recorded his first save.

Francisco kept his hot bat going with his sixth homerun while Adam Lind, back from the disabled list, added a two-run double before Janssen came in to preserve a 5-4 victory.

But it was a different story on the next days as the Indians humiliated the Jays by a score of 15-4.

Dustin McGowan was roughed up for four runs on nine hits and Marcus Stroman experienced a second tough outing. The Indians scored five times on five hits and a walk as the young righthander lasted only an inning and a third.

His ERA ballooned to 12,79 and the former first round pick doesn’t seem at ease when used in relief. Once a bit more experienced, I think that he should be considered a starter and not a reliever.

Then J.A, Happ had another very good start which indicates that he might replace McGowan ( who is going to the bullpen) as the Jays’ fourth or fifth started.

The tall southpaw put the Jays back on their winning path as he tamed the Indians over the first six innings, allowing only one run on six hits, a solo shot by David Murphy in the fifth inning.

The Jays again used the long ball as their favorite weapon. Edwin Encarnacion hit two and Francisco added one and the Jays beat the Indians by a 4-2 score.

Casey Janssen pitch a perfect ninth inning for his second consecutive save.

The next day, the Jays announced that Dioner Navarro’s name was put on the  bereavement/family medical emergency list while Colby Rasmus was put on the 15-day disabled list. Catcher Erik Kratz and outfielder Anthony Gose were recalled from Buffalo.

The first game of the three-game series in Texas was quite a pitching duel between young Drew Hutchison and the Rangers’ ace Yu Darvis. And Hutchison came out the winner as he recorded his first complete game and first shutout, a three-hit 2-0 win.

Hutchison and Darvis went toe-to-toe for seven innings, but in the eight, Melky Cabrera gave Hutch all the support he needed. Cabrera followed two bunt singles by Kratz and Gose with a two-run double as the Jays came out on top.

Then, Mark Buehrle could not register win number eight even if he was leading  2-1 when Aaron Loup took over. Loup could not hold the lead and the Rangers tied the score.

But, doubles by Kevin Pillar and Gose gave the lead back to the Jays and Delabar and Janssen were perfect the rest of the way.

Janssen preserved the 3-2 win for his third save of the season.

But the Jays were not able to complete the sweep in the series finale as they experienced their worst game, defensively, of the season with four errors. On top of that, their offense went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

R.A. Dickey was not on top of his game as he allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits and three walks over the first six and a third innings. He probably deserved a better fate, but young Todd Redmond was roughed up for two runs on three hits as he lasted only one third of an inning in relief.

Too bad, since the Jays missed another chance to climb up the standings as the Rays, the Red Sox and the Orioles all lost while the Yankees split a doubleheader with the Pirates.