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Clayton Richard deserved better. Jose Contreras's replacement in the rotation threw seven innings of three-hit ball, allowing two runs, only one of them earned. Jim Thome tried to help, pounding a round-tripper in the eighth inning for his seventh homer of the season and the 548th of his career, which tied him with Mike Schmidt for 13th place on the all-time list and tied the game at 2-2. Richard's fate looked to be in good hands with the previously untouchable Octavio Dotel coming on in relief. Dotel had thrown 12.1 scoreless innings this season, giving him an ERA of 0.00, but the Big O picked a bad time to prove he's human, giving up the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.

The 3-2 win gave Toronto a sweep of the four-game series in which the Sox scored just eight runs. The Blue Jays scored that many in just one game -- twice. Tack on the loss to the Indians in the last game in Cleveland and the Sox are on a five-game slide. They're now 5.5 games out of first and need to lay down the shovel before they dig a hole they can't climb out of. Go Sox!