Jesse Litsch went 7 strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays bats were on fire yesterday as they blanked Oakland 12-0.

Litsch improved his record to 7-1 on the season.

Shannon Stewart hit his first home run of the year in the win for Toronto.

The win puts Toronto 4 games above the .500 mark and 3 games back of Tampa Bay for tops spot in the A.L. East.

The Jays will open up 3 game series against the L.A. Angels tonight.

Pregame show at 7:30 on your voice of the Blue Jays AM 1190.

Elsewhere yesterday:

Chicago White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 1

Minnesota 5 Kansas City 1

Atlanta 8 Milwaukee 1

San Diego 5 Washington 2

NY Mets 8 LA Dodgers 4

Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 2

Chicago Cubs 8 Colorado 4

St. Louis 3 Houston 2

San Francisco 4 Arizona 3