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(Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays will look to take three of four in their series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as the two clubs meet this afternoon at Angel Stadium. Maglia Gianluigi Buffon . Heading to the mound for the visitors today will be 21-year old Drew Hutchison. The rookie right-hander is appearing in just his fourth major league contest, the first of those resulting in his only decision, a win over Kansas City on April 21. More recently the Florida native stepped up against Texas on Tuesday and was knocked around for six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits and a pair of walks over six innings of action at home. Hutchison struck out a career-best five batters and Toronto ended up winning the game, 8-7, but he failed to earn the win. Countering for the Angels will be Jerome Williams who is attempting to follow up his strongest outing of the season with another positive performance in front of the hometown fans. Williams, who has yet to earn a decision in his career against the Jays, went the distance against Minnesota on Tuesday, permitting just three hits and a walk, while fanning six in a complete game 4-0 triumph. The victory was the second in as many decisions for Williams who has a career mark of 29-30 in 90 total appearances dating back to 2003 when he broke in with the San Francisco Giants. After taking the first two games of the series via shutouts, the Jays dropped last nights game to C.J. Wilson and the Angels. Toronto starter Kyle Drabek was saddled with the loss as he permitted five runs on eight hits and five walks, striking out just two in five innings of action. Adam Lind delivered a solo home run for the visitors and Jose Bautista also knocked in a run, even as he watched his batting average drop to .180. After being blanked in the first two games of the series the Angels bounced back on Saturday night by putting up a 6-2 victory. Wilson made it through eight innings on the hill for the Angels, striking out nine while allowing just two runs on six hits and three walks. Bobby Wilson stroked an RBI single in the second inning to snap LAs 23 2/3 inning scoreless run, while Mike Trout registered his first home run of the campaign as he knocked in two runs and scored twice for the hosts. Kendrys Morales accounted for three hits and both Alberto Callaspo and Mark Trumbo a pair, the latter connecting on his fourth home runs of the season in the triumph. The Angels managed to pick up their fourth win in the last six outings while Albert Pujols watched from the bench, having been given the night off. Pujols, who signed a 10-year $240 million contract during the offseason, is suffering through a miserable stretch of 137 straight at-bats without a home run. The 12-year vet has logged a mere two hits in his last 27 at-bats and has just one RBI in his last 18 games. "Ninety-five percent of what he has going on, its mental," Torii Hunter said of the disappointing start to the season for Pujols. "It has nothing to do with his physical abilities. Its mental. So sometimes you need a mental break." Pujols is not the only superstar to find the going rough through the first five weeks of the season as Bautista has dropped far below his career batting average of .252 and his slugging (.350) isnt anywhere near what it was a season ago (.608). Maglia Leonardo Bonucci . Ray was 39-of-45 passing for 505 yards and three TDs in a 36-21 home win over Winnipeg. Ray set club records for completions and consecutive completions (21) in a game to claim the honour for the third time this season. Maglia Italiana Lorenzo Insigne . Even for a team such as this, finishing off another title sweep is a feel-good accomplishment. Sam Dower Jr. had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Gonzaga held its ground during a second-half rally to beat BYU 75-64 Tuesday night for its 13th WCC championship.ATHENS -- Striker Kostas Mitroglou has been named in Greeces preliminary World Cup squad despite his troubled move to relegated Premier League side Fulham, while injured-plagued defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos was not included. Greeces football association released the names of the 30-player squad late Wednesday, and is due to announce the final 23-man squad on Monday. The 26-year-old Mitroglou sent Greece to the finals in Brazil, scoring three goals for a 4-2 aggregate win over Romania in the playoffs. But he has struggled since his move to London in January, playing in just three matches and scoring no goals due to a knee injury and being dropped from the starting lineup by coach Felix Magath. Fulham teammate and veteran of the 2004 winning European Championship squad, Giorgos Karagounis, stays on as captain. Greece faces Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast in Group C at its second sconsecutive World Cup. Coach Fernando Santos also called up two players from Panathinaikos, which recovered from a spell of poor form to win the Greek Cup, naming goalkeeper Stefanos Kapino and forward Nikos Karelis. The Portuguese coach was forced to leave out Schalke defender Papadopoulos, who missed mostt of the season at the Bundesliga club through injury. Maglia Calcio Italia Personalizzate. The Greek FA had said it would not make the preliminary list public, but then released the names following reports of the lineup in the news media. ---- Squad: Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon Smyrni), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK) Defenders: Vassilis Torosidis (Roma), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos), Yiannis Maniatis (Olympiakos), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos), Vangelis Moras (Hellas Verona), Giorgos Tzavellas (PAOK), Costas Manolas (Olympiakos), Nikos Karabelas (Levante) Midfielders: Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Costas Katsouranis (PAOK), Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Yiannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna), Panagiotis Kone (Bologna), Costas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos) Forwards: Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Fanis Gekas (Konyaspor), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham), Dimitris Papadopoulos (Atromitos), Stefanos Athanasiadis (PAOK), Nikos Karelis (Panathinaikos) Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Authentic China Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NHL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '

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