TORONTO – Despite starving for slug, the Toronto Blue Jays pushed back Addison Barger’s expected return from the injured list from Friday to Saturday. With lefty Reid Detmers starting for the Los Angeles Angels, to be followed by righties Jack Kochanowicz and Jose Soriano in this weekend series, the delay was perhaps understandable. But there was a little more to it, as well.

“He played a few games in a row, just give him a day to kind of recoup and travel, and then assuming that he travels fine, he should be ready to go (Saturday),” explained manager John Schneider. “The extra day was kind of all right, when he gets here, I'm not going to run him out there every single day, but we can get him going pretty good.”

Whatever the case, his arrival will be welcomed, even after a 2-0 victory before a crowd of 41,923 ended their four-game losing........

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