Romero Near Perfect In Blue Jays Win Over White Sox

Last updated on Wednesday, April 14, 2010

(TORONTO, ON) - Ricky Romero took a no-hitter into the eighth as the Toronto Blue Jays knocked off the Chicago White Sox 4-2.

Romero hit AJ Pierzynski with a pitch leading off the eighth inning and Alex Rios broke up the no-hitter with a two-run home run.

That would be the only hit the Sox would get all night.

The Jays scored twice in the third on a Vernon Wells RBI double and a Lyle Overbay single.

Edwin Encarnacion made it 4-0 Toronto with a two-run double in the fifth.

Romero would get through the eighth, allowing two runs on one hit with a pair of walks and twelve strikeouts to improve to 1-0.

White sox Starter Gavin Floyd took the loss to fall to 0-1.

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