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[May 03, 2008]  TORONTO (AP) -- Shaun Marcum matched Mark Buehrle pitch for pitch and Shannon Stewart drove in the only runs, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the White Sox 2-0 on Friday night for Chicago's third straight defeat.

ChiropracticMarcum (3-2) struck out nine and won for the first time in three starts, lowering his ERA to 2.70. He allowed just two hits, both singles by Orlando Cabrera, and walked three.

Jeremy Accardo relieved Marcum after back-to-back walks with two out in the seventh. Accardo loaded the bases by walking Brian Anderson, but got Juan Uribe on a fly out to right.

Jesse Carlson worked the eighth, Shawn Camp struck out one batter in the ninth and Scott Downs closed it out for his second save.

The Blue Jays have won two straight, both shutouts, after losing eight of their previous nine - including six in a row. Toronto beat Boston 3-0 on Thursday.

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Buehrle (1-3) gave up two runs - both unearned - on five hits in eight innings. He hasn't won since April 6 at Detroit, a span of four starts.

The Blue Jays scored the game's only runs with two outs in the first. Scott Rolen reached on third baseman Joe Crede's throwing error and went to third on a ground-rule double by Vernon Wells. Both runners scored when Stewart singled up the middle.

Toronto missed a chance to add to its lead in the fourth after back-to-back singles by Wells and Stewart put runners on base with nobody out. Lyle Overbay struck out swinging and Gregg Zaun was caught looking before Buehrle got Adam Lind to ground out.

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Blue Jays shortstop John McDonald made a great play to throw out Cabrera in the eighth, grabbing a deflection off Rolen's glove and bouncing his throw to first one step ahead of the runner.

Notes:@ White Sox 1B Paul Konerko (sore right thumb) missed his second straight start but is expected to return Saturday. ... Chicago placed INF/OF Alexei Ramirez on the restricted list before the game and recalled RHP Adam Russell from Triple-A Charlotte. Ramirez, a Cuban defector, cannot travel outside the United States on his work visa.

[Associated Press]

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