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Article: Stairs hits grand slam, Blue Jays beat Twins

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May 15, 2008
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Matt Stairs hit a grand slam and Roy Halladay rebounded from a shaky start to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night.

Halladay (4-5) has been the victim of poor run support all season, getting only 3.14 runs per outing entering Wednesday. Stairs' slam in the first inning gave the right-hander a 4-0 advantage.

The Twins answered back as Justin Morneau hit his seventh homer of the season in the bottom of the first to make it 4-2 and Jason Kubel added an RBI double to make it 4-3.

Michael Cuddyer's RBI groundout tied it in the third.

Toronto regained the lead on Brad Wilkerson's RBI single in the fourth off Boof Bonser (2-5).

Bonser ...

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