The Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of a tired team jet-lagged from a trip to Japan to earn three wins last weekend.
The Oakland Athletics aren't letting it happen again this week.
The A's will go for their second consecutive three-game sweep in Toronto behind left-hander Dana Eveland, who earned his first career win as a starter in his Oakland debut last week.
Toronto had won three straight before Oakland arrived at Rogers Centre, sweeping Boston over the weekend as the Red Sox stumbled back home from a 19-day road trip that included a opening series in Tokyo.
Their opponent was the A's, who appear to be fully recovered. After dropping three out of four overall to Boston, Oakland (5-4) has won four of its last five, including a pair of ninth-inning victories in Toronto.
Blue Jays closer Jeremy Accardo, who's filling in for the injured B.J. Ryan, took the loss in each game. An RBI triple by Ryan Sweeney gave Oakland a 9-8 win on Tuesday, and Accardo allowed four runs while retiring just one batter in a 6-3 loss Wednesday.
"You're not going to do that a lot, beat closers," A's manager Bob Geren said. "When you do, it's special. We're very happy with the outcome tonight."
Mark Ellis, who came to Toronto batting just .115, went 4-for-5 with a game-tying RBI triple on Wednesday, and is 6-for-10 with two triples and two RBIs in the series.
"We've got a team that has a lot of talent," A's shortstop Bobby Crosby said. "We've been saying it all spring."
The A's have now won six straight road games against the Blue Jays (4-4). They swept a three-game set in Toronto last August, and also took two out of three there in August 2006.
The Blue Jays have never seen Eveland (1-0, 1.29 ERA). The 24-year-old, who came to Oakland in the trade that sent Dan Haren to Arizona in the offseason, had previously made only six career starts, but he outpitched reigning AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia in a 6-1 win over Cleveland on Saturday.
Eveland matched a career high with seven strikeouts and walked only one in seven innings.
"He showed everything you would really want," Geren said. "He showed the velocity, the breaking ball and the ability to pitch behind in the count. That's a good sign."
Toronto will counter with Shaun Marcum, who also won his 2008 debut. Marcum (1-0, 3.86) allowed three runs and three hits in seven innings against Boston on Friday, striking out eight in a 6-3 victory.
"He threw an outstanding change-up, missed a lot of bats with it and commanded both sides of the plate," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "He tied us in knots."
The A's, however, solved Marcum easily last August, chasing him in just three innings after tagging him for six runs and nine hits -- including two homers.
Jack Hannahan led the way, going 2-for-2 with a double and a homer against Marcum in that game.