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Roy Halladay's return to Toronto as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in late June won't be happening as planned.

The series has been moved to Philadelphia because of security concerns due to the G-20 summit, which is taking place in Toronto at the same time.

Since the summit will feature many of the world's major political leaders, and will take place at the Metro Convention Centre close to the Rogers Centre, all parties involved agreed to the move.

"This was an extremely difficult decision and one which we did not take lightly," said Rogers Sports Entertainment President and CEO Paul Beeston. "By moving our games to Philadelphia, we are acting in the best interests of our fans, our employees, the players and the game of baseball.

"We did not want to move the games but in looking at the realities of this situation, we felt that relocation was the most prudent course of action."

The three-game interleague series will run June 25-27, and would have been Halladay's first time back playing in Toronto after being traded in the off-season.

Despite the fact that the series will be played in Philadelphia, Toronto will bat last during the series and the designated hitter will be used.

The three-game set is the only planned meeting between the two clubs this season.

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Haha, not the Jays, but I'm watching the Rays-MAriners game and fan just ran on the field. There is something hilarious about 5 out of shape security guards chasing a shirtless man around the outfield. They caught him eventually, but the security guard with the taser dropped it when making the tackle. Im glad he didn't get to taser the guy.

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NICE!!!

11-2 over the Twins this aft.

Edwin Encarnacion, Vernon Wells, Aaron Hill and Lyle Overbay hit home runs and Shaun Marcum pitched seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 11-2 on Tuesday afternoon.

The Blue Jays (24-17), who lead the major leagues with 65 homers, had 15 hits to earn a split in the two-game series with the Twins (24-15) and complete a 4-1 homestand.

Marcum (3-1) held the Twins to five hits and one run to win his second straight start and improve to 3-0 in his last four. Casey Janssen gave up an eighth-inning run before 27,981 fans, most of whom were schoolchildren, at the Rogers Centre.

Twins starter Carl Pavano (4-4) allowed six runs on 10 hits, including two homers, in four innings.

The Blue Jays scored twice in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Wells and a double by struggling second baseman Overbay, who entered the game with a .181 batting average.

Encarnacion, who came off the disabled list for Tuesday’s game, hit his second home run of the season in the second inning. It scored Jose Bautista, who was at first after being hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.

Wells led off the third inning with his 11th homer of the season on the first pitch. It was No. 203 in his career to tie him with Joe Carter at second on the all-time franchise list. Carlos Delgado leads with 336.

Each team scored a run in the fourth. Minnesota’s Jason Kubel singled home Michael Cuddyer from third while Toronto’s Adam Lind singled in Jose Molina, who singled and took third on a double by Fred Lewis. Kubel threw out Lewis from right field as he tried to score on Lind’s hit.

Hill, who took a .173 batting average into the game, snapped his 0-for-13 drought with a three-run homer in the sixth against left-hander Ron Mahay. It was his the fourth home run of the season. Overbay also hit his fourth homer of the campaign in the sixth, a two-run blast against right-hander Jesse Crain.

The Blue Jays embark on an eight-game trip that begins Wednesday with the first of two games in Seattle against the Mariners.

The road has been friendly to the Blue Jays so far this season. They are 13-6 in away games, including a 7-3 mark on their most recent trip to Cleveland, Chicago and Boston.

The Blue Jays also play three games each against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Angels before returning home May 28 against the Baltimore Orioles.

Notes: Encarnacion’s start at third base was his first since April 14. He went on the disabled list with a sore shoulder and was 1-for-10 with a home run in three rehabilitation games with Class-A Dunedin....Brett Cecil (2-2, 5.46 earned-run average) will start Wednesday for the Blue Jays in Seattle against Doug Fister (3-1, 1.72 ERA)...Cuban shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria was 2-for-5 with two RBIs from the leadoff spot Monday for Dunedin.

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What a great game. My Dad scored some front row seats (behind the Jays dugout) and they didn't disappoint. It was great to see Overbay get a double/home run and I was so happy to see Hill hit a dinger as well.

Marcum pitched a great game, and there were no mental mistakes. It was so great to watch the guys have FUN playing baseball again!

I managed to get a game ball (had to fight off a couple kids for it) but it was worth it!!

Oh yeah....they were also handing out miny Blizzards outside the gate when we exited!!

Go Jays Go!

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Jays trade Eveland

The Toronto Blue Jays acquired minor-league relief pitcher Ronald Uviedo from the Pittsburgh Pirates for starting pitcher Dana Eveland.

Eveland, who was designated for assignment by Toronto on May 24, posted a 3-4 record with a 6.45 ERA. The 26-year old left-hander has a career record of 16-21 with a 5.66 ERA with one save in 92 games, 53 starts.

Uviedo, has appeared in 16 games in relief this season for the Double-A Altoona Curve, where he's posted a 0-2 record with a 3.22 ERA. The 23-year old right hander has 28 strikeouts to go along with 13 hits and 12 walks in 22.1 innings pitched this season. He will report to the Jays' Double-A affiliate in New Hampshire.

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