Looking ahead to the Yankee-Blue Jays series...

Out in Oakland, the Blue Jays have a 5-0 lead in the ninth inning, and will beat the A's two out of three in this weekend series.

Toronto's biggest test now comes starting Tuesday at Rogers Centre.

The Yankees will be in town.

And what a pitching matchup in the first game: ex-Jay A.J. Burnett against Roy Halladay on Tuesday night.

A.J. is undefeated, going 2-0, but he has a 5.26 ERA overall and is winless in his last four starts. Halladay is 6-1 with a 3.29 ERA.

On Wednesday, Andy Pettitte opposes Scott Richmond, before the series wraps up on Thursday with CC Sabathia against Brian Tallet.

Pettitte will probably beat the Blue Jays on Wednesday, but wouldn't it be great to see Tallet outpitch CC on Thursday?

Tallet, an ex-teammate of CC's in Cleveland, has had two great starts in a row. First, that six-inning no-no against the Tribe, and then that one-hit gem through six innings on Saturday in Oakland.

Meanwhile, CC has a 2-3 record with a 3.94 ERA. Yes, Sabathia had a complete-game four-hit shutout in his last outing, but has been inconsistent all year.

It'd be great if Tallet could somehow beat the $161-million man. (Sabathia inked a seven-year, $161-mil contract with the Yanks five months earlier.)

Big test for the Jays; we'll see how they fare against the Bombers...