Halladay beats Royals

It was vintage Roy Halladay on Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals.

While Halladay was doing the pitching, Lyle Overbay and Aaron Hill were doing the slugging for the Blue Jays.

After Vernon Wells' sacrifice fly in the first inning gave Halladay a 1-0 lead, Overbay doubled the advantage with a solo homer in the second.

Hill, who sat out Saturday afternoon's contest, was back in the lineup. He added a two-run bomb in the third, ending an 0-for-25 slump in the process.

That was plenty enough for Halladay (10-1), who went the distance on a seven-hitter, becoming the first 10-game winner in baseball. He fanned six and didn't allow a walk.

While Halladay was virtually untouchable, he did run into trouble in the seventh, allowing three singles to load the bases. The Doc, however, promptly got a strikeout and groundout to first base to end the threat.

Royals starter Kyle Davies (2-6) also went the distance, giving up nine hits in his eight innings of work.

On the out-of-town scoreboard, the Yankees are trailing the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in the seventh, while Boston is losing to Texas 5-3 in the sixth.

The Jays began the day in third place behind the Red Sox and Yankees, three games out in the AL East. They trailed New York in the Wild Card standings by 2 1/2 games heading into Sunday's action.