Athletics starter Jesse Chavez gave up two runs or less for the eighth time in 10 starts Saturday in Toronto, but that's about the only positive that came out of the game for him.
Chavez yielded those two earned runs, but also two unearned runs in lowering his record to 4-2. He walked one, struck out four and needed 95 pitches to get through 5 1/3 innings. He was fine for four innings, but gave up three runs in the fifth.
He will try to bounce back Thursday against the visiting Tigers.