Tommy Milone tries get the sweep for A's

Tommy Milone tries to lead the Oakland Athletics to an eighth straight win on Thursday when they complete a three-game set against Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

Milone struck out 10 and held the high-powered offense of the New York Yankees to just six hits over seven scoreless innings on Friday, but had nothing to show for it, as he did not get a decision in his team's 3-2 win that night.

Milone, who has never faced the Blue Jays, has won three of his last four decisions and is 9-6 on the year with a 3.34 ERA.

Toronto, meanwhile, will counter with lefty Aaron Laffey, who is 2-1 with a 2.77 ERA. Laffey won his second straight start on Friday in Boston, as he scattered eight hits over seven scoreless innings. He also struck out four without walking a batter.

Laffey is 1-1 in six appearances (1 start) against the A's with a 1.84 ERA.

Oakland won for the 16th time in 18 games this month on Wednesday, as Coco Crisp hit a pair of solo homers and scored three times and Yoenis Cespedes hit a pair of doubles and drove in a two in the Athletics' 16-0 rout.

Another win today would give the A's their first eight-game winning streak since a 10-game run from June 8-18, 2006.

A.J. Griffin (3-0) tossed six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and walked two while fanning a career-high nine batters, helping the A's move to 16-2 this month.

Edwin Encarnacion and Anthony Gose both doubled for the Blue Jays, losers in six of 11 since the All-Star break.

Ricky Romero (8-7) was pegged with the loss after giving up eight runs on four hits and six walks in just 1 1/3 innings of work.

To make matter worse, Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia suffered a fractured right hand and is expected to miss up to six weeks. The 26-year-old took a foul tip off his throwing hand in the second inning.

These teams split a brief two-game set in Oakland from May 8-9, as well as 10 overall meetings last season. The A's have won in five of their last six visits to the Rogers Centre, however.