Source: Toronto Sun

Ricky Romero, the Blue Jays fan base turns their lonely eyes to you.

With the Jays losing skid hitting a season-high six games the team will look to its embattled 'ace' to put a stop to the slide when he takes to the hill Saturday.

On Friday night, the A's logged their 13th walk-off win of the season with a 5-4 victory in the 15th inning in a game where Oakland prized right-hander Dan Straily made his major league debut.

The Athletics finally ended things in the 15th when Jemile Weeks led off the inning with a triple against Aaron Loup.

Coco Crisp ended it a few minutes before midnight with a sac fly to centre and it was magic time for the Athletics once again.

Trailing 4-1 entering the ninth, the Jays tied it in dramatic fashion on a three-run, two-out homer by Jeff Mathis on a 3-2 pitch.

The Jays, though, couldn't hold on to the momentum created by Mathis' heroics and it was Oakland who pirated it away.

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