David Purcey, 25, made his eighth start for the Jays Wednesday night, facing the Rays for the first time.

The Jays' first-round pick in the 2004 draft came apart at the seams in his previous outing against the Yankees, a common experience for rookies when facing the Bronx Bombers for the first time.

Which made Wednesday night's outing against a team as hot as the Rays a good bounce-back test for Purcey.

Purcey passed with flying colors as he came up with his most impressive outing of the season in a 1-0 loss to the Rays.

Purcey threw his first complete game, needing 92 pitches and throwing just 22 balls.

Purcey struck out two batters in each of the first three innings and, after a leadoff home run by Carlos Pena in the fourth, he bounced back by ...More