(My Sportsbook) - Former American League Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay goes for his third win in as many 2009 starts tonight, when his Toronto Blue Jays visit the Metrodome for the finale of a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins.

A 31-year-old native of Denver, Halladay opened his season on April 6 with an 12-5 defeat of Detroit before picking up a second win with a 5-4 victory at Cleveland last Saturday. Combined, he's given up 11 hits and six runs in 14 innings, striking out nine and walking three.

Halladay's best season came in 2003, when he went 22-7 with a 3.25 earned run average over a career-high 266 innings and 36 starts. He's reached double- digit wins in five other seasons, including a 20-11 mark last year and 19-6 in 2002.

Against the Twins in 2008, Halladay was a winner in his lone start, allowing nine hits and four runs in 6 2/3 innings while striking out eight and walking none.

For Minnesota, recent phenom Francisco Liriano also makes his third start of the season while chasing victory No. 1.

Now 25 years old, the Dominican native opened with a seven-inning outing against Seattle on April 6, then followed with a 4 2/3-inning stint in an 8-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

Overall, he's been touched for 10 hits and nine runs while walking four and striking out six.

Liriano burst onto the scene with a 12-3 record in 28 appearances for the Twins in 2006, before missing all of 2007 and being limited to just 14 starts in 2008 by injuries.

His last outing against the Blue Jays came in 2006, when he tossed two scoreless innings of relief while allowing two hits, striking out three and walking none.

On Wednesday, Scott Rolen, Aaron Hill, Vernon Wells and Michael Barrett each homered as the Blue Jays routed the Twins, 12-2.

Hill went 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBI for Toronto, which has won two of the first three games of this set. Rolen, Marco Scutaro, and Travis Snider knocked in two runs apiece.

Scott Richmond (1-0) gave up two runs -- one earned -- on four hits for the Blue Jays. The 29-year-old also fanned three batters and walked three in 6 1/3 innings of work.

Scott Baker (0-1), who signed a four-year, $15.25-million contract with Minnesota this offseason, got rocked to take the loss. He gave up six runs on five hits in four innings of work.

Baker was originally slated to be the Twins' Opening Day starter, but he experienced soreness in his shoulder before the season and started the year on the disabled list.

Jason Kubel had the lone RBI of the game for the Twins, who won 3-2 in 11 innings on Tuesday. Alexi Casilla and Justin Morneau each scored for the Twins.

Toronto is 19-7 against Minnesota since the start of the 2006 campaign, including an 11-6 mark at the Metrodome.