In August, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero had a perfect 5-0 record in six starts. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero was named Tuesday as the American League pitcher of the month for August.

Romero had a perfect 5-0 record in six starts with an AL-best 2.05 earned-run average last month. The left-hander from Los Angeles struck out 26, while issuing 16 walks over 44 innings.

His month was highlighted by a complete-game shutout against the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 18 as the Jays cruised to a 7-0 victory. The all-star held batters to a .160 batting average during August.

Romero is 13-10 on the season with a 2.97 ERA and 157 strikeouts. He’s had four complete games and two shutouts in 193.2 innings pitched over 28 starts.

Blue Jays’ Romero named AL player of the week

The Canadian Press

Date: Monday Aug. 8, 2011 5:41 PM ET

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero is the second member of his team to win the AL player of the week award. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero was named the American League’s player of the week Monday.

Romero won both of his starts, posting a 1.69 earned-run average, while allowing just five hits. He also had 12 strikeouts with only four walks over 16 innings.

Romero is the second Blue Jay behind Jose Bautista to win the award this season. Romero becomes the first Toronto pitcher to capture the honour since Roy Halladay on May 18, 2009.

Romero pitched five hitless innings in a 3-1 road win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday. He went five innings, allowing one hit on one run with eight strikeouts.

Then on Sunday, Romero gave up two runs on four hits while fanning five over eight innings in Toronto’s 7-2 road win in Baltimore. Romero issued no walks in the game in recording his third straight decision over the Orioles.

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero is the second member of his team to win the AL player of the week award. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero was named the American League’s player of the week Monday.

Romero won both of his starts, posting a 1.69 earned-run average, while allowing just five hits. He also had 12 strikeouts with only four walks over 16 innings.

Romero is the second Blue Jay behind Jose Bautista to win the award this season. Romero becomes the first Toronto pitcher to capture the honour since Roy Halladay on May 18, 2009.

Romero pitched five hitless innings in a 3-1 road win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday. He went five innings, allowing one hit on one run with eight strikeouts.

Then on Sunday, Romero gave up two runs on four hits while fanning five over eight innings in Toronto’s 7-2 road win in Baltimore. Romero issued no walks in the game in recording his third straight decision over the Orioles.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero delivers against the Baltimore Orioles in the second inning of the Jays victory over the Orioles. (Gail Burton/Associated Press)

The Toronto Blue Jays have picked up where they left off against the Baltimore Orioles.

Ricky Romero now gets his chance to continue his own dominance of the Orioles, and Adam Lind’s scheduled return may boost those chances.

Romero looks to extend his personal winning streak to four, and Lind is expected back from injury when these teams meet at Camden Yards on Saturday night.

Toronto (29-28) has won 21 of 27 against Baltimore (25-30) and went 15-3 in the season series last year. The Blue Jays carried that success into 2011, winning 8-4 on Friday.

Romero (5-4, 2.88 ERA) went 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA in four starts against Baltimore last year.

The left-hander, Toronto’s leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts (66), has been outstanding over his last four starts, going 3-0 with a 1.21 ERA. He yielded two runs in seven innings of a 13-4 win over Chicago on Sunday.

Lind is slated to be the designated hitter Saturday after he was activated from the disabled list following the series opener. The first baseman has been out since May 8 with a lower back strain.

He was on a tear prior to getting hurt, hitting .457 with six homers and 15 RBIs in 12 games. Lind has a .343 average over his last nine meetings with Baltimore.

Toronto’s J.P. Arencibia is batting .308 with six RBIs in the last six games after connecting for his first grand slam Friday. The catcher is hitting .255, but his nine homers and 30 RBIs rank among the rookie leaders, while 19 of his 41 hits have gone for extra bases.

Arencibia is vastly more productive versus left-handers, compiling a .357 average with four homers. He’s hitting .218 against righties.

“He’s done an excellent job at the plate and behind the plate, and (Friday) he had a very good game all-around,” manager John Farrell said.

The Orioles, losers of six of seven, will turn to Jake Arrieta (6-3, 4.97). The right-hander will be looking to rebound from one of his worst performances of the season in trying to gain a share of the AL wins lead.

He surrendered four runs and four hits with four walks in 2 1-3 innings of a 4-3 loss at Seattle on Monday.

“I’m pretty upset about this one,” Arrieta told the Orioles’ official website.

Arrieta was impressive in his only start versus Toronto on Sept. 14, allowing four hits with five strikeouts in six scoreless innings of an 11-3 win at Camden Yards.

Adam Jones is batting .407 with 11 RBIs in his last 12 home games, and he’s hitting .347 with seven RBIs over his past 12 meetings with Toronto.

Jones is 8 for 23 with a homer against Romero.

The Orioles’ 37 errors rank among the most in the AL, and they have committed 12 in nine games. Mark Reynolds’ error Friday – his 11th – led to two runs for Toronto.

Signs of Spring

Published Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 3:10PM EST

Images from Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, the Jays’ spring training facility, in Dunedin