(Sports Network) - Currently sitting at the bottom of the AL East Division, the Toronto Blue Jays will try to grab a victory this evening, when they take on the Cleveland Indians in the second meeting of a four-game series at Progressive Field.

Dustin McGowan will take the ball for the Blue Jays in hopes of bringing the team back to the win column. McGowan was brilliant in his last outing, tossing 7 1/3 scoreless innings against the White Sox, while striking out six batters and walking none en route to a 1-0 win over Chicago.

With the win, the 26-year-old is now 2-2 on the year with an impressive 2.95 ERA. Last year, the righthander became a fixture in the Blue Jays' rotation, and finished the season with a mediocre 12-10 ledger and a 4.08 ERA.

McGowan has made just two previous starts against the Indians, but neither were very impressive. In those two meetings, the right-hander was tagged for nine runs on 14 hits and six walks in just 10 innings of work.

For the Indians, Aaron Laffey will take the hill in search of his first victory on the new season. Laffey was called up at the end of April from Buffalo and will be taking the mound for the third time since his promotion.

Since joining the big club, the 23-year-old is 0-2 with a solid 2.84 ERA. The last time Laffey was on the rubber, he threw seven outstanding innings, surrendering just one unearned on four hits. The southpaw only walked two hitters and struck out five, but the Indians still lost by a 2-0 margin to Kansas City.

Laffey has never squared off against Toronto in his brief career.

Yesterday, Ben Francisco had a pinch-hit, two-run double during a six-run seventh inning to lead the Indians past the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1. Casey Blake went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and also scored a run for the Indians, who won for the third time in four tries. Jhonny Peralta had the other RBI for Cleveland.

C. C. Sabathia (2-5) got the win after he gave up just one run on six hits in seven innings on the hill.

Scott Rolen had a pair of singles for Toronto, which lost for the third time in its last four games. Marco Scutaro had the only RBI in defeat.

Roy Halladay (3-5) absorbed the loss after he was touched for four runs on six hits. He did strike out nine batters and only walked three.

Cleveland won four of six from the Jays last season and is 13-6 in the series since the beginning of the 2005 season. Toronto has also lost 13 of its last 14 in Cleveland.