51s win final game of Reno series

The first battle in the war for Silver State supremacy in minor-league baseball was taken by the North, but the South drew some blood before their retreat.
Brian Burres pitched a four-hit shutout Wednesday afternoon in a 5-0 Las Vegas 51s victory, their only win in a three-game set that officially kicked off the team's rivalry with the Reno Aces.
Burres entered the game with a 3-0 lead, thanks to back-to-back devastating plays or Reno: After rightfielder Alex Romero made fielding and throwing errors on the same play, allowing Las Vegas to score the first run, 51s first baseman Randy Ruiz crushed a two-run homer.
With that lead, Burres never looked back, throwing only 107 pitches in a five-strikeout, no-walk outing that should help him keep his rotation spot, especially after one of the 51s' best pitchers got the call to the big leagues.
Bad-luck Brad Mills finally won his first game of the year on June 7, and now will start his first major-league game on Thursday at Philadelphia. The Blue Jays called him up to replace Casey Janssen, who skipped Las Vegas during his rehab time to rush back to Toronto but is now headed to the DL, this time due to shoulder inflammation.
Mills has pitched much better than his 1-8 record would lead one to believe. He has held opponents to three runs or less in 10 of 13 starts and is averaging right at 6 innings a game. with his 4.48 ERA, the statistics show that he meets the modern-age definition of a quality starter: six innings, three runs, take a shower.
He was more than likely chosen, however, for the simple fact that he was on schedule to pitch on Thursday. With his promotion, every pitcher in the 51s' starting rotation has spent time with the big club except Fabio Castro, who may be the most deserving (3-2, 2.83 ERA).
UPDATE: It is now being reported that the Blue Jays have put Roy Halladay and Scott Downs on the DL as well. That's the big club's ace starter and closer, a huge loss. The report says that 51s closer Jeremy Accardo will get the call to Toronto, though Jason Frasor will be the closer to begin.
Accardo has pitched very well for Las Vegas, using a hard fastball to strike out 22 batter in 24 innings while racking up nine saves. He has hit a rough spot lately, giving up runs in three of his last eight outings, but has strong experience in the majors, saving 30 games as Toronto's closer in 2007.
No word on who will replace Halladay with Toronto, but I will update further when the news does come.
SECOND UPDATE: MLB.com reporter Jordan Bastian rightly reports that Halladay was scheduled to start Saturday, which is also when Brett Cecil is scheduled to start for the 51s, making him the prime suspect to join the Blue Jays. Cecil started four games earlier this year for Toronto and went 2-1 with a 4.38 ERA.