Halladay sharp as Blue Jays tie Pirates in 11

Roy Halladay threw four scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates battled to a 2-2, 11-inning Grapefruit League tie in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon.

Halladay, winner of the Cy Young Award as top pitcher in 2003, limited the Pirates to one hit and one walk in the top of the first inning before setting down the next 11 batters he faced.

He finished with four strikeouts.

"I think I needed another eight or 10 pitches in the bullpen," he said. "Every time out there is something, [whether] the curveball isn't as good or you want to improve this or improve that."

Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston explained that Halladay is trying to develop an effective changeup, which "can be one of the toughest pitches to hit because it looks like a fastball and it is hard to adjust to it. It is a good pitch to have."

Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm also tossed four shutout innings, yielding three hits with two strikeouts.

"Two of the three hits today were four-seamers that didn't really go where I wanted them to," he said. "They were up and they hit them the other way.

"But I will take a couple of singles. I was throwing the kitchen sink at them.

"I don't feel like I have a specific thing to work on. It is mainly trying to get into a rhythm.

"There are some small things that need to be more consistent, but it is spring training. I can continue to work on that stuff."

Scott Campbell singled to lead off the sixth inning for the Blue Jays (7-5) and scored on Aaron Hill's double.

Hill was replaced by pinch-runner Brad Emaus, who moved to third base on Adam Lind's single and scored on Kevin Millar's sacrifice fly.

Travis Snider had two singles to raise his batting average to .423 this spring.

Adam LaRoche opened the scoring with an RBI single for the Pirates (8-5), and Craig Monroe homered off reliever Robert Ray in the top of the ninth inning to send it to extra innings.