"Ben Sheets walked off the mound in the fourth inning Sunday, closing the book on one brutal road trip for the right-hander.

It wasn't much prettier for his team.

Sheets was rocked for the second straight outing, surrendering 10 hits and nine earned runs in just 3?1/3 innings as the Toronto Blue Jays handled the A's 9-3 before a crowd of 14,725 at the Rogers Centre.

The A's finished 1-5 on the road and were outscored 46-21 by Tampa Bay and Toronto.

They lost two of their most indispensable players - catcher Kurt Suzuki and starting pitcher Brett Anderson - to the disabled list, and another starter, Justin Duchscherer, may join them.

But the question of the moment: What in the world is going on with Sheets?

"I don't think y'all brought enough pen for that," he told reporters when asked to pinpoint Sunday's problems.

Sheets (1-3) allowed three homers and eight extra-base hits - the latter of which is believed to be an Oakland record - as the Blue Jays sprayed line drive after line drive to all fields.

The damage from Sheets' past two starts - 7?1/3 innings pitched, 19 hits, 17 earned runs, five home runs. This after it appeared he was gradually improving over his first four starts."