TORONTO -- Toronto Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle needed an inning to settle into his first career start against his old team. Once he found his groove, the veteran southpaw delivered a performance the Chicago White Sox knew he was capable of. Buehrle recovered from a two-run first inning Monday night to pick up his first win as a Blue Jay in Torontos 4-3 victory over Chicago at Rogers Centre. The fact it came against his former teammates and some good friends was a nice bonus. "Once we cross the lines, Im out there trying to win just like theyre trying to beat my brains in," Buehrle said. "So you just have to go out there and try to perform." Buehrle (1-0), who spent 12 of his first 13 big-league seasons in Chicago, allowed nine hits, two earned runs and two walks over 6 1-3 innings while striking out three. "Guys like him, they can pitch at this level because theyre smart and they dont have to throw 95 to get people out," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "Its something I know White Sox people have seen forever. It was a clinic." J.P. Arencibia and Maicer Izturis hit home runs for Toronto (6-7), which had 10 hits on the night. Arencibia went deep in the first inning off Chicago starter Gavin Floyd (0-3) and Izturis put the Blue Jays ahead to stay an inning later. Aaron Loup gave up a run in the eighth before Casey Janssen picked up his fourth save as Toronto took the opener of the four-game series. After the game, the Blue Jays announced that third baseman Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., would be activated from the disabled list Tuesday. He was at Class-A Dunedin on a rehab assignment after suffering a rib injury last month. The team also planned to put right-handed reliever Sergio Santos on the 15-day DL with a triceps strain. Paul Konerko and Dayan Viciedo had RBI singles for the White Sox (5-8) in the first but Toronto used its speed and power to pull even in the bottom half of the frame. Emilio Bonifacio led off with a hard chopper that deflected off Adam Dunns glove and rolled down the first-base line. He took second base on the play, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a sacrifice fly from Melky Cabrera. Arencibia followed with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot that bounced off the top of the wall in right-centre field. Edwin Encarnacion reached on a single and moved to third on an Adam Lind double but they were stranded when Mark DeRosa and Colby Rasmus struck out. Izturis gave Toronto the lead in the second inning with a solo blast to right field, his second homer of the year. Munenori Kawasaki tripled in the fourth inning and scored when Bonifacio hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field. Chicago threatened in the fifth by putting runners on the corners but Buehrle escaped by getting Konerko on a strikeout. Buehrle said he usually goes with the change-up when hes behind in the count but he gave credit to Arencibia for calling a curve ball against Chicagos cleanup hitter. "I dont throw very many of them," Buehrle said. "I thought it was a great combination the way we went at it. That was a big situation right there." Buehrle, who spent last season with the Miami Marlins, was coming off two poor outings to start the season. "He settled down after that first inning and did a great job," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "He really did. He took us into the seventh inning. I know he feels good on both ends for a good start that he wanted and needed, plus its against his old teammates. "So I guess you could say at this point hes got the upper hand anyway." Dunn reached with one out in the eighth when he was hit by a pitch. He moved to third base on a Viciedo double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alexei Ramirez. Janssen retired all three batters he faced in the ninth. The game took two hours 38 minutes to play and announced attendance was 15,755. Floyd lasted four-plus innings, allowing nine hits, four earned runs and three walks. He had six strikeouts. Notes: Players from both teams wore No. 42 jerseys on Jackie Robinson Day. ... Before the game, a moment of silence was held for victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. ... Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista was given the night off to rest a sore back. Hes expected to return Tuesday night. ... Toronto selected the contract of right-hander Ramon Ortiz from triple-A Buffalo on Monday and outfielder Casper Wells was designated for assignment. ... Injured shortstop Jose Reyes wont need surgery on his severely sprained left ankle but is still expected to miss three months, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said before the game. Reyes visited a specialist in Charlotte, N.C., who confirmed the diagnosis. The veteran infielder wont be ready to begin rehab activity for at least a month. ... 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Tall, rangy and powerful, Jones matched Melzer shot for shot in a first set that contained no breaks of serve. He rallied from 6-4 down in the tiebreaker before closing out the second set in only 30 minutes, belying a ranking that had slumped from 187th to 373rd during 2012.TORONTO -- Friday marks Canadas first baby step towards the 2014 World Cup as Stephen Harts team takes on Caribbean minnow St. Lucia at Torontos BMO Field. Canada -- ranked 102nd in the world by FIFA -- opens qualifying play in a group with No. 184 St. Lucia, No. 122 St. Kitts and Nevis, and No. 144 Puerto Rico. Only the pool winner moves on. Should Canada advance, it faces two more qualifying stages before it can book its ticket to Brazil in 2014. The opposition is modest this time around but Hart says his team is taking nothing for granted as it enters the second stage of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean. It skipped the first round. "Training the last three days has been all business," he said at a news conference Wednesday. "Great enthusiasm, great passion ... We have not spoken at all about being overwhelming favourites or anything. We are not trusting any sort of discussion like that at all." St. Lucia, a teardrop-shaped island located north of Trinidad and Tobago, has averaged a world ranking of 143 since FIFA started its ranking system in 1993. It ranks 30th out of 35 teams in CONCACAF, compared to No. 10 in Canada. The Caribbean country survived the first round of qualifying by defeating Aruba 5-4 on penalty kicks after the two-legged playoff finished tied 6-6. Little is known about the St. Lucia team, other than it will be made up of largely local players. The squad doesnt arrive in Toronto until midnight Thursday. Hart expects St. Lucia, like other smaller Caribbean countries, to be up for qualifying even if they are massive underdogs. "This is a big opportunity for then," he said. "In the opening games, theres going to be a lot of enthusiasm and this is where its going to be the most dangerous." Hart, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, has talked to some Caribbean contacts in a bid to secure some intel on St. Lucia. But he says his focus is on his team. "When you play soccer if you focus too much on the opponent, what happens is it takes away from your own game," he explained. "Weve been working very hard on the part of the game that we control, which is when we have the ball." Fridays game is the first of a journey that will last three rounds, 22 games and 25 months if Canada makes it to the final stretch in CONCACAF qualifying. Canadas next match is Tuesday in Puerto Rico. Some 35 CONCACAF countries entered the 2014 qualifying competition. Five -- Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Aruba -- have already fallen by the wayside. For Haart, this stage of qualifying is a chance for his team to gel.dddddddddddd He hopes that can happen before a sympathetic crowd at home. Canadian home games are not that common and often the stands are filled with supporters of the visiting team. Hart expects St. Lucia will have its fans despite the fact its a small country of some 161,000. "I dont care where they play, theyre coming," he said of the phenomenon of fans supporting the visitors when Canada plays at home. "Theyre passionate about their country and theyre coming. So for me, we have to get the job done. And those people who have supported us, who continue to support us, we applaud them. And if there are people out there that are waiting until something happens then were going to have to make that something happen." In a confederation dominated by Mexico and the U.S., Canada traditionally has found itself jousting with Costa Rica, Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago for the World Cup scraps. Canadas bid to reach the 2010 World Cup lasted just six games in 2008 after defeating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7-1 on aggregate in a two-match playoff. The Canadian men managed just two points from three home games and finished last in the penultimate qualifying stage with an 0-4-2 record. Canadas lone success in World Cup qualifying came when it reached the 1986 finals. "The players are all aware of that situation," Hart said. "Some of them werent even born when Canada was last in the World Cup." Canadas goal is to get into the fourth and final round of CONCACAF qualifying, a six-team pool that will see the top three book their tickets to Brazil in 2014 while the fourth-place team tries to join them via a playoff with a team from another confederation. "Once youre there, everything takes on a different dimension," Hart said of reaching the final six. The Canadian coach says he has a good feeling about his squad "if were healthy." But he worries about players like striker Simeon Jackson (Englands Norwich City) not playing regularly for their club. "We can say that about quite a few of the players cant we," he said. Still Hart said he was pleased by Jacksons attitude in camp. "I think hes going to be OK." NOTES@ -- Canada will be captained by veteran defender Kevin McKenna .. Hart says midfielder Atiba Hutchinson remains a concern because of lack of playing time due to a recent knee injury. ... The Canadians are lacking depth up front with injuries to Oliver Occean, Ali Gerba and Rob Friend. ' ' '