The Toronto Blue Jays will try to push their winning streak to four in a row tonight as they play the middle contest of a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays. DaRon Payne Jersey . After closing July on a six-game winning streak, the Blue Jays won consecutive games just twice in August, including the first two contests of their current winning streak. They extended their current run on Tuesday with an 8-2 victory over the Rays. Jose Reyes had a three-run homer, Dioner Navarro connected on a two-run shot and Danny Valencia added a solo homer for the Blue Jays, who are 5 1/2 games out of the American Leagues second wild card spot. R.A. Dickey earned the win after holding Tampa Bay to just two runs off two hits and three walks with six strikeouts over seven solid innings. "From a movement standpoint, I had a really good knuckleball tonight," Dickey said. Ryan Hanigan and Kevin Kiermaier each had an RBI for the Rays, who mustered just two hits and have dropped six of their last nine games. Jeremy Hellickson lasted just 3 1/3 innings as the right-handers struggles at home continued. He gave up five runs on eight hits and two walks to stretch his winless streak at Tropicana Field to 10 straight starts. "A lot of it was poorly-located pitches at the wrong time," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "That three-run home run was the difference in the game." Toronto will go for the series victory tonight behind right-hander Marcus Stroman, who struggled in his first career meeting with the Rays on Aug. 22. The rookie was hit hard in the 8-0 loss, charged with five earned runs, 10 hits and three walks over five innings of work. Stroman did rebound to beat Boston 5-2 on Wednesday and snap a string of three straight losing decisions. The 23-year-old held the Red Sox to two runs -- one earned -- on five hits over 7 2/3 frames with six strikeouts, moving to 8-5 on the season with a 3.88 earned run average. Countering for the Rays will be right-hander Chris Archer and hell be trying to put his most recent outing in the rearview. Archer had been charged with only one earned run in four straight outings, including a seven-inning no-decision at Toronto on Aug. 24, before getting lit up by Boston on Friday. Archer was hammered for eight runs -- seven earned -- and 10 hits over four innings in taking an 8-4 loss. "This game has a funny way of humbling you, and tonight was a very humbling experience. Im disappointed in myself," said Archer, who dipped to 8-7 with a 3.40 ERA on the year. The 25-year-old has never lost in seven previous meetings with the Blue Jays, going 2-0 with a 2.90 ERA. Though Toronto leads the season series 8-6, Tampa Bay has won four of the past six meetings. Washington Redskins Jerseys . 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Japan sealed its victory over Canada in the first-round Davis Cup tie after Nishikori downed an ailing Dancevic 6-2, 1-0.OAKLAND, Calif. -- When the Seattle Mariners were in the midst of a recent eight-game losing streak, manager Lloyd McClendon reminded his players such stretches happen, and they will happen again. Then he challenged them to respond in a positive way. The club is now doing a little bit of everything right to get back on track. Rookie Roenis Elias struck out six while pitching into the seventh to win consecutive starts for the first time, Justin Smoak drove in three runs and the Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Tuesday night for their season-best fourth straight victory. "Its been something incredible," Elias said. "Everybodys together doing their job. I like my team how theyre playing baseball." Smoak hit an RBI double and Dustin Ackley a run-scoring single in the first to back Elias (3-2), who followed up a 10-strikeout gem at Yankee Stadium his last time out with another impressive start once he settled down. The Mariners jumped on Jesse Chavez (2-1) to take a quick first-inning lead for the second straight game against the As -- and Seattle scored all three of its first-inning runs with two outs on the way to its ninth win in 11 games overall. "We know that were not going to win a playoff spot in April," Michael Saunders said. "However, that being said, losing eight straight was a definite learning experience for us. Its not going to be the last time." Chavez got a scare and escaped injury in the fourth when he saved himself from a hard-hit liner by Saunders by catching the screamer that was going right for his face. "It was all reflexes, I just put my glove up," Chavez said. "As soon as I let go of the pitch I saw him make contact. Ive jumped out of the way at balls at my lower body, but Ive never had one like that at my face before." Making the play knocked him off his feet to end the fourth, and the small Coliseum crowd of 12,106 briefly fell silent. "Luckily no one got hurt. I havent seen the replay but guys said it had a chance to hit him square in the face," Saunders said. Chavez got a double play to face the minimum in the fifth, but his night ended after allowing Mike Zuninos sixth-inning sacrifice fly following a hit battsman and a walk. Orlando Scandrick Redskins Jersey. Oakland No. 9 hitter Nick Punto pulled Oakland back in it with a two-run, two-out single in the second. Yoenis Cespedes, back in the starting lineup after nursing a left hamstring injury, hit a leadoff home run in the sixth. The As squandered a scoring chance in the seventh against Dominic Leone, leaving the tying run on third as they again struggled with runners in scoring position. Elias allowed three runs and five hits with three walks in 6 1-3 innings in his seventh career start. Sean Doolittle struck out all four batters he faced in relief of Chavez. But Seattle added on four unearned runs in the top of the ninth against 2013 AL saves leader Jim Johnson, who was booed off the mound when pulled by manager Bob Melvin as fans headed for the exits. Smoak added a two-run single. For Wednesdays doubleheader, Felix Hernandez will pitch Game 1 for Seattle and Erasmo Ramirez the second. As manager Bob Melvin didnt announce his choice for the nightcap, though Dan Straily pitches the opener. Oakland will make right-hander Arnold Leon its 26th player for the second game but is likely to start Drew Pomeranz since he didnt pitch in relief Tuesday. The 25-year-old Leons family was scheduled to fly in from Mexico for his likely major league debut after nine seasons in the minors. The teams are playing two after an April 4 game was called because of a soggy field that had mistakenly gone without its tarp during a heavy rainstorm. NOTES: Saunders, who came in batting .393 with a homer and five RBIs in seven games batting leadoff, went 0 for 4 atop the order. "I dont like messing with success," McClendon said. "Hes been doing great, weve been doing great. Its kind of hard to change that."... As reliever Eric OFlaherty, on the disabled list since undergoing Tommy John surgery in the off-season, threw a 30-pitch bullpen session and could begin throwing to hitters soon, and Melvin said an announcement on the pitchers next step would come Wednesday. ... 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