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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays wanted to kick off a critical nine-game homestand with a bang to give their fading playoff hopes a boost. China Jerseys Fake . The Tampa Bay Rays ended up showing them how its done. Drew Smyly threw a two-hit shutout and Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs as the Rays dumped the Blue Jays 8-0 on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Wil Myers also went deep as the Rays pounded out 14 hits in the opener of a three-game series. It was the seventh loss in nine games for the Blue Jays (65-63), who entered play four games out of the final wild-card spot in the American League. „When youre high, everything is going to go your way. When youre struggling, everything is going to go against you,“ said Toronto catcher Dioner Navarro. „A couple of plays here and there probably would have changed the outcome of the game. „But they outplayed us today, they outpitched us, they outhustled us.“ Longoria took Marcus Stromans first pitch in the second inning over the wall to give Tampa Bay an early 1-0 lead. It was his 16th homer of the season. Tampa Bay took advantage of some suspect defence in the fifth inning. Matt Joyce led off with a double on a ball that bounced off right-fielder Jose Bautistas glove as he tried to make a running catch at the warning track. Longoria walked and James Loney followed with a grounder to short that should have been a double-play ball. But second baseman Steve Tollesons throw to first bounced in the dirt, allowing Joyce to score. The Rays drove Stroman (7-5) from the game in the sixth and burned reliever Aaron Loup in a four-run frame that put the game out of reach. „I figured wed come out there tonight with a little more energy,“ said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. „We didnt have it and we made some mistakes, we couldnt turn that big double play. We laid back on a couple balls, things like that. „But Smyly was pretty good out there, Ill give him that.“ It was the first shutout and first complete game of the southpaws career. Smyly threw 75 of his 105 pitches for strikes, didnt walk a batter and had four strikeouts. „It was good, I have been waiting for this game,“ he said. „I didnt know if I was ever going to get it because I usually have high pitch counts.“ Stroman, meanwhile, allowed 10 hits, five earned runs, three walks and had six strikeouts. „I was just up a little bit,“ Stroman said. „My sinker was pretty good, change-up wasnt bad. It was just a couple pitches that I left up, some curve balls that were up in the zone and they capitalized on it.“ Smyly (8-10) allowed a single to Jose Reyes in the first inning and a single to Tolleson in the third before retiring the next 19 batters in order. „That was, for my money, the best pitching performance Ive seen from a Ray in this ballpark,“ said Tampa manager Joe Maddon. „Truly a really artistic performance tonight.“ Myers tacked on an insurance run in the eighth inning with a solo shot off Todd Redmond. Tampa Bay left 12 men on base while Toronto left just one. Notes: Myers has six homers on the season. … Torontos Kyle Drabek worked the seventh. He has pitched three scoreless innings of relief since his recent callup from triple-A Buffalo. … Announced attendance was 28,506 and the game took two hours 45 minutes to play. … The Rays are the only team in the major leagues with a winning record on the road (34-29) and a losing record overall (63-65). … The Blue Jays fell to 5-13 in August. … Tolleson ended an 0-for-14 drought with his single. … Left-hander Mark Buehrle (11-8) is scheduled to start for Toronto on Saturday afternoon. The Rays will counter with right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (1-2). China Jerseys Wholesale . The D-Backs came into being in 1998 and appear destined to finish second in the AL West after the Tsunami that is the Los Angeles Dodgers swept over them. I thought it might be interesting to see what the D-backs have done over their 16 years compared to what the Blue Jays have done over their past 16 campaigns. China Jerseys Paypal .Y. 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They have won nine of 11 overall. „Everybody is feeding off one another and its clicking,“ Burnett said. „Were having fun.“ St. Louis has dropped three in a row after winning five straight. „Were trying real hard,“ said Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who had two hits. „But were facing good pitchers. A.J. threw a good game, kept us off balance.“ Burnett (5-6) threw 111 pitches to earn his 24th complete game. He struck out three, walked one and hit two batters. „Complete games dont happen very often,“ Burnett said. „I got quick outs, groundball outs. I threw my changeup a lot. I bet I threw 20-plus tonight. It was one of the days when the hook wasnt there. Normally, we keep pounding the hook trying to get it, but the changeup was effective. That pitch helped more than anything.“ That was the key, Philadelphia manager Ryne Sandberg said. „He had command of three pitches and he seemed to really pound the zone,“ Sandberg said. „When we gave him the lead, he really held his stuff. He still had good stuff in the ninth inning. He did a lot of things to help himself win the game.“ That included his bat. Burnett, who came into the season as a career .110 hitter, contributed an RBI double and scored. The ball bounced on the track in front of the 400-foot mark. „With the infield in, Ive got hit it in the air, right?“ Burnett said with a laugh. „I put a pretty good swing on it thought. Thats all I got, though. If that ball doesnt leave, its not going to leave at all.“ Marlon Byrd homered and John Mayberry Jr. added two hits and scored twice. Jimmy Rollins drove in two runs and extended his hitting streak to 14 games with two hits. China Jerseys Online. Jaime Garcia (3-1) pitched into the sixth inning, giving up four runs on seven hits and two walks. He lost his third start in a row to the Phillies. „He pitched close enough to give us a chance,“ St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. „He had good movement, he just got hit a couple of times.“ The game began after a 50-minute rain delay. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the third when Matt Carpenter was hit by a pitch with two outs and later scored on a single by Matt Holliday. The Phillies scored twice in the fifth and three more in the sixth. Mayberry, Burnett and Rollins doubled in the fifth. Burnett drove in his first run of the season and Rollins stretched his longest hitting streak since a 14-game run in 2007. „Any way I can help,“ Burnett said. „Whatever it takes.“ The Phillies chased Garcia in the sixth. Byrd led off with a homer. After Domonic Brown doubled, Seth Maness relieved. Mayberry hit an RBI single and scored on Rollins sacrifice fly. NOTES: The Cardinals did not take batting practice before the game. … The Phillies activated 3B Cody Asche (left hamstring) from the 15-day disabled list and put 3B Reid Brignac on the DL with a sprained left ankle. Brignac hurt his ankle in a play at first base Thursday when he tried to beat pitcher Shelby Miller to the bag. Asche grew up in nearby St. Charles County and played for the first time at Busch Stadium. … Cardinals P Kevin Siegrist (strained left forearm) played long toss from 120 feet. He has not pitched since May 23. He said he might throw bullpen session Sunday. … Cards GM John Mozeliak said P Trevor Megill, the Cardinals third-round pick in the amateur draft, has opted to return to Loyola Marymount for his senior season. Mozeliak said the team no longer will scout Megill, adding that Megill wanted more than the designated slot value of $504,400. … Mozeliak said P Joe Kelly will have a „rigorous bullpen“ Sunday and then a „baseball decision“ will made about when Kelly might begin a rehab assignment. … Rosemary Depler, of Peoria, Illinois, celebrated her 101st birthday by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. ‚ ‚ ‚