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TORONTO -- Watching his Los Angeles Dodgers waste opportunity after opportunity, manager Don Mattingly was feeling nervous. He neednt have worried. These days, the Dodgers can do no wrong, even if its late. Mark Ellis hit a two-run homer to highlight a five-run 10th inning as the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. "Were rolling right now. Were going to see how long this roll lasts," said Los Angeles reliever Brandon League, who beat his former team for the second straight game. Yasiel Puig also went deep in the 10th for the Dodgers, who have won six straight and 23 of 28 to go from last in the NL West on June 21 to first place. Los Angeles won its 10th straight road game, the franchises longest streak since the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first 11 away from home in 1955. League (5-3) pitched two innings and Kenley Jansen finished for the Dodgers, who left 13 runners on base and went 2 for 17 with runners in scoring position. "It was one of those games where youre going Man, were letting too many opportunities get away from us," Mattingly said. "That game scared me from the second on, just the way it went. Its nice to come back and get that." The Dodgers loaded the bases in the second but scored just one. They stranded runners at first and second in the fourth and left the bases loaded in the fifth, coming up empty both times. "Early in the year we didnt come back in any games, I dont think," Mark Ellis said. "Lately weve been able to do that. Thats the sign of a good team." Juan Perez (1-2) gave up all five runs and four hits in the 10th inning for Toronto, snapping his streak of 22 innings without an earned run since being called up from Triple-A Buffalo in late May. The Blue Jays were swept for the second straight series, and have lost a season-high seven consecutive games and 14 of 18. Toronto led 8-3 after six innings Tuesday before the Dodgers rallied to win 10-9, but manager John Gibbons said this one was even more cruel. "I thought we were rock bottom last night," Gibbons said. "I guess not." This time, the Blue Jays were up 3-2 heading into the ninth before the Dodgers rallied against closer Casey Janssen. Puig drew a leadoff walk before Janssen struck out Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez, then got two strikes on Andre Ethier. When Ethier hit a sinking liner to centre, Colby Rasmus charged the ball but couldnt catch it, then had it bounce off his glove, allowing Puig to score. "I saw with Hanley and Gonzo that (Janssen) kind of forced them to chase some bad pitches out of the zone," Ethier said. "I was just trying to get something over the plate to drive." The blown save was Janssens second in 20 opportunities. "I shouldnt have walked Puig in the first place," Janssen said. "Leadoff walks always hurt and tonight it got me." In the 10th, Juan Uribe drew a one-out walk and Ellis homered into the second deck in left, his fifth. One out later, Puig hit his ninth homer and first since July 2. Gonzalez walked, Ramirez doubled and Ethier followed with a two-run double. "It felt good to win this game after having so many opportunities early," Ellis said. Torontos bullpen allowed two home runs for the second straight game. Toronto relievers allowed 18 earned runs in the three games against Los Angeles. "Its frustrating, its demoralizing but weve got to come back tomorrow," Gibbons said. Ethier went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and Puig was 3 for 5 with a walk and two RBIs. "He looked more like himself tonight," Mattingly said of Puig. The Blue Jays broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth against Ronald Belisario when pinch runner Rajai Davis scored from second on a throwing error by Gonzalez. Los Angeles opened the scoring on Uribes bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the second, and Puig made it 2-0 with an RBI double in the third. Dodgers starter Ricky Nolasco held the Blue Jays without a hit until the bottom of the fifth, when Rasmus and Maicer Izturis drew consecutive walks and Brett Lawrie drove them in with a two-out double off the wall. Making his fourth start since being acquired from Miami on July 7, Nolasco allowed two runs and two hits in 5 2-3 innings. He matched a season-high with four walks and struck out five. Toronto starter Esmil Rogers allowed two runs and 10 hits in seven innings, matching his longest outing of the season. The right-hander, who walked one and struck out four, has not won since June 18 against Colorado, a span of six starts. "His back against the wall all night long," Gibbons said. Before the game, the Dodgers placed outfielder Matt Kemp on the 15-day disabled list and activated left-hander Ted Lilly. Kemps move is backdated to July 22, meaning hes eligible to return Aug. 6, but manager Don Mattingly said Kemp might need more time. 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Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day. Cheap Hockey Jerseys . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. Madison Keys is ranked in the top 10 in the world, a Grand Slam semifinalist who just played for an Olympic bronze medal and has earned career prize money of well over $4 million.Shes also only 21, much closer in age to her middle school days than to No. 1 Serena Williams, and the youngest woman in the top 20 by nearly a year-and-a-half.This is where the American finds herself as she heads into next weeks U.S. Open: an established pro with the game to win major titles, yet competing in a sport in which many players now peak in their late 20s and even early 30s.Patient and impatient at the same time about her tennis, Keys is also sorting out what she wants to accomplish off the court. She announced Wednesday that she will fund and host six summits for teens at schools around the world in 2017 in partnership with the organization FearlesslyGIRL.Thats such a tough time for any girl -- I know it was a tough time for me, Keys said in a recent phone interview.To sit down in a big group and talk to each other about it, you realize youre not so alone, she added. It makes everything seem so much smaller and more manageable.Keys has two younger sisters and sees this in a way as just adding many more.Its being able to relate to them on such a personal level, she said, but also knowing it does get better.For her, sports was always a part of that.When youre 13 or 14, sometimes you wake up in a bad place, she said. You feel like everythings out of your control. You dont know what to do.The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.Long considered one of the worlds most promising young players, Keys burst through to the semifinals of the 2015 Australian Open while still a teenager.All of a sudden, people say, `Shes a contender, Keys recalled. Its the next logical step: You made the semifinals, you should make a final. You make a final, you should win.Unfortunately, thats not how it works.The rest of the year, she lost in her first or second match of a tournament nine ttimes, though her results in the Grand Slams were better.dddddddddddd And with her profile soaring, so did the harassment on social media.I could go through my Twitter account right now and there would be 10 horrible messages, Keys said.All of a sudden, she recalled, I was getting all these messages that I was fat and ugly, and I wasnt prepared for it.It took time for her to remind herself that the trolls were most likely gamblers who spewed vitriol because they were betting on a match. That realization was crucial.If youre not in my immediate circle, she said, youre not someone whose opinion I value.On the court, she needed to remind herself to trust the process and not obsess over individual wins and losses. In 2016, the upward trajectory has resumed. Keys has made three finals, winning her second WTA title, and is currently ranked a career-best ninth. At the Rio Games, she made it to the semifinals -- then ran into two Grand Slam champions in a row in Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova, losing to both to miss out on a medal as their superiority showed.Keys, who withdrew from this weeks Connecticut Open with a neck injury, is set to be seeded eighth when the U.S. Open starts Monday -- a key number because it means she cant meet Williams or Kerber until the quarterfinals at the earliest. Shes been eliminated in the round of 16 at her last four majors.We believe shell win a Grand Slam really soon, said her agent at IMG, Max Eisenbud, who has also managed Maria Sharapova and Li Na.At a time when seven of the top 20 players in the womens rankings are in their 30s, the younger generation has finally started to push through in recent months. Garbine Muguruza, 22, won the French Open, then Monica Puig, also 22, was the surprise Olympic gold medalist.I want to get to that next step as quickly as I can, Keys said. If thats three weeks, great. But if its three months, no problem, or even three years. ' ' '

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