TORONTO -- Jose Bautista understands its been a slow month for the Blue Jays offense.If things dont speed up soon, Toronto might miss out on a wild card spot.Ubaldo Jimenez and two relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 4-0 on Thursday night, moving into a tie with Toronto in the AL wild card race with three games remaining.He executed well, kept us off-balance and made some good pitches, Bautiusta said of Jimenez. His ball was moving.Toronto was held scoreless for the third time in September. The Blue Jays have lost 16 straight games in which they havent homered. They went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position Thursday.We just need to get back to hitting the baseball, getting on base and knocking them in, Bautista said. It falls on guys like me to drive the runs in and we have to do a better job.The Orioles visit New York for the final weekend of the season, while Toronto head to Boston to face the AL East champion Red Sox.Boston is a tough place to play but our guys play pretty good there, manager John Gibbons said. Im not worried about our guys. Weve got our backs up against the wall but were a good spot.Detroit, which was rained out Thursday, is 1 1/2 games behind the Orioles and Blue Jays.When he last started at Toronto on June 12, Jimenez allowed five runs and six hits in 1/3 of an inning, the shortest start of his career.The right-hander carved up the Blue Jays for 6 2/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Ezequiel Carreras single to begin the first. Josh Donaldson followed with a walk but Jimenez retired the next six batters in order.He basically shut us down, Gibbons said. We couldnt get anything going.Torontos Marcus Stroman (9-10) gave up nine hits and four runs in seven-plus innings, reaching the 200-inning plateau for the first time. Stroman is winless in eight starts.Were hoping our luck starts to turn, Stroman said. Were hoping to go into Boston and come out firing.Jimenez (8-12) improved to 3-1 with a 2.31 ERA in five September starts. He walked three and struck out five.(Jimenez) was in command pretty much all night, Orioles catcher Matt Wieters said. In a big game like that, he really kept his emotions under control like I knew he would. He threw the ball great.Donnie Hart got one out in the seventh and Brad Brach finished.Baltimore trailed through eight innings on Wednesday before winning 3-2 on Hyun Soo Kims two-run homer in the ninth. Thanks to Jimenezs effort on Thursday, the Orioles have won five of six.This time of year, momentum is huge, Wieters said. Over 162 (games), momentum is going to come and go but once you start getting close to the playoffs, momentum is big. Were going to try and keep it going as long as we can.LONG ODDS WITHOUT LONG BALLToronto is 8-34 this season when it does not homer.END OF THE LINETorontos team-record streak of starting pitchers allowing one earned run or less ended at seven games.DRAWING POWERThe crowd of 47,791 was Torontos 39th sellout. The Blue Jays drew an AL-high 3,392,099 this season.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: Travis returned after sitting out the previous two games. He jammed his surgically repaired shoulder in Mondays benches-clearing brawl with New York.UP NEXTOrioles: Yovani Gallardo left Toronto on Thursday afternoon to fly to New York, where he will start Friday night against the Yankees. Gallardo (5-8, 5.63) allowed eight runs, seven earned, in 1 1/3 innings in his previous start at New York, a 14-4 loss on Aug. 26. RHP Michael Pineda (6-11, 4.68) starts for the Yankees.Blue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada will start against the Red Sox on Friday night. Estrada has allowed one run and five hits in 14 innings over his previous two outings. Rick Porcello (22-4, 3.11) starts for the Red Sox. Cheap Miami Marlins Jerseys . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Cheap Seattle Mariners Jerseys . After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. http://www.cheapmlbjerseysoutlet.com/?tag=cheap-baltimore-orioles-jerseys . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Cheap Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. 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BASEBALLNEW YORK -- Max Scherzer celebrated aboard a boat off the British Virgin Islands, doused by college pals on a floating party.Rick Porcello enjoyed the moment at his parents home in New Jersey, surrounded by family, friends and a few bottles of wine.As for Justin Verlander, well, fuming supermodel Kate Upton brought the heat for her fiance.Teammates for five seasons in Detroit, the three right-handers topped the Cy Young Award talk Wednesday: Scherzer easily won the NL prize, Porcello edged out Verlander for the AL honor.Porcello, who led baseball with 22 wins for Boston and had a 3.15 ERA, won despite getting just eight of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America -- the first time the AL Cy winner didnt get the most firsts.Verlander went 16-9 with a 2.40 ERA while leading the AL in strikeouts and other categories. He got 14 first-place votes, but didnt draw as much support across the board -- he was left off two ballots, too.LOS ANGELES -- Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday at the White House.Scully retired last month after spending his entire 67-year career in the booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers.He turns 89 on Nov. 27.Scully is one of 21 recipients of the Medal of Freedom announced Wednesday, including NBA Hall of Famers Kareen Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan.HOUSTON -- Right-hander Charlie Morton agreed to a contract with Houston, giving the Astros two of the best groundball pitchers in the majors.Morton accepted a $14 million, two-year deal that includes annual salaries of $7 million and performance bonuses of $625,000 apiece for 12, 20, 25 and 30 starts each season.Morton, who ranks second in the majors among active pitchers in career groundball to fly ball ratio (2.48), joins a staff that features last years American League Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel, a lefty who leads the league in that category (2.84).NFLNEW YORK -- -- First-year eligibles LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Jason Taylor and Brian Dawkins are among 26 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fames class of 2017.Joining them as first-time semifinalists is tackle-guard Chris Hinton, who retired in 1989 but has made this cut for the first time.The other 21 candidates -- there was a tie for 25th in voting by Hall of Fame selectors as the list was trimmed from an original 94 -- all have made it this far in the past.Two coaches, Don Coryell and Jimmy Johnson, have made the semifinals. 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The network reported that the decision was made in part to avoid any implied association with Trump.NEW YORK -- Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy says he has used the term posse before, and it was always in regards to minorities.A day after LeBron James criticized Knicks President Phil Jackson for using the word in an interview to describe James friends and business partners, Van Gundy was reflective when thinking about his own words, calling on people to be aware of their language and attitudes.COLLEGE BASKETBALLKENT, Ohio -- Kent States players made their home opener memorable, and it had little to do with winning.In a sign of unity they hope catches on, the Golden Flashes invited fans onto the court to stand with them during the national anthem before their game against Mississippi Valley State.Moments before tip-off, Kent States players went into the crowd and each of them asked a fan of a different race to join them while the schools Flasher Brass pep band performed the anthem.Kent State coach Rob Senderoff said the players approached the coaching staff with the idea.HOCKEYTAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee and will be sidelined indefinitely.General manager Steve Yzerman announced the diagnosis after Stamkos returned home for further evaluation of the injury the two-time NHL scoring champion suffered Tuesday night in a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.Stamkos, who last summer re-signed with the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2008 rather than testing free agency, scored his ninth goal against the Red Wings and leads the NHL with 20 points in 17 games.The six-time All-Star center grabbed the back of his knee and limped off the ice to the dressing room after colliding with Detroits Gustav Nyquist along the boards.Its the third significant injury Stamkos has had over the past three years.CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau was scheduled to undergo surgery for a fractured finger.Gaudreau suffered the injury in Tuesdays 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild. The team said a timeline for his return will be provided in the coming days.Gaudreau left Tuesdays game early in the third period after taking a slash to the hand.NEW YORK -- International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel said he had a good discussion Wednesday with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players Association Executive Director Don Fehr about the worlds top hockey players participating in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.Bettman described the meeting as constructive and candid.Still lots of issues, Bettman wrote in an email to the AP.Fasel said his job is to raise funds for the players transportation and insurance. The International Olympic Committee does not want to cover those costs as it has the previous five Olympics. Fasel hopes to persuade the IOC to financially support the NHLs participation. 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