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(Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers pay a visit to Rogers Centre tonight to open a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays, in what is the first of seven meetings over the next 10 days between the two teams. The Rangers entered the day with a half-game lead over Oakland in the AL West. They dropped two out of three in Boston after falling in Thursdays series finale, 6-3. Texas coughed up a 3-0 lead and eventually lost on David Ortizs three-run, walkoff home run. Starter Derek Holland pitched six innings and gave up two runs. Hot-hitting Adrian Beltre will likely fill the designated hitter slot for this series, given Torontos artificial surface and the third basemans tender left hamstring. Beltre, who went 3-for-4 with a home run on Thursday, is hitting at a .435 clip with four home runs and eight RBIs during an 11-game hitting streak. Manager Ron Washington could turn to utility infielder Leury Garcia to man the hot corner for the series. "One thing about Leury is he can catch the ball," Washington said. "You hit it to him, hell catch the ball ... and he will throw it. It may end up in the stands, but hell throw it." This marks the Blue Jays only pit stop at Rogers Centre in a stretch that will see them play 11 of 14 on the road. After suffering a two-game sweep in San Diego over the weekend, they traveled to San Francisco and took two out of three from the Giants. "It seems like weve been gone a couple of weeks," manager John Gibbons said after Wednesdays 4-0 victory. "With an off-day (Thursday), itll be big. The guys can use it, especially since were coming off the West Coast." R.A. Dickey was the key figure in Wednesdays win, as he allowed only two hits and came two outs short of his first shutout with the Blue Jays. Torontos rotation has been hit hard by injuries. Esmil Rogers will move from the bullpen to start Fridays series opener. His first start since 2011 came on May 29 against Atlanta, and he held the Braves scoreless in 3 1/3 innings. The Blue Jays hope Rogers can pitch deeper into the game this time around. Meanwhile, Rangers rookie starter Nick Tepesch will hope for some more run support than he has gotten of late. The right-hander is winless over his last three starts despite a 2.12 ERA in that span, as the offense has totaled only five runs. Against Kansas City on Saturday, Tepesch gave up just one unearned run in 6 1/3 innings and did not issue a walk. This marks the first meeting of the season between these two teams, although they will be plenty familiar with one another after the next 10 days. Texas won two of three in its last visit to Toronto from Aug. 17-19. Brandon Weeden Jersey Retro .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night. Alfonso Boone Jersey Retro . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. https://www.cheapjerseyslines.com/stan-olejniczak-jersey-retro/ . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Taylor Decker Jersey Retro . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Bruce Thornton Jersey Retro . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Grant Riller scored 13 points and the College of Charleston won its fourth straight with a 59-45 victory over Division-II Anderson (South Carolina) on Sunday.It was Rillers fourth double-figure scoring game this season.Jarrell Brantley added nine points for Charleston (7-3). Evan Bailey made 7 of 10 free throws for a season-high seven points and he grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. The Cougars were 16 of 27 from the line (59.3 percent) and Anderson attempted just nine, making fivve.ddddddddddddarquise Pointer had a steal and fast-break layup to give Charleston a 24-23 lead and the Trojans led 27-23 at the break. Riller scored six of Charlestons first nine points of the second half as the Trojans went on a 9-2 run for an 11-point lead.The Cougars led by double digits for the final 15 minutes.Randall Shaw, averaging 20.3 points, led Anderson with 14 points. ' ' '