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OAKLAND, Calif. -- R.A. Dickey thought it was a safe pitch to a major league rookie. It turned out to be one of his few mistakes.Dickey gave up three home runs, though two of them were solo, and the Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-4 to the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.If you got the ball up in the air today it was going to go, Dickey said. Thats the first slow knuckleball Ive thrown in four years that got hit out for a home run. I thought it would be a safe pitch. I was trying to find the speed it was moving most and today it was the harder one.Dickey (7-10), who had won three of his previous four starts, said he felt good all day. The three-run shot by Ryon Healy, his first major league hit, stood out.If I can subtract that homer, we win the game, Dickey said. The ball was only out by 4 or 5 feet. Im not sure he got all of it and, in retrospect, theres not a lot of history on the guy. I stuck with the harder one after that and got better results.Dickey allowed five runs on five hits in his six innings. He walked three and struck out four.Its a home run park during the day and thats what got us today, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. There wasnt a lot of break early on but he found his groove. He was giving up fly balls and that can be your enemy.Josh Thole, who had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, ended a 77 at-bat streak without an extra base hit with a two-run double in the second. Four of his five RBI have come in his last two games.Im tweaking things and Im feeling comfortable, Thole said. Ill ride it as long as I can.Khris Davis hit two home runs and Sonny Gray snapped a 12-game winless drought for the As.Davis was 2 for 4 in his ninth career multi-homer game, three of which came this season. The As have homered six times in two games, three of them by Davis.The Blue Jays, whod won eight of nine games going into the All-Star break, lost to Oakland for a second straight day to start the second half.Gray (4-8) ended a career-worst seven game skid. He was 0-7 with a 6.16 ERA over his previous 12 starts. He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks in six innings.Edwin Encarnacion hit his 24th homer leading off the top of the third for Toronto. Justin Smoak hit a solo homer, his 10th, off Ryan Madson, who pitched the ninth for his 19th save.CHALLENGING TIMESA day after a replay ruling on a play at the plate figured prominently in an As 8-7 win, home plate was the center of two more challenges -- on the same play. After Gibbons challenge overturned an As scoring play in the bottom of the seventh inning, As manager Bob Melvin challenged the reversal, contending that catcher Thole blocked Marcus Semiens path to the plate. Replay officials rejected Melvins argument. On Friday, Josh Reddick scored the tiebreaking run on a play at the plate that was overturned on a challenge.UP NEXTBlue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ is 6-0 with a 2.73 ERA over his last six starts. The Blue Jays are averaging 10.1 runs over that stretch. Happ (12-3, 3.36 ERA) has already tied his career high for wins in a season and opens the second half on pace to win 20 games.Athletics: In his last seven starts, LHP Rich Hill is 6-0 with a 2.05 ERA with no home runs allowed. He is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two starts since coming off the disabled list (left groin strain) on July 1. He is 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 10 career appearances against Toronto.Custom Colorado Rockies Jerseys . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. Justin Lawrence Jersey . 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I dont know what you get out of that. I dont know, man. Theres a time when people who honor themselves will fall short, so when that day comes, well see.As a member of the Carolina Panthers, Norman engaged Beckham in a healthy amount of trash talk during a Week 15 meeting. Shoving and wrestling ultimately led to Beckham taking a deliberate shot at the cornerbacks helmet in the second half. They combined for four unnecessary roughness penalties in the game, three for Beckham and one for Norman.The budding rivalry became heightened when the Redskins signed Norman this offseason. Beckham told GQ in its August issue that Norman for sure is in Washington because of him and that the reason hes become so relevant is beecause of me.ddddddddddddThe Redskins and Giants play Sept. 25 and Jan. 1. Norman will have to contend with Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant twice a year, but its his matchup with Beckham that will garner the most spotlight because of last seasons altercation -- for which Beckham drew a one-game suspension.If I wasnt playing him twice a year, maybe people wouldnt bring it up as much, Beckham told GQ. But now itll be a lot more media attention for him, attention that I dont really look for, attention that I dont need.Norman appeared on NFL HQ on Friday morning and continued to downplay Beckhams words.I dont really care, to be honest. I really dont, Norman said. The guy said what he said. Shots thrown, shots fired. Am I going to shoot back? For what? I dont have to. Theres nothing to shoot at? ... Im going to do what I do, play a physical style of ball and well see. ' ' '