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TORONTO -- Coming into Monday nights game against Toronto, Tampa Bay right-hander Jake Odorizzi had gone three straight starts without allowing a run.It took just three pitches for the Blue Jays to snap Odorizzis scoreless streak.Devon Travis had a career-high four hits, including the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, and the Blue Jays beat the Rays 7-5 on Monday.Odorizzi came in riding a streak of 20 2/3 scoreless innings, the longest active run in the AL, but he couldnt add to it. Travis tripled on Odorizzis second pitch of the game and scored when Bautista followed with a first-pitch sacrifice fly.I wouldnt say I really had my best stuff tonight, Odorizzi said. Definitely not as good as any start previously since the All-Star break. I had to battle a lot.Odorizzi allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out four.I dont think (Odorizzi) was as sharp as hes shown, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Tampa Bays loss, coupled with Minnesotas win over Houston, gave the Rays the worst record in the AL at 45-66.Edwin Encarnacion hit his 299th career home run as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak against Tampa Bay.Toronto is an MLB-best 45-26 since being swept at home by the Rays from May 16-18. Tampa Bay has gone 26-47 since, the worst record in the majors.Travis has been batting leadoff regularly since an Aug. 1 win at Houston. Hes 11 for 31 with three home runs and five RBI since moving to the top of the order.Hes on some kind of roll, manager John Gibbons said. Hes been doing a little bit of everything for us.Joaquin Benoit (2-1) worked one inning for the win. Roberto Osuna gave up Logan Forsythes solo homer in the ninth but finished for his 25th save.Rays left-hander Xavier Cedeno (3-4) was replaced after walking the first two batters of the seventh. Dylan Floro came on and walked pinch-hitter Russell Martin to load the bases but got pinch-hitter Justin Smoak to bounce back to the mound, with Michael Saunders forced at home. Saunders took out catcher Bobby Wilson as he slid in, preventing what might have been an inning-ending double play. Travis followed with an RBI single and Bautista hit a two-run double.Cash said the double play became a challenge after Floro bobbled Smoaks bouncer.Were an executed play away from getting out of the inning with no runs, Cash said. We didnt execute the play and then they bust it open.Mikie Mahtook and Steve Souza Jr. tied it with RBI doubles in the fourth but the Blue Jays regained the lead on Encarnacions two-out, two-run single in the bottom half.They keep coming at you, Tampa Bays Brad Miller said of Toronto. We kept firing and firing and firing. They just did a better job of it.Tampa Bay tied it 4-all and chased knuckleballer R.A. Dickey on Millers two-run double in the fifth. Miller has at least one RBI in six straight games.The Rays put runners at second and third with no outs in the seventh but couldnt score. Evan Longoria struck out and Forsythe didnt tag from third on Millers fly ball to Bautista in right.We know where Bautista is at right now, Cash said. Hes big time player, he shows up pretty big in big situations. Thats a throw that weve seen him make over and over.FIRST TIME AT FIRSTMiller played first base for the first time in his career. He looked very comfortable over there, Cash said.FOUR PLAYThe Rays allowed four or more runs for the third time in 14 games.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: OF Kevin Pillar (left thumb) was placed on the 15-day DL. Toronto recalled OF Darrell Ceciliani from Triple-A Buffalo.UP NEXTRays: LHP Drew Smyly (3-11, 5.14) is 1-0 with a 2.37 ERA in his past three starts. 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The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Dmitry Kulikov Jets Jersey . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good.Patience is a virtue few teenagers possess, and Jared Donaldson -- while already exceptional on a tennis court -- is no exception.Yeah, he said Tuesday from Chengdu, China, its nearly impossible to be patient. Might be impossible. Obviously Im not satisfied with where I am. I think I can do better, and thats the type of thinking that drives you to work as hard as you can to improve.The biggest challenge every player faces is when you have success. Youre less likely to make certain changes in your game that need to be made.Taylor Dent, who was once a 19-year-old whiz kid himself, repeats a lot of the things his father, Phil, a distinguished professional, told him growing up.Its a marathon not a sprint, said Taylor, who along with his dad coaches Donaldson. Youre not going to win every battle. When youre a kid, you want everything now. A lot of my time is spent keeping Jareds focus on the bigger picture. Its better to lose doing the right things than win doing them wrong.Lately, Donaldson has been doing a lot right.At No. 99, hes one of four teenagers ranked among the ATP World Tours top 100, joined by No. 27 Alexander Zverev, No. 42 Borna Coric and fellow American Taylor Fritz (No. 58). After the US Open, Donaldson and Fritz were the first pair of U.S. teenagers to appear in the top 100 since Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri did it in 2002.They are part of a larger, distinguished group of 19 players who are 21 and under and ranked in the top 200 that the ATP has taken to calling the #NextGen on social media.Donaldson, who will be the first of the teenagers to turn 20, on Oct. 9, grew up in Rhode Island but now calls Irvine, California, home. Hell be celebrating his birthday in Asia. Like a lot of guys his age at his level, he could be playing Challengers in the comfort and safety of the United States but, typically, hes chosen a more difficult path.Hell try to qualify his way into the main draws next week at Tokyo and then the Shanghai Rolex Masters.You can improve exponentially by playing the best competition available, Donaldson said. The best players are playing in Asia right now.The learning curve continued on Saturday in China, when Donaldson -- the top-seeded player in the qualifying draw -- lost his first match to Marinko Matosevic 7-5, 6-4.But just as a college student can often learn more outside of the classroom, Donaldson is going to school on all the small details that make a successful professional player. When does that nagging pain in your knee warrant a visit to the physio? Where do you find food in a foreign country that is safe and nutritious? How much time should be devoted to practice versus weight training? How much sleep is appropriate? Whats the best string tension for a windy day in southwest China?And so, the education of Jared Donaldson continues.Admittedly it was a tough year for Donaldson before he caught fire this summer. The 6-foot-2, 165-pound athlete played some Challengers and tried to qualify for a number of ATP-level events. He reached the main draws in Memphis and Miami but lost his first match both times. After losing in the final round of the Savannah Challenger to Bjorn Fratangelo, Donaldson lost two of three matches in Tallahassee and Bordeaux before falling in the third round of qualifying at Roland Garros.And then shoulder and knee injuries forced him to sit out for more than a month.Playing before a hometown crowd on the grass at Newport, Rhode Island,, Donaldson lost his first match back in straight sets to Donald Young.ddddddddddddIt was a predictable result, coming off those injuries and considering Donaldsons best surfaces are hard courts and clay.The biggest trick, Dent said, is not to get too up after good weeks and too down after bad weeks. Good can be just as bad -- or worse.Newport was the last surface he was going to feel comfortable on. It was fine because Jared believed in what he was working on, the direction he was going.That was evident a week later when he qualified in Washington, D.C. (beating Matosevic) and his first-round win against Vincent Millot. Then Donaldson won four matches, two of them in qualifying, in Torontos Rogers Cup, including a victory over No. 33-ranked Fabio Fognini.Before the US Open, Donaldson fell to Milos Raonic, Nick Kyrgios, Stan Wawrinka and Julien Benneteau in various events, but there was incremental progress across the board.The key to Donaldsons game, he says, is taking time away from opponents by being aggressive and hitting the ball early. To do this requires quickness and strength that isnt typically found in teenagers.Earlier this year I was trying to do it but, quite honestly, wasnt very good at it. When I got injured, I got stronger and things started to click. I started moving better, getting a better base, got behind the ball quicker. I was staying in points longer and hitting good quality shots.It all came together at the US Open. After failing to land a USTA wild card, Donaldson won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw. He produced a surprising first-round upset win against No. 14 David Goffin, then took out No. 32-ranked Viktor Troicki before losing to Ivo Karlovic.Dent, who was a terrific server in his day, has been working diligently with Donaldson on his delivery. He and his father will open the Dent Tennis Academy in Keller, Texas, next month. Theyll further work on Donaldsons game and fitness.Hes 165 pounds soaking wet, Dent said. Hes giving up 20 pounds of muscle to the other men on tour. Thats a huge percentage of strength and power. It wont come super quickly, but it will come.Confidence, as Wawrinka will tell you, can be just as valuable as a gorgeous one-handed backhand or a booming serve. After losing the first set of the US Open final against No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic, Wawrinka found a way to rally and win the final three sets.Back in late August, Donaldson had a similar experience.In a second-round match at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Donaldson found himself playing Wawrinka, then a two-time Grand Slam singles champion.I wasnt nervous, Donaldson said, but concerned that my normal level wasnt going to be good enough. In the first game, I stood too far back when he was serving. I was giving him too much credit and me not enough. I played the first game really poorlyRain intervened and the players were sent to the locker room. Donaldson told his team that he just needed to play his game to keep it close.He came out swinging and won the first set before falling 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In retrospect, he took a set from one of the worlds best players -- just like Djokovic a few weeks later in New York.I gave a good account of myself, Donaldson said. It confirmed all the things Im working on and showed me I was on the right path. ' ' '