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Angels in his 14-year career http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-alex-cobb-jersey , and the Seattle Mariners designated hitter will look to cause more Friday night in the third contest of the four-game series.Cruz hit a three-run homer Thursday night in an 8-2 victory in the series opener at Angel Stadium, the 359th homer of his career and 50th against the Angels. Alex Rodriguez, who began his career as a shortstop with the Mariners, is the only player with more home runs against Los Angeles (70).Seattle (80-66) improved to 69-0 when leading after eight innings. The Oakland A’s are the only other team in the majors unbeaten in that situation.Article continues below ...The Angels (73-74) missed a chance to climb over .500 for the first time since Aug. 18.Cruz hit his 36th home run of the season in the fourth inning to give the Mariners a 6-0 lead. He hit his 35th on Wednesday in a 5-4 loss to to the visiting San Diego Padres, giving him 1,000 RBIs for his career and making him the only player with at least 35 home runs every season since 2014.“I’ve been playing a lot of games and it shows my routine,” he told ROOT Sports after Thursday’s win.Cruz will also look to continue his success against Angels starter Matt Shoemaker. Cruz is 8-for-26 in his career off the right-hander with two home runs.Shoemaker (2-0, 3.45 ERA) is scheduled to make his third start since coming off a five-month stay on the disabled list because of a second forearm surgery in two years.He’s 4-4 with a 4.33 ERA in 14 career appearances (12 starts) against the Mariners. He faced them twice last season before the initial forearm injury ended his season in mid-June.The Mariners are hoping to have shortstop Jean Segura back in the starting lineup after he missed the past three games with flu-like symptoms. Segura, who won the American League Final Vote to earn the final roster spot on the All-Star team Wade Boggs Jersey , is fifth in the AL with a .310 batting average.Mariners left-hander James Paxton (11-6, 3.83) was originally scheduled to start Friday, but has a form of pneumonia, Seattle manager Scott Servias told reporters before Thursday’s game. Veteran right-hander Felix Hernandez also remained in Seattle to rest his sore hamstring.The Mariners are expected to use a string of relievers on Friday, although no pitcher had been designated to start as of Thursday night.Mariners center fielder Mitch Haniger has led off the past three games with a base hit, lifting Seattle’s batting average to .357 leading off games this season, the best mark in the majors.Haniger’s first-inning double Thursday night was his 61st extra-base hit this season. He’s the first Seattle player with at least 60 extra-base hits in a season since Raul Ibanez had 69 in 2008.Seattle first baseman Ryon Healy, who went 0-for-3 with an RBI on Thursday night, has been one of the team’s hottest hitters the past month. The Southern California native is hitting .305 in the past 23 games with three home runs and 15 RBIs.Angels center fielder Mike Trout has been even hotter http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-wilson-ramos-jersey , hitting .369 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs in his past 25 games. He went 2-for-3 with two doubles Thursday night.“We hit some balls hard,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia told reporters after the game. TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Rays continue to play with a purpose, while the Toronto Blue Jays seem content to play out the string.The Rays will be going for a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays on Wednesday night after their 4-0 victory Tuesday.Tampa Bay leads the season series 9-2 and has shut out the Blue Jays three times.Article continues below ...Overall, the Rays (75-63) have won four in a row and 13 of their past 15 games to go to a season-best 12 games above .500.The Blue Jays (62-76) have lost seven of their past nine games.The Rays will start right-hander Tyler Glasnow (1-4, 3.95 ERA) on Wednesday and the Blue Jays will send out Aaron Sanchez (3-5, 5.22).Glasnow was obtained in a trade July 31 that sent right-hander Chris Archer to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Glasnow did not start for the Pirates, making 34 relief appearances (1-2, 4.34) All six of his outings for the Rays have been starts, going 0-2 with a 3.23 ERA.At Cleveland on Friday Mallex Smith Jersey , Glasnow faced the minimum batters through four innings and did not allow a hit until a two-out single in the fifth. The only run allowed in a career-high seven innings was a solo homer by Edwin Encarnacion in the seventh. The Indians won 3-0 with Glasnow taking the loss.Glasnow has faced the Blue Jays once, on the last road trip Aug 12. He pitched five-plus innings and picked up a no-decision after allowing one run, two hits and two walks while striking out six. The Blue Jays won 2-1.Sanchez has started once against the Rays this season, taking the loss at Tropicana Field on May 5. He allowed four runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings. In his career against the Rays, he is 1-2 with a 1.58 ERA in 14 games (six starts).Sanchez went on the disabled list with an injured right index finger after his start June 21. In two starts since returning from the DL, he is 0-0 with an 11.88 ERA but the team has won both.The Rays have 12 shutouts this season. They have held the Blue Jays to five or fewer hits for seven straight games, which ties the major league record (since 1920). The Baltimore Orioles held the Washington Senators to five or fewer hits in seven consecutive games between Sept. 11, 1968-April 18, 1969.Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said he feels the Rays staff may be underrated http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-blake-snell-jersey , possibly because they have quite a few young pitches who are not yet well known.“I would say so, I would say it’s just a product of the youth that we have,” said Ryne Stanek, who has been the one-inning opener the Rays have used this season for the first two games of the series. “It’s one of those things where a lot of guys have don’t have a lot of time in the big leagues.”The teams continued to make moves with the expanded rosters in effect for the final month.The Rays reinstated catcher Adam Moore from the restricted list after he resolved his passport issue. He was put on the restricted list when catcher Nick Ciuffo was added to the 40-man roster Monday. The team created roster space for Moore’s return by moving infielder Daniel Robertson to the 60-day disabled list.Right-hander Jake Faria was recalled from Triple-A Durham and manager Kevin Cash said a decision has yet to be made about whether he will start or relieve. Cash said it “is a big month” for Faria.The Blue Jays called up outfielders Dwight Smith Jr. and Jonathan Davis, infielder Richard Urena and first baseman Rowdy Tellez. Right-hander Mike Hauschild has been designated for assignment, right-hander Joe Biagini (left oblique strain) has been put on the 10-day disabled and right-hander Jake Petricka was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo.Gibbons said some of the callups may not see much playing time but will gain some experience.“Just watch the games … and basically enjoy it,” Gibbons said he would advise the young players. “Don’t expect to take a ton of (batting practice) because we’re killing our coaches anyway. Don’t overdo it. 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