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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays are expected to have center fielder Kevin Pillar back in the lineup on Tuesday when they open a three-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Angels.Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (8-13, 4.51 ERA) will start for the Blue Jays in their first meeting this season with the Angels, who will turn to left-hander Tyler Skaggs (1-2, 5.19 ERA).Pillar injured his left thumb on a slide into second base on Aug. 7 in Kansas City. He likely will be reinstated from the disabled list after going 6-for-7 with a double and two RBI in two games for Class A Dunedin on a rehabilitation assignment.The move will give the Blue Jays more flexibility in the outfield. Melvin Upton Jr. has been playing center field in Pillars place and recently has started to find himself at the plate.Upton has batted .333 (6-for-18) with three home runs and six RBI in his last five games. When Pillar returns to play center, it means Upton can move to one of the corners, probably right field with Michael Saunders returning to his regular spot in left field.Ezequiel Carrera would resume his role as the teams fourth outfielder.It is not certain when Jose Bautista will return from a sprained left knee. He is eligible to return from the disabled list on Thursday for the final game of the series.Third baseman Josh Donaldson returned to the lineup Sunday following a two-game absence because of a jammed thumb, sustained in an at-bat on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.The Blue Jays lineup is beginning to return to normal, and they hope it will mean more offensive production. They lost two of three to the Indians in Cleveland with each game decided by one run.The Angels, meanwhile, are dealing with injuries to their bullpen with Huston Street and Cam Bedrosian on the disabled list.Deolis Guerra, J.C. Ramirez and Fernando Salas did the job from the bullpen on Sunday in a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Salas picked up the save.Both Guerra and Ramirez have a chance to prove that they belong in the Angels plans for next season.They are part of the bullpen answers right now, manager Mike Scioscia said. Anytime someone gets an opportunity and they are throwing the ball well, obviously they make their own role, especially in the bullpen. Both those guys are doing a great job, and hopefully well get some more leads to hold and see how they continue to do.The Blue Jays have added a left-hander to their bullpen for the Angels series after Aaron Loup was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to replace starter Aaron Sanchez. Sanchez was sent to Class A Dunedin in a move that will limit his innings, which are at a career-high 156 1/3. He is 12-2 with a 2.99 ERA and will return to pitch against the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 31.He allowed five runs (four earned) in four innings in a no decision Saturday against the Indians, a game won 6-5 by the Blue Jays.Manager John Gibbons said that Sanchez has showed no signs of fatigue.I havent seen anything to indicate that, Gibbons said. He looks the same and the results look the same.The Blue Jays are trying to protect the 24-year-olds arm but his performance has complicated the issue.Its not easy, Gibbons said. Nobody wants to do it. We hope were doing the right thing. We think we are and hes on board with it.Dickey is 6-3 with a 4.51 ERA in 26 games, including 10 starts, in his career against the Angels.Skaggs will be making his sixth start of the season for the Angels. 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Ultra Boost Australia Sale . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games.EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Oilers four-game losing streak is an example of how fine the lines in hockey truly are.Three of the four losses came in either overtime or the shootout; the one regulation loss of the four saw the Oilers establish 2-0 and 5-3 leads at Philadelphia before giving up a late goal to lose, 6-5.So, you could argue that the Oilers were only a few breaks away from collecting eight out of a possible eight points out of those four games. They ended up with only three.They will try to change the pattern when they host the Winnipeg Jets Sunday night at Rogers Place. The Jets will come in with tired legs, having lost 6-2 at Calgary Saturday night. It was the Jets third loss in a row.Weve got to get the (Calgary loss) out of our mind and focus on tomorrow, and have that fire in our belly, said Jets center Mark Scheifele, who has 27 points in 27 games this season. (The Oilers) are a good team, theyre quick, theyre skilled and weve got to be ready for them.The hottest Oiler is center Leon Draisaitl; he has scored in five of the last six Oilers games, and has nine points over that span. He scored in Fridays 3-2 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild.I think Im pretty confident right now, said Draisaitl. The puck seems to bounce my way a little bit, which didnt happen in the first couple of games.But whats been troubling for the Oilers is they held leads in each of the four straight losses.dddddddddddd If the Oilers want to shake the decade-long pattern of missing the playoffs, the team will have to develop the mental toughness needed when it comes to getting up in a game -- and seeing it through to the final buzzer.Its been tough on us of late, said Oilers coach Todd McLellan. The schedule, the way weve lost some games, the frustration level goes up and, often, when it happens it sucks a lot of energy out of you.But he added that he thought the Oilers 3-2 shootout loss in Minnesota on Friday night saw all of his players come out with strong efforts.Now, the challenge is to turn a strong effort into a winning effort.The Oilers will face a Jets team thats already playing back-to-back games for the sixth time this season. By contrast, the Oilers have played just three back-to-backs this year. The game will be the Jets fifth in seven games.The diabolical schedule has not pleased Jets coach Paul Maurice.I dont like our schedule at all. Ive never seen one like it, Maurice said. It may be the new NHL, we just have to get used to it and deal with it.Maurice said his team will make full use of two days off at home after they head home from Edmonton. ' ' '