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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays say they are not taking anything for granted during this home stand.They are facing two teams who have the worst records in the American League.They defeated the Los Angeles Angels (52-73) in the opener of a three-game series 7-2 on Tuesday.The Angels have lost 11 straight road games, the most since they lost 14 road games in a row April 29-June 8, 1969.The Minnesota Twins (49-76) follow the Angels for a three-game series at Rogers Centre starting Friday.Then the Blue Jays go to Baltimore for a three-game series against the Orioles, who are two games out of first in the American League behind the Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox who are tied for first.I think the onus for us should be on just playing good baseball and not beating ourselves, said knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who pitched 6 2/3 innings Tuesday for the win. If we can execute and play good baseball I think we should come out of this homestand feeling good about the momentum going to Baltimore. If we dont play well those teams can beat you just easily as a team like the Red Sox.The Angels have long been out of postseason contention but infielder Cliff Pennington, who played part of last season with the Blue Jays when they won the Al East, said returning to Rogers Centre brings back good memories.It was an amazing three months I spent here playing at the Rogers Centre, Pennington said Tuesday before going 1-for-2 with a walk as the Angels second baseman. Those last three months was one of the coolest experiences Ive had as a player. ... the atmosphere here in the Rogers Centre was one of the coolest things Ive experienced.The Blue Jays will start right-hander Marco Estrada (7-5, 3.20 ERA) in the second game of the series on Wednesday against Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker (7-13, 4.14 ERA).Estrada allowed five hits, including three home runs, and five runs in four innings Aug. 16 against the New York Yankees and did not return after a rain delay. He did not factor in the decision when the Blue Jays came back to win 12-8.The six-man rotation with the extra day between starts has not been good for Estrada so far. He is 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA in eight starts on four days rest this season, is 2-4 with a 3.97 ERA in nine starts on five days rest, and 2-1 with a 3.91 ERA in four starts with six or more days of rest.In two career starts against the Angels, he is 1-0 with a 4.97 ERA.Shoemaker is going for two wins in a row. He allowed five hits, two walks and two earned runs over seven innings Thursday to earn the win against the Seattle Mariners. He has a 3.12 ERA over his past 18 starts with 114 strikeouts and 18 walks.In two career games, including one start, against the Blue Jays he is 1-1 with an 8.38 ERA. In his only start against Toronto, he allowed eight runs (seven earned) over six innings at Rogers Centre on May 21, 2015.While the Blue Jays will try to maintain at least a share of first place in their division, the Angels will try to end an ugly road losing streak.Down the stretch every game is important, Blue Jays infielder Darwin Barney said. I dont think were taking anyone lightly. Thats a good team over there. James Pazos Jersey . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. 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DETROIT -- The Los Angeles Kings scored soon after the puck dropped for the first time in Detroit, and that was almost enough to finish off the offensively challenged Red Wings.Derek Forbort had a goal 21 seconds into the game on the first shot, Nic Dowd scored a tie-breaking goal late in the second period and Tyler Toffoli scored twice in the third, lifting Los Angeles to a 4-1 victory Thursday night.We were good all night, and even when we took penalties we were good on the kills, Toffoli said. The Buffalo game was really a wake up for us, and we stepped up. We cant stop now, though. We have to turn this into a streak.Los Angeles opened a nine-game trip that will last two-plus weeks with a 6-3 loss to the Sabres.I dont consider this a long trip, Kings coach Darryl Sutter insisted. Everybody here is used to traveling.The Red Wings had two shots in the first, their lowest total for any period this season and added just six more in the second.I was pretty much a spectator, said Jeff Zatkoff, who stopped 17 of 18 shots he faced. The guys did all the hard work and didnt leave me much to do.Detroits Jimmy Howard stopped 27 shots.Forbort put the Kings up early in the game, shooting through traffic and past Howard. A few minutes later, it looked like they were going to take a two-goal lead on Anze Kopitars shot that hit off the left post and caromed off the right post just outside of the goal line. The referees decision on the ice held up after video review.Detroits Mike Green made it 1-all with 7:13 left in the first period, taking advantage of a perfectly placed pass in front of the net by Luke Glendening, who created space behind the net by stoppinng quickly with the puck in the corner and reversing the direction he was skating.ddddddddddddThe Red Wings, though, could not generate much more offense during a game in which they gave up goals over the first two periods to players who had combined to score just three goals over the first two months of the season. They came close to scoring midway through the third period when Gustav Nyquist drew iron on a shot.Desperate to score trailing by two goals, coach Jeff Blashill pulled Howard with about 5 minutes left to add an extra skater and the Kings ended up taking advantage with Toffoli shooting into an open net.We hadnt scored and we hadnt generated much, Blashill said. I felt like it was the right decision. I would do it again in a heartbeat.Detroit has lost four straight, all at home, and has scored no more than one goal in a game during the slump.The Red Wings were 0 for 4 on the power play, dropping them to 0 for 13 over the last three games with an extra skater. They have scored only one power-play goal in the last eight games.Were losing a lot of games because of that, Nyquist said.Game notes Los Aneles ended a seven-game losing streak against the Red Wings. ... The Kings scratched F Devin Setoguci, F Andy Andreoff and D Kevin Gravel. ... Detroit scratched D Alexey Marchenko, D Brian Lashoff and F Tomas Jurco. ... Los Angeles had dropped three of four.UP NEXTKings: Play at Pittsburgh on Friday night.Red Wings: Host Anaheim, their fifth and final game of a home stand before playing 10 of 11 games on the road. ' ' '