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TORONTO -- The Detroit Tigers assured themselves of a winning road trip Saturday when they defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2They are 6-4 on the trip and on Sunday they will try to gain a split of the four-game series when they send out Anibal Sanchez (5-9, 6.52 ERA) against Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (6-9, 4.10 ERA).An eighth-inning home run by designated hitter Victor Martinez provided the winning margin Saturday and gave the Tigers a 46-42 record.Were not where we want to be at this point but theres a lot of season left, Martinez said. Im really happy with the way we have been playing lately. Every series is big, every game is big. It doesnt matter what point of the season youre at, youre trying to win every game.The Tigers won two of three from the Blue Jays in June at Comerica Park, so the teams enter Sundays game having won three games apiece against each other.Dickey beat the Tigers in the Blue Jays only win in Detroit this season. He was not at his sharpest but he held the Tigers to two runs despite allowing nine hits in 5 1/3 innings in the 7-2 win.In 20 games, including 13 starts, against the Tigers, Dickey is 8-3 with a 4.01 ERA.Sanchez will make his 22nd appearance and 14th start of the season Sunday. He is 3-2 with a 4.17 ERA in nine career games, including seven starts, against the Blue Jays.He has allowed no runs in two relief appearances covering 3 1/3 innings against Toronto this season. In two career starts at Rogers Centre, Sanchez is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA.The loss on Saturday stopped the Blue Jays season-best winning streak at seven games, their longest since winning 11 straight Aug. 2-13, 2015. They have won 17 of their past 24 games overall and eight of their past 11 at home.One of the reasons for the Blue Jays success is that they have coped with the injury to right fielder Jose Bautista, an important part of the lineup who has turf toe and has just started to hit off a tee.During Bautistas absence, Ezequiel Carrera has done a good job leading off and playing the outfield, usually right field.Carrera started in left field Saturday and in the second inning threw out Martinez at the plate after catching the liner hit by Steven Moya. Martinez admitted that it was his own idea to tag up and try to score. After he saw the video, he confessed that he thought the ball was hit deeper than it was.That was a huge play, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. You know what, when Bautista went down, we didnt know what to expect. Now, heres Zs opportunity -- and he has done a tremendous job. 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FC Dallas has spent the majority of the 2016 campaign atop MLS the league, winning the Supporters Shield for the leagues best record on the final day of the regular season and capturing the US Open Cup that signifies the best soccer team -- regardless of level -- in the United States.But FC Dallas will have to pull off a miracle on Sunday when it hosts the Seattle Sounders FC at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas in the second leg of the Western Conference semifinals to make sure 2016 is not defined by eight minutes of the second half of its 3-0 loss to Seattle on Oct. 30.After a scoreless first half at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, the Sounders FC netted three goals in the first 13 minutes after intermission. Forward Nelson Valdez began the deluge in the 50th minute before Nicola Lodeiro put away the game, and likely the series, with goals in the 55th and 58th minute. FC Dallas never responded.The conference semifinals are held over two legs, with aggregate goals determining which team moves forward. In the event that both teams score an equal number of goals over the course of the two matches, the team with the greater number of road goals for the series advances.Should the series be tied for both total goals and away goals, the teams play two 15-minute periods of extra time at the conclusion of the second leg in which away goals do not count. This is followed by penalty kicks, if necessary, to determine the winner.Seattle will advance to the conference semifinal (against either Colorado or Los Angeles) unless FC Dallas scores at least three times and keeps the Sounders FC without a goal. Should the Sounders get just one goal in regulation time, Dallas will need to score five to advance.I have to kkeep the optimism for the group that has overcome (adversity) during the year, Dallas coach Oscar Pareja said.dddddddddddd Well keep fighting. This team has shown during the year that we can overcome difficult situations. Why not this one, as well?FC Dallas has to score once before it can score thrice; it hasnt found the net in its past two matches since the season-ending injury to Mauro Diaz, its top playmaker.What FC Dallas is attempting has never been achieved in league history.If you think about it like you need to score three goals right away, or four goals right away its just overwhelming, Dallas forward/midfielder Tesho Akindele said. If you look at what happened over there, the game was solid for everything but 10 minutes and they scored three goals. The same thing could happen here. If its the 80th minute and its still 0-0, well still believe.Seattle has been one of the hottest teams in MLS over the second half of the season, going 8-2-4 since Brian Schmetzer was promoted to interim coach on July 26. On Wednesday, the interim tag was lifted as the Sounders FC named Schmetzer the teams second-ever head coach.The Sounders organization and the culture of our club has been a big part of my adult life, Schmetzer said. For our players, this is their team, and they have responded by taking complete ownership of the season and driving us into the playoffs. Our work isnt finished yet.My goal is to make sure we can all enjoy this ride a little longer deep into the postseason, Schmetzer added. We are ready to play -- the guys are ready to get out of here and get a game. ' ' '