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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Indianapolis Colts believe they got the confidence boost so desperately needed after blowing a late lead a week ago.The Tennessee Titans are still searching for answers, angry that they just cant beat their AFC South rival.Andrew Luck threw for 353 yards and three touchdowns, even missing a trio of starters on offense, and the Colts scored the final 14 points Sunday in beating the Titans 34-26.This is big, Colts running back Frank Gore said. Its a division win. I take my hat off to Tennessee. They are a good team, and they play hard. We knew coming in that it was going to be tough, but we had to win. Now we are 3-4, and we are going to move onto Kansas City and try to get a win again next week.Stringing together consecutive wins is something the Colts (3-4) have yet to do this season.The Titans (3-4) thought they had figured out how to do just that themselves with this loss snapping a two-game winning streak.Worse, the Titans now have never beaten Luck in eight games with the Colts winning their 10th straight and 16th in 16 games in this series. Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey was very upset after the latest loss and eager for Thursday nights game with Jacksonville.Me personally, Ive been losing to this guy since college, Casey said of Luck. It hurts me deeply. Ive just got to find a way, and my team just has to find ways to win these close games.Here are some things to know about the Colts latest win over Tennessee:PROTECTING LUCKLuck had been sacked 23 times coming into this game, and the Colts started rookie Joe Haeg at left guard with Jack Mewhort out injured. They allowed only two sacks to a defense that came in fifth in the NFL after piling up six in each of the past two games. That gave Luck time to pick apart the Titans, who had been allowing only 235.5 yards passing per game good for 11th in the league.MARIOTAS BOBBLESMarcus Mariota now is just 2-8 at home with 19 turnovers in those games since being drafted by the Titans. He escaped a pair of would-be turnovers on a game-tying drive. An unnecessary roughness penalty on Josh McNary wiped out an interception by Patrick Robinson late in the third quarter, and then Mariota simply dropped the ball as he turned to hand off before falling on it for a 9-yard loss.With the Titans trailing 27-23, Mariota was sacked and stripped by T.Y. McGill with Robert Mathis picking the ball up and running 14 yards for the clinching TD. Again, one of those things we have to stop doing, Mularkey said.STREAKING VINATIERIAdam Vinatieri, the 43-year-old kicker, set an NFL record with 43 consecutive made field goals. He came in two shy of the mark of 42 set by former Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt between 2002 and 2004, and Vinatieri kicked field goals of 28 and 33 yards, the second coming with 3:46 left in the third quarter. Vinatieri said he never concerns himself with personal goals and records, preferring a victory. Im sure Ill sit back some day down the road and enjoy it, Vinatieri said.NEXT MAN UPThe Colts played without starting wide receiver Donte Moncrief, who was replaced by rookie Chester Rogers, and tight end Dwayne Allen. Erik Swoope replaced Allen, but Luck leaned heavily on T.Y. Hilton who caught seven passes for 133 yards, including a 37-yard TD. Tight end Jack Doyle was Lucks second favorite target, catching nine passes and 78 yards and a TD that put the Colts ahead to stay with 1:55 left.SPECIAL TEAM WOESMularkey fired special teams coordinator Bobby April on Oct. 3 after the Titans gave up a punt return for a TD. Special teams cost the Titans four points Sunday with a botched extra point after a kickoff on the opening drive, and Tennessee was beaten in the second quarter when Indianapolis recovered an onside kick. Phillip Supernaw had a chance to recover for Titans and couldnt pull in the ball. The Colts settled for the first of Vinatieris field goals.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFLFollow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalkerStitched NFL Jerseys . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping . 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Dickey.He walked consecutive batters in the fourth inning and rookie Aaron Judge followed with an RBI double for the only run Monday night in the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 loss to the New York Yankees.I felt like I pitched pretty well. The only real trouble I got into was couple of walks, really, Dickey said.I felt as strong as I have ever felt with the ball in my hand. The last three or four months felt like Ive always been just a click away from turning out really good outings. It was unfortunate tonight that I gave up the run, he said.Chad Green struck out 11 in six dominant innings. Dellin Betances escaped a big ninth-inning jam, getting major league RBI leader Edwin Encarnacion to ground into a game-ending, around-the-horn double play with runners at the corners.The Yankees won for the fifth time in six games, taking the first 1-0 decision between the teams since 2005. They dropped Toronto percentage points out of first place in the AL East and pulled within 5 1/2 games of new division leader Baltimore.Promoted earlier in the day from Triple-A for his fifth stint of the season with the Yankees, Green (2-2) was in complete control. He gave up two hits, walked none and outpitched Dickey (8-13).Dickey left after five innings, striking out six but walking four. He has won one of his last six starts.Anytime you dont score for your starting pitcher, especially in a situation like that, R.A., a couple of times, got out of a couple of big jams for us, Toronto catcher Josh Thole said. Those are the innings where you try to turn the momentum.Tyler Clippard, Adam Warren and Betances combined for scoreless relief. Betannces held on for his fifth save as the Yankees stopped a five-game losing streak to Toronto.ddddddddddddGreen retired the first 13 batters, with just one ball hit out of the infield. After Troy Tulowitzki singled and Darrell Ceciliani doubled with one out in the fifth, the 25-year-old rookie fanned his final hitters.Green twice struck out reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson. The right-hander fanned him with his 104th and final pitch, a 96 mph heater, and Donaldson flung his bat toward the Toronto dugout.Judge homered in his first two big league games over the weekend, and drove in the only run this time. He became the first Yankees player with an extra-base hit and RBI in his first three career games since the RBI became an official stat in 1920, ESPN Stats & Info said.SLUMPINGJustin Smoak and Melvin Upton Jr. struck out with runners on second and third to end the fifth. Smoak is 0 for 28 with runners in scoring position since mid-June.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: OF Ezequiel Carrera (Achilles) could come off the 15-DL Tuesday night.Umpire: Plate ump Hunter Wendelstedt was hit by a foul tip from Brian McCann of the Yankees leading off the second inning. Wendelstedt stayed in for the rest of the inning, then left for the night. The game continued with three umpires.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (7-5, 2.95) hasnt given up more than three earned runs in any of his previous 13 starts. He has allowed just one home run over his last four outings.Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10, 5.07) has won three of his last five starts. Before that stretch, he had won only three of his first 18 starts. ' ' '