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BALTIMORE -- Jeremy Jeffress joined the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, eager to make a contribution to the AL West leaders.Jeffress and Jonathan Lucroy were traded to Texas from Milwaukee on Monday. Lucroy made his Rangers debut on Tuesday and was in the starting lineup again Wednesday against the Orioles.The swap -- finalized just before the non-waiver trade deadline -- came as a complete surprise to Jeffress, who went 2-2 with a 2.22 ERA and 27 saves with the Brewers.It came down to the last two minutes, Jeffress said. I thought I was going to be a Brewer forever, but I am excited to be here.Lucroy and Jeffress were minor leagues teammates in 2008, played together in Milwaukee and remain together in Texas.Its very important that were here together, Jeffress said. He knows every little thing about me.He leaves a fourth-place team for one with the best record in the AL.Someone saw the ability, and Im fortunate to be with a team that has a chance to go all the way, the right-hander said.To make room for Jeffress, the Rangers optioned infielder Hanser Alberto to Triple-A Round Rock. Alberto was batting .175 with four RBI in 25 games. Fausse Vapormax Pas Cher . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Air Force 1 Promo . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. 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TORONTO -- Stuck in the cellar as the season winds down, the Tampa Bay Rays just want to make it things tough on all their AL East opponents.Both benches and bullpens cleared after the Blue Jays wrapped up a 3-2 win Monday night, and the skirmish ended without anyone throwing punches.Ezequiel Carrera connected for a tiebreaking, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning and Jose Bautista added a two-run homer as the Blue Jays improved to 3-7 in September and moved one game ahead of Baltimore in the AL wild-card race.Toronto had lost six of its previous nine meetings with the Rays.If they had a choice, they probably dont want to play us in September, Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi said. We seem to play everybody tough.After Tampa Bays Steven Souza Jr. lined to center for the final out, he traded words with Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin, misunderstanding Martins praise for his hard-hit ball as criticism.The situation escalated when Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki joined the fray with some choice words for Souza.Troy decided to jump in and say some things that werent really necessary, Souza said.Martin said Tulowitzki kind of came in there and just kind of blew up in (Souzas) face.Cooler heads soon prevailed, and Souza sorted things out with Martin before everyone left the field.Were fine, Martin said. Theres no bad blood or anything.Jason Grilli (5-3) pitched one inning and Roberto Osuna got his 32nd save. Tampa Bay has lost seven of nine.Carrera replaced Darwin Barney to face incoming reliever Brad Boxberger (3-1). Carrera homered on the right-handers first pitch.Boxberger said he was surprised Carreras ball ended up a home run.It was down and away, good pitch, Boxberger said. When a ball you think is just going to be a lazy fly ball all of a sudden goes out you kind of just have to laugh it off.Rays manager Kevin Cash said Carreras homer was unfortunate.Kind of bad luck there, he said.Carrera was the batter the last time Toroonto got a pinch-hit homer, on July 25, 2015, at Seattle.dddddddddddd.Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano opened the game by giving up a leadoff single to Logan Forsythe, then retired the next 14 batters. Souza broke the streak with a two-out walk in the fifth but Liriano fanned Richie Shaffer to end the inning.He was cruising, Souza said of Liriano. He was throwing everything kind of where he wanted to, down in the zone.Bautista gave Toronto a 2-0 lead with a two-out homer off Odorizzi in the sixth. For Bautista, it was his first extra-base hit since homering at Baltimore on Aug. 31.Evan Longoria homered on Lirianos first pitch in the seventh and Brad Miller followed by homering on a 1-0 slider. It was the third time this season the Rays have hit back-to-back homers and the second time theyve done it on their current road trip.MILESTONE KOdorizzi recorded his 500th career strikeout by fanning Melvin Upton Jr. to end the second.STRING OF STRONG STARTSRays starting pitchers have held opponents to three earned runs or fewer in five consecutive games.SOLO PROJECTEleven of Tampa Bays past 12 home runs have been solo shots.TRAINERS ROOMRays: 1B Logan Morrison will miss the rest of the season after injuring his left wrist in Sundays win at New York. He will return to Tampa on Wednesday for further tests.Blue Jays: 3B Josh Donaldson got the day off. Manager John Gibbons said the reigning AL MVP is banged up and needed a day to regroup. Donaldson is hitless in a career-worst seven games, going 0 for 23 with seven strikeouts in that span.UP NEXTLHP Drew Smyly (6-11, 5.05) starts against Blue Jays RHP Marcus Stroman (9-7, 4.55) on Tuesday. Smyly is 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA in five career games at Rogers Centre, including three starts. Stroman is winless in four starts, including an 8-3 loss at Tampa Bay on Sept. 2. ' ' '