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TORONTO -- Troy Tulowitzki drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Thursday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.Tulowitzki finished 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBI. He is batting .338 (22 for 65) with 20 RBI in 17 games since coming off the disabled list on June 18.Jason Grilli (3-2) pitched one inning for the win. Roberto Osuna worked the ninth for his 18th save.Toronto trailed 4-2 after James McCann scored on Ian Kinslers double play groundout in the seventh, but the Blue Jays shaved the deficit to one when Tulowitzki hit an RBI single off Justin Wilson (2-2) in the bottom half.ROYALS 4, MARINERS 3KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez ripped a double off the wall in the ninth inning, scoring Whit Merrifield and Jarrod Dyson for Kansas City.Merrifield doubled off Steve Cishek (2-5) leading off the inning, then Kendrys Morales got plunked on the foot. Dyson came in to pinch run and Eric Hosmer struck out before Perez dug in to face the Mariners closerHe lined a shot off the wall in center for his second career game-ending hit.Brooks Pounders (1-0) tossed a scoreless inning for his first big league win.METS 9, NATIONALS 7NEW YORK -- Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead, three-run homer and New York rallied in the opener of a pivotal four-game series between the top teams in the NL East.Travis dArnaud, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera also went deep for New York in a slugfest that featured eight home runs -- most in the eight-year history of Citi Field.Hansel Robles (3-3) retired Anthony Rendon with the bases loaded to end the fifth and worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings.Oliver Perez (2-2) allowed three runs in 1 1/3 innings.YANKEES 5, INDIANS 4CLEVELAND -- Didi Gregorius had two hits, including a solo homer, and scored twice for New York.Cleveland, which leads the AL Central, lost its second straight home game after 13 wins in a row at Progressive Field. It had the potential winning run on base with two outs in the ninth, but Tyler Naquin was thrown out on a close play at first.Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova (6-5) stopped a two-game losing streak.Rob Refsnyders sacrifice fly in the sixth chased Trevor Bauer (7-3).CARDINALS 5, PIRATES 1ST. LOUIS -- Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run home run and Randal Grichuk also went deep to help St. Louis avoid a four-game sweep and end Pittsburghs season-best seven-game winning streak.Adam Wainwright (8-5) worked seven effective innings for St. Louis, which reclaimed second place in the NL Central by a half-game over Pittsburgh to end a rough 4-5 homestand.Tyler Glasnow (0-1) was charged with four runs in 5 1/3 innings in his debut.ATHLETICS 3, ASTROS 1HOUSTON -- Yonder Alonso doubled and drove in two runs and Rich Hill tied a season high with 10 strikeouts in six solid innings for Oakland.Hill (9-3) allowed three hits and one run to extend his winning streak to six games. Ryan Madson pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.Doug Fister (8-6) went eight innings and gave up two runs on three hits.ANGELS 5, RAYS 1ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron drove in runs to back starter Hector Santiago and lead Los Angeles.Pujols snapped a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning single off rookie Blake Snell (1-4).Santiago (6-4) allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings, improving to 8-1 in the month of July since joining the Angels in 2014. Balenciaga Triple S Cheap . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Balenciaga Shoes Wholesale China . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. 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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Ask Jaylen Samuels what position he plays for North Carolina States offense, and he will struggle to give a definitive answer.Thats because the returning all-Atlantic Coast Conference performer has proven he can do just about anything for the Wolfpack. And like the defenses he faces, even he is unsure exactly what hell be asked to do each week.Last year I was doing so much stuff, he said in an interview with The Associated Press, like every position almost.Officially, North Carolina State lists Samuels at tight end and fullback, and last years first-team Associated Press all-ACC selection came at tight end. But the 5-foot-11, 223-pound rising junior from Charlotte lined up just about everywhere -- in the backfield for handoffs or passes to the flat, in the slot for routes or for end-around runs -- to create matchup problems on the way to scoring a combined 16 rushing and receiving touchdowns.He did that while at times splitting his position meetings or film study between the tight ends and the running backs. And he spent practices knowing his role could fluctuate based on injuries or gameflow.Now hes working on improving his blocking and conditioning to stay on the field even longer this fall.Every week I just try to go hard at everything I do, catching, running, Samuels said. Its making sure I work on my craft every day so I could be ready for Saturday, but Im not going to know what to expect. Im just going to have to go out there and try to make a play.He finished with 56 rushes for 368 yards and nine touchdowns to go with 65 catches for 597 yards and seven scores -- a rate that had him reaching the end zone every 7.dddddddddddd.6 times he touched the football.His father, Greg, pointed to his son playing multiple sports from an early age -- bouncing between football, basketball, baseball and track while often competing against older kids -- to explain Jaylens versatility.You cant describe what it is, but you can just say, `That kids got a gift, Greg Samuels said. And we just had to keep fine-tuning it. . What you see now is just a combination of multiple sports that a young man played at a high level, and hes just excelled at it.The challenge of finding the right workload for Samuels now falls to new offensive coordinator Eli Drinkwitz.Samuels had a huge game against eventual national runner-up Clemson (14 touches, 139 yards, two touchdowns), but he had just three other games with 10 touches. He had four touches -- he still scored twice -- in 41 plays during the Belk Bowl loss to Mississippi State.I dont know what the magic number is, but you know, youd like to say around 10, said Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren, now entering his fourth year. Get him the ball 10 times a game because he has a way of making plays, man.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '