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       Rays sweep Jays, Head to NY to play 1st game not in a dome
   DIR By: PWTRPWR
       Date: April 26, 2015, 10:08 pm
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       Rays
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       AP - Sports
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       Archer dominates, Blue Jays swept by Rays .
       ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Toronto Blue Jays' futility at
       Tropicana Field has extended into a fourth season.
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       Toronto scored six runs in the series and are 11-21 in road
       games against Tampa Bay since 2012.
       ''This has always been a tough place for us,'' Blue Jays manager
       John Gibbons said. ''You move on.''
       Mark Buehrle (3-1), who had been supported by 12 or more runs in
       each of his three preceding starts, gave up five runs and 13
       hits in 5 2-3 innings.
       The Blue Jays were coming off a three-game sweep of Baltimore.
       View galleryArcher dominates, Blue Jays swept by Rays
       Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis, right, throws to
       first baseman Justin Smoak (14) to c �
       ''We just need to be consistent all around, in all aspects of
       the game,'' Buehrle said. ''Seems like we're not doing that. A
       few games good, a few games bad. When we're going good, we're
       not that good. When we're going bad, we're not that bad.''
       Archer (3-2) became the first American League pitcher to go four
       starts within one season without giving up an earned run since
       Zach Greinke did it for Kansas City in 2009.
       The right-hander started having flu-like symptoms Friday, which
       carried over into Sunday.
       ''The biggest thing is I didn't want to compromise the team, put
       them in a bad situation, and not be able to compete,'' Archer
       said. ''I felt like I could compete today and things went really
       well.''
       Archer gave up an unearned run in a 1-0 loss to Boston on
       Tuesday, but he has not given up an earned run since opening
       day, a span of 26 2-3 innings. His ERA is 0.84.
       View galleryArcher dominates, Blue Jays swept by Rays
       Toronto Blue Jays' Russell Martin, right, scores on a single by
       Justin Smoak as Tampa Bay Rays c �
       Evan Longoria had three straight hits and a walk for the Rays
       after going 4 for 4 on Saturday. Longoria's batting average rose
       from .218 to .306 in two games.
       Guyer hit the second pitch from Buehrle for a home run, his
       first of the season.
       Logan Forsythe drove in another run for the Rays in the first
       inning with a double after Longoria's single.
       Guyer made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the fourth, then drove
       in two more runs with a two-out single off Buerhle in the sixth.
       Matt Andriese pitched the final two innings for the Rays. Tim
       Beckham had two hits and scored twice.
       TRAINER'S ROOM
       Blue Jays: RF Jose Bautista (sore right shoulder) missed his
       fifth straight game. Bautista hit in an indoor cage and Gibbons
       is hopeful the slugger will return to the lineup in the next
       couple days. ... INF Maicer Izturis (groin) is progressing but
       not close to playing in minor league games.
       Rays: CF Desmond Jennings, who left after seven innings Saturday
       due to left knee soreness, didn't play.
       SLUMPING JAYS
       1B-DH Edwin Encarnacion was 0 for 3 and has one hit in his last
       24 at-bats. In the last 11 games against Tampa Bay, he has three
       hits in 38 at-bats. ... SS Jose Reyes, who has two hits in 22
       at-bats, got the day off. ... 2B Devon Travis was hitless in
       four at-bats and had his 11-game hitting streak end.
       UP NEXT
       Blue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez (1-2, 5.14 ERA) will face Boston
       RHP Joe Kelly (1-0, 4.08 ERA) Monday night.
       Rays: Tampa Bay plays it first game in open air Monday night at
       the New York Yankees. ''I want to put some sunglasses on for
       batting practice,'' Rays manager Kevin Cash said with a smile.
       The game at Yankee Stadium will be Tampa Bay's 20th of the
       season. No major league team has ever gone this far into a
       season playing all their games under a roof.
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