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Sports Briefs - September 15, 2016

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their fourth-straight series after an 8-1 loss at home to Tampa Bay. Reigning A-L M-V-P Josh Donaldson sat out his third straight game for Toronto.

The Orioles have closed the gap in the A-L East to within a game after Baltimore beat the Red Sox 1-0.

In other baseball action -- the Detroit Tigers are just one game back of the Blue Jays for the second A-L wild card spot. Miguel Cabrera hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh as the Tigers downed Minnesota 9-6.

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Ryan Getzlaf beat Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway in overtime to give Team Canada to a 3-2 victory over Team Russia in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition. John Tavares and Patrice Bergeron also scored for Canada. Carey Price had 24 saves for the Canadians.

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