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TORONTO -- Is this as bad as it gets for the struggling Toronto Blue Jays?Manager John Gibbons sure hopes so.Alex Cobb pitched 6 2/3 innings to win for the first time in almost two years, Kevin Kiermaier and Corey Dickerson hit two-run homers and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays 8-1 Wednesday, Torontos ninth loss in 12 September games.Ive got to believe were at rock bottom, Gibbons said. I dont see how much lower it could go. So Im optimistic that this will turn and turn in a hurry.Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson sat out his third straight game for Toronto and underwent an MRI on his sore right hip. The results were not immediately available.Hopefully Ill be able to get back out there tomorrow, Donaldson said after the game.Toronto holds the second AL wild card after falling one game behind Baltimore, which beat Boston later Wednesday night. The Red Sox lead the AL East by one game over the Orioles and two over the Blue Jays.Its tough but we still control our own destiny, Donaldson said.It was the same story against Cobb and the Rays, who have won six of eight at Rogers Centre.Torontos Devon Travis doubled to lead off the first and scored on Edwin Encarnacions sacrifice fly, but the Blue Jays didnt get another hit until Dioner Navarros one-out single in the seventh.Were not playing good enough baseball right now on either end, Gibbons said. The bats have gone cold, the pitchings been kind of hit or miss.Marco Estrada (8-9) allowed four runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Hes 1-5 with a 6.95 ERA in his past seven starts.Im not going to change anything, Estrada said. I felt like I threw the ball really well.The right-hander struck out the Rays first five batters of the game, becoming the first Blue Jays pitcher to open a game with five Ks. Estrada was perfect through three before giving up three runs and three hits in the fourth.Logan Forysthe singled and Keiermaier followed with a first-pitch home run. Estrada left after Nick Franklins one-out single in the sixth. Matt Dermody came on and gave up Dickersons homer.Last-place Tampa Bay now has a franchise-record 200 homers, eclipsing the previous mark of 199 in 2009.Cobb (1-0) allowed one run and two hits to win for the first time since Sept. 23, 2014, against Boston. The oft-injured right-hander, who recently returned from elbow surgery, had gone 722 days between victories.I love winning, Cobb said. Its why starters go out there. You want to win the ball game, you want to work deep.Third baseman Evan Longoria called Cobb the emotional leader of Tampa Bays staff.Its good to have him back, Longoria said. Im happy for him. 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The win could lead to a start in a stakes on Aug. 20 -- the $1 million Pacific Classic at 1-1/4 miles on dirt, or the $250,000 Del Mar Handicap at 1-3/8 miles on turf.Sunday, Hard Aces was ridden by Santiago Gonzalez and led by as many as four lengths in the first half-mile. Gonzalez did not vigorously urge Hard Aces when the field ran through the stretch for the first time, allowing Quick Casablanca to draw within a head.Hard Aces maintained a narrow advantage through the first 1-1//4 miles, dogged by Quick Casablanca.dddddddddddd Through the final quarter-mile, Hard Aces was in front by at least a half-length, but was pressed by Quick Casablanca.He wont give you a big kick, but hell keep running, Hronis said.Quick Casablanca, the winner of the Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano Handicap on turf at Santa Anita in April, finished 2-1/4 lengths in front of Seves Road, who was followed by Energia Fribby.The race did not live up to expectations after the overnight was published on Thursday. Hoppertunity, third in the Dubai World Cup in March, was scratched because of an elevated temperature. The Hronis-owned Infobedad was scratched on Sunday morning.Hard Aces, a horse by Hard Spun, is trained by John Sadler. Hard Aces won the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in June 2015, and was third in the same race on June 25.Hard Aces has won 7 of 33 starts and earned $999,645. ' ' '