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Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson insists the chasing pack of sides after top spot on the AFL ladder isnt motivating his side.Clarkson is refusing to look in the rear-view mirror ahead of a crunch Saturday afternoon fixture with North Melbourne at the MCG that neither side can afford to lose.The Kangaroos would see their grip on finals footy loosened further by a defeat, while Hawthorn could be overtaken by four clubs at the top of the ladder.Sydney, Adelaide, GWS Giants and Geelong are all a game behind Hawthorn on the ladder and boast better percentage than Clarksons side.But the prospect of ending the round as low as fifth on the ladder isnt pushing the Hawks against North, which Clarkson says is just another game.All that we can control is winning games of AFL footy, he said.Weve done that pretty well for the majority of games this year and thats why were sitting on top of the ladder.Everything is in our control in terms of the next three games and if we play according to the standards we set ourselves then it doesnt matter whats behind us.Whats set Hawthorns season apart from their previous seasons is their blooding of new players.Ryan Burton will become the clubs seventh player to debut in 2016 after Kaiden Brand (nine games), Blake Hardwick (one), Kurt Heatherley (one), Kieran Lovell (two), Marc Pittonet (two) and Kade Stewart (three).Only Brisbane have handed out more debuts this season.While one for the future, Clarkson is hopeful Burton, a 19-year-old key position prospect from North Adelaide, can impact on Saturday after missing much of the season after leg surgery.Hes trained really strongly the last six to eight weeks and gets his chance ... what impact hell have well just have to wait and see.Burton is one of five inclusions for the Hawks, joining key players James Frawley, Paul Puopolo, Liam Shiels and Billy Hartung in the side.Dropped trio Kurt Heatherley, Jonathan ORourke and Tim OBrien are joined on the outer by Ben Stratton (pectoral) and James Sicily (suspended).North Melbourne have made two changes - Lachie Hansen will play his second game of the season and Robbie Nahas returns after a month off, in place of Ryan Clarke and Brad McKenzie. 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SEATTLE -- After weeks of mostly poor performances, Marco Estrada once again flirted with a no-hitter for Toronto.And just when the Blue Jays needed that quality of a performance.Estrada took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit his 41st home run and the Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Monday night in the opener of a critical three-game series.Estrada (9-9) had allowed only two walks before Robinson Cano led off the seventh with a line drive up the middle on a 2-1 pitch. Cano and Nelson Cruz walked in the fourth -- an inning that ended on Kevin Pillars sliding catch to save a run -- but Estrada otherwise kept the Mariners off the bases before Canos single.Estradas outing was exactly what the slumping Blue Jays needed. They arrived in Seattle having dropped two straight and four of six, and their wild-card lead dwindled in the process. Estrada was partly to blame for the September swoon. In his previous six starts, he was 1-4 with a 7.53 ERA. In September alone, Estrada had allowed 12 earned runs in 12 2/3 innings.But he was brilliant against the Mariners, keeping the thousands of Blue Jays fans that made the trip south from British Columbia cheering all night as Toronto pulled even with Baltimore for the first wild-card spot. Both teams are 2 1/2 games clear of Detroit and three ahead of Seattle and Houston.Im not really sure whats been going on, as the game gets going I start to struggle a little bit, Estrada said. We looked at video and there have been little things here and there that we caught. We changed it up and felt pretty good today.Estrada was pulled after walking Leonys Martin leading off the eighth inning, leaving to a standing ovation from the huge Blue Jays contingent. He struck out eight and walked three before being replaced by Jason Grilli.The final six outs were trying for the Blue Jays. Pinch-hitter Ben Gamel walked to put two runners on with no outs in the eighth, and Seth Smith walked on a nine-piitch at-bat with two outs to load the bases for Cano.dddddddddddd.Closer Roberto Osuna entered and got Cano to line out to the warning track in right field where Ezequiel Carrera was playing. Martin hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Osuna, but Gamel struck out looking to cap Osunas 34th save.We know whats ahead of us, and we arent going to back away from it, Seattle manager Scott Servais said. I thought our guys gave a really good effort tonight, just wasnt enough.Encarnacions two-run homer off starter Taijuan Walker (6-11) came with two outs in the third on a 0-1 pitch that was left up in the strike zone. Pillar added a two-out RBI single in the fourth inning after Troy Tulowitzki led off with a double.NEAR MISSESEstrada has never completed a no-hitter, but hes been close. He lost a no-hit bid in the eighth inning against Boston on June 5, and also pitched hitless ball into the eighth inning in consecutive starts in June 2015.Its not something that I was focused on. Obviously if it would have happened it would have been incredible but it didnt. Cano hit a pretty good pitch, Estrada said.DONALDSON TOSSEDTorontos Josh Donaldson was ejected in the seventh inning arguing with plate umpire Chris Conroy after being called out on strikes. Donaldson was already upset about a check-swing Conroy called a strike earlier in the at-bat and flipped at being called out on a fastball on the outside corner. Donaldson immediately got in Conroys face and was quickly tossed.UP NEXTBlue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (19-4) goes for his 20th win. Happ would join Bostons Rick Porcello as the only two pitchers in baseball with 20 wins this season. Happ has won 13 of his last 14 decisions.Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (16-11) looks for his third straight victory. 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