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TORONTO -- The Baltimore Orioles made a detour through Minnesota before heading to Toronto for their important three-game series against Blue Jays that opens Friday at Rogers Centre.The Orioles lost a makeup game 6-2 to the Twins on Thursday night at Target Field and have dropped three in a row, including the final two games of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Camden Yards.The Blue Jays are second in the American League East, 1 1/2 games behind the Orioles.Toronto also goes into series on a losing note.The Blue Jays failed to complete a sweep against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon and are 3-3 after the first six games of their nine-game homestand.The Blue Jays changed their rotation Wednesday, preferring to with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey against the Padres on three days rest and moving Marco Estrada (5-4, 2.94 ERA), and his wonky back, from Wednesday to Friday to face Baltimore. Dickey was not sharp and the Blue Jays lost 8-4.The move served another purpose.Russell Martin, who has a sore knee, caught 12 innings of a 7-6 win on Tuesday and was not going to play Wednesday. Josh Thole, Dickeys regular catcher, was going to spell Martin anyway on Wednesday even if Estrada pitched.With Russ knee, he wasnt going to Wednesday no matter what, so that factors, too, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Now you can catch Thole, and well go with our three best guys over the weekend, too. And it gives Marco -- who has had the back issues but feels much better -- another day, too.In their loss at Minnesota, the Orioles had two runners thrown out at home in the fourth inning. But they also got two hits from Chris Davis, which they hope is an encouraging sign.Davis has 22 homers for the season but is 5-for-37 with one RBI since the All-Star break, and has not hit a home run since July 10.Against the Blue Jays, however, Davis is batting .303 with 35 homers and 81 RBI. He has hit 17 homers at Rogers Centre.Mark Trumbo, who leads the American League with 30 homers, also has struggled. He went 1-for-4 Thursday and is in a 6-for-44 skid over 12 games, although he did hit home runs Friday and Saturday.I think you just have to understand that with power, youre going to have periods where everythings clicking, Davis said, where youre swinging the bat well, youre driving in runs, and youre going to have periods where youre going to have dry spells. The tough thing about having a guy like Mark right behind me is we both swing and miss a lot. So when one of us is going well, its good, but when neither one of us is going well, its bad. I think we just have to grind through it.The Orioles will start Kevin Gausman (2-7, 3.77 ERA) on Friday.Gausman is 2-1 with a 3.00 earned-run average in 10 career games, including five starts, against the Blue Jays. In six games, including three starts, Glausman is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA at Rogers Centre.The Blue Jays won three of four games June 9-12 in the Orioles first visit to Toronto this season and the teams have won five games each overall.Estrada missed one start before the All-Star break because of a sore back and returned on July 22, allowing seven hits and two runs over six innings in a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. It was the first time since April 21 that he had allowed more than five hits in a start, a total of 13 outings. Estrada is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in eight career games, including six starts, against the Orioles. John Wall Wizards Jersey . JOHNS, N. Washington Wizards Jerseys . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. http://www.cheapwizardsjerseyssale.com/kids-ian-mahinmi-wizards-jersey/ . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. 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Now its up to Canadians to determine which 10 communities will receive $25,000 for improving a community project or creating a brand new one, and host a live broadcast of SportsCentre or Sports 30 Le Magazine. As announced earlier today exclusively on SportsCentre on TSN and Sports 30 Le Magazine on RDS, the Top 20 communities have been paired up and will be narrowed down to 10 tour stops for the award-winning Kraft Celebration Tour through 10 days of head-to-head online voting from July 8 to 19. Top 20 Finalists The Top 20 communities, along with the match-ups and scheduled online voting dates are as follows:• Monday, July 8 – Whitehorse vs. Fort Smith, N.W.T.• Tuesday, July 9 – Morell, P.E.I. vs. Pownal, P.E.I.• Wednesday, July 10 – Bridgewater, N.S. vs. Windsor, N.S.• Thursday, July 11 – Invermere, B.C. vs. Pemberton, B.C.• Friday, July 12 – Salisbury, N.B. vs. Fredericton, N.B.• Monday, July 15 – Vulcan, Alta. vs. Raymond, Alta.• Tuesday, July 16 – Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Que. vs. LAssomption, Que.• Wednesday, July 17 – Rocanville, Sask. vs. Esterhazy, Sask.• Thursday, July 18 – St. James Town (Toronto) vs. Wilmot, Ont.• Friday, July 19 – Dryden, Ont. vs. Fort Frances, Ont. "Were absolutely thrilled by the passion and commitment these communities demonstrated in their nominations for this years Kraft Celebration Tour," said Jack Hewitt, Vice-President, Marketing Insights and Services, Kraft Canada. "The Kraft Celebration Tour is an enabler for community projects coast-to-coast. Were proud of the role we play in helping Canadians stay active." "The Kraft Celebration Tour is an incredibly special project for all of us at TSN. Year after year, theres nothing more rewarding than partnering with Kraft Canada to put a national spotlight on these deserving Canadian commmunities," said Stewart Johnston, President, TSN.dddddddddddd "Along with Darren, Jennifer, Rod and Kate, we all join SportsCentre fans in counting down the days until the Kraft Celebration Tour gets underway in the Top 10 communities." VotingOnline voting at KraftCelebrationTour.ca or Tourneedecelebrationkraft.ca begins July 8 and continues each weekday through to July 19. Voting for each match-up is unlimited and runs online from 12 noon ET each weekday for a 24-hour period. Results of each vote are announced the following weekday on SportsCentre on TSN and Sports 30 Le Magazine on RDS. Leading up to each vote, SportsCentre and SPORTS 30 will profile each match-up with a look at both communities and their proposed community improvement projects. The 2013 Kraft Celebration TourThe Kraft Celebration Tour editions of SportsCentre and Sports 30 Le Magazine air live from August 16 to 25. TSNs Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger host SportsCentre from all Western Canada stops, while Rod Smith and Kate Beirness bring Canadas #1 sports news program to all Eastern Canada communities. In addition, RDS anchors Marc Labrecque, Luc Bellemare and Valérie Sardin are joined by reporter Geneviève Langlois for the Kraft Celebration Tour festivities in Quebec. Bellemare and Sardin host a live broadcast of SPORTS 30 LE MAGAZINE alongside Langlois from Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Que. or LAssomption, Que., while Labrecque provides special reports from Montreal as he covers the Alouettes. During the tour, fans can keep up with the Kraft Celebration Tour on social media by visiting and liking the Kraft Celebration Tour Fan Page on Facebook and by following and interacting with the tours personalities on Twitter. The official Twitter account for the Kraft Celebration Tour is @KCTAndy and the official hashtags include #KCT and #tourneedecelebrationkraft. Running for a fifth consecutive year, the 2013 Kraft Celebration Tour attracted a record 570 nominations. The 20 finalists were selected based on short essays and photos explaining why their community deserves to be a part of the Kraft Celebration Tour and how the $25,000 award will help to improve an existing community project or create a brand new one. ' ' '