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BOSTON -- Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons knows his team keeps digging a deeper ..................... with each loss. Soon, he knows, theyll run out of time. Clay Buchholz had his third straight solid start and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 4-3 Saturday night, damaging the Blue Jays fading playoff hopes. "We cant lose too many more, thats for sure," Gibbons said. "But theyre all different. Every days a new day." Colby Rasmus had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh for the Blue Jays, who began the day five games behind Seattle for the ALs second wild card. "Were still in this thing. Were hanging on by a thread," Gibbons said. "Theyve been two close ballgames, they could have gone either way, but we just came up short." J.A. Happ (9-9) gave up four runs -- single ones in the first four innings -- on seven hits in six innings. "They did a good job of putting the bat on the ball," he said of the early innings. "Maybe I need to rethink the game plan going in." Buchholz (7-8) gave up two runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings to help Boston get its second straight win against Toronto. He struck out five and walked two. Edward Mujica, Bostons fourth reliever, got the final two outs for his fourth save. The Red Sox scored single runs in the first four innings off Happ after the Blue Jays jumped ahead 1-0 on Dioner Navarros RBI double. Dustin Pedroias run-scoring grounder tied it in the first and Boston moved ahead on Will Middlebrooks RBI single in the second. Yoenis Cespedes had an RBI double in the third and Christian Vazquez added an RBI double. Buchholz left with a 4-1 lead in the seventh before Craig Breslow gave up Rasmus homer that hooked around the right-field foul pole. In his last start, Buchholz shut out Tampa Bay with a three-hitter on Sunday. On Aug. 25 in Toronto, he held Toronto scoreless over eight innings before leaving with the bases loaded in the ninth. The bullpen allowed all three runners to score before Boston pulled out a 4-3 win in extra innings. Mookie Betts made a running catch, going to his knees to snag a bloop in short centre to save a run, ending the eighth. Buchholz gave up two hits in the first two innings then retired the 11 straight batters before Jose Bautistas leadoff double in the sixth. After walking the next batter, Buchholz helped himself by grabbing Adam Linds grounder to the mound and firing to second, starting a 1-6-3 double play. Navarro then lined out to centre. NICE GRAB Bautista made a nice running grab, adding in a slight leap just in front of the right-field wall to take away extra base hits from Middlebroooks. .... NAVARRO Navarro went 2-for-4 and drove in a run. Hes hit safely in 9 of his last 10, going 13 for 30 with four doubles, two homers and eight RBIs. TRAINERS ROOM Blue Jays: Kevin Pillar started in left field a day after Melky Cabrera was lost for the season with a fractured right pinkie finger. Cabrera, a big part of the lineup, was second in the majors with 171 hits when he was injured, batting .301 with 19 homers and 73 RBIs. Red Sox: INF/OF and leadoff hitter Brock Holt, who left Fridays win early with dizziness, was out of the lineup, but manager John Farrell said he was available to play. Farrell said he decided to get an extra right-handed batter in the lineup against left-handed starter Happ. First baseman Mike Napoli left because an illness after the second inning. UP NEXT Blue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (11-12, 3.94 ERA) is scheduled to start Sunday in the series finale. He has won two of his last three starts, going seven strong innings, allowing just two runs and two hits in his last one on Sept. 2. Red Sox: Rubby De La Rosa (4-5, 3.89) is slated to get the start. Hes winless in his last four starts. NICE DELIVERY The three children of a Kevin Houston, a Navy SEAL from Cape Cod that was killed in Afghanistan in early August, delivered the game ball to the pitchers mound before the start. They received a standing ovation. DELAYED START The start was delayed 72 minutes by a thunderstorm that didnt bring much rain, but had a lot of thunder and lightning. Chuck Foreman Womens Jersey . Yet heading to New York, the Habs remain positive as it all comes down to the one main ingredient that the organization has built its team on - character. Chuck Foreman Jersey .com) - Nate Buss 3-pointer with 5. http://www.thevikingsshoponline.com/You ... gs-Jersey/. The 36-year-old Colts receiver is going back to the playoffs as a division champion. Cris Carter Youth Jersey . Tony Parker had 33 points and nine assists and San Antonio never trailed in a resounding 116-92 victory over Portland, bullying the younger Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Adrian Peterson Jersey .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Calgary Flames will look to make sure the New York Islanders wont start a winning streak on Thursday night. Calgary has two games left on its pre-Olympics schedule and both are on the road. After posting a perfect 5-0 mark on a homestand, the Flames began a three-game road trip on Tuesday in Montreal and lost a 2-0 decision. It was Calgarys fourth loss in a row on the road, dropping the club to 9-14-4 as the guest this season. The Flames, who were coming off sweeping their first five-game homestand since Feb. 7-15, 1997, were unable to solve Carey Price on Tuesday despite firing 27 shots at the Canadiens goaltender. After the teams combined for just nine shots in a scoreless first frame, the Flames found themselves with a 5-on-3 under five minutes into the second, but Calgary couldnt capitalize, as Price turned away all comers to keep the visitors off the board. Rene Bourque would later score with 3:45 left in the second period to give Montreal a 1-0 lead and the games only other goal was an empty-netter from David Desharnais in the closing seconds of regulation. "The turning point in the game was our 5-on-3 power play," Calgary head coach Bob Hartley said. "If we score, its a different game. We had a few good chances, but Price came up with some big saves." Reto Berra, starting between the pipes for the Flames in place of an injured Karri Ramo, stopped 25-of-26 shots in the setback. Ramo wont be able to play again before the Olympic break and Berra expects to gett another start tonight.dddddddddddd The Isles have fared very well against the Flames in recent years, winning three straight and five of the last six encounters in this series. New York has claimed the last three meetings on Long Island, including the most recent matchup on Dec. 29, 2011. The Islanders were suffering through an 0-4-1 slide before recording Tuesdays 1-0 victory in Washington. Andrew MacDonald scored the only goal of the game early in the third period to give the Isles their first win since beating the rival New York Rangers on Jan. 21. Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 22 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season. Nabokov helped the Isles kill off six Washington power-play chances in the game. New York went 0-for-5 with the man advantage. "Its a good win for our team," said Islanders coach Jack Capuano. 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