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(Sports Network) - Mark Buehrle tries to stay perfect on the year agaainst the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday when the Toronto Blue Jays play the rubber match against them at Rogers Centre. Discount Yeezy Store . Buehrle is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in five starts against the Rays this season. He won his last start on Tuesday against Chicago, as the held the Cubs to a pair of runs and 10 hits in seven innings to improve to 12-9, while lowering his ERA to 3.31. Toronto had originially planned to go with impressive rookie Marcus Stroman in the finale, but instead will give him an extra day of rest. He will now start Mondays opener in Baltimore. "Weve been trying to do that all year," Toronto manager John Gibbons said before Fridays game. "And Buehrles been good against Tampa too. It makes sense." Tampa will counter with righty Chris Archer, who is 9-8 with a 3.63 ERA. Archer beat the New York Yankees on Tuesday, as he held them to a three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Archer has faced the Blue Jays eight times and is 2-1 against them with a 3.69 ERA. Toronto kept its faint playoff hopes alive on Saturday, as Adam Lind snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion followed with a solo blast to help the Blue Jays to a 6-3 victory. Lind finished with three runs batted in for the Blue Jays, who bounced back from Fridays 1-0 loss in the series opener and won for the fifth time in their last six games. The Blue Jays are four games back of the second wild card in the AL. R.A. Dickey (13-12) pitched seven strong innings to win his fourth straight decision. He allowed three runs on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Evan Longoria homered and drove in two runs for Tampa Bay, which has lost three of its last four. Wholesale Yeezy China . - The Baltimore Ravens and tight end Dennis Pitta reached agreement on a five-year contract Friday. Clearance Yeezy For Sale . On Sunday, hell attempt to become the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Nationwide race on Iowas short track. The 20-year-old Blaney wont be the only kid pushing a podium finish. https://www.yeezychina.us/ . Today, he looks at the offensive line. 1. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (OT, McGill) You Should Know: Over the course of his university career, Duvernay-Tardifs commitments to medical school and the family business frequently limited him to one practice per week, yet he was still the Metras Trophy winner as the Top Lineman in CIS football in 2013.TORONTO - R.A. Dickey is still searching for the winning formula at Rogers Centre as he prepares to make his 13th home start of the season on Sunday. "I think I possess the tools to do it here," said Dickey. "I just might have to utilize some things that I seldom have to utilize on the road. I dont think it would cause me out of who I am. It just means I have to make an adjustment and this game is all about adjustments." As detailed below, Dickeys home and road splits are out of whack. HOME: 5.97 ERA, .842 opponents OPS, 18 home runs against. ROAD: 3.08 ERA, .666 opponents OPS, 7 home runs against. "In particular, in this park, for whatever reason, my elevated knuckleball seems to not have the movement that it does in other places," said Dickey. "Just lowering my sights, trying to get my knuckleball kind of to dance lower than I ordinarily would. So thats just release point. Thats a mechanical adjustment that shouldnt be very difficult to make but just being conscientious that I need to do that in this park." Dickey faced the Athletics in his second-to-last start at the O.co Coliseum. In that game he threw six innings and allowed two runs, though neither was earned. He didnt get a decision in a game the Blue Jays eventually won 5-2 in 10 innings. REYES PLAYING THROUGH PAIN Jose Reyes has started each of the Blue Jays 39 games since his return from a severely sprained left ankle. "My ankle is still bothering me a little bit," said Reyes. "Its not quite there 100 per cent yet. Thats something that maybe I can get 100 per cent in the offseason with some rest. But for right now, Im able to play like that." Reyes says his left ankle is noticeably weaker than his right anklee. Yeezy China. Its still sore and feels, at times, stiff. He says hes most affected moving to his left for ground balls and when hes forced to leap. While Reyes initially experienced pain rounding the bases, he says thats no longer an issue. LAWRIE WORKING WITH EDDIE Much has been made of Brett Lawries friendship with veteran and team leader Mark DeRosa but when it comes to hitting the 23-year-old picks the brain of Edwin Encarnacion. "Ive turned more my book towards, in that department, Eddie," said Lawrie. "I go with Edwin Encarnacion. We look at video together. We do our thing." Lawrie could do a whole lot worse than Encarnacion. Encarnacion, whos become one of the games elite power hitters, is on pace for a second consecutive season with 40-plus home runs and a better than .900 OPS. However, success didnt immediately find him. After three productive seasons with the Reds, Encarnacion was acquired by the Blue Jays, for Scott Rolen, at the trade deadline in 2009. The next season, he was designated for assignment and outrighted to the minor leagues. In the 2010-2011 offseason, Encarnacion was lost to the Athletics on waivers but when Oakland didnt tender him a contract, the Blue Jays brought him back. It was in 2011, after he was moved from third base to designated hitter/first base, that Encarnacions numbers spiked significantly. PEREZS SEASON IS OVER Reliever Juan Perez, 34, wont pitch again in 2013 and is questionable for next season after tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in Friday nights game against Oakland. Perez requires Tommy John surgery. In 19 appearances this season, all in relief, Perez posted a 3.69 ERA and averaged 9.64 strikeouts per nine innings. ' ' '