(Sports Network) - The Seattle Mariners hope rookie All-Star pitcher Michael Pineda can get them out of their funk tonight in the opener of a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Nike Free Günstig Kaufen . Pineda tossed a perfect inning of relief in the All-Star Game last Tuesday and entered the break on a losing note. In a 9-3 loss at the LA Angels of Anaheim on July 9, Pineda struggled through five innings, allowing seven runs and six hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. Two of those hits were homers. The hard-throwing right-hander has lost four of his last six decisions and is 8-6 with a 3.03 earned run average in 18 starts this season. Pineda defeated Toronto at Safeco Field in a 3-2 victory on April 12, when he yielded two runs -- one earned -- in 7 1/3 innings. In 10 road starts this season, Pineda is 4-4 with a 3.52 ERA. Seattle will commence a nine-game road trip Tuesday against the Blue Jays, Red Sox and Yankees and has dropped nine in a row, including five straight as the visitor. The Mariners were swept in four games at Texas over the weekend and suffered a 3-1 loss in Sundays series finale. Mariners starter Blake Beaven sustained the loss and was reached for three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. Jack Wilson drove in the only run for Seattle with an RBI single in the eighth inning. "Its tough to watch, its tough to live through, but you have to do that," said Seattle manager Eric Wedge on the skid. "There are no excuses, there are no shortcuts, youve got to keep fighting to get a little bit better, each position player to a man, to head in the right direction." The Mariners are 11 1/2 games off the lead in the AL West and are mired in a nine-game homerless streak. Toronto lost the last two tests of a four-game series versus the New York Yankees over the weekend and was beaten, 7-2, in Sundays finale. It had won four in a row before the current slide. Carlos Villanueva allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings of work to absorb the loss. Travis Snyder led the offense with two hits and an RBI. Home run leader and Jays slugger Jose Bautista missed his third straight game with a sprained right ankle and is still day-to-day. "Whether its daytime, nighttime or early morning, his absence in the lineup is a hole to fill," Blue Jays skipper John Farrell said. "Hes our leader. Hes our most productive offensive player. ... Thats a substantial loss when hes not in there day in and day out." Bautista has hit 31 homers this season. Brett Cecil gets the nod for the Jays on Tuesday and ended a three-game losing streak in a 7-1 win at Cleveland on July 10. Cecil allowed one run and seven hits in six innings to improve to 2-4 in seven starts this season while lowering his ERA to 5.66. Cecil, a left-hander, is 0-3 in three home starts in 2011 and defeated the Mariners the only time he faced them last May 19 in the Emerald City. Seattle won two of three matchups with Toronto from April 11-13 this season at Safeco Field. Nike Air Max Thea Damen . The Toronto Blue Jays general manager said Friday the club sent the promising outfielder to triple-A Las Vegas to allow him the chance to make adjustments to his swing. Air Jordan 3 Damen . The first batter he faced hit a rocket to the outfield wall. So did the next one. Reyes walked a couple of batters, gave up a couple of two-run homers, and found himself in the dugout at Yankee Stadium trailing 5-0 on a sun-splashed Wednesday afternoon. http://www.nikesneakerdamen.com/nike-air-max-90-hyperfuse.html . The move came just ahead of Fridays deadline for teams to offer contracts to players on their 40-man rosters who are not signed for the coming season.Defenceman Charles-Olivier Roussel scored a late power-play goal and the Saint John Sea Dogs won their 12th straight home game, 4-3 over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Wednesday. With just over three minutes left in regulation, Roussel snuck in from the point and took a pass from Danick Gauthier in the corner before firing the puck past Rouyn-Noranda goaltender Robin Gusse. The goal came after the Huskies Maxime St-Cyr shot the puck over the glass and took a delay-of-game penalty. Zack Phillips had two goals and Gauthier scored his league-leading 23rd goal and added two assists for the Sea Dogs (20-6-0), who have won six straight games overall and nine of their last 10. Tomas Jurco and Nathan Beaulieu each added two assists while Mathieu Corbeil made 27 saves. Mathieu Brisebois scored twice and Mathieu Lemay also had a goal for the Huskies (7-16-2), who gave the first-place Sea Dogs all they could handle. Gusse made 25 saves. Elsewhere in the QMJHL it was: Cape Breton 4 P.E.I. 3; Rimouski 4 Acadie-Bathurst 1; Quebec 4 Baie-Comeau 2; and Blainville-Boisbriand 3 Val-dOr 2 (SO). At Saint John, N.B., the Sea Dogs dominated play early, scoring on a power play just 1:44 into the game. Phillips slid the puck behind Gusse as Beaulieu drove to the net. Gauthier extended his league lead with his 23rd goal of the season at 19:32, with an assist from Jurco. The Huskies, 16th overall in the 17-team league, surpprised the Sea Dogs with a spirited start to the second period. Nike Air Force 1 Low Billig. . It paid off when Brisebois cruised in on the right wing and fired the puck past Corbeil at 8:25. The Huskies held much of the momentum until Phillips scored on Beaulieus pass from the left wing at 15:24. The Huskies continued to pressure the Sea Dogs in the third period, and pulled within a goal when Brisebois scored at 3:12. Less than two minutes later, the Huskies scored again on a three-way passing play started by Jean-Francois Grenier and finished by Brisebois at the five-minute mark. After Roussel put Saint John ahead, the Sea Dogs took a late penalty with Gagne heading to the box for hooking at 17:30. But Rouyn-Noranda couldnt take advantage, finishing the game 0-for-2 on the power play. Saint John scored on both of its power-play chances. 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