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ANAHEIM, Calif. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap. - James Shields and the Tampa Bay Rays caught Jered Weaver on an off night. B.J. Upton and Ben Zobrist made the Los Angeles Angels ace pay for his mistakes. Upton went 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs, Zobrist and Jose Molina also homered and the Rays battered Weaver for a career-worst nine earned runs in a 12-3 victory Friday. "Weavers a good pitcher and hes been pitching really, really well all season long," Shields said. "I know as well as anybody that sometimes youre going to have bad days, and tonight our team did a great job of getting to him early." Shields (11-7) allowed three runs, seven hits and no walks in six innings while striking out eight, helping the Rays maintain a one-game lead over Detroit and Baltimore in the AL wild-card race. The Orioles lost to the Tigers after starting the day tied with Tampa Bay. Shields, the subject of trade rumours before the non-waiver deadline on July 31, is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four starts since. The 30-year-old right-hander was 1-3 with a 6.15 ERA in a seven-start stretch before the deadline passed. "The only difference is the numbers," Shields said. "I mean, Ive been pitching the same way and Ive taken the same approach in every single game. So I dont think its more relaxing now — because were fighting for the wild card and fighting for the AL East, so we have to win every game." Upton had a different take on Shields turnaround. "I know how going through that trade deadline thing is because Ive dealt with it the last couple of years," he said. "So I think with that phase of the season being over and him still being here, Im sure its taken a little bit of pressure off of him." Weaver (15-3) had his shortest outing of the season, giving up eight hits and two walks in three-plus innings — including Zobrists 14th homer and Uptons 15th. It was the sixth time the three-time All-Star allowed multiple homers in back-to-back starts during his seven-year career. Seattles Jesus Montero went deep twice against him last Sunday in the Mariners 4-1 victory. "There are going to be times when stuff like this happens, but its obviously not a good time of the year for it to happen," Weaver said. "My fastball command wasnt good. The only thing that was really good was my changeup, but I cant throw that every pitch. It was just one of those weird nights. Everything they were hitting was finding holes and finding gaps, so what are you going to do? Obviously its disappointing, but you cant dwell on it." Upton hit a first-pitch homer into the left-field bullpen with one out in the first and Zobrist led off the second with a drive into the elevated seats in right-centre, marking the third time this season that Weaver allowed more than one home run in an outing. Weaver, who came in with a chance to tie Tampa Bays David Price for the major league lead in wins, faced eight batters and threw 24 pitches in the fourth inning without recording an out. Sean Rodriguez and Ryan Roberts had RBI singles, Molina followed with a two-run single and Desmond Jennings chased Weaver with an RBI double. Upton greeted LaTroy Hawkins with a two-run single that extended Tampa Bays lead to 9-1. "I kind of took it easy in the bullpen before the game, just trying to locate, but my secondary pitches werent sharp, and I knew that coming in," Weaver said. "When you dont have anything coming off your fastball, its going to be a long night. I couldnt miss any bats. I tried to battle as much as possible, but it obviously caught up with me there in the fourth." Molina, who spent seven seasons as a backup catcher with the Angels and was a member of their only World Series championship club in 2002, hit his fourth homer in the eighth against Jason Isringhausen. The Angels, shut out in each of their previous three games against the Rays, finally ended their string of 34 consecutive scoreless innings against Tampa Bay with Erick Aybars leadoff homer in the third. Howie Kendrick added a two-run homer in the fourth. "I didnt even know anything about that streak. We were just trying to put runs on the board," Kendrick said. "Theyve got a good staff. Theyve got guys that go out and pound the strike zone and get outs when they need to. They also play in a division where theyve got to have great pitching. It seems like every time we face them they come out and throw well against us." NOTES: Weaver lost only one of his first 16 decisions, a 13-6 rout by the Texas Rangers in which he gave up eight earned runs. He came in with a major league-best 2.54 home ERA since the start of his 2006 rookie season. ... Angels RHP Dan Haren, who hasnt gotten out of the fourth inning in his last two starts, will be skipped in the rotation next week with the team having a travel day before its six-game trip to Boston and Detroit. The three-time All-Star gave up 10 earned runs and 12 hits in losses to the Rays and Mariners. ... J.P. Howell extended his scoreless streak to 23 2-3 innings with a perfect ninth, surpassing the franchise record of 23 that Shields set in 2011. ... The Rays lead the season series 7-1 with two games remaining. They have held Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo to a combined .200 average with one home run and five RBIs. ... Weaver, whose next scheduled outing will be against Boston at Fenway Park, hasnt lost three consecutive starts since dropping four in a row in May 2011. ... The Angels are expecting relievers Jordan Walden and Scott Downs to return this weekend from injuries. Walden has been sidelined by a biceps strain, Downs by a shoulder strain. 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The 21-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., appeared completely at ease as he recorded the first Rogers Cup victory in his short, rapidly rising career. His next opponent could be Olympic champion Andy Murray who plays in the tournament Wednesday. "I played him earlier this year," Raonic said. "I know if I play well, Ill have my opportunities." Earlier in the day, Juan Monaco of Argentina defeated Pospisil of Vancouver 7-5, 6-4 and Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan defeated Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., 6-3, 7-5. "I dont think there was really too much nerves," Raonic said. "Maybe one ball, I maybe overran a little bit and rushed through that point. "But other than that, I sort of came out and was pretty fluid and relaxed throughout the match from the beginning to the end." Near the end, Raonic said he might have tried to force things in his return game on Troickis serve. "I was making some sloppy errors and giving away too many points at that point," he said. Raonics serve is his biggest weapon and he hammered seven aces in the match that took one hour eight minutes to play. He would like to continue to improve other aspects of his game so that as his career evolves he will be known for more than a big serve. "I hope so," he said. "Thats definitely the plan. Thats what I am going to need to do if I am going to achieve the things I want to achieve. "But no matter what, my serve is going to be my best part and probably the first thing that comes out of peoples mouths when they sort of come to describe me. Maybe at one point people will get sick of talking about it and Ill be doing something else well." Raonic gave his hometown fans lots to talk about on Tuesday. He won the first set after breakiing Troickis serve in the eighth game and then held his own serve.dddddddddddd The top-rated Canadian player broke service again in the third game of the second set. And then held his own serve again, finishing it off with an ace to go ahead 3-1 in the set. Raonic overcame a couple of double faults in the sixth game of the second set to go ahead 4-2, again finishing it with an ace, his fourth of the match. Raonic entered the tournament ranked 24th in the world and Troicki 33rd. Raonic was at the Olympics where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in a long, gruelling match. "As far as the Olympics goes, it was a really good experience," he said. "The best part was being around the other athletes. I didnt get to stay that many days during the competition. I stayed a few days before and the morning after the ceremony and I left and was staying close to Wimbledon and came back for two more." Raonic said the most exciting part of his Olympic experience is "the feeling of being surrounded by so much greatness." If he didnt feel any undue pressure playing at home, he said there also was no particular feeling of relief in getting the first one out of the way. "There was one point of relief," said Raonic. "At the end of the second set just because I was getting a little sloppy with my return game and just really to hold it and not have to come back and sort of regroup on that part. So I think that was a bit of relief. "But I dont think the whole -- just getting the match out of the way, I dont think of that as a relief." When he was asked if there was any result from this Rogers Cup that would leave him satisfied, he smiled and said: "No. I dont get satisfied until I achieve a lot. I expect a lot out from myself and Im going to push myself to achieve that. When I get satisfied, I think my career is going to be in trouble." Raonic then added that hes always challenging himself, no matter what the tournament. "Any tournament Im going to push myself," he said. "Im going to give it everything I have. Doesnt matter how much pain or anything I may ever be in, if its the smart choice, Im going to try to win and push myself as far as I can." ' ' '