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Two games were blowouts and two games were competitive as eight teams began the quest for the 101st Grey Cup ring. In the West, how amazingly impressive was Calgary beating BC 44-32? And how dominant was Saskatchewan rollong over Edmonton 39-18. For Calgary, two individual players and one group of players stood out all game for me. Quarterback Drew Tate separated himself from both Kevin Glenn and Bo Levi Mitchell. Thats significant because if Tate had not performed well, then the conversation would started about how he never will. But he did, so that conversation is over (for a few weeks anyway). The second individual player that was exceptional to me was Charleston Hughes at defensive end. Sometimes a player has a good game because the competition is average at best but much of Hughes success was against Javon 0lafioye at right tackle. Make no mistake, #63 for BC is one of the best and Hughes make him look average. The group of players that were outstanding was the offensive line. Yes, credit Jon Cornish as he separated himself from Andrew Harris but Calgary started a rookie centre in Brett Jones from Regina and Dan Federkeil at right tackle, who had been out of football for three years. Both were excellent. With Saskatchewan, the opening two drives were touchdowns. Now I know it is early but you have to think that George Cortez did a phenomenal job of preparation as the Riders were ready and Edmonton was not. John Chick will be a presence all year and linebacker Craig Butler looked like he was in the zone, so to speak. Now the negative is, and I am speaking for myself but Dwight Anderson and his temper tantrums are getting old. I understand the emotion of football at a high level but I also understand losing control is embarrassing to not only the player, but the organization, too. Yet , the Riders were exceptional. Earlier in the week, the Montreal-Winnipeg game was taken over by the Alouettes in the fourth quarter. Not sure what conclusions to make about Winnipeg yet but Montreal did control the game defensively, allowing only 296 yards. Favorite moment was Jade Etienne, who had only one catch last year had three in this game, one with an excellent run after catch. Nothing is more important in football than making a contribution as that is how you stay on the team and Etienne did. Finally, Toronto beat Hamilton but maybe not the way many expected. Henry Burris to Andy Fantuz stole the show and credit Kent Austin for coaching Burris into one of his best games ever. This was a Grey Cup team being taken to the last play by a rebuilding team that did not make the playoffs. Dont get me wrong, Toronto won and deserved to win and were well prepared. A six-play, 83-yard touchdown drive to open the game, that is well prepared. But if, I know it is a big if, Hamilton improves defensively, they could be competitive with anybody. 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That dude (Danny Duffy) was on.Duffy (7-1) pitched eight innings of one-hit ball and had a franchise-record 16 strikeouts to lead the Royals as they broke the Rays four-game winning streak. Duffys chance for the Royals first no-hitter in nearly 25 years ended when Desmond Jennings led off the Tampa Bay eighth with a line-drive double.Jennings came off the disabled list Monday after missing all of July with a strained hamstring.Kendrys Morales 18th home run, a towering shot over the center field wall, got the Royals on the scoreboard in the seventh.Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his second save.Duffy, a 27-year-old left-hander who spent the first six weeks of the season in the bullpen, walked one. He struck out seven in his first trip through the Rays lineup, and did not allow a baserunner until walking Logan Forsythe to lead off the fourth.Duffy had everything going, obviously, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Electric fastball, just a wipeout changeup. Mixed in an occasional curveball. Obviously he gave us a lot of trouble. From the side you could definitely see why.Zack Greinke had set the Royals single-game strikeout record at 15 oon Aug.dddddddddddd. 25, 2009. Bret Saberhagen pitched Kansas Citys last no-hitter almost 25 years ago.Its an honor to have a game like those guys had, Duffy said, but I understand they had a lot more of those than I did. So Im really still trying to do as good as I did tonight down the road.RAYS AT THE TRADE DEADLINEThe last-place Rays traded Moore, OF Brandon Guyer and INF/OF Steve Pearce -- all to teams that were in first place -- on Monday. We wish we were in that position, Cash said. Wish we didnt have to do that but weve got to do whats right for the organization today and moving forward.ROYALS AT THE TRADE DEADLINEThe World Series champions, coming off their worst month (7-19) in four years, did nothing at the deadline. Its good that we kept the group together. Everybodys happy about that, Royals manager Ned Yost said. (General manager) Dayton (Moore) looked at some things, but at the end of the day there wasnt anything thats going to make us better. He wanted to stick with this group. He believes in this group.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Wade Davis rejoined the team to rehab his flexor strain. Davis and the Royals are hopeful he will be able to come off the disabled list when he becomes eligible Aug. 12.Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) threw another bullpen session and will will get another rehab start at Class A Charlotte on Thursday night.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Yordano Ventura will follow his first career complete game, a 3-2 loss at Texas on Thursday, in his 21st start of the season Tuesday night. He has lost five straight decisions.Rays: RHP Matt Andriese, back in the rotation with the trade of Matt Moore, will make his first start since June 10. ' ' '