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TORONTO -- In the middle of August, Alexei Ramirez hit a home run off Rays left-hander Drew Smyly.Almost a month later, Ramirez connected again, this time helping give Smyly a win.Smyly pitched 5 2/3 innings to remain unbeaten at Rogers Centre, Ramirez and Steven Souza Jr. hit home runs and Tampa Bay beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Tuesday night.Ramirezs home run was his first since signing with Tampa Bay after being released by San Diego earlier this month. His previous homer, on Aug. 15, was a solo shot off Smyly at Tampa Bay when Ramirez was still with the Padres.When he came over here, I was like `I know you remember that home run off me Smyly said. Hes a good hitter, man. Hes been around for 10 years.Ramirez wasnt sure what his future held when San Diego cut him loose, but hes happy for the chance hes been given.I thought it might have been the end of my season, he said through a translator. Here I am with an opportunity.The Blue Jays dropped into a tie with the Orioles for the AL wild-card spots. Toronto and Baltimore are two games behind Boston in the East.The Rays have won seven of their last 11 games against the Blue Jays.If we could harness that and play the rest of the league like that, wed be a pretty good ball club, Souza said.Ramirez hit a three-run homer off Marcus Stroman (9-8) in the fifth, and Souza drilled a solo shot off Joe Biagini in the seventh.Russell Martin had a two-run shot, but Toronto lost for the eighth time in 11 September games.It just wasnt our night, Martin said.Smyly (7-11) came in 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA at Rogers Centre in five appearances, including three starts. He allowed two runs and five hits.Thats a really tough lineup, Smyly said. Every time you face them, you know you have to be on point, you have to be commanding the ball well.Toronto loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Edwin Encarnacion struck out against Danny Farquhar.I elevated a fastball and luckily he swung, Farquhar said.The Blue Jays were without reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson for the second straight game. Donaldson is day to day with a sore right hip and hopes to return Wednesday.Toronto has scored three runs or fewer in six of its past eight.Martin chased Smyly with a two-out blast into the second deck in the sixth.Stroman allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. The right-hander is winless in five starts since a home victory over Houston on Aug. 14.I thought he was good, manager John Gibbons said. We just came up short.DRAWING A CROWDThe crowd of 38,338 put Toronto over the three-million mark for the sixth time in franchise history and the first time since 1993. The Blue Jays have averaged an AL-best 41,460 this season. They have eight home games remaining.POWER BALLThe Rays have hit 14 homers in their past six games. They need one more to match the teams single-season record of 199, set in 2009. The Rays have hit at least one home run in 16 of their 18 meetings with Toronto this season.TRAINERS ROOMRays: LHP Xavier Cedeno is still bothered by a sore neck and will likely see a doctor when the team returns to Florida. Cedeno hasnt pitched since Aug. 29.Blue Jays: Gibbons said Donaldson jammed his hip when he stepped on first base in Sundays loss to Boston. The three-time All-Star third baseman is stuck in a career-worst seven game hitless streak. Hes 0 for 23 with seven strikeouts in that span.UP NEXTRays RHP Alex Cobb (0-0, 4.09) starts against Blue Jays RHP Marco Estrada (8-8, 3.68) in Wednesday afternoons series finale. Cobb will make his third start since returning from elbow surgery. Hes 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA in two career starts at Toronto. 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If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency.The slumping Atlanta Hawks will seek to avoid a winless Western swing Wednesday night they visit the Phoenix Suns.What began as a reasonable trip -- matchups with the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix, with the powerful Golden State Warriors interspersed -- turned into a bit of a nightmare after 27- and 15-point drubbings at the hands of the Jazz and Lakers.Hawks players held a no-coaches meeting in Los Angeles, and it apparently made a positive impact. They led at Golden State for the better part of three periods Monday night before falling just short at the end, 105-100.Atlanta coach Mike Budenholzer applauded the players meeting.If they want to talk and hammer some things out, thats usually a good thing, the longtime San Antonio Spurs assistant said Monday in Oakland.Atlanta (10-8) lost six of its past seven after a 9-2 start despite strong play by veteran big man Dwight Howard.The NBAs career leader among active players in rebounds and blocked shots had a 14-point, 16-rebound performance at Golden State.Three games earlier, he led a win over the Indiana Pacers with 23 points and 20 rebounds, the 46th 20-20 game of his career.Howard figures to get some resistance Wednesday night from fellow veteran Tyson Chandler, who had a big game of his own -- 10 points, 15 rebounds -- his last time out, Sunday against the Denver Nuggets.Chandler missed eight of the Suns previous 10 games while dealing with the death of his mother earlier this month.Howard (12.8 rebounds per game) andd Chandler (12.dddddddddddd) rank third and fifth, respectively, in the league on the boards this season.A matchup with the Suns might be just what the doctor ordered for the Hawks. Phoenix (5-13) has the second-worst record in the West and is coming off a 120-114 home loss to Denver.Point guard Eric Bledsoe poured in a career-best 35 points in the defeat, but he faces a stiffer challenge Wednesday in Hawks counterpart Dennis Schroder.Atlantas first-year starter not only contributed a team-high 24 points to the loss at Golden State, but he also helped harass Warriors star Stephen Curry into 6-of-17 shooting.While Schroder was too quick at times for Curry, he will have to deal with Suns guard Devin Booker on Wednesday.As Schroder did with Curry, Booker accepts the challenge to be as good on the defensive end as on offense.If you want to be great, thats the role youve got to take on, Booker, addressing the media at practice Tuesday, said of being a defensive stopper. Youve got to be a two-way player. All the great players in the league are two-way players.When the Hawks last saw the Suns, they couldnt handle Booker on the offensive end. Booker had 34 points, his second-best output as a rookie, when the Suns lost at Atlanta last April.Booker has four 30-point games this season, including one Sunday in the loss to Denver, giving him a total of 10 in his career. ' ' '