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CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Toronto Blue Jays evened the three-game set with a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday evening. Below are some comments on matters of interest. BRETT LAWRIE, SECOND BASEMAN? A second start at second base for Lawrie, Wednesday, as he works his way back to the Blue Jays from a sprained ankle suffered on May 28. Triple-A Buffalo beat Syracuse 4-3. Lawrie went 0-4 with two strikeouts. "If we didnt think he didnt have a chance of being an outstanding second baseman he wouldnt be over there, we wouldnt be considering that," said manager John Gibbons. "He came up as a second baseman in Milwaukees (system.) Hes a plus defender, you could put him at shortstop and Im sure he could do a good job. The way were kind of looking at it, if it does develop, you combine him and Reyes up the middle where most of the action is. Youve got two great defenders, with a ton of range, you know they take away hits and thats a big part of this game." Dont expect Lawrie to return before the All-Star Break. If Lawrie is moved to second base, its likely Maicer Izturis and Mark DeRosa would platoon at third base. Edwin Encarnacion is also an option for the occasional start at third. DELABARS FIRST BIG LEAGUE SAVE IN FRONT OF "HOME" CROWD It wasnt how Steve Delabar expected to notch his first major league save but both he and his team will gladly take it. Delabar entered Wednesday nights game with two out in the ninth inning. Casey Janssen had retired the first two hitters he faced but ran into trouble, allowing two singles and a walk before an error was made behind him. Suddenly, Torontos 5-2 lead had been trimmed to 5-4 and the Indians had the tying and winning runs in scoring position. Delabar got Clevelands Michael Bradley to fly out to centre field on his first pitch, ending the game and preserving the victory. "I think you guys pay more attention to it," said Delabar. "I got the ball. I can say that was my first one. Theres not a huge significance to it except for that its the first one." The Indians announced a crowd of 14,134. The loudest fans were cheering for the Blue Jays. "We thought we had more fans here (Wednesday) than they did," said Delabar. "Cleveland, Detroit, I heard Milwaukees a good one, Seattle, all the places close to Canada we get a huge following and its awesome. I remember last year in Seattle I almost thought it was embarrassing because the opposing team had more fans than we did. Then I (got traded to Toronto) the next day and Im like, this is awesome. To have a huge fan base like that is awesome." ROGERS BOUNCES BACK Esmil Rogers pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits. He didnt get a decision and is winless in four starts since he beat the Rockies on June 18. Still, Rogers has had subpar performances in only two of eight starts since he joined the rotation. After taking the loss on June 24 in Tampa Bay, Rogers pitched six scoreless innings in a 6-2 win at Boston on June 30. Rogers most recent appearance prior to Wednesday was last Thursdays 11-1 loss to Detroit. He was tagged for seven earned runs in five innings. His ability to bounce back, to avoid dwelling on a tough outing, is an important trait. "I try to learn every start I throw," said Rogers. "I learned from my last start against Detroit. I see the video, whats going on, what happened and what I do different. I think I learn a little bit more each start. Using my breaking pitch for a strike and when you got a breaking pitch for a strike you can throw any pitch in any count. Like today, I can throw a slider 3-0, 3-2 for Swisher and I have an opportunity to get people out." The Blue Jays have beaten both of Rogers former teams, Colorado and Cleveland, in the games hes started against them.Pat Tillman Jersey . 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Dafne Schippers, a sprinter only now in 2016, a year after she won gold over 200 and silver over 100 meters in Beijing to become the dominating sprinter of the last world championships ahead of the Olympics?It just shows what the U.S. and Jamaican sprinters will have to deal with -- an orange streak of speed running from her heptathlon past and perhaps toward Olympic fame.The womens 100 begins Friday on the opening day of track and field. If all goes according to plan, the Dutchwoman will be competing for seven days before the closing weekend -- adding the 200 and relays as well -- and end up with several medals, several possibly gold.The key will be her start -- erratic when she still was a heptathlete up to last year, and rapidly improving as she prepped for the Rio Games.The faster my start, the better the rest of the race will likely be, she said leading to Fridays first race. But she will be running against rivals who have focused on those critical first meters since they began sprinting as youngsters while Schippers was still working on her javelin, high jump, shot put and hurdles skills.All too often, her reaction to the gun was slow. She would get fully upright too soon, losing early momentum and facing the full force of air against her body.Increasingly this season, at 24, she gets out with the best, and has developed the gliding, slowly rising movement that delivers her with perfect speed to the midpoint of the race.It does look better, no? Bennema said in an interview with The Associated Press after last months European championships.The trick? Recently, she has been training with the Dutch male sprinters, including European champion Churandy Martina.Who better to start with than the men and see how close I can stay at 10, 20 or 30 meters, Schippers said. Im still up there at 10, but see them running away a bit as off 20.It feels right, I feel steady. And this is what counts. Step by steep, and this gives me confidence, she said.dddddddddddd Especially since no one has questioned her ability and speed once she is in full flow.Such improvement is a major reason why Bennema has elevated Schippers to a true sprinter.For Schippers, there are other reasons, too. She loved the heptathlon, where athletes compete in seven events over two days, but it was an exceptional wear on both body and mind.Ankles would hurt from the jumps, shoulders from the throwing, all a drain on the sprints where she could really excel. What long kept her from making the move to sprinting was the fun of the mix and her sheer raw talent for multi-events. After all, she won bronze at the 2013 worlds. It was worth the pain.The pains of a heptathlete have gone, but now I have new pains of the sprint, Schippers said, pointing to the hamstrings and hips. Sprinter worries, she calls them.Mentally though, the advantages are clear. If it wasnt the problem of a perfect release of the javelin, it was how to get the best extension for the shot put.I used to feel I always was a bit behind, and now on I can work so hard on just one thing, she said. It will be tough enough though.Since her gold in Beijing, few would argue against her being the best 200 runner of the moment, especially since Allyson Felix failed to even make the U.S. team. Schippers has four of the top six times this year.The 100 is more daunting. She has only the eighth best time of the season, though she did race into a wind in most of her races. Americans Tori Bowie and English Gardner and double defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are among the favorites.Schippers is undaunted, and her full conversion to sprinter has given her something precious.To focus on one thing is something completely different than concentration on seven, she said. 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