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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Toronto Blue Jays bats went silent over the weekend.Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion did not have an extra-base hit or drive in a run in the three-game series at Kansas City.Yordano Ventura pitched effectively into the seventh inning Sunday and Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1.Today was a little frustrating, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Its always tough to play here. Theyre world champs. Theyre that for a reason and they held us in check. We really havent been swinging that good since the beginning of the last homestand. Weve been in kind of a rut, so were due to explode.The fired duds against Ventura. Ventura (7-9), who was 0-5 in seven starts since a June 17 victory over the Detroit Tigers, limited the Blue Jays to one run and five singles in 6 2/3 innings, walking four and striking out four.Its hard to be hot for 162, losing pitcher Marcus Stroman said. Our guys are some of the best hitters in the league and were aware of that and the droughts not going to last. Its just one of those spurts and Im sure theyll break out pretty soon.The Blue Jays had four hits and two walks in the first four innings, but wound up stranding eight men and went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.Morales third career grand slam and his first since July 30, 2012, while with the Los Angeles Angels came off left-hander Brett Cecil with two out in the eighth to break the game open. Raul Mondesi, Alcides Escobar and Cheslor Cuthbert led off the inning with singles. It appeared Toronto might escape unharmed after Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer struck out, but Morales hit Cecils first pitch out to straight-away center.Stroman (8-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. He threw 95 pitches before being replaced by Scott Feldman.Gibbons called it a solid outing by Stroman.He pitched good enough to win, and they made him work, Gibson said. They beat us at their game, really. They threw out some hits, and the safety squeeze, things like that. Three runs in five innings, youll take that. Whatd we score, one? There you go.Drew Butera and Mondesi delivered run-producing singles in the second. Butera cracked his bat on his hit to bring home Alex Gordon, while Mondesis bunt single scored Paulo Orlando, who logged his fourth straight multi-hit game.Theyre a dynamic team with their speed, Stroman said. They dont have to beat you with homers. Theyre looking to move the ball, move guys. Very fast and they put the ball in play.Escobar homered -- only his second of the season -- to lead off the fifth.Ventura was pulled after walking Darwin Barney and giving up a single to Devon Travis with two out in the seventh. 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Burris threw two TD passes, including a key 15-yard fourth-quarter strike to Bakari Grant that effectively countered a Toronto comeback bid and led Hamilton to a 33-19 victory.BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Starting guard Jacob Bailey understands how big this weekend could be for the Indiana Hoosiers.They havent started 2-1 in Big Ten play since 2007, havent won back-to-back home conference games since 2006 and havent beaten two ranked teams in the same season since 2004.Bailey, an Indianapolis native, wants to help change all that Saturday against No. 10 Nebraska (5-0, 2-0) .Thats obviously in the back of our heads a little bit, but thats not our goal, the fifth-year senior said when asked about pulling a second upset in three weeks. Our goal is to win one game at a time. It just so happens the next game is against Nebraska and its a highly-ranked team.After ending a seven-year bowl drought last season, the Hoosiers (3-2, 1-1) are three wins away from becoming bowl eligible for a second straight season. It would be the first time in a quarter-century Indiana has achieved that feat. After upsetting No. 17 Michigan State in overtime two weeks ago and giving No. 2 Ohio State its first serious challenge before falling 38-17 last weekend in Columbus, the Hoosiers certainly look like they will be in the mix Saturday.I knew that I wanted to be a part of an Indiana program that kind of turned this program around, Bailey said. Were not there yet. We still have a ways to go. But I think definitely, in the last five years, youve seen constant and consistent improvement. Thats really been our mantra since I got here.Theres no doubt the Hoosiers are playing better.In Wilsons first five seasons, the Hoosiers allowed 40 or more points in 28 games including five times last season. This year, under new defensive cooordinator Tom Allen, the Hoosiers still havent allowed 40 and despite giving up 290 yards rushing to the Buckeyes, trailed by only one score in the third quarter.ddddddddddddThe Hoosiers even deferred after winning the coin toss, quite a change for a team that has built its reputation on scoring points and winning shootouts. Thats not necessarily the case anymore.I think thats already being spread around, linebacker Tegray Scales said after his third straight game with 10 or more tackles.But the high-scoring Cornhuskers pose a different kind of challenge for a revamped defense that has primarily used its nickel package as the base defense. Nebraska brings the nations No. 23 rushing offense (234.2 yards).Wilson has seen all this before.He matched wits with Nebraska multiple times in his last previous stop, at Oklahoma, and still believes Nebraska is one of the nations premier programs, and he hopes that a big, boisterous crowd will give the Hoosiers a boost as they try to pull off another signature win.Bailey cant wait.Thats every week playing in the Big Ten East, he said when asked about playing a third consecutive ranked foe. With this team on the rise, playing another team thats probably going to be top 10 in the country, its a great opportunity to see where were at.Note: Wilson continues to say All-American guard Dan Feeney (concussion) is making progress and could return this week. Feeney has already missed three games.---Online:APs college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '