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CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was relieved following Sundays 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Brett Cecil in the eighth inning and the Indians rallied to win the series between AL division leaders.We won two out of three, and I think we had the lead for like 10 minutes, Francona said.The series featured three one-run games, large crowds and a playoff-like atmosphere.Theres no feeling that I can think of like that, Francona said. Your heart is in your throat but you like it. Its agony, but its also awesome. Thats why we do this.Tyler Naquins game-ending, inside-the-park home run gave Cleveland a 3-2 victory Friday, and the Blue Jays won 6-5 Saturday.Ahead 2-1, Toronto threatened to break open the finale in the seventh. But Mike Clevinger (2-1) relieved Corey Kluber and struck out Edwin Encarnacion to leave the bases loaded.Ramirez connected after Francisco Lindors two-out single, sending a drive onto the home run porch in left field. Cecil (1-7) replaced starter Marcus Stroman with one out in the eighth.Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 27 chances. He struck out Ryan Goins and Devon Travis before walking Josh Donaldson and Encarnacion. Russell Martin lined out to right to end it.Kluber allowed two runs, six hits and four walks in 6 2/3 innings.Melvin Upton Jr. led off the third with his third home run for Toronto since being acquired from San Diego at the trade deadline. Donaldson, returning to the lineup after missing two games with a sprained thumb, added a two-out RBI single.Lindor singled in a run in the sixth.Thats a pretty good team, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Theyve got a dynamite offense, great pitching, a lot of speed, and a bunch of switch hitters. They got the best of us and Ramirez just wore us out.The switch-hitting Ramirez tied Fridays game with a solo homer in the ninth. Hes reached base in 27 consecutive games and is batting .377 during that stretch.For whatever reasons, hes able to come through in those spots more often than not, Kluber said. I dont think theres anyone else wed rather have up in that situation.MASS CONFUSIONPlate umpire Ramon De Jesus called time while Encarnacion was batting in the seventh. Clevinger stepped off the rubber and was called for a balk by third base umpire Greg Gibson after time was given, and Goins trotted home from third. After discussions involving umpires, both managers and several players, Goins was sent back to third and Clevinger struck out Encarnacion on the next pitch.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: OF Kevin Pillar (jammed left thumb) could be activated Tuesday.Indians: C Yan Gomes (separated right shoulder), who has been on the 15-day disabled list since July 18, will make the teams trip to Oakland and Texas, but its unclear when hell be activated.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP R.A. Dickey opens a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. Dickey has made a team-high 25 starts.Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco, who has a 1.97 ERA on the road, pitches at Oakland in the first game of a three-game series Monday. Philadelphia Phillies Shirts . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. 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Instead, he let the memory of the second-round playoff exit fuel him from time to time.That hurt, it lingers, and I think you can use that as motivation, Niskanen said. That kind of stuff creeps into your mind and it pushes you.Now several months removed from another painful playoff loss, the Capitals came to training camp ready to harness whatever energy they could from that while also preparing to move past it and focus on another run at the Cup this season. Almost the entire roster is back from the Presidents Trophy-winning team that ran roughshod over the NHL during the regular season, and with Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and goaltender Braden Holtby in their primes, there isnt time to waste on reflection and hindsight.You need to see where things went awry and try to rectify it, said veteran winger Justin Williams, one of several players with one year left on his contract. We set a standard with having successful teams, a team every year fans can look at and say, `You know, we legitimately have a chance to win it again. As players we embrace that and we respect it and we know that these opportunities that we have in front of us arent forever.Along with Williams, winger T.J. Oshie and defenseman Karl Alzner could be unrestricted free agents July 1. Restricted free agent center Evgeny Kuznetsov will get a big raise on a new deal, and Washingtons salary cap picture will get more difficult as the years go on.Ovechkin also just turned 31, and while he led the league in goal-scoring last season, theres no certainty as to how long his Hall of Fame-caliber production will keep up. After winning the division by 16 points and losing in the second round -- again -- general manager Brian MacLellan doesnt think theres a bigger burden on winning this year with so many unknowns on the horizonn.ddddddddddddI think theres pressure every year, MacLellan said. Last year we were a contender, theres pressure. Same pressure this year. We have a goal of winning a championship. We know were close and we need to pursue it and well do everything we can to get there.Alzner was just starting to get over the early exit when pictures of the Penguins celebrating with the Cup filled up his social media feeds. The ironman whose groin injury forced him out of the deciding Game 6 and led to sports hernia surgery scoffed at the notion that Pittsburgh winning makes the loss easier to take.Its worse, in my opinion, because then you really think, `OK if I could have got past that team then the Cup was ours, said Alzner, whos still working his way back to 100 percent. I think that all of us in the room thought that we were going to win that last year.Being great in the regular season and losing in the first or second round has become the Capitals reputation over the past decade. The 2015-16 team was perhaps the best on paper, which made the late stumble into summer that much more confounding.As more top players continue to trickle back into town after playing in the World Cup of Hockey, associate coach Todd Reirden expects the staff to impart lessons about last season on the full group. Early in camp, the mood is light with players eager to make a fresh start and learn from losing to the Penguins.Asked what the Capitals can do to improve, Williams deadpanned: We can finish the season with a win. Thats it.Thats a challenge that cant be accomplished until the spring. Players, coaches and fans may want to fast-forward until then, but Washington has to again get there first.Youve got to be patient, center Jay Beagle said. The game has to develop. Weve got new guys, so we want to go into this year making sure were playing our best going into the end of the year and in the playoffs.---Follow Stephen Whyno on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SWhyno . ' ' '