CINCINNATI - The Toronto Blue Jays have quite the act to follow. Hernan Perez Jersey . The American League East leaders take aim at a second straight victory on Saturday afternoon in the middle contest of a three-game set with the Cincinnati Reds. The Blue Jays seemed well on their way to an eighth loss in 10 games in Fridays opener, falling behind 8-0 after the second inning. However, they began to chip away, starting with Edwin Encarnacions three-run homer in the third frame, and trailed 9-3 after the fifth inning before catching fire and battling back for a 14-9 win. Toronto tied the contest in the eighth inning on Dioner Navarros RBI double and Encarnacion highlighted a five-run ninth frame with another three-run homer, his MLB-leading 23rd longball of the year. Juan Francisco had a two-run homer and Brett Lawrie added a solo shot as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak. "What a ballgame. Those things are some kind of rare," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said on his teams website. "Were down 8-0, youre scrambling, and basically all youre thinking is, How are we going to get through this game with the pitching? Then of course Edwin got us on the board, we had some other action, we kind of held them in check and then we just kind of exploded." Devin Mesoraco and Jay Bruce hit two-run homers in the big second inning for the Reds, and Mesoraco added a run-scoring groundout in the fifth inning, but Cincinnati ended up losing its second straight game after winning six of seven. "Fortunately, tonights loss counts as one loss. Unfortunately, it was an ugly loss," Reds manager Bryan Price said on his teams official website. "And that is one of the types of losses that affects everybody." Despite the epic comeback, the Blue Jays hope that starter J.A. Happ can prevent the club from falling behind big again today. Happ has won five of his last seven starts and is coming off a 5-2 victory in Baltimore on Sunday. The left-hander had one of his better outings of the year, allowing one run on seven hits over six innings while striking out six without a walk. Happ, 31, improved to 6-3 with a 4.05 earned run average on the year and is 1-2 lifetime versus the Reds with a 5.64 ERA in five meetings. Looking to right the Reds ship will be Mike Leake, but he will need to put his June struggles behind him to do so. Leake has pitched to an 8.22 ERA in three outings this month, losing the first two before getting plenty of support in a 13-4 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday. The 26-year-old righty needed the help as he allowed four runs on nine hits and three walks in five innings of work. Leake is 4-6 with a 3.80 ERA on the season and lost his only previous start against the Blue Jays on June 17, 2011, though he allowed just three runs over seven innings. 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Just as the meeting was beginning, Major League Baseball unveiled Rule 7.13, an experimental rule for the 2014 season aimed at eliminating what the league calls “egregious” runner/catcher collisions at home plate. http://www.brewersteamshop.com/Brewers-Yovani-Gallardo-Kids-Jersey/ . -- Olympic medallist Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que.ATLANTA - Mike Budenholzer wasnt going to let the Atlanta Hawks relax after their strongest defensive half of the season, especially when he detected a lack of intensity to open the second half.Budenholzer called a full timeout after New Orleans first possession of the second half, and the Hawks got the message that no letdown would be tolerated.Led by Jeff Teagues 26 points and the strong defence in the first half, the Hawks answered every second-half challenge from New Orleans and beat the Pelicans 100-91 on Friday night.DeMarre Carroll added 19 points for Atlanta, which didnt trail after the opening period.Ryan Anderson and Jrue Holiday each had 20 points for New Orleans.The Pelicans couldnt recover after being held to a season-low 28 first-half points, but Budenholzer wasnt happy when New Orleans opened the second half with back-to-back baskets by Tyreke Evans, who had 18 points, and Anthony Davis, who had 14 points and 11 rebounds.I dont think our focus was where it needed to be coming out of halftime, Budenholzer said. Theyre a very good third-quarter team.Atlantas Kyle Korver said the timeout was a great thing to do for the Hawks to kind of figure out if we were going to play in the second half or not.The Pelicans cut Atlantas lead to seven points three times in the fourth period, the last at 94-87. Teague answered with a basket that barely beat the shot clock with 39 seconds remaining.We just came out aggressive on both ends, Teague said. The team did a really good job of playing good team defence. We just helped one another.Paul Millsap had 13 points and nine rebounds and Al Horford had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta.Teague and his backup, Dennis Schroder, each used quick drives to the baskeet to win matchups against Pelicans guards, including Holiday. Milwaukee Brewers Jerseys. Schroder had 11 points.Teague made 10 of 16 shots and had seven assists.Teague lived in our paint tonight, said New Orleans coach Monty Williams.Teague went behind his back on a drive and layup to spark Atlantas 8-0 run to finish an otherwise sluggish first half for both teams.Teague then set up a basket by Horford, who scored again on an assist from Pero Antic to give the Hawks a 41-28 halftime lead. It was the Pelicans lowest first-half total for the season and the fewest points allowed by Atlanta in any half this year.TIP-INSPelicans: New Orleans made only 5 of 20 shots while scoring only 13 points in the second quarter. ... After making one start, Darius Miller moved back to the bench and did not play. ... Omer Asik had 10 points and 11 rebounds.Hawks: G Thabo Sefolosha was held out with flu-like symptoms, leaving Atlanta with 12 active players. ... G John Jenkins and C Adreian Payne were assigned to Fort Wayne of the NBA Development League. It is the rookie Paynes second assignment to Fort Wayne. Jenkins, in his third season, scored 12 points in his only game with Atlanta this season.UP NEXTPelicans: At Washington on Saturday.Hawks: Host Charlotte on Saturday.KORVER STREAKINGKorver, best known for his 3-point shooting, made each of his three free throws. He has made 28 consecutive free throws since his last miss on Nov. 7 at Charlotte. Tom McMillen set the team record with 47 consecutive free throws in 1978-79.BAD STARTNew Orleans shooting guard Austin Rivers missed each of his eight shots from the field and did not score in his first start of the season.I had good looks, Rivers said. ... Im not going to whine. 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