CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Edwin Encarnacion hit two three-run homers Friday night, and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled off the second-biggest comeback in franchise history, rallying from an early eight-run deficit to a 14-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. David Freese Jersey . Toronto hit four homers during its comeback, including the two by the major leagues home run leader. Encarnacion started the comeback by connecting in the third inning off Mat Latos and finished it with his 23rd homer off Sam LeCure during a five-run ninth inning. Brett Lawrie and Juan Francisco also homered for Toronto, which piled up 16 hits and nine walks. The eight-run deficit was the second-biggest overcome in franchise history. Toronto overcame a 10-run deficit to beat Boston 13-11 in 12 innings in 1989. With the score tied at 9, Aroldis Chapman (0-2) came on to pitch the ninth and walked leadoff hitter Colby Rasmus. Erik Kratz doubled off the wall in left field to break the tie, then came around on Melky Cabreras single. Chapman was replaced after getting only two outs, and Encarnacion completed the big comeback and his sixth multihomer game of the season. Dustin McGowan (4-2) pitched a perfect eighth. Casey Janssen retired the three batters he faced in the ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances. The comeback boosted the Blue Jays out of a recent funk. They were swept for the first time this season at Yankee Stadium and had dropped nine of their last 12. The Reds pitching meltdown wasted a chance to get back to .500 for the fourth time this season. Cincinnati has yet to have a winning record. It was the first time the Reds blew an eight-run lead and lost since May 20, 2010, at Atlanta, a 10-9 defeat. The Reds gave up a season-high nine walks and 15 hits. The Blue Jays called up Liam Hendriks to start in place of R.A. Dickey, getting two extra days to rest a sore groin. The Reds knocked him out in the second inning while sending 11 batters to the plate for an 8-0 lead, their biggest inning of the season. Devin Mesoraco started the rally with a two-run homer and Jay Bruce finished it with a two-run shot. Bruce also singled as the Reds piled up seven hits and a walk. Latos made his second start since returning from the disabled list and wasnt sharp. He gave up nine hits, three walks and Encarnacions three-run homer during 5 2-3 innings. Reliever Jumbo Diaz made his major league debut in the seventh and gave up Lawries solo homer and Franciscos two-run shot, cutting it to 9-8. Toronto then tied it in the eighth on Dioner Navarros double off Jonathan Broxton. NOTES: LHP J.A. Happ (6-3) faces RHP Mike Leake (4-6) on Saturday. Leake lost his only other career start against the Blue Jays in 2011. ... The Blue Jays optioned RHP Steve Delabar to Triple-A Buffalo to open a spot for Hendriks. ... Encarnacion has 21 homers during 42 games since May 6, the most in the majors over that span. ... Hendriks fell to 3-14 in 31 career starts and two relief appearances. ... The Reds optioned LHP Tony Cingrani to Triple-A Louisville and called up Diaz. They also moved LHP Sean Marshall to the 60-day DL. Marshall will have shoulder surgery on Tuesday. Los Angeles Dodgers Store . A lovely summer day in England with abundant sunshine and minimal wind allowed him to attack Royal Liverpool. Austin Barnes Dodgers Jersey . Argentina, who have yet to beat New Zealand in 17 meetings, rocked the All Blacks with an early converted try to backrower Juan Manuel Leguizamon and led 7-0 after five minutes. But Smiths double in the 23rd and 26th minutes - when Argentina was reduced to 14 men by the sin-binning of hooker Eusebio Guinazu - turned the tide of the match and set up New Zealands third straight Championship win. https://www.cheapdodgersonline.com/105h-kyle-garlick-jersey-dodgers.html . Nat Borchers headed in the sole goal in the 54th minute, getting on the end of a Kyle Beckerman free kick. The defeat cost Sporting top spot in the Eastern Conference. Even a draw would have moved the Kansas City club above Columbus.TORONTO – James van Riemsdyk was only a few months removed from going to class at the University of New Hampshire when it got real. No more games. Hockey had officially become a business. It was 25 games into his NHL career and John Stevens had been fired as the Flyers head coach. Expectations weren’t being met for a Stanley Cup contender that featured Chris Pronger, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter at the top of a roster that also included a young Claude Giroux and a still-productive Daniel Briere. The Flyers had lost six of seven at that point in early December and were tumbling down the Eastern Conference standings under Stevens’ direction, just a few points up on a Ron Wilson-led Toronto club that was scuffling itself. Now 25-years-old and sprouting the first signs of a beard, van Riemsdyk vividly remembers the tense closed-door meetings of that time, the threats of trades and demotions from management, the eye-opening reality of life as a pro. It brings a grin to his face now, but didn’t then. That was the moment when the game changed. Business in the league could be cold and ruthless. “It’s a wake-up call when someone loses their job,” said van Riemsdyk more than five years after the fact and just days after his third head coach in the league was dismissed. “You’re like ‘wow’.” The Flyers didn’t initially take to the firing of Stevens and hiring of Peter Laviolette, but they eventually righted the ship, snuck into the playoffs on the final day of the regular season and won three playoff rounds before Chicago dropped them in the Cup Final. It was the kind of turnaround most clubs dream of when they dismiss a coach mid-season, the L.A. Kings churning down a similar path under Darryl Sutter en route to a Cup win in 2012. “Once you get into the playoffs anything can happen,” said van Riemsdyk, tied for 18th in league scoring on a Toronto team that’s lost eight of 10. “That’s our goal here, to get into the playoffs and once you get to the dance pretty much anyone can beat anyone.” Unlike the Flyers in those days, the Maple Leafs aren’t chasing Cups at this point in their history, but they did fire Randy Carlyle with the hope of shaking up a season veering further and further off the rails. Dave Nonis said his team was “trending the wrong way” after a slimy 1-4-0 road trip, adding that such a move “was made to try to put ourselves in a better position, nothing other than that.” And so now it falls to interim head coach Peter Horachek to try to steer a turnaround in the second hallf. Cheap Dodgers Jerseys. He’s tasked with chipping away at all the instabilities that lingered in Toronto during Carlyle’s 188 games behind the bench. Horachek led his second practice on Thursday morning, one day after a 6-2 loss to Washington in his Toronto coaching debut. The whistle blew repeatedly. Drills were stopped. Instruction was constant. Players were informed of where they needed to be on the ice and why. They asked questions. He asked questions back. There was less barking, more talk. The pace was high. “That’s his job,” Horachek said in directing Sam Carrick, explaining what the responsibilities of his teammates were during one particular defensive zone drill. “He’s a good communicator and a good teacher out there for us,” said van Riemsdyk, who made note of that quality on the first day of training camp. “Obviously we have some things in our game that we need to find some consistency with and he’s going to try and help us do that.” Horachek has spoken about culture, accountability and resolve, but more than that he’s charged with improving those elements on the ice that have sagged badly in recent years and especially in recent weeks. The Leafs struggled under Carlyle to both keep the puck and keep it out of the net. “When you come into a situation there’s something that needs to change - whether it’s attitude adjustment or whatever it is - something always has to be adjusted,” Horachek said, filling the interim tag for 66 games in Florida last season. In this case, defending is top of the list. The Leafs are sixth from the bottom defensively this season – 3.10 goals against per game – yielding more even-strength goals at the midway point than every team but Buffalo and Edmonton. They attempted corrections at practice, working to improve both their ability to defend in-zone and off the rush. Horachek has talked repeatedly about the five-man approach. “You can’t play defence with four guys,” he said. “Everybody’s got to do their job and everybody’s got to be part of what their responsibilities are.” And he made sure that was known, steering traffic at a practice that went on for less than an hour. Players noticed a higher tempo with shorter drills, but more of them. Playoff-less in eight of the past nine seasons, Toronto sits just outside of a spot at the official midway point of the season. Its clear where they want to go. Whats unclear is the effect Horachek can imprint on a puzzling club in the final 41 games. 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