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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have their sights on the San Francisco Giants again and possibly overtaking them atop the National League West standings.After taking two of three in a weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals to cap a 5-4 road trip, the Dodgers begin a five-game homestand with a two-game set beginning Tuesday with the Tampa Bay Rays.A first-inning grand slam by Adrian Gonzalez highlighted Sundays 9-6 victory over the Cardinals and allowed Los Angeles (56-44) to cut NL West-leading San Franciscos lead to three games, down from 6 1/2 at the All-Star break. The Giants, who lost three of four to the New York Yankees over the weekend, have been beaten in seven of their last eight games.I think we always felt we had a chance, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about his clubs pursuit of the rival Giants, according to the Orange County Register. We just werent playing the baseball we were supposed to be playing. Theres still a lot of baseball. I know people talk about the standings but I think were just hyper-focused on ourselves. Our goal is to win the division. Thats never changed.Is more change in order? The Dodgers are rumored to have interest in Rays right-hander Chris Archer (5-13, 4.60 ERA), who is scheduled to start Tuesday night.The fact that Los Angeles president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman worked for Tampa in a similar capacity for nine seasons before being lured here adds to the intrigue. A deal for Archer might shore up some of the void left by injured ace Clayton Kershaw, who is on the 15-day disabled list with mild disc herniation and whose return is unknown.Regardless, the Rays (38-60) are hurting. They are in the midst of a three-game skid and are one of the American Leagues worst teams. They dropped the last three in a four-game set with the Oakland As in dramatic fashion.After capturing Thursdays opener, Tampa allowed the As to earn walk-off celebrations in Fridays and Saturdays games. On Sunday, Oakland rallied for a 3-2 victory with a two-run eighth on homers by Logan Forsythe and Billy Butler, the latter being the game-winner off reliever Erasmo Ramirez.Its unfortunate, Rays manager Kevin Cash said after Sundays loss, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Theres many ways to lose ball games. We like to be in tight ball games. Youve got to pride yourself on finding a way to win those ball games. And Logan Forsythe did. He got a huge hit off a very good pitcher. And again we came up short.Believe me, were all sick and tired of hearing we came up short. But thats kind of what it is right now.Los Angeles will counter with righty Bud Norris (5-9, 4.56 ERA). In his last appearance Friday night, Norris served up a walk-off home run in relief to Matt Adams of the Cardinals in a 4-3 setback in 16 innings.The last time Norris faced the Rays occurred on Sept. 7, 2014, when he was a member of the Baltimore Orioles. Norris gave up four runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and two walks in six innings, but did not factor into the decision in the Orioles 7-5 victory. In seven career games (six starts) against the Rays, Norris has a 1-2 mark with a 4.62 ERA. He has fanned 37 Rays in 37 innings.Buy Air Max Plus Tn . JOHNS, N. Fake Air Max 200 . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. http://www.airmaxsneakersonsale.com/ . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Cheap Air Max 95 China .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team. Cheap Air Max 97 Black . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.Fords Chaz Mostert has snared pole position for Saturdays Supercars race at Sydney Motorsport Park.The Prodrive Racing Australia star clocked a quickest lap of one minute, 28.8272 seconds midway through the 15-minute qualifying session to secure his fourth pole position of the season.Mostert has a strong recent history at the venue, having won two of the three races at last years event and finishing third in the other one.Holden pair Shane Van Gisbergen (1:29.0806) and Jamie Whincup (1:29.1480) qualified second and third as theeir championship battle heats up.ddddddddddddWhincup will become just the second man in Supercars history to claim 100 career race wins with victory.Volvos Scotty McLaughlin, fastest in practice on Friday, qualified eighth just ahead of defending series champion Mark Winterbottom and Holden veteran Craig Lowndes.Lowndes is making his 599th Supercars race start. Saturdays 31-lap race starts at 4.30pm ' ' '