SEATTLE – The Blue Jays arrived at Safeco Field for Wednesdays series finale against the Mariners knowing the importance of leaving the Pacific Northwest with a victory. Jordan Clarkson Jersey . “You dont want to get swept, period, especially by a team thats ahead of you in the standings,” said Casey Janssen. “Is it a must-win? No. Is it an important game? Absolutely. Being one game back sounds a heck of a lot better than being three.” Janssens right. The term “must win” gets thrown around too much, anyway, but there is a sweeter smell to bolting Seattle down a game to the Mariners (and two to the Tigers, who beat the Pirates on Wednesday). Being three behind Seattle would carry with it a less appealing stench. With less than 40 games to go, this is one of those swing games in the standings. “I think this is a big game for us, I really do,” said manager John Gibbons. “You dont want to come in here and get swept. They shut us down pretty good the last two games. We made a little run late last night but we came up short. Its a big game for us. Its the team we came in here tied with. Its a big game for us.” After a 15-11 July, the Blue Jays are 3-8 in August. Theyve scored only 30 runs, an average of 2.7 runs per game. Thats not going to get it done. Part of the clubs recent struggles has to do with the quality of starting pitching its faced. Toronto hung close when last years Cy Young award winner, Max Scherzer, started for the Tigers on Saturday and came back to win against relievers Joe Nathan and Joba Chamberlain. On Sunday, the Jays trailed 5-0 in the sixth against David Price but slowly chipped away, tying the game off of Chamberlain with two outs in the ninth and then winning in a franchise-record setting 19 innings. Outings against Seattles “King” Felix Hernandez on Monday and Chris Young on Tuesday were less favourable. Baseballs daily grind is a blessing to players in this respect: theres no time to cling to the sorrow of a difficult loss the night before. “I feel like every time this team wins a game, we could win 10 in a row and every time we lose, it stings a lot and you wonder if youre going to be able to get out of that rut the next day or not,” said Janssen. “We played a good series against Detroit and Im sure everyone was hoping that would carry over into this series. Say what you will about 19 innings and traveling across the country, the last two games havent gone our way. Credit those guys for their pitching performances.” Entering Wednesdays action, the Tigers and Mariners were on pace to win 87 games. The Orioles, the AL East leader, stood to achieve 93 victories. The Jays need to go 27-14 to win 90 games, 24-17 to win 87. The players focus is on winning series. “If we can take two out of three the rest of the way, well be in good shape,” said Janssen. “You dont want to get into breaking down the numbers because sometimes that can seem like a taller task than take the series, take the series, take the series and see where you end up at the end of the day.” What if the Jays lose in Seattle on Wednesday? What if they get swept in front of a hometown crowd in a faraway place? “The seasons not over,” said Janssen. No Change in Rotation Despite off days on Thursday, Monday and next Thursday, John Gibbons wont be changing the order of his starting rotation. There was some thought to giving the young kids, Drew Hutchison and Marcus Stroman, some extra down time, but that wont be happening. Stroman, Mark Buehrle and Hutchison will go as scheduled beginning on Friday when the Jays open a three-game set with the Chicago White Sox. J.A. Happ and R.A. 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The British No 1 will battle the Belgian in a repeat of last years Davis Cup final clash, which saw Murray emerge with a straight-sets win as Britain went on to claim victory. Murray has beaten Goffin in all three of their previous meetings and was only briefly troubled during a 6-0 6-4 win over Jeremy Chardy in his last-16 match on Thursday. Murray defeated David Goffin in last years Davis Cup final But Goffin produced one of the most impressive results of the last round, brushing aside world No 8 Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-0 in a one-sided double-bagel victory. Andy Murray is targeting a place in the semi-finals An exciting schedule in the Italian capital will then see Djokovics latest showdown with Nadal on clay. Both men came through testing matches in the last stage as defending champion Djokovic overcame a sluggish start in a 0-6 6-3 6-2 win over Thomaz Bellucci, while Nadal battled past Nick Kyrgios 6-7 6-2 6-4.Djokovic holds a 25-23 edge over Nadal in their head-to-head record and the world No 1 has won their last six meetings, including matches in Doha and Indian Weells this year. Ante Zizic Jersey. Djokovic is seeking his third successive title win The pair faced each other in the 2014 Rome final, with Djokovic claiming a three-set win, and the Serb believes he is well prepared for Nadal.The fact I played a left-hander today hopefully will help me, said Djokovic. And Ive played him in Roma before, so I know what to expect.In another of Fridays quarter-finals, sixth seed Kei Nishikori will take on exciting youngster Dominic Thiem, who is fresh from a straight-sets win over Roger Federer. 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