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TORONTO -- Buried in the ashes of a tough 19-inning defeat was a welcome development for the Toronto Blue Jays: A solid start from Marcus Stroman.Carlos Santana homered in the 19th inning off infielder Darwin Barney and the Cleveland Indians beat the Blue Jays 2-1 on Friday, extending their winning streak to a franchise-best 14 games.Stroman came in having allowed 38 earned runs in his previous eight starts but was sharper against the Indians, giving up one run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.He threw the ball very well, Blue Jays bench coach DeMarlo Hale said. The breaking ball had some swing and miss to it.Stroman struck out six, and 10 of his 20 outs came on ground balls.I felt good, Stroman said. The work thats been going on between starts is starting to pay off.Cleveland won 13 straight in 1942 and again in 1951.Its the longest winning streak since Atlanta won 14 straight in 2013, and the longest by an AL team since Oakland won 20 in a row in 2002.I guess if youre going to set a record, you might as well do it the hard way, Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer said.The 19 innings matched the longest game in Blue Jays history. Toronto played 19 against Detroit in August 2014.Having used seven of their eight relievers, the Indians turned to Bauer, Saturdays scheduled starter, in the 15th. Bauer (7-2) worked five innings for the win.I thought what Trevor did was above and beyond, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Only closer Cody Allen, who was unavailable after working the previous three games, did not pitch for Cleveland.After seven Blue Jays relievers combined to pitch 10 1/3 scoreless innings, Toronto turned to infielder Ryan Goins in the 18th.Jose Ramirez and Lonnie Chisenhall began the inning with singles, but Ramirez was caught in a rundown on Michael Martinezs fielders choice grounder. After intentionally walking Tyler Naquin, Goins got out of the bases-loaded jam by getting Chris Gimenez to ground into a double play.Barney, who started the game at second base, replaced Goins in the 19th. The infielders became the ninth and 10th position players to pitch for Toronto.Santana greeted Barney (0-1) with a drive to right-center, his 17th.Torontos only run came in the sixth when Justin Smoak snapped an 0-for-18 slump by homering off Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin. It was the eighth of the season for Smoak and the 100th of his career.The Blue Jays lost major league RBI leader Edwin Encarnacion when he was ejected for arguing after being called out on strikes to end the first inning. Manager John Gibbons was also ejected.Im taking the high road and saying thats part of the game, said Hale, who took over for Gibbons. There were some emotional plays and there were some disagreements.All three Blue Jays batters were called out on strikes in the first, with Encarnacion livid after being rung up on a 3-2 pitch that looked outside.Encarnacion made contact with home plate umpire Vic Carapazzas left shoulder after being ejected. Gibbons rushed out to break up the argument and was also tossed.Catcher Russell Martin was ejected by Carapazza after striking out to end the 13th. A fuming Martin had to be restrained by Hale and third base coach Luis Rivera as he screamed at Carapazza.He just wasnt very good today, Martin said of Carapazza. All the things that everybody in the ballpark were thinking, I didnt say that. I felt like he really didnt have to throw me out.HOLIDAY FASHIONSThe Blue Jays marked Canada Day with red maple leaf caps, red jerseys and red socks. The Indians wore Canadian flag patches on the right sleeve of their jerseys.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: OF Jose Bautista (left big toe) is not expected to return before the All-Star break, Gibbons said. Bautista was injured June 16 at Philadelphia.UP NEXTIndians: Clevelands starter for Saturday is unknown after Bauer was used in relief. Were working through that right now, Francona said afterward. Weve got some things weve got to talk through.Blue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (5-3, 2.81) has allowed at least one home run in each of his past five starts. Stan Smith Sneakers Wholesale . 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Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. LONDON -- Novak Djokovic survived an early setback, and then made it look all too easy.The second-ranked Serb, who has a chance to reclaim the No. 1 ranking at the O2 Arena next weekend, rallied to beat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (10), 6-0, 6-2 Sunday in his opening match at the season-ending ATP finals.Djokovic won nine of 10 games to take control of the match after losing the first set in a tiebreaker. And even that was close.Yeah, a thrilling tiebreaker, Djokovic said. I had, I think, only one set point. He just played a good point. I was in the rally, but he just was going for his shots.Thiem had his first three set points at 6-3 in the tiebreaker, but he double-faulted twice and then put a backhand into the net to make it 6-6.Djokovic had a chance, too, leading 9-8. But he couldnt close it out with Thiem serving, eventually hitting a backhand long. The Austrian finally won it on his seventh set point with a forehand winner, prompting Djokovic to smack a ball into the crowd.After that, it was just about all Djokovic. The Serb reeled off six straight games to send it to a third set, and then broke Thiem twice more to close it out.Even though I lost the first set, I thought I didnt do too many things wrong, said Djokovic, who saved the only break point he faced. It was just the very high quality of his game that prevailed in the first set.In the following sets, it got to be too much for the Austrian, who was making his debut at the tournament for the top eight players in the world.I lost a little bit energy, not much, but just a little bit (after the first set), Thiem said. Of course, against a player like Novak, he immediately steps up. Thats how the second set went.Thiem said he had a chance to meet Manchester United manager Jose Moourinho after the match, and the pair chatted briefly.dddddddddddd Thiem is a fan of English club Chelsea, a team Mourinho has coached in the past.In the late match, fourth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada beat sixth-seeded Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-4.Monfils, who was playing at the ATP finals for the first time, hit a pair of tweeners in the match, but it was Raonic that got the breaks -- one in each half.Djokovic lost the No. 1 ranking to Andy Murray last week, but he can earn it right back in London. If either of the two wins the title next Sunday, that one will be assured of the top ranking -- as long as Djokovic wins another round-robin match on the way to the final.If Djokovic does reclaim the No. 1 ranking, he would finish the season at the top for the third season in a row and the fifth time in six years. Murray is trying to end up as the top man for the first time.With a victory on Sunday, Djokovic can also join Roger Federer as the only players to win the season-ending tournament six times. Federer is not playing in London, sitting out the rest of the season as he continues to recover from knee surgery.Djokovic has had his own injury problems this season, including pulling out of the China Open with an elbow injury in September. In Sundays match, he called for a trainer during the first changeover, but it was because he hurt his thumb on the court after reaching for an early shot.It was just a nasty cut that I had when I didnt manage to return the serve, the first serve, Djokovic said. Just kind of caught the surface, then I cut myself. It was bleeding. I just wanted to stop the bleeding. ' ' '