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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays, three days removed from an 11-game losing streak, bounced back by taking two of three games from the Boston Red Sox, but, starting Thursday, they will face another surging team in a four-game series against the Detroit Tigers, who open an 11-game road trip that goes right up to the All-Star break.Especially against teams that were familiar with, we should go in with a lot of confidence, Tigers outfielder Cameron Maybin said after Wednesdays 10-3 win over the Marlins. The biggest thing is, going into the break, we want to bring as much energy and effort as we can, not take any day too lightly and make sure we finish strong going into the break.Detroit (40-38) is coming off a 6-3 homestand, one that included a three-game sweep at the hands of the Indians, but they will get another shot at them immediately after the Rays series. The Tigers had 15 hits in Wednesdays win, and home runs from Miguel Cabrera, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and 24-year-old Steven Moya, who has four home runs in his last six games.Moya, huge at 6-foot-7 and 260 pounds, has always had power potential -- he has 10 extra-base hits in 63 at-bats this season -- but manager Brad Ausmus said his key is lowering the swing-and-miss factor and keeping control of his at-bats.Detroit took two of three games from the Rays in May, and Thursdays starter is Jordan Zimmermann, who won one of those games, holding the Rays to two runs in 5 2/3 innings. He is now 9-4 with a 3.81 ERA, and will face the Rays Jake Odorizzi, who has a comparable ERA at 3.93 ERA but a hard-luck 3-3 record.Odorizzi has pitched well in his career against the Tigers, with a 2-1 record and 1.93 career ERA. He hopes to build off a strong start Wednesday by Tampa Bays Matt Moore, who threw seven shutout innings and took a no-hitter into the sixth. Its the kind of starting pitching the Rays expected going into 2016, but havent seen much of in a disappointing first half of the season. Moore outpitched former Rays ace David Price to pick up the win against Boston.I think everybody in this building has admiration for David Price and what he means to the organization, Rays manager Kevin Cash said Wednesday. Any time you get to compete against him, it is special. Matt Moore was a young pitcher when he was here. They follow him, they listen to him and to go toe-to-toe with that guy has to be special for Matt. He was outstanding.While Detroit has a week and a half on the road, the Rays are in the middle of an 11-game homestand, needing more consistent success at Tropicana Field as they try to scrap their way back to .500.Phil Niekro Jersey . 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Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings.Laurent Blanc has warned Manchester City that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be back to his potent best as they bid to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday.The prolific Swede is expected to be the chief obstacle in Citys way at the Etihad Stadium and will be determined to make up for a mixed night in France last week. Zlatan willing to join United Zlatan Ibrahimovic could join Man Utd, if Louis van Gaal leaves - Sky sources Ibrahimovic scored and hit the crossbar but also missed a penalty and spurned another good chance when put clean through in the thrilling 2-2 draw at the Parc des Princes. The 34-year-old has had a fine season, netting 30 goals in Ligue 1 for the runaway champions. He is out of contract at the end of the campaign and has been linked with a move to England, most recently with Citys rivals Manchester United. Blanc hopes PSG can reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time But Blanc says he expects Ibrahimovic to be back at his sharpest for a crucial night which could see the club reach the last four of Europes elite club competition for the first time in their history.Were always a bit surprised when Zlatan misses a chance but when youre a top goalscorer like him, you can miss a couple, said Blanc.Unfortunately for us he missed them in that game. He still scored though and hes someone who is extremely demanding of himself.He wants to show something else tomorrow, he wants to be more clinical in front of goal. If we create as many chances as the first leg, I think his conversion rate will be a lot higher. Ibrahimovic equalised for PSG in the first leg Expanding on his expectations for the crunch clash, Blanc said there was not a lot to choose between the teams from an attacking point of view but knows improvements are necessary.ddddddddddddHe said: Weve analysed the first game and looked at the errors we made. There was too wide a gap between players, we were not compact enough and opened too much space for City.When you think of the players theyve got, particularly going forward, they can create problems for a lot of teams, not just us. Bacary Sagna knows how tough it will be for Manchester City to stop PSG scoring in their Champions League quarter final second-leg We need to perform at the highest possible level, a higher level than the first game. PSG are capable of qualifying but we know how difficult it will be.I would still like us to create as many chances as we created last week because I am pretty sure we would score a fair few more.Follow Man City v PSG on skysports.com and via the Sky Sports apps.Also See:Zlatan willing to join UnitedPSG rest stars for CLZlatan: We must improveSky Bet markets the campaign and has been linked witl] ' ' '