ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The American League West-leading Texas Rangers try to get back on a winning track when they face the Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber match of a three-game series at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.The Rangers send left-hander Martin Perez (8-8, 4.09 ERA) to the mound to face off against Rays lefty Drew Smyly (5-11, 4.85).Texas (73-51) had its four-game winning streak snapped in an 8-2 loss Saturday against the Rays. The game got out of reach when the Rays scored four runs in the seventh inning off of Rangers reliever Keone Kela. Rangers manager Jeff Banister says his team has to pull it together quickly.Weve got some work yet to do, Banister said. We get Smyly, obviously another really good arm, guys been pitching well of late. Weve got to go out and put together a good baseball game.The Rangers have struggled against Smyly, hitting .205 with only six extra-base hits lifetime against him.Tampa Bay (51-70) is far out of any sort of playoff race but manager Kevin Cash is looking for some consistency from his ball club as it tries to avoid any more extended losing streaks for the rest of the season.I think its important to be able to bounce back after a loss and not let it linger, Cash said. Thats what was so encouraging about (Saturday). We were able to come back out and play a good baseball game.The Rays have been dealing with plenty of injuries in the recent week. Before Saturdays game, the team announced that Nick Franklin would be placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list after he was hit on the batting helmet by Kevin Kiermaiers bat on Wednesday. Franklin tried to return Friday but said when he went out to left field he felt like hed just pass out there.Kiermaier missed Saturdays game with hip soreness after he was pulled out of Fridays game after two innings. Its uncertain whether hell be back in the lineup Sunday.Logan Forsythe, however, appears to be on track to return Sunday after missing the past games with back spasms. The Rays would definitely welcome his bat back in the lead-off spot but Cash said the team has to continue to battle through adversity.Sure youd like to have all your guys healthy but thats not realistic over the course of a season, Cash said. We will play with the guys that we have and try to make it work.They will face Perez, who is coming off of a solid outing against the Oakland Athletics when he gave up one run and five hits in seven innings to earn the win. It was Perezs first win in his last eight starts even though hes pitched at least seven innings in three of his last four turns.Its uncertain if the Rangers will have the services of third baseman Adrian Beltre on Sunday as he decides whether to take bereavement leave for a death in his family. Beltre was informed of his grandfathers death before Fridays game. He is 6-for-9 in the series with two home runs. Cheap Air Force 1 Mens .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Cheap Air Force 270 . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. http://www.airforce1storesale.com/fake-sf-af1-outlet.html . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Air Force 1 High On Sale . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Air Force 1 Blue Sale . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Jharkhand added 429 runs in the 87 overs they batted on the second day to finish on 458 for 7, 181 runs ahead of Saurashtra in Agartala. Jharkhand rode on centuries from Ishank Jaggi and Ishan Kishan, who struck his second consecutive ton.Jharkhands openers Anand Singh and Pratyush Singh added 42 runs in the morning before they slid from 71 for 0 to 82 for 3 in a five-over period. Saurabh Tiwary then scored an 88-ball 61, stringing together a fourth-wicket partnership of 136 with Jaggi, before being dismissed, having taken Jharkhand past 200.Jaggi reached his century soon after and joined hands with Ishan Kishan to put on 153 runs, before Jaggi retired momentarily. Kishan, who scored 273 in the previous match, scored 136 off 120 balls before being bowled by Jaydev Unadkat (2 for 87). Jharkhand lost two more wickets by stumps, ending the day with Jaggi (165*) and Ashish Kumar, who was yet to get off the mark, at the crease.In Kolkata, Vidarbha effected a Maharashtra collapse and backed it up with a strong batting performance to end the day on 141 for 1, after having collapsed for 59 on the first day.Lalit Yadav, who finished with five wickets, dismissed overnight centurion Naushad Shaikh for 127, and then Ankit Bawne, who scored 111. Shrikant Wagh took three wickets as Maharashtra were dismissed for 332, with their last seven wickets falling for just 62 runs.Vidarbha started strongly in their second essay, with openers Sanjay Ramaswamy (67) and Faiz Fazal (53*) putting on 141, before the former was dismissed in the lastt over of the day.ddddddddddddIn Vizianagaram, 14 wickets fell as Karnataka ended the day on 78 for 0 in their second innings, leading Rajasthan by 304 runs.The day started with Karnataka on 345 for 6 in the first innings. They added only 29 runs to be bowled out for 374, with medium-pacer TM Ul-Haq taking 5 for 82.It was then Rajasthans turn to collapse, as Karnataka captain Vinay Kumar , and S Aravind took four wickets each to dismiss them for 148. Siddharth Dobal top-scored with 47, but with only one significant partnership in the innings - 53 between Dobal and Rajesh Bishnoi (25) for the seventh - they folded in 54 overs with their last four falling for eight runs.KL Rahul - pushing for a Test return - remained unbeaten on 32, while his opening partner R Samarth was not out on 46 as they took Karnatakas lead past 300.In Hyderabad, Odisha ended the second day on 150 for 2 against Assam, trailing by 151 after bowling Assam out for 301.Govinda Poddar was not out on 81, along with Subhranshu Senapati, who was batting on 34 in an unbroken partnership of 82 for the third wicket. That, after openers Sandeep Pattnaik (1) and Abhishek Yadav (26) were dismissed before tea.Earlier in the day, Assam added 77 runs to their overnight score of 224 for 5, to finish on 301. Kunal Saikia, who ended the opening day on 88, scored his maiden first-class hundred, before being the last man dismissed, for 135. ' ' '