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SAN FRANCISCO -- With his knuckleball dancing at a variety of speeds, R.A. Dickey once again looked like the Cy Young Award winner the Toronto Blue Jays acquired in the off-season. Dickey allowed two hits in 8 1-3 innings and sparked a four-run fifth with an RBI double, leading Toronto to a 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. "He was just about perfect today," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "He had it all going on. He was in the strike zone. Everything was really dancing today. ... Thats him at his best right there." Mark DeRosa added a two-run single and Adam Lind had three hits for his eighth multihit performance in the past 12 games, helping the Blue Jays earn a split of the two-game series. Barry Zito (4-4) was done in by the one big inning and lost at home for the first time since last August. The defending World Series champion Giants have lost 11 of 18 games heading into a nine-game road trip. Dickey (5-7) bounced back from a pair of rough starts in which he allowed six runs each to Baltimore and Atlanta. With the back and neck problems that contributed to his slow start in Toronto now in the past, Dickey returned to the form that helped him dominate the National League last season for the New York Mets. He was able to change speeds with his knuckler and throw it for strikes all game, getting the Giants to swing early in a very efficient outing. "I was changing speeds a lot today, which was good," Dickey said. "I was able to throw a 63, 64 miles per hour one for a strike and I was able to throw a 79 miles per hour one for a strike. As Ive gotten healthier, I felt like Ive been able to have the latitude to be able to do that. Before it was just trying to muster everything I could to survive an outing." Dickey retired his first 11 batters before Pablo Sandoval lined a clean single to right field. He didnt allow another baserunner until Hunter Pence walked to lead off the eighth in his best start since joining the Blue Jays in the off-season. He was replaced after allowing a single to Gregor Blanco and walking Marco Scutaro with one out in the ninth inning. "He was commanding the knuckleball to where he wanted to throw it," Blanco said. "He was unbelievable. ... He has a lot of movement on it, which makes him so difficult. You dont know where the ball will go. You have to hit a mistake like I did in the last inning when that ball hung up." Casey Janssen got Sandoval to hit into a double play for his 12th save in 12 chances. The Blue Jays also helped Dickey with their gloves, with shortstop Maicer Izturis making diving stops to rob Buster Posey and Sandoval of possible hits. Zito ran into trouble when he walked struggling No. 8 hitter Henry Blanco with one out in the fifth inning. Dickey then squared around to bunt when he saw Sandoval crashing in from third base and Brandon Belt from first. Dickey pulled back and decided to swing away, knocking a grounder past the charging Sandoval and into the left-field corner for an RBI double. "I saw both Panda and Belt crashing," Dickey said. "It was slug bunt all the way. I had played it out in my mind that that was what I was going to do if I saw both those guys closing in on me." Dickey scored on a two-out single by Jose Bautista. Zitos second walk of the game led to more trouble after Edwin Encarnacion and Bautista pulled off a double steal when Sandoval couldnt get the tag down in time even though Poseys throw beat Bautista to third base. That set up DeRosas two-run single. "The fifth inning was the Achilles heel today," Zito said. "Being unable to minimize the damage, the slash hit was OK, but then I gave up a couple of two-out hits that hurt." Zito allowed seven hits and walked three in six innings while losing at home for the first time since Aug. 2, 2012, against the Mets. The Giants had won Zitos last 14 starts at home, including one in the World Series, and he entered the game with a 1.40 ERA this season at AT&T Park. NOTES: It was Dickeys first extra-base hit since doubling against Philadelphia on Sept. 24, 2010. ... Zito became the first Giants starter to pitch at least six innings and not strike out a batter since he did it May 12, 2007, at Colorado. ... San Francisco CF Angel Pagan missed his 10th straight game with a strained left hamstring but manager Bruce Bochy hopes he will be able to play Friday in Arizona. ... The Blue Jays finished 3-4 on their road trip that included stops in Atlanta and San Diego and return home to face Texas on Friday. Curry 2 Shoes For Sale . 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The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. Rio -- A lacklustre India squandered a one-goal advantage to go down 3-1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals at the Rio Games, blowing a great opportunity to end a 36-year wait for a hockey medal.?Belgium, on the other hand, scripted history as they progressed to the semifinals of the Olympics after a gap of 96 years.India took the lead through a fine field effort from Akashdeep Singh in the 15th minute before Belgium pumped in three field goals from Sebastien Dockier and Tom Boon to halt Indias run.?Having topped Pool A, Belgium were the favourites to win the encounter and they played like champions, dominating the proceedings for most of the game. India, on the other hand, looked completely out of sorts as they played catch-up hockey.The forwardline cut a sorry figure as they hardly created any chances which could be gauged from the fact that India failed to earn a single penalty corner in the entire 60 minutes. The defence, too, found it tough to keep check of the rampaging Belgium forwardline, who mounted relentless attacks on the Indian goal.With Belgium strikers on full press, India adopted a defence approach and relied more on counter attacks.Belgium had the first shot at goal in the 13th minute when a try by Dockier, their best player of the day, was saved by Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.But India broke the deadlock in the final minute of the first quarter against the run of play through Akashdeep, who got a deft deflection to a Manpreet Singh pass inside the circle to go into the break on a high.Leading 1-0, India made a composed start in the second quarter and controlled the game for a brief period. In this small passage of time India created a two good scoring chances.In the 22nd minute, Ramandeeps perfect lob found SV Sunil on the left flank but his cross was just out of reach of Nikkin Thimmaiah.Sunil was again in the thick of action when his perfect cross found an unmarked Akashdeep inside the circle, but Akashdeeps revverse hit went just wide.ddddddddddddne-and-a-half minutes from the end of the second quarter, Belgium had two chances to draw level. First, their captain John Dohmen was denied by Sreejesh and then 15 seconds from half time, they wasted a penalty corner as India went into the breather with a one-goal cushion.That was all India could manage in the match as thereafter it was all Belgium.Two minutes into the third quarter, Sreejesh made a brilliant save to deny Thomas Briels but minutes later, Belgium equalised when Dockier scored from the top of the circle after dribbling past three Indian defenders.If not for Sreejesh, India could have lost the match by a bigger margin as he came out of his line to again deny Dockier.Belgium then secured their second penalty corner late in the third quarter but once again Sreejesh came to Indias rescue to keep out Loick Luypaerts flick.But Belgiums relentless efforts bore fruit courtesy some sloppy defending by the Indians.The Indian defence got ample time but failed to cut Cedric Charliers cross from the left and Dockier was at the right place at the right time to deflect the ball in.Trailing, India pressed hard in the final quarter but failed to create an open chance. The Belgian defence too was upto the task to thwart any danger to their goal.Belgium earned their third penalty corner three minutes into the final quarter but Sreejesh once again made a great save.Pressing hard for the equaliser, India left spaces in the their backline and Belgium pounced on the opportunity to extend their lead through Boons strike.Desperate for goals, India withdrew Sreejesh in favour of an additional foward but all their efforts went in vain as Belgium defended in numbers to keep their lead intact.Earlier in the day, Argentina defeated Spain 2-1 to book their place in the semifinals. ' ' '