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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of their best road trip to Tampa Bay in years. Mark Buehrle allowed four hits over 8 2-3 innings, Jose Bautista homered twice, and the Blue Jays beat the Rays 3-0 on Wednesday night. With a victory in Thursday nights game, Toronto would stop a streak of 20 consecutive winless road series against the Rays. The Blue Jays, who have won two of three against the Rays to start a four-game set, havent won a series at Tampa Bay since April 2007. Of the 20 series, the Blue Jays have lost 19 and split one. "Obviously, it hasnt been a good place for this team," Buehrle said. "Hopefully come out and take this series tomorrow and get off to an even better start." Buehrle (1-0) struck out 11 and walked one. "It was a tremendous game for him," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "A great effort, I dont know how else to describe it." It was just the second career double-digit strikeout games in 430 major league starts for Buehrle. The other was a 12-strikeout game on April 16, 2005, against Seattle, while with the Chicago White Sox. "That ball was running, ducking, and darting," Gibbons said. Sergio Santos entered after Ben Zobrist had a two-out single off Buehrle in the ninth and walked Evan Longoria. Brett Cecil then struck out pinch-hitter Matt Joyce for his first save. Bautista put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0 on his first homer of the season, a solo shot off Matt Moore (0-1) in the fourth. Dioner Navarro made it 2-0 later in the inning with an RBI single. Toronto went up 3-0 on Bautistas second homer, a towering solo drive to left off Josh Lueke during the seventh. It was the sluggers 22nd multihomer game. "For the most part their offence was centred around one guy. He can do that kind of stuff," Rays manager Joe Maddon. Moore gave up two runs, six hits and three walks in 5 2-3 innings. The Blue Jays had runners on first and second with two outs in the first when Longoria got a forceout at third after leaping to catch Navarros grounder that went airborne after hitting the base. Toronto third baseman Brett Lawrie saved a run in the fifth when he made a leaping catch on Sean Rodriguezs liner with a runner on a second. "Our defence was amazing," Buehrle said. "If they dont make some of those plays, Im not out there probably past the sixth inning. It was a perfect storm. Everything worked out." Notes: Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer and Blue Jays RHP Brandon Morrow are Thursdays scheduled starters. Archer and the Rays agreed to a $25.5 million, six-year deal on Wednesday. The contract includes club options for 2020 and 2021 that could raise the value to $43.75 million. ... Blue Jays SS Jose Reyes (mild left hamstring inflammation) is getting treatment and feeling better. He hopes to return in a couple weeks. ... 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These certainly are factors that go into getting ready, but with todays age of video, breakdowns and readily accessible information, there is so much more preparation that goes into the mindset of getting ready for a team. When I first started at the pro level, the research was done by word of mouth, asking around from other players about tendencies. Coaches shared info sometimes with each other but ultimately you would watch highlights from TV, that was pretty much it. Now there are so many layers to the Pre Scout. What got me thinking about it was watching Peter Mrazek make a save on Mikko Koivu in a shootout on Wednesday night between Detroit and Minnesota. If you watch his glove position as Koivu skates towards the net, you could clearly tell that Mrazek knew his move in the shootout which is a very quick forehand-to-backhand move that finishes with a top shelf shot. His glove was waiting for it, and he made it look easy. The first thing that came to my mind was that guaranteed, the goalie coach had prepared him that if the game went to the shootout, Koivu would shoot and there would be a high probability that he would use that move. In todays world, that is a reality, where everything is on video and can be called upon instantly, not only for shootouts, but for tendencies showing that a player will shoot or deke in certain instances. I remember one time my goalie coach in Calgary, Dave Marcoux (now coaching in Carolina) had some clips for me before a game we played. He spoke of potential shots I would face from certain areas and who was good at executing in tight plays. He noted that if Danny Briere was on his forehand in tight, he always looked to go underneath the bar, no matter what the option. That stuck into my mind and I ended up making a glove save that night on him - it was completely a reaction play that had been planted by my goalie coach a few hours earlier. We see this every night where a goalie anticipates but also plays the odds as to where players will defer to their strengths, whether its Phil Kessel down the wall looking for that in stride above pad blocker shot, or that Tyler Seguin underneath the bar short side shot that beats a lot of goalies with the quick release. Every player has his tendencies, and the more familiar a goaltender gets with them, the more hes able to cheat or anticipate a potential destination for the shot. The harder ones to figure out are not just the young players whom you dont have much of a read on or you havent faced before, because like I said there is video on everyone in todays world. Instead, its the players who have multiple tricks in their bag who are capable of adjusting on the fly as to what you give him aas a goaltender.dddddddddddd And believe me, just because you may know the tendency of a shooter, doesnt mean you will be able to stop him. A prime example is Steven Stamkos, who is known to be lethal from the one timer spot on the power play on the top of the circle area on his forehand. Goalies will literally know where its going and almost cheat to the shot, but its so quick, and placed so perfectly, hes still able to score. Same with Alex Ovechkin. His shot comes with so much velocity, that if youre not in the perfect position, there is no reaction to it. Now the same can be said for the Pre Scout on you as a goalie. If you have a habit of dropping your right knee to turn your body to and defer to your glove ( I call it the lean), then guys will fake, freeze you and pick your blocker (this is where Marty Brodeur can be beat in todays game). The same can be said for Jonas Hiller. If you have a clean shot on him, regardless of where its from, he plays from his knees, so the play is to fire at his ears and try and beat him under the bar. Thats what he prefers to give a shooter, and Im sure his mindset is if a player can make that shot, more power to him. The farthest back I can remember an actual Pre Scout on players that was posted in the dressing room before a game was in St. Louis in the mid-1990s, Im not sure that its just a coincidence that Roger Neilson was our assistant coach, as he is known to have changed the game with video analysis, and also with his pre-scouting of teams. The report on each player that time talked about their strengths as far as if they were a good skater, had a big shot, good vision to pass, or would always pass in every situation (for example Adam Oates). Some details pointed to if they were tough, which hand they fought with. For anyone who potentially would have a scrap, it would say something like, is a lefty or can fight with both, meaning if you fought Jarome Iginla, he was capable of fighting with both hands so if you tied up his right (predominantly a stronger hand) he could do it with both. Or the report might say something unique that had to be paid attention to as far as likes to jump into rush, or will play high risk so be aware of that and try and expose that by having a high guy - maybe if you were talking about Brian Leetch. These are just examples of old school scouting reports, but now it has transformed into higher tech, with more camera angles, and certainly with more analysis on all levels to help a player get a competitive edge - and I dont know a team that does not try to take advantage of it in todays game. So while we all Pre Scout teams systems regarding forecheck, neutral zone, back check, defensive zone coverage - everything from a teams perspective - keep in mind goaltenders and shooters already know their opponents strengths and weaknesses. The key for success - is who executes. ' ' '