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Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey can pitch the Toronto Blue Jays to a three-game series sweep over the Houston Astros Thursday in the finale of the midweek set at Rogers Centre. Its the eighth start of Dickeys career against the Astros, who touched him for five runs on seven hits in six innings of their last matchup in Toronto last season. Dickey did not get a decision in the game, which the Blue Jays won, 12-6. Hes split a pair of decisions in two starts against other opposition thus far in 2014, allowing six runs in a 9-2 loss at Tampa Bay and going 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a 4-0 defeat of the New York Yankees. Dickey won the National Leagues Cy Young Award with the New York Mets in 2012, then was acquired by the Blue Jays in the offseason and began 2013 with consecutive losses before ultimately turning things around and winning 14 of 27 decisions across 34 starts. Houston counters with lefty Dallas Keuchel, who took a 5-1 loss in his first appearance of the season on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He gave up four runs and eight hits in five innings of the outing. Keuchel was very effective against Toronto in two meetings in 2013, getting a win and no-decision while allowing six runs and 14 hits in 14 1/3 innings. On Wednesday, Brett Lawrie stroked a two-run homer to help the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Astros. Melky Cabrera, Maicer Izturis, and Dioner Navarro each supplied two hits for the Blue Jays, who have won three of their last four. Brandon Morrow (1-1) allowed three runs on five hits with nine strikeouts in six innings to earn the win. Alex Presley hit a two-run homer and Jose Altuve tripled in Houstons third straight loss. Starter Lucas Harrell (0-2) gave up five runs -- four earned -- with three walks over 4 1/3 frames. Toronto was 4-3 against the Astros last season. Stitched Lakers Jerseys . 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Today, we look back at LeBron James and the Miami Heat winning their second straight NBA championship.Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Love and LeBron James each delivered monster efforts to get the Cleveland Cavaliers back on track via a 97-88 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Back home after being dealt back-to-back defeats at Oklahoma City and New Orleans, the Cavaliers raced out to a 21-0 lead and held on the rest of the way. James came through with 27 points and 13 assists to lead the charge, with Love pulling down 18 rebounds in addition to a 22-point performance. Having a chance to be home a bit and recharge our batteries certainly helped tonight, said Cavaliers head coach David Blatt. Kyrie Irving added 16 points to help Cleveland drop the Hornets to 1-10 on the road. The Hornets received 24 points out of Kemba Walker and 14 from Al Jefferson, but were never able to dig out of their huge early hole. Love and James were at the forefront of Clevelands game-opening tear, with the former dropping in 10 quick points and James notching assists on five of the Cavaliers seven baskets during the stretch. Kevin played a great all-around game tonight, Blatt said. I thought he was terrific. Charlotte, meanwhile, missed its first 10 shots and trailed by as many as 22 points in the first quarter, but found its touch near the end of the period. The Hornets closed out the frame on a 13-6 spurt, with Walker netting the final nine points, to pull within 34-17 at the frames end. The Hornets stayed hot in the second quarter, cuttingg the deficit to 38-32 with a 6-0 sequence midway through the stanza.dddddddddddd. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Marvin Williams and Bismack Biyombo keyed an 8-0 run later on that trimmed the margin to 43-40. Cleveland scored the next nine points, however, and went into the break owning a 54-45 advantage. Charlotte was able to chip away once again, putting forth an 8-0 push early in the second half to shrink the lead to 59-57. Tristan Thompson then gave the Cavs a needed spark, delivering seven points during a 13-4 flurry that put Cleveland back up by double digits with 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. The Cavaliers took an 80-68 lead into the fourth and were ahead by as many as 15 in the final period, with Charlotte getting only as close as eight points down entering the last minute of play. We played a good enough offensive game to win...(but) our first quarter defense was obviously poor, Hornets head coach Steve Clifford said. Game Notes Cleveland has won six straight at home by an average of 14.3 points ... The Cavaliers halted a five-game losing streak in the series, with Charlotte taking all four 2013-14 meetings between the clubs ... The win was Clevelands ninth straight against an Eastern Conference team and improved the Cavs to 12-3 versus the East this season ... Charlottes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist made his first start since Nov. 11, but managed only one point in 21 minutes. ' ' '