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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida States first game in nine days was a breeze. Leticia Romero and company looked quite sharp in their return from their finals break.Romero scored 22 points, and the seventh-ranked Seminoles rolled to a 95-39 victory over North Florida on Monday.Florida State had six players score in double figures, led by Romeros third 20-point game of her senior season. Ivey Slaughter and Imani Wright each scored 14 points for the Seminoles (11-1), which have won 10 straight games for the eighth time in school history.This was the best week of finals practice we had since Ive been here, said Florida State coach Sue Semrau, who is in her 20th season. They came back focused and ready to go. Its fun to coach when they are like that.The 56-point win is the eighth-largest in school history and marks the second straight year FSU defeated the Ospreys by more than 50. Florida State won last years game by 52.A lot of times you come out rusty, turn over the ball a lot and miss shots. I liked the type of defensive intensity and turned it into points on the offensive end, Semrau said.Florida State shot 52.1 percent (37 for 71) from the floor and had only seven turnovers. It forced North Florida into 28 turnovers and had a 34-7 advantage in points off turnovers.A Claire Ioannidis 3-pointer gave North Florida a 3-2 lead before the Seminoles scored 14 straight points. Florida State led 52-17 at halftime.Sierra Shepherd led the Ospreys (6-7) with 12 points, and Ioannidis added 11.BIG PICTURENorth Florida: The Ospreys have not defeated Florida State in seven attempts and are 0-2 against Atlantic Coast Conference teams this season. They lost 78-52 at North Carolina State on Dec. 4.Florida State: The Seminoles have had a lead of 21 points or more in all but one of the games during their winning streak. They remain the highest-scoring team in the ACC, averaging 84.1 points.STREAKING ALONGSince losing 78-76 to top-ranked UConn on Nov. 14, the Seminoles have won their last 10 by an average of 34.8 points. Five of those wins have come by 40 points or more.During the winning streak, the Seminoles are shooting 50 percent from the field and averaging 87.1 points. They are holding opponents to 34.8 percent shooting and forcing 23.2 turnovers per game.Just by watching them all I was thinking was how good we were going to be. It was a game that really showed us where we were and what we could be, Romero said of the UConn game.Romero missed the first two games of the season, including the loss to the Huskies, with a hamstring injury.STAR WATCHShakayla Thomas, who came into the game leading Florida State in scoring at 14.8 points per game, had 12 points, marking the ninth time in 11 games she has scored in double figures. 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The Mariners (79-70) come off their Sunday win over Houston with a huge series against a Toronto team that lost Sunday and now holds a two-game lead over Seattle in the American League wild-card standings.The approach the Mariners are taking into this series with all-or-nothing consequences is to treat it like the rest.Anyone can beat anyone, catcher Mike Zunino said after Sundays 7-3 win over the Astros. To put added pressure on ourselves is out of our style. Thats not something we need to do.Center fielder Leonys Martin said the Mariners arent getting too wrapped up in the standings.Were in a situation now where weve got to win every game, no matter who were playing, Martin said. We just need to keep fighting and never give up, like weve been doing.Seattle will send right-hander Taijuan Walker to the mound for Mondays opener, and its hard to know what to expect whenever the 24-year-old former top prospect is on the mound. Walker struggled with inconsistency and a foot injury to the point that he was demoted to Triple-A in August, and he endured one of the worst starts of his career in a 10-3 loss to the Angels on Sept. 3. But hes bounced back to put together two solid outings, includding a complete-game shutout his last time out.ddddddddddddThe Mariners credit Walkers latest turnaround -- albeit for only two starts -- to a dramatic change in his delivery. Its worked out so far, as the new delivery has produced good results.Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. told MLB.com recently that Walkers willingness to adapt was a big part of his improvement.At the tail end of the season for a team that is possibly in a playoff run, to go out and kind of create a new delivery is not easy to do, Stottlemyre said.Toronto is hoping starter Marco Estrada (8-9, 3.78 ERA) can change the teams fortunes after losing the final two games of the Angels series over the weekend. The Blue Jays managed to score just one run in those two losses, causing them to fall a game behind Baltimore in the wild-card standings.Sundays loss left manager John Gibbons to tell reporters: Sometimes you run into a road block and you struggle.The Blue Jays hope to navigate the obstacle and keep moving forward this week -- and on into their final three series against the Yankees, Orioles and Red Sox.Were right there, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told MLB.com on Sunday. We play those teams that are right there with us, too, with our remaining schedule. We like where were at, obviously we know we can play better and hopefully that comes out real soon. ' ' '