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The Toronto Blue Jays, winners of five in a row and eight of their last 10 games, are currently the hottest team in Major League Baseball. While this recent surge still has them four games below .500 and last in the American League East, they have pulled to within five-and-a-half games of the second Wild Card position, currently held jointly by the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. The question is, what has been the biggest reason for their recent success? Offensively, Adam Lind is on fire, not just during this stretch but for the entire month of June. In the 13 games played this month, the Blue Jays first-baseman/designated hitter has a .439 average with four home runs and 13 runs batted in. Overall, he is hitting .350 for the season with a .561 slugging percentage. He is also currently on the three-game, multi-hit streak, highlighted by three hits and his eighth home run of the season in Sundays win over the Rangers, giving the Blue Jays a sweep of the series. Infielder Edwin Encarnacion is tied for fourth in the American League with 18 home runs and is putting together another solid power season. Hes driven in seven runs in the past 10 games for the Jays and hit .282 over the same stretch. His defensive abilities were on display in Sundays win when he stabbed a line drive at the hot corner. Centrefielder Colby Rasmus has homered in each of the Jays last three games and driven in six runs in the process. Since he gave up five runs in a 5-0 loss at the hands of the New York Yankees on May 17th, starter Mark Buehrle has been solid. He is 2-1 in the five starts since that loss, with an earned-run-average (ERA) of 1.91 and has pitched at least six innings in each start. In the process, he lowered his overall season ERA from 6.33 to its current 4.66. The Jays have won both games started by Chien-Ming Wang, who was signed after his minor league release by the New York Yankees. He picked up a no-decision in his first start, where he went seven-and-a-third innings and gave up five runs against the Chicago White Sox. In his second start, he threw seven shutout innings to lead the Jays to a 7-2 victory over the Rangers. The Blue Jays bullpen has been a strength of the team all season and they have continued to perform at a high level, led by closer Casey Janssen, who has converted 14 of 15 save opportunities this season.With many things to choose from, our question to you is, what has been the biggest reason for the Blue Jays recent success?Its Your! Call.Air Max 90 Womens Canada . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. Nike Air Max Canada Sale . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. http://www.clearanceairmaxcanada.com/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Air Max 720 Saturn Canada . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. Nike Air Max Canada . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement.MINNEAPOLIS -- Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers burst into Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeaus postgame press conference, hollering Can you come on! Im out here waiting! to his longtime friend and former assistant.Thats what happens when you win, a chuckling Thibodeau said.Rivers would know.Blake Griffin had 20 points and 11 rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 16 boards to lead the Clippers to their sixth straight victory, 119-105 on Saturday night.Chris Paul had 19 points and eight assists and J.J. Redick scored 18 points for the Clippers (9-1), who have the best record in the NBA. Los Angeles shot 52.6 percent and outscored the Timberwolves 21-10 in transition.This is the best team Ive had here, Rivers said. But we got to keep doing it. Weve got to keep getting better and performing. But this is a heck of a basketball team.Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had seven points, six assists and six rebounds in his return from a five-game absence for Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, but shot just 8 of 24.We had to work for our shots, Wiggins said. The clogged the paint up, switching everything, contesting every shot. They made it hard on us.The Clippers are off to their best start in franchise history and have so far exhibited all the qualities of a team that can make a deep playoff run. Once a weakness, the bench has been a strength this season. And they entered the game as by far the best defensive team in the league, allowing a paltry 90.4 points per game.After slugging it out with Oklahoma City on Friday night, Los Angeles put the clamps on the young and athletic Timberwolves, who entered the game with the most explosive first-quarter offense in the league. The Clippers outscored Minnesota 34-21 in the period, holding the Wolves to 39 percent shooting and forcing four turnovers, and they never looked back.There are some good things, but to beat a team thats rolling like that, we have to obviously plaay a lot better than we did, Thibodeau said.ddddddddddddTIP-INSClippers: Defensive stopper Luc Mbah a Moute scored 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting. ... Redick hit 2 of 7 3-pointers, extending his streak to 66 straight games with at least one made from long distance, the longest active streak in the league. ... F Wes Johnson did not play because of a sore heel. He was injured on Friday night in Oklahoma City after a blocked shot.Timberwolves: Thibodeau fell to 8-9 in his career against Rivers. ... F Brandon Rush was inactive and has not played in the last three games.HACK-A-JORDANThe Wolves went to the Hack-a-Jordan strategy just over midway through the fourth quarter, with Cole Aldrich fouling him on three straight possessions to get Jordan to the line. As Aldrich headed to the bench 30 seconds later, Jordan gave his former teammate a playful shove off the court.The strategy did not work, either. The big man hit 10 of 16 foul shots in the never-ending fourth quarter.Im confident up there. Ive got a routine, Jordan said. Ive got everything I need and Im just going to go up there and shoot.GRIFFINS MILESTONEGriffin entered the game needing 17 points to join an exclusive club with 9,000 career points, 4,000 rebounds and 1,500 assists. Griffin got it on a free throw in the fourth quarter. He became the fastest player to reach that plateau since Larry Bird.Its an honor to be mentioned in that category, but Larry went on to have quite a bit more, Griffin said. Thats the ultimate goal, having a career like that. Its cool to have a start like that, but thats not the end goal, a goal by any means.UP NEXTClippers: Head back home to face Brooklyn on Monday as they continue a stretch of four games in six nights.Timberwolves: Host the Lakers on Sunday in the 31st home back-to-back in franchise history, but first to occur on Saturday and Sunday nights. ' ' '