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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Its starting to look easy for Brad Miller, and more recently for his Tampa Bay Rays teammates.Miller hit two of the Rays five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Im just trying to get to the next (at-bat) and just keep my head down and try to hit as many as possible, said Miller, who has hit 10 of his career-high 24 home runs since the All-Star break.Evan Longoria had three hits and his 27th homer while tying Carl Crawford atop the Rays career list with his 1,235th game played.Nick Franklin and Corey Dickerson also homered, and the Rays won their third straight.That was fun to watch, especially to have me in the dugout while they just keep scoring and scoring and scoring, said winning pitcher Blake Snell.Franklin and catcher Luke Maile each had three hits and Maile drove in four runs for the Rays, who have scored 35 runs in three games, the most in club history over a three-game span.Millers first home run came in the fourth inning, driving in the eighth run off starter Edwin Jackson. Manager Kevin Cash said it might have been the most impressive home run weve seen at this ballpark this year.Miller added a two-run homer in the fifth.Snell (4-5) struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run, five hits and four walks. Alexei Ramirez, who had two hits for the Padres, drove in their only run with a bases-loaded walk.Jackson (3-3) gave up eight runs, nine hits and three walks in four innings.I take full responsibility, said Jackson, who had won his two preceding starts. I pretty much single-handily sucked the soul out of the team.Rays shortstop Matt Duffy left the game in the fourth inning with a sore left Achilles tendon. It was his fifth game since being activated from the disabled list with an injury to the same tendon. Duffy said the injury is not much of a concern.LONGOS LONGEVITYLongoria holds the franchise mark in a number of offensive categories including homers, RBI and extra-base hits.What hes doing is remarkable, Cash said. I dont think he could be a better face and ambassador for this organization.DECISION TIME NEARINGThe Rays plan to discuss Wednesday the next step for RHP Chase Whitley, one of two pitchers nearing a return from Tommy John surgery. Options for Whitley, who pitched six scoreless innings Tuesday night in a rehab assignment, include being reinstated from the disabled list in the coming week or continuing to build up innings in the minors. Alex Cobb is expected to complete his rehab assignment by the end of the month.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: RHP Tyson Ross (right shoulder inflammation) threw 31 pitches in a simulated game. The Padres plan is to get him back on the mound before the years out, manager Andy Green said . ... OF Jon Jay (fractured right forearm) is not ready to return, as determined by a CT scan. Jay has been on the disabled list since June 20.Rays: 2B Logan Forsythe was scratched from the lineup due to back spasms. ... RHP Kevin Jepsen said he was fine one day after taking a liner by Christian Betancourt off the fingers of his right hand in the ninth inning.UP NEXTPadres: LHP Christian Friedrich (4-8) makes his 17th start of the season Wednesday in the final game of a nine-game trip.Rays: RHP Chris Archer (6-16), who leads the majors in losses and the AL in strikeouts with 177, is attempting to avoid becoming the first 20-game loser since Detroits Mike Maroth lost 21 in 2003.Cheap Air Max 2018 Shoes . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Official Air Max 2018 Shoes . 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The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area.MADISON, Wis. -- The Heisman Trophy campaign for LSUs Leonard Fournette begins Saturday at Lambeau Field.It could also be the start of yet another make-or-break year for coach Les Miles, with the fifth-ranked Tigers holding national title hopes.Wisconsin is poised to play spoiler in the marquee season opener at the home of the NFLs Green Bay Packers.One of the things you always find in your first game is an accurate indicator of who you are at that point, and where you have to go, Badgers coach Paul Chryst said.A victory over LSU could give Wisconsin a huge confidence boost to start a season with a brutal schedule. The Tigers are just an appetizer with Michigan State, Michigan and Ohio State still awaiting the Badgers -- and thats just within the first six games of the year.To have a shot at beating LSU, Wisconsin must slow down Fournette , the 6-foot-1, 235-pound bruiser who ran for 22 touchdowns and a single-season school record 1,953 yards last season.Weve got to swarm. Weve got to be relentless, Wisconsin linebacker Jack Cichy said. Just play fast and play relentless.It sounds like what LSU faces nearly every week in the SEC.But with so much at stake this fall, Miles likes the intensity in his players.I think this team wants more, said Miles, entering his 12th season as head coach. I think this team is a little bit more focused than other clubs that Ive had.Some other things to watch and notes for Saturdays game:DERIVING INSPIRATIONThe flooding this summer in Baton Rouge provided perspective for the Tigers. Many players are from Louisiana and some have relatives or friends who were displaced by flood waters. Miles also has experience coaching in the wake of natural disasters. His first season at LSU was 2005, when the double blow of hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated communities along the Gulf Coast.With everything thats going on right now in Louisiana, and what we went through, LSU football, I think, and what the team thinks, will help the community out, no matter what theyre going through, just to bring their hopes up high, Fournette said.The Wisconsin football equipment truck was also bringing donations of backpacks, school supplies and bottled sports drinks to Green Bay too give to to LSU equipment staffers at Lambeau.ddddddddddddLSU would then take the donations back to Louisiana.GETTING DEFENSIVEThe Tigers have unique insight on Wisconsin . LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda held the same position the previous three seasons in Madison, where the Badgers had one of the top units in the nation. Arandas linebacker-led defenses were known for flexibility and unique blitz packages.We have a good scouting report on these guys. We know who the strong points in the defense are, LSU guard Will Clapp said.BIEGEL AND THE `BACKERSSenior Wisconsin linebacker Vince Biegel is known for his wild hairstyles as much as his pass-rushing prowess. Once again, linebacker is the strength of the Wisconsin defense, including Jack Cichy, who had sacks on three straight plays in the Holiday Bowl against Southern California. Hell start inside with Chris Orr in the 3-4 defense, with T.J. Watt -- NFL star J.J. Watts brother -- bookending Biegel on the outside.LSU QBBrandon Harris is looking to back up his comments about being a more mature and developed quarterback as he goes into his junior season and second season as full-time starter. Harris has said that hes expanded his arsenal of throws, and has worked to get better at making short, quick passes to play-making running backs or receivers who have the potential to make short throws into long gains, rather than trying to force intermediate and longer throws.WISCONSIN QBSenior Bart Houston is making his first career start at the home of his namesake, former Packers QB and Hall of Famer Bart Starr. Houston won a training camp competition with redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook. He has the benefit of having worked already for a full season with the offensive-minded Chryst, entering his second year as head coach. But as debuts go, it doesnt get much tougher than facing an LSU defense led by Aranda.---AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana contributed to this story.---Online: AP College Football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org/---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP ' ' '