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TORONTO – Brett Lawries impending return from hamstring tightness creates a problem – a good problem – for manager John Gibbons. That is, how does he keep the red hot bat of Juan Francisco in the lineup when first base is taken by Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind is back as the designated hitter? "Maybe Francisco can play second," joked Gibbons. In all seriousness, Francisco has been a revelation for the ballclub since signing a minor league deal on April 2 and arriving in Cleveland to meet his new Blue Jays teammates on April 20. Coming off an 18-home run season split between Atlanta and Milwaukee last year, Franciscos already hit five in 61 at-bats for Toronto. He doesnt get cheated, either, having deposited one in the fourth deck of Rogers Centre, just above Paul Beestons name on the Blue Jays Level of Excellence. Franciscos slash line of .311/.403/.623 (1.026 OPS) is well above his career .248/.308/.447 (.755 OPS) but even if his history suggests his numbers will regress the longer he plays, until it happens, Francisco needs to stay in the lineup. "Right now were looking at everything," said manager John Gibbons. "While hes hot weve got to find a way to keep him in there somehow." The obvious play is to move Brett Lawrie to second base. It doesnt have to be permanent. Lawrie, should the decision be made, hopes its only temporary. "Im going to do it because its for the team but Im not necessarily amazed about it," said Lawrie. "Im a third baseman. Its where I play. Its what Ive been doing. Its what I did to work to get here. Obviously Francisco is swinging a hot bat but were going to have to find another way to get him in the lineup, who knows, but if I do get put at second base thats how it goes. Ill just do it for my team." Look at this hypothetical starting lineup with Francisco at third base and Lawrie at second base: Reyes – SSCabrera – LFBautista – RFEncarnacion – 1BFrancisco – 3BNavarro – CLind – DHLawrie – 3BRasmus – CF One through nine, wheres the easy out? The Blue Jays would be giving something up defensively with the realignment but Francisco has proven to be more adept at third base in Lawries absence than expected. "Ive been very impressed," said Gibbons. "I think that was his rap. His defence was the reason he never really established himself but we havent seen it. Of course hes not Lawrie down there but how many guys are?" Dont count on Saturday being Lawries return date. He took ground balls on Friday afternoon and participated in batting practice for a second consecutive day. Its part of the process of ramping up the effort level, testing his sore right hamstring. "Ive still got to do some other stuff baseball-wise," said Lawrie. "Ive still got to get up to relatively full speed to see how were doing. Ran on the treadmill today at a little bit higher pace so feeling a little bit better." Lawries willing to be a team guy. He also wants the appropriate recognition for his gold glove caliber play at the hot corner. "Im a third baseman," said Lawrie. "I worked my butt off to get where Im at. Im not saying its not going to help the team. Im here to do what it is to help the team but I worked my butt off to be that good at third base and continue to do what Im doing. I work everyday over there. Still continuing to get my work in and second base, it is what it is, man, its not what Im here to do. I worked my butt off to do what I do out there." Nike Shoes China Wholesale . JOHNS, N. Cheap Discount Nike Shoes . 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The Oilers attempt to remain unbeaten at home against the East on Tuesday night, when they go for a fourth straight win against the Ottawa Senators. Edmonton (6-9-1) has won six of eight interconference games, winning all four at home while compiling 15 goals. The Oilers have scored 16 while going 0-7-1 against the West at any venue. That trend continued Tuesday, when Edmonton gave up three first-period goals and never recovered in a 3-2 loss at Nashville following road wins over Buffalo and the New York Rangers. Coach Dallas Eakins wants a complete performance. We got our feet underneath us. We had a good meeting (in the intermission). I thought we were better in the remaining two periods but it was too big a hole, Eakins told the teams official website. Our next step is finding a way to play 60 minutes every night. Thats how the playoff teams play. The Oilers, tied with Arizona and Colorado for the fewest points in the conference, are looking for another productive outing from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The center has totaled eight of his 11 points against the East, including all five of his goals. He had one goal and one assist in a 3-1 win at New York on Sunday and set up Benoit Pouliots tally against the Predators. Pouliot has two goals and one assist in the past two games after getting four points in tthe first 14.dddddddddddd Jordan Eberle has chipped in with an assist in each of the last two contests after he failed to muster any points with a minus-3 rating over the previous two. The right wing shares the team lead in scoring with Nugent-Hopkins at 11 points, collecting five in four home games. Eberle found the net in a 3-2 home win over the Senators (7-4-4) on March 4 that completed a series sweep, and Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win at Ottawa on Oct. 19, 2013. The Senators are trying to snap a season-high three-game slide (0-1-2). They rallied three times to tie the score before Craig Anderson allowed a goal with 54.4 seconds left in overtime of Tuesdays 4-3 loss to Vancouver. Its great we battled to get a point out of it, center Kyle Turris said. I think we got stronger as the game went on. Thats kind of how we have been playing. Turris has two goals and one assist in two games, matching his point total from his nine prior. He may be looking forward to continuing this three-game road trip through Western Canada since hes notched seven points in seven away games compared to three in eight at home. Anderson will likely be back in net after his 33 saves against the Canucks werent enough. However, hes put together a 1.96 goals-against average with two shutouts while going 4-2-3 and has made at least 30 saves in eight of his nine starts. Hes won four of his last five visits to Edmonton behind a 1.58 GAA and two shutouts. ' ' '