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(Sports Network) - Fresh off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Toronto Blue Jays continue their homestand with a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Blue Jays sit last in the AL East, having lost 16 of 23 games since ripping off an 11-game winning streak in the middle of June. Toronto did make a late push, getting a two-run double from Jose Reyes in the ninth inning to close the deficit to one run. However, Jose Bautista struck out and Edwin Encarnacion grounded out, moving Reyes to third. Following an Adam Lind walk, Melky Cabrera grounded out to third to end the contest and give Toronto its sixth loss in seven games. "We need to turn it around because its the end of July," said Reyes. "We cant fall too far behind because thats going to make it too tough for us to run with something. We need to turn it around starting (Monday) because its getting late." It wasnt the first half the Blue Jays envisioned for right-hander Josh Johnson after acquiring him this past offseason from the Miami Marlins. Hell look to get on track Monday evening against a former NL foe. Johnson went just 1-5 with a 5.16 ERA in 12 starts with the Blue Jays this season, also missing time due to injury. He dropped three straight starts ahead of the break, yielding a season-high seven runs over six innings of a setback in Baltimore last Sunday. It marked the most runs the 29-year-old had allowed in an outing since also yielding seven in a game on June 23, 2007. Johnson, who has a 3.67 ERA at home this year, is 3-2 in seven previous meetings with the Dodgers, posting a 5.84 ERA. Meanwhile, every time the Los Angeles Dodgers appear to be getting healthy, another injury seems to strike the talented roster. Los Angeles has been hit hard by injury this year, especially in the outfield, where Kemp and Carl Crawford have spent time on the disabled list along with infielder Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Josh Beckett, Zack Greinke and Chad Billingsley. Though the loss of Kemp and Crawford did allow for Yasiel Puig to burst onto the scene, a healthy outfield that also includes Andre Ethier would give manager Don Mattingly plenty of options for his lineup. Kemps return on Sunday from a shoulder injury gave Mattingly all four players on the active roster against Washington and Kemp made a quick impact by homering in his first at-bat of the game. However, the 28-year-old finished up his three-hit, three-RBI game by hurting his ankle sliding home in the ninth inning of the 9-2 win. The initial hope is that it is just a sprain and that Kemp wont have to make a return trip to the DL. "Its just a little swollen. Its not that bad," Kemp said. "I started walking around a little bit and it started feeling a little better, so (Monday) well see what it feels like." Kemps injury put a damper on the three-game sweep of the Nationals, one that gave Los Angeles a 20-5 record since June 21. That has helped the Dodgers make up nine games in the NL West standings as they trail the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks by just a half game. Taking the hill in tonights opener for the Dodgers is Hyun-Jin Ryu, who will face the Blue Jays for the first time in his career as the rookie tries to rebound from a rough final start before the All-Star break. Ryu yielded five runs over five innings of a no-decision in Arizona on July 10, allowing more than three earned runs for the first time in 11 outings. It also marked just the second time in the left-handers 18 starts this season that he failed to log at least six innings of work. "This was my worst outing so far," Ryu told the Dodgers website. 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