ing film study wouldve shown he cut blocks in run support.TITAN

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers powered their way back to the top of the NL West on Tuesday night.Howie Kendrick, Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner homered, and the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 to tie the San Francisco Giants atop the division after being eight games back on June 26 -- the last time ace Clayton Kershaw pitched.Thats just a testament of hard work throughout the season, Kendrick said.The Giants lost 2-0 to the Miami Marlins earlier Tuesday to drop to 64-49. San Francisco had been alone in first place since breaking a tie with the Dodgers on May 15.Los Angeles is a season-high 15 games over .500 and has won four in a row despite a rash of pitcher injuries, including Kershaw, who is on the 60-day disabled list with a mild herniated disc.I think that obviously when you look at the standings, theres something to hang your hat on a little bit, manager Dave Roberts said. I think the picture is how were going about every day. Like I always say, the wins are a byproduct of our preparation and how were playing the game.Kenta Maeda (11-7) yielded six hits and three runs in five innings.Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez (8-4) has not won in his last five starts. He gave up nine runs on 11 hits, including all three Dodgers homers.The mentality coming in here was to attack the hitters, said Velasquez, who grew up 30 miles east of Dodger Stadium in Pomona. I mislocated some pitches tonight and when you do that, they put them over the wall.They got the best of me tonight. Its a learning experience and I have to check the video and learn from this.Aaron Altherr put Philadelphia ahead 2-0 with a two-run homer in the second, but then Los Angeles scored four runs in its half of the inning.Joc Pederson drilled an RBI single, Kendrick smacked a two-run homer -- his seventh -- and Corey Seager followed with an RBI single. Kendrick got a third RBI with a double in the fifth.If you handle your business, youll be there at the end, Seager said. Its one of those things, you just have to keep going. Yeah, thats what we need. Keep winning games. Keep winning series.Grandal homered for the second night in a row -- this one a two-run shot -- in the third to extend his career-high homer total to 18 and his hitting streak to nine games.Grandal leads the NL with 12 home runs since June 30.Freddy Galvis belted his 10th homer in the fourth to cut it to 6-3, but Turners homer in the home half increased the lead to 8-3. Turners 21 homers are also a career high.The Dodgers currently have the second-best home record (37-21) in the NL this season behind the Cubs. Los Angeles improved to 20-10 against Philadelphia since 2012 and has beaten the Phillies four straight and six out of the last seven at Dodger Stadium.In the first two games of the series, the Dodgers have 24 hits, including seven home runs, and 18 runs. The series concludes with an afternoon game Wednesday.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: RHP Zach Eflin was placed on the 15-day disabled list with patellar tendinopathy in both knees. Eflin, the losing pitcher in Monday nights 9-4 game, allowed seven runs and seven hits, including three homers. ... LHP Elvis Araujo was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. ... LHP Brett Oberholtzer was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.Dodgers: OF Scott Van Slyke was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with right wrist irritation and IF Chris Taylor was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. This is Van Slykes second trip to the DL after spending most of April and May there with lower back irritation. ... 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Cheap Under Armour NZ From China . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans are above .500 for the first time this season and tied atop the AFC South for a second straight week.For the Denver Broncos, the NFLs toughest finish is even more rugged -- theyre in a scrap for a playoff spot, just for a chance to defend their Super Bowl title.The Titans used the NFLs third-best rushing attack to control the first half and jump out to a 13-point lead, then held on to beat Denver 13-10 Sunday for their biggest win in years.To come out here and put ourselves in position for the AFC South and to beat the defending Super Bowl champions, who have been doing their thing all year, and for us to come out here and really shut them down, that was definitely gratifying, Titans linebacker Brian Orakpo said.Now tied with Houston, the Titans (7-6) hadnt been tied for the division lead this late in a season since winning the AFC South wire-to-wire in 2008. Its a big turnaround for a franchise that drafted Marcus Mariota at No. 2 overall in 2015 before winding up with the No. 1 overall pick, which they traded away to help rebuild.Were doing what we havent done in years, and lets get over those and start talking about other things that everyone says we cant do that our team is accomplishing, Titans coach Mike Mularkey said.Denver (8-5) hosts New England next, the first of three final opponents who all are 10-game winners already.I mean the schedules nasty, but we can win those games, Denver linebacker DeMarcus Ware said.Here are some things to know about the Titans big win over Denver:GROUNDED TITANSMariota had the worst passing day of his career in a game he finished, throwing for only 88 yards. But he also ran for 38 more. Best of all, he didnt turn the ball over to mark the Titans fourth straight game without a turnover. Its the first time theyve gone four games without a turnover since the start of the 2013 season, and this is the first game theyve won without Mariota throwing a touchdown pass. Mariota snapped an eight-game streak with multiple TD passes.That is how it is going to be sometimes, Mariota said. We had to grind it out a little bit on offense, you know, make plays when we needed to and guys did.SIEMIANS BACCKTrevor Siemian returned and threw for 334 yards, his third 300-yard passing game of his career.dddddddddddd He also had a 3-yard TD pass to Emmanuel Sanders in the fourth quarter trying to rally Denver. But his fourth-down pass on the second play of the quarter was incomplete as Denver turned it over on downs. The Broncos also settled for a 34-yard field goal from Brandon McManus after a sack backed them up from first-and-goal at the Titans 7.Denver also had the ball needing only a field goal to force overtime when A.J. Derby lost a fumble with 53 seconds left after catching a pass from Siemian.BATTLE ROYALEDenver star cornerback Aqib Talib promised after the game to fight Titans wide receiver Harry Douglas when they meet at the office of the agent they share. Talib remained upset over Douglas low block of teammate Chris Harris Jr. and tangled with Douglas on the Titans sideline on the next play, sparking a scrum that ended with Talib penalized for unnecessary roughness and with his helmet missing. Harris also wants Douglas fined for what he called an illegal hit. Douglas defended himself, saying film study wouldve shown he cut blocks in run support.TITANS OFFENSIVE LINEThe Titans have young tackles in third-year player Taylor Lewan at left and rookie Jack Conklin, the eighth pick overall, at right. They gave up a sack to Shane Ray, giving the Denver linebacker his 10th career sack. Ware also got a sack, breaking a tie with Richard Dent and John Randle for eighth all-time with the 138 + sack of his career. But Tennessee ran for 138 of its 180 yards in the first half in jumping out to a 13-0 halftime lead.FORSETTS FUMBLEThe Broncos plucked Justin Forsett off waivers earlier this week to help run the ball, and he got the first carry for Denver. And fumbled . That was Forsetts first fumble lost since 2009, a span of 950 consecutive touches without a fumble lost. Forsett ran six times for 17 yards.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL.---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker ' ' '