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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio States struggling offense may have to do without starting wide receiver and kick returner Parris Campbell against No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday.Campbell, a sophomore who this season was seeing his first significant playing time, left the game in the fourth quarter after being hurt while blocking for Curtis Samuel. Coach Urban Meyer said Monday that Campbell has a high ankle sprain and is questionable for this weeks game.Its much better than we thought, Meyer said of the injury.Campbell has caught 10 passes for 96 yards and earned raves from Meyer for his development and effort this season. Hes also compiled 326 yards returning kickoffs. Someone will have to be the next man up, and several receivers are in line.(Binjimen) Victor is getting so close, weve got to just get him through the hump, Meyer said. James Clark and Terry McLaurin are going to step up and play.Quarterback J.T. Barrett said Campbells effort was critical.He does a lot of us, especially on special teams, Barrett said. Someone is going to have to step in and fill that role, but hes definitely a valuable player to us.No. 6 Ohio State (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) is having a rough time getting its vertical passing game working even with Campbell, one of its fleetest receivers, in the starting lineup.The Buckeyes punted on five straight possessions on Saturday and allowed Northwestern, a multi-touchdown underdog, to tie the score at 17 in the third quarter. Ohio State then mounted a six-play, 63-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard Samuel touchdown run with 9:43 left in the game.Northwestern then got to the Ohio State 3, but settled for a field goal to close to 24-20 with 3:31 left. The Buckeyes mounted a final clock-eating drive, with Barrett hitting Noah Brown for 16 yards on third-and-8 and then taking off on a 35-yard run to convert a third-and-10 and put the Buckeyes in the clear.The narrow escape came a week after Ohio State lost to unranked Penn State 24-21, a game marked by a blocked field goal attempt that the Nittany Lions ran back for a touchdown.Game notes Ohio State will play Nebraska (7-1, 4-1) for the first time since their 2012 meeting in Columbus, won by the Buckeyes 63-38....Raekwon McMillan and Jerome Baker have been named semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given to the nations best linebacker. 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"I dont think it can get any better than that," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "(Encarnacions) having another great year, he really he is. Hes been steady all year. He hit into a lot of tough luck early in the season. But I think hes been as steady as probably anyone in baseball." Encarnacion became just the second player in franchise history, joining Joe Carter, to homer twice in an inning. Encarnacion went 3-for-4 with five total RBI and a walk. Toronto totaled 15 hits in the game including the solo shots by Jose Reyes, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie. Reyes went 3-for-3 in the in with a pair of walks, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. He is 6-for-7 at the plate thus far in the series. Josh Johnson will head to the hill for the hosts on Saturday as he looks to lead them to their first three-game winning streak since they had an 11-game streak snapped on June, 24. Johnsons last win came on June 23, as Toronto has gone winless in his five starts since. The 6-foot-7 righty gave up five earned runs on seven hits in just two innings of work in his last outing. Johnsons poor showing dropped him to 1-6 on the year with a 5.66 ERA, which is dramatically hiigher than his career ERA of 3.dddddddddddd33. The Astros will try to turn things around with the left-handed Dallas Keuchel on the mound. Keuchel is 4-5 with a 4.42 ERA this season, but he hasnt given up more than three earned runs in three consecutive starts. The 25-year old took a no decision on Monday after surrendering just one run on five hits in six innings against Oakland. He has never faced Toronto before in his career. Astros left fielder Marc Krauss performed well at the plate in the second game of the series, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBI. J.D. Martinez and Brett Wallace also delivered multi-hit games in the losing effort, but the team failed to acquire timely base knocks as it left nine on base. Houstons bullpen has lacked reliability in recent weeks, allowing at least one run in 10 straight games while posting an 8.01 ERA during that span. "Its not good," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "At this stage of the season, you would think that guys would get better. That has not happened. We are in a complete funk as far as the bullpen goes, and Im trying to find someone down there other than [closer Jose] Veras to come in and give us quality innings, and its just not happening right now." The Astros won five of the first six games played by the two franchises, including a three-game sweep in Houston in 2005 and two of three in Toronto in 2011. Houston has the worst record in baseball at 34-68, which includes a 16-31 mark in road games. Toronto is in last place in the AL East at 47-55 and is 27-27 at home. ' ' '