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BALTIMORE -- Matt Moore isnt only breaking records set by Cy Young winner David Price, hes performing at a level thats drawing comparisons to a pretty good southpaw named Babe Ruth. Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Moore (8-0) gave up one run, struck out three and walked one to become the first eight-game winner in the majors. The left-hander has won nine straight decisions, breaking the franchise record of eight set last year by Price. Not only that, but the 23-year-old is the youngest lefty to start the season 8-0 since Ruth did it in 1917 at age 22. "Historically speaking, its been wonderful," Rays manager Joe Maddon said of Moores season. Moore is delighted with the results, especially because Tampa Bay is 9-0 in his nine starts. "Its good for our team. Thats the biggest thing we can take away from my record," he said. "On my days to pitch, were winning all the games. Thats the most important part. " The Rays ninth victory in 11 games left them a season-high three games over .500 (23-20) and lifted Tampa Bay into a third-place tie with skidding Baltimore in the AL East. The Rays had been in fourth since April 20. "It puts us back in with a tie, standings-wise, which I think is important," Maddon said. "You got to get over each team that is in front of you before you can get back to the top. To come in here (and get a sweep) indicates how much better weve been playing." Adam Jones had two hits, stole two bases and drove in a run for the Orioles, who have dropped five straight -- all at home. Baltimore managed only five hits, none after the sixth inning. "Hes dealing right now," Jones said of Moore. Baltimore was outscored 22-16 in the first two games of the series. This time, poor pitching could not be blamed for the defeat. "Pitching wasnt the issue today," manager Buck Showalter said. "It was trying to solve Moore. He was the difference-maker." Chris Tillman (3-2) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings. Hes 1-5 lifetime against the Rays. Tampa Bay led 2-1 in the sixth inning when Joyce hit a drive that appeared to bounce off the wall near the right-field foul pole. First base umpire Dan Iassogna called it a fair ball but not a home run. Showalter argued that it was a foul ball and Maddon contended it was a home run. "Its kind of unusual for us both to be out there at the same time," Maddon said. "I had to argue the point that it could be a home run." After a lengthy meeting, the umpires adjourned to watch a replay and returned with their decision: home run. "Ive got a guy who lets me know if I have a good argument, so I knew once they went inside it was going to be a home run," Showalter said. Moore and the Tampa Bay bullpen made the 3-1 lead stand up. Joel Peralta worked a perfect eighth and Fernando Rodney got three straight outs for his eighth save. Neither team had a base runner until Yunel Escobar drew a two-out walk in the third. Desmond Jennings followed with an RBI double on a 3-2 pitch. In the bottom half, Danny Valencia hit a leadoff double in his first at-bat with Baltimore but was stranded. One inning later, Manny Machado was credited with a triple after Jennings and Joyce nearly collided on a line drive to right that ticked off Joyces glove and rolled to the wall. Jones followed with a run-scoring single, then stole two bases but was left at third. Scott, who played for Baltimore from 2008-11, connected in the fifth for a 2-1 lead. He has at least one RBI in nine of 13 starts this season. NOTES: Tampa Bays Evan Longoria extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. ... Tampa Bay has held the lead in 30 of its past 31 games. ... The Rays recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Triple-A Durham and optioned LHP Alex Torres to the same club. 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But Rosi Sexton may have raised the bar when it comes to MMA fighters education. The 35-year-old Sexton has a degree in mathematics from Cambridge, a PhD in theoretical computer science and a degree in osteopathy. She can break you, then help fix you. On Saturday, the brainy bantamweight from Manchester becomes the first English woman to fight in the UFC when she takes on Canadian Alexis Davis (13-5) at UFC 161 in Winnipeg. "I would never have imagined growing up that I would be a professional athlete," said Sexton. "In fact, if youd said that to any of my classmates, they would have laughed at you. I was the nerdy kid who didnt particularly get on with sports at school. "But I can say its been a hell of a journey." Sexton, a pioneer in the womens side of the sport, made her pro debut in May 2002. She saw a posting on a forum asking for a female fighter but, by the time she got in touch with the promoter, they had found someone. Sexton got a call a few weeks later. "The girls just pulled out, do you want to fight? Its tomorrow," she was told. She had never been in a full-contact fight and had only done limited sparring in training. "But at the same time I didnt know when there was going to be another opportunity, because there was so little of it going on," she said. So she took the fight, winning by a first-round submission. Eleven years and 14 fights later, Sexton finds herself entering the sports biggest spotlight. Having spent most of her career fighting at 125 pounds, she wasnt sure if the UFCs decision to open the door to female 135-pounders was for her. But she sat down with her team and asked whether she could fight at 135. "We decided it was too good an opportunity to turn down .. Its something that I want to be part of," she said. "Especially at this time in history, when women are just starting to get involved in the UFC, its a fantastic time to be involved in all that and to be making history." Sexton, listed at five foot three, went on a strength and conditioning program to add on some pounds. It worked. She weighed as much as 147 pounds going into camp and will have to cut weight to make 135. Sextons two career losses came at different weights. She was supposed to face Gina Carano at 135 pounds, only to have Carano show up at 139. Sexton lost the September 2006 fight by second-round knockout. "The Carano fight, I was definitely too small," Sexton said. "Im considerably bigger and stronger now than I was then ... My games changed considerably as well, Im a very different fighter now than the one I was going into that particular match." Her June 2010 loss to Zoila Gurgel in Bellator was at 120 pounds. &quuot;It was one of those (fights) where everything was going great and then I woke up," said Sexton.dddddddddddd She dipped her head at the wrong time, catching a Gurgel knee that resulted in a first-round knockout. Sexton, who has an eight-year-old son named Luis, calls herself a full-time athlete and part-time osteopath. "One and a half jobs as well as being a mother," she explains. Luis has grown up around MMA but Sexton says hes more interested in soccer than fighting these days. "Hes at the age at the moment where I think he thinks its quite cool what his Mum does," Sexton said. "He enjoys telling his friends that his Mums a fighter, which means I get some interesting looks from the other parents and teachers at the school." Her interest in osteopathy came after she received treatment for a back injury sustained during judo training. "I was really impressed with what he did. That was when I thought, Right I need to be able to do this." A few years later, she decided to make treating sports injuries a career. Five years of part-time studying later, she had the degree to back it up. Sextons road to MMA started at 14 when she took a taekwondo class. Its started as a way of learning some self-defence, but she soon found she liked it. "It was the first time I found a physical activity that I really got a buzz off, that I really enjoyed doing." At Cambridge, she tried her hand at a few different martial arts: including judo, and traditional jiu-jitsu. Then a few years later, while she was doing post-graduate work, she saw a documentary about mixed martial arts. "As soon as I saw it, I though that looks like a fantastic thing to do, that looks like a great challenge," she recalled. "Obviously once I started training specifically for that, started doing the grappling and all of that, I realized how much I didnt know so that added a whole new element to what I had to learn," she added. Fighting has taken her around the world, from a beachside ring in Costa Rica to Las Vegas, Vancouver and St. Petersburg, Russia. "Ive had the opportunity to be involved in some great events, some I suppose really fantastic and in a way quite surreal experiences, the sort of thing that I never expected to be involved in," she said. "When I first started out in the sport, my original plan was Right, Im going to have a couple of fights, Im going to prove to myself that I can do it and then Im going to get on with my life and go work in an office or whatever. "And I had a few fights and I found that I was actually reasonably good at this. Then I started thinking Well how good could I get, if I really focused on it? Could I be one of the best in the world. "And I suppose, 10 years later, Im still here." ' ' '