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ST. LOUIS - Kenny Britt, Jared Cook and a group of St. Louis Rams pass-catchers made a statement before the game started. Then their teammates joined in for an entirely different kind of statement on the field.Five Rams players came out of the tunnel with their hands up in a demonstration related to the unrest in the St. Louis area after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in the suburb of Ferguson.In some ways, the silent gesture was louder than the teams dominant 52-0 victory on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders.Everything about the situation touched me because it could have happened to any of us. Any of us are not far from the age of Michael Brown and it happened in our community, said Cook, referring to the teenager who was killed in August. We are part of this community. We are people of this community, so everything about it just touched me.I wouldnt want to be in any one of those guys situations that it happened to.A peaceful protest was held outside the Edward Jones Dome with the Rams (5-7) already firmly in control of the game. Rookie Tre Mason ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns — including an 89-yarder that made it 28-0 less than 19 minutes into the game — and added 47 yards receiving and another score on a 35-yard screen pass.He and Britt also did the hands-up gesture — a reference to the claim by some witnesses that Brown might have had his hands up when he was shot — after his touchdowns.I dont want the people in the community to feel like we turned a blind eye to it, said Britt, identified by teammates as the orchestrator of the demonstration. Let them know that were going to sit here and were going to support them.What would I like to see happen? Change in America.Stedman Bailey, one of four receivers who took part in the pregame demonstration along with tight end Cook, had a career-high 100 yards receiving. Shaun Hill threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, his first rushing TD since the 2008 season finale with San Francisco.Trumaine Johnson had two interceptions, returning the second one 43 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.The Raiders committed five turnovers — including two interceptions by Derek Carr and an interception and fumble by Matt Schaub, who replaced him in the fourth quarter. But most of the damage was done before then, with Oakland going three-and-out on its first three drives, and St. Louis capitalizing for touchdowns each time.Here is what else should be known about Sundays game:QUICK-START RAMS: The fast-starting Rams took their early dominance to another level. Already among the top NFL teams in first-quarter scoring margin with a 65-32 advantage, St. Louis scored touchdowns on its first five possessions and led 21-0 after the first quarter and 38-0 at halftime.The Rams have built double-digit, first-half leads in five straight home games. They squandered a 21-0 lead against Dallas and a 14-point edge against San Francisco before closing out victories against Seattle and Denver.The 38-point margin was the biggest halftime lead in Rams franchise history, surpassing the 44-7 cushion they had in a 51-21 victory against Green Bay on Sept. 21, 1980. That game represented the teams biggest first-half scoring output.RUSTY RAIDERS: Given three extra days to prepare after their only win this season, the Raiders couldnt carry over any momentum from their 24-20 win against Kansas City last Thursday night.The margin of defeat was the second-largest in franchise history. Only a 55-0 loss to the Houston Oilers on Sept. 9, 1961, was worse.I had my fair share of losses, but I guess my memory deleted all those other ones, like I hope it does this one defensive end Justin Tuck said. I cant think of anything of this magnitude.Raiders coach Tony Sparano said he didnt see the blowout coming, and he wants his players to remember both the feeling after last weeks victory and what it felt like to lose so badly.This hurts. This is bad, said Carr, who was 24 for 39 for 173 yards. This is a bad feeling, but we know its really tough right now. Are we going to turn on each other? Are we going to hold hands? Obviously, were going to stick together and see what happens.The Raiders had only given up 50 or more points in five other games, including one each of the past two seasons. It was their first shutout loss since a 28-0 whitewash against Kansas City on Oct. 23, 2011.We got hit in the mouth and didnt punch back, receiver James Jones said.OUT TOO LONG: Defensive end Chris Long returned to the Rams lineup after missing 10 games with an ankle injury sustained in the season opener. He logged two tackles, a fumble recovery, and his first sack of the season. He also pressured Carr on the first drive of the game when he started out standing up in the middle of the line instead of his usual spot at defensive end.It felt really good, Long said. Its tough. You prepare for the season and then youve got to watch your buddies out there going through good and bad. I just was really happy to be a part of it.With Long back, St. Louis notched its first shutout since Dec. 17, 2006, also against the Raiders.NO PROTECTION: Despite their nearly across-the-board struggles this season, Oakland had generally been solid at protecting its quarterbacks. 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With timely hitting and good pitching, the Marlins are one win away from sweeping the slumping Houston Astros.TAMPA, Fla. - This win was more the New Jersey Devils style.Cory Schneider made 26 saves, Mike Cammalleri had a tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Tuesday night to extend their season-opening winning streak to three games, all on the road.I think our composure and our resiliency is big, Schneider said.Travis Zajac had the other New Jersey goal.The Devils, known for tight defensive games, scored a combined 11 goals in victories over Philadelphia and Florida to open the season.Theyve been like this for what, 20 years now? Tampa Bay goalie Evgeni Nabokov said. Thats New Jersey hockey. Anytime you play them thats what youre going to see, and everybody knows that. Thats what makes their team dangerous.Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning, who completed a season-opening four game homestand at 2-1-1. Nabokov stopped 23 shots in his Tampa Bay debut.It was just OK, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said of the homestand. Getting five out of eight points is decent. I truly believe youve got to be even better than that at home. But, five points is better than zero points.With Lightning star Steven Stamkos serving a minor penalty, Cammalleri gave New Jersey a 2-1 lead from near the post at 11:19 of the third.Killorn tied it 1-all by beating Schneider from in-close off a nifty pass from Tyler Johnson 8:59 into the third.Zajac put the Devils up 1-0 with a rebound goal 7:38 into the second after Nabokov stopped the centres initial shot.The Lightning had the first sevven shots, including a wraparound by Nikita Kucherov that Schneider and forward Tuomo Ruutu combined to stop along the goal line.dddddddddddd The no-goal call was upheld by a video review.Sometimes you need a break like that early on in a road game and we ran with it, Schneider said.Nabokov made a post-to-post save on Michael Ryders in-close shot late in the first and stopped Jaromir Jagrs third-period breakaway backhander.Thats why people tell you good luck sometimes, Nabokov said of the Ryder save. It hit a little bit of my stick. That was the luck.Nabokov was signed as a free agent in July to backup Ben Bishop.Ondrej Palat hit the post on an early second-period power play for Tampa Bay.Schneider made a point-blank save on Valtteri Filppula during the opening minute of third.Obviously, Schneider was fantastic, Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. Were getting contributions from a lot of different areas right now, and thats what it takes to win.NOTES: Tampa Bay rookie F Jonathan Drouin (broken right thumb) resumed taking faceoffs in practice and expects to soon add contact drills. Were just happy with the progress so far, Drouin said. Its getting closer and closer now. Drouin still has some pain in the thumb. ... Jagr played in his 1,476th NHL game, which is eight away from tying Rod BrindAmour for 18th place all-time. ... Lightning D Radko Gudas didnt play due to a lower-body injury. ... New Jersey F Patrik Elias had an assist and tied Dino Ciccarelli for 80th place all-time with 592. ' ' '