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OAKLAND, Calif. Alan Page Jersey . -- Tyvon Branch received the long-term deal he wanted and the Oakland Raiders got some financial flexibility in the process. The Raiders agreed to a four-year contract with the safety on Saturday night, completing the deal two days before the deadline for franchise tagged players to reach an agreement on a new contract. CBS Sports reported the contract is worth $26.6 million with $17.1 million guaranteed. The Associated Press left a message with Branchs agent seeking comment. Branch had signed his $6.2 million franchise tender May 7 and reported to off-season workouts. The sides had until Monday to agree to a new deal. Getting Branch signed was important for the Raiders, who are counting on him to be one of the leaders under a new defence run by coach Dennis Allen and co-ordinator Jason Tarver. The Raiders report to training camp in Napa on July 29, and now nothing will be holding Branch back from being in wine country. Branch, a fourth-round pick in 2008, has started every game the past three seasons and led the Raiders in tackles the past two years. He also had 78 solo tackles, one sack, one interception, four passes defenced and one fumble recovery last season. Branchs 327 total tackles over the past three seasons are the second-most of any NFL defensive back, trailing only Indianapolis Antoine Bethea, who has 340. Branch also was much improved in pass coverage, cutting his completion percentage against from 67.4 per cent in 2010 to 55.7 per cent last season, according to STATS LLC, with the Raiders often using him as a cornerback in nickel packages. Branch and free safety Michael Huff will anchor an overhauled secondary in Oakland this year. After years of running a defence based on aggressive man coverage under late owner Al Davis, the Raiders are expected to use more blitzes and zone coverages this season. 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"Because before the game they were out there working on their throws, every outfielder, and tonight we gun two guys down at the plate. Two good throws by both of those guys saved the game for us." Sierra hit his third home run since being called up from triple-A Las Vegas last month, while Edwin Encarnacion also homered as Toronto made the most of four hits against Tampa Bay right-hander Jeremy Hellickson. Brandon Morrow pitched 6 2/3 innings to pick up his first win since June 6, when he shutout the Chicago White Sox. He was making his second start since coming off the disabled list last Saturday and allowed eight hits with the only run coming on a homer by Desmond Jennings. The struggling Rays (71-61) have lost six of their past seven games. Casey Janssen pitched the ninth to pick up his 19th save despite giving up two hits. The game-ending play came when pinch-runner Elliot Johnson tried to score from second on a single to right by pinch-hitter Carlos Pena. Sierra fielded the ball and fired home to Mathis who blocked the plate and Johnson was out to end the game. "Jeff makes an incredible block on a bang-bang play," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. First base coach Torey Lovullo, who works with the outfielders, had them out before a game working on throws. He says the raw talent is there with Sierra. Its just a matter of refining it. "It was just fine-tuning," Lovullo said. "He was just probably trying to throw the ball too hard and too aggressively. Its been a work in progress for the last couple of weeks and weve seen glimpse of it, but all came together in one great moment." Mathis, who absorbed a crushing charge from Johnson, says hes never been involved in a play like that that ended a game. "It doesnt hurt as bad when you come out a winner," Mathis said. "I was just trying to do anything I could to get in front of the plate. "I saw where Mos throw was gooing to be and it was perfect so it allowed me to get my body in a position to block the plate. Antoine Winfield Womens Jersey. quot; Even Pena was impressed with Sierras throw. "That was an unbelievable throw," Pena said. "He had to jump to get that hop on a bounce and then set and throw. I was very surprised when he threw him out. I knew it was going to be close so I just kept going to second, trying to draw a throw." Another key play from the outfield came in the second inning when Davis threw out Matt Joyce at the plate to keep the Rays off the board for the 11 consecutive innings in the series. Jennings led off the third with his 11th homer of the season and the seventh of his career against the Blue Jays. B.J. Upton followed with a single but Morrow retired the next three hitters. Hellickson retired his first six hitters of the game, but Sierra led off the third with a home run. Encarnacion hit his 35th of the season with one out in the fourth to put Toronto into a 2-1 lead. Morrow did his best to hold the lead. Roberts hit a two-out double in the fourth but Jose Molina fouled out. Keppinger hit a two-out double in the sixth when Davis made an ill-advised dive instead of keeping the ball in front of him for a single. But Scott struck out. The Rays had another two-out double in the seventh by Jennings and that was Morrows final batter. Steve Delabar took over to retire Upton on a grounder to second and then struck out the side in the eighth. "I felt good the whole way," Morrow said. "After the first couple of innings my pitch count was climbing and I settled in and was locating better with the off-speed stuff and staying ahead of guys and that carried me through." Morrow injured his left oblique muscle nine pitches into his start against the Washington Nationals on June 11. Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 20,158. ... The Rays obtained outfielder Ben Francisco for a player to be named from Houston in a trade announced during Fridays game. ...When the Blue Jays defeated the Rays 2-0 on Thursday it was their second consecutive win, the first time they had won back-to-back games since Aug. 12-13. ...Morrows three shutouts are second in the majors to Seattles Felix Hernandez who has four. ....Right-hander Henderson Alvarez (7-11, 4.97 earned-run average) will start Saturday for Toronto against right-hander Jeff Niemann (2-3, 3.38 ERA)....Niemann will make his first start since he suffered a fractured right fibula on May 14 at Rogers Centre when he was struck by a liner from Adam Lind. ' ' '