PHILADELPHIA -- Patience helped the Atlanta Braves keep their winning streak going. After the Braves couldnt take advantage of a bases-loaded opportunity in the fourth inning, they used a five-run fifth inning, including consecutive homers from Brian McCann and Chris Johnson, for their eighth straight victory, 6-4 over the Phillies. "Everythings a run," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You get a good run of hitting or you get a good run of pitching -- seems like our good run of pitching has been really consistent the whole year. But you see some guys with some good approaches, good at-bats, keep the lineup moving." McCanns two-run shot gave the Braves a 4-2 lead just two batters after Justin Upton tied it on an RBI single. "(It was) just a mistake pitch," Phillies rookie Ethan Martin (0-1) said on McCanns homer. "Theyll make you pay for mistakes." Johnson extended his hitting streak to 11 games with his seventh homer to make it 5-2. He also had a seventh-inning double to extend his streak of multihit games to eight games. It is the most for any Braves player since the franchise moved to Atlanta in 1966. "Im trying not to think about it really," Johnson said. "Im trying to keep my same approach every single day, try to come in tomorrow do my exact same routine." Kris Medlen (8-10) earned the victory, going six innings while giving up six hits and four runs, including three solo homers. He struck out eight and walked one. Darin Ruf, Delmon Young and Chase Utley homered for Philadelphia, which has lost 11 of 13 since the All-Star break. David Carpenter struck out the Philadelphia side in the seventh, Jordan Walden fanned two in the eighth and Craig Kimbrel got two in the ninth for his NL-best 32nd save. After Martin escaped the fourth, he struggled in the fifth and got just one out before leaving the game. He allowed six runs and eight hits overall. "We were trying to be patient the first time around, try to get him to throw his fastball, but he was pretty darn good the first couple innings," Gonzalez said. "Then I think the second time around the lineup we had a better look at him. But that young man is going to be successful." Ruf gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead in the second inning when he sent a full-count fastball into the left-field bleachers for his third home run of the season. On the next pitch, Delmon Young hit one out to right to make it 2-0. Jason Heyward got the Braves on the board with an RBI single in the third. Utley homered and Cody Asche added an RBI groundout in the sixth to close out the scoring. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and shortstop Jimmy Rollins were ejected in the ninth inning arguing an apparent foul tip by Young that was called strike three. "I saw it or I wouldnt have gone out there," Manuel said. "It hit the ground. The umpire at first said he saw him catch it. ... I wasnt going to come back to the dugout embarrassed." Notes: Ruf has reached base in 30 straight games, going back to last season -- the longest active streak in the majors. Hes hit .310 over that span, with 15 of 31 hits going for extra bases. ... Over his 11-game hitting streak, Chris Johnson has gone 21 for 44 and raised his average to .347. ... Philadelphia placed rookie RHP Jonathan Pettibone (5-4, 4.04 ERA) on the 15-day disabled list prior to the game with a right shoulder strain. The Phillies also designated RHP J.C. Ramirez for assignment and promoted RHP Zach Miner from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. ... Curt Schilling, who spent eight-plus seasons of his 20-year career with the Phillies, was inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame prior to the game. ... John Lannan (3-4, 4.10 ERA) will start Saturday for Philadelphia on three days rest. Lannan has never pitched on short rest in his career. ... 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NORMAN, Okla. -- A wacky weekend in college football renewed Oklahomas seemingly dormant playoff hopes.Oklahoma has rallied from a rough start to the season, and losses by Clemson, Michigan, Washington, Texas A&M and Auburn last Saturday opened up the field for the Sooners to possibly claim one of the four spots in the College Football Playoff if they keep winning. The eighth-ranked Sooners (8-2, 7-0 Big 12) will travel to No. 10 West Virginia (8-1, 5-1) Saturday night with a chance to claim a share of the Big 12 title and remain alive for a second straight playoff berth.Were not looking into that, Oklahoma linebacker Jordan Evans said of the playoff. We see it. Some guys in the back of their mind, maybe. But it doesnt matter if we dont handle our business.Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he doesnt worry too much about other results, though he enjoyed Iowas 14-13 win over Michigan. He played at Iowa and later became an assistant coach there.Im rooting for the Hawkeyes, Stoops said. Absolutely. A big congrats to them. Outside of that, Im not sitting there with my pompoms out.Oklahoma seemingly had no path back to the playoff, but since their early losses to Houston and Ohio State, they have won seven straight. In Big 12 play, the Sooners are averaging 48 points and 591.1 yards per game, both tops in the league.I think we have a ton of guys that were real with themselves, a coaching staff that was real with themselves, offensive tackle Orlando Brown said. Weve all taken it upon ourselves individually, as a group, as a team, as a university, to see what we had to get better at. What we were doing bad, what we were doing good -- we took them and we went from there.The Sooners beat then-No. 25 Baylor 45-24 last Saturday , and West Virginia and Oklahoma State, Oklahomas final two opponents, provide opportunities for quality wins late in the season.All that matters is what weve been doing each and every week, Stoops said. Well be our best Saturday night. Eight Eastern, seven Central, and well be ready to play our best game. Next week will be a different week.Even after the Sooners started winning, a playoff slot wasnt even a thought after the Sooners gave up 854 yards in a 66-59 win over Texas Tech .Only reason I think it (Texas Tech game) was good is we were still able to come out with a win in that game, Evans said. Weve kind of flipped our defense around. It was a good wakeup call for us.Since then, Oklahoma has allowed 51 points combined in wins over Kansas, Iowa State and Baylor. The Sooners have risen to No. 3 in the Big 12 in scoring defense and total defense, No. 2 in pass efficiency defense and No. 1 in rushing defense.It has been a complete U-turn from that game, Evans said. Our intensity, our effort -- guys are making more plays. The number one thing is guys are having more fun doing it. 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Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. In the bowels of the AAMI Park gymnasium, Melbournes Jack Viney attacks his weights with the same vigor he hunts down opponents on the field.The explosive midfielder -- who is pound for pound definitely the best lifter at the Demons, according to the clubs strength and conditioning manager Robert Jackson -- takes the same approach to every gym session as he does on game day.Its just the way he is.Viney has played a pivotal role in the Demons resurgence in Paul Roos final year as coach. In many ways, the 22-year-old personifies his clubs rise up the ladder this season.Taken at the bargain selection of pick No.26 in the 2012 national draft, Viney has this year transformed himself from hard trier to one of the premium midfielders in the competition. League-wide, hes ranked 13th in contested possessions per game, eighth in tackles, and 13th in clearances per match.He was at his ferocious best in Melbournes drought-breaking win against Hawthorn in Round 20, collecting 39 touches (16 contested) at 82 percent efficiency, eight tackles, seven clearances and five marks. Aside from his statistics, his physical intent set the tone as Melbourne beat Hawthorn for the first time since Round 8, 2006.A career-high 16 tackles against the Western Bulldogs in Round 8 was another highlight, along with the 23 contested possessions -- another career-high -- racked up in Round 5 against Richmond.In fact, if it were not for a brainfade in Round 10 that saw him cop a one-week suspension, Viney could be a Brownlow Medal chance as season 2016 draws to a close -- which highlights his incredible improvement.Aside from his natural footballing ability, Vineys work ethic at Melbourne is legendary.When hes down in the gym, hes there to beat anyone, Jackson tells ESPN. He competes with everyone and even himself. Hes very aggressive in the way he attacks his weights, attacks his training and is always looking at a way to get an improvement.The other thing he does which is quite unique is hes always researching what other people do and trying to mimic professional approaches. He does his research, he comes with questions and I couldnt ask for more to be honest.Those who know Viney often shake their head in admiration at the son of former club great Todds absolute commitment to improve.Whenever Viney fearlessly burrows into packs, often emerging with a hard-won Sherrin, or locks his arms around an opponent in a vice-like tackle, those behind the scenes nod knowingly.Melbourne veteran Lynden Dunn, for one, isnt surprised by his elevation into the top bracket of the AFLs best inside midfielders.Hes grown up loving the club - Todd, his old man captained the club, so he [Jack] has always being around the place and the players, the defender told ESPN. He is ultra-competitive, he allways means business, hes courageous, tough, hard.ddddddddddddHe can come across a little bit arrogant to some people but knowing him now, hes just very confident in his preparation and performances on game day.Ive got no doubt hell be All Australian and a multiple best and fairest winner by the end of his career. Its not luck - he takes ownership of his career and works so hard.Before being drafted, Viney spent time at Melbourne as a 17-year old in 2012, receiving permission to train with the club and play for its VFL affiliate Casey. Mark Neeld was the Demons coach that year, and in 2013 before being sacked midway through the season.Neeld, now game performance manager at Essendon, said he knew from an early stage that Viney would become a star midfielder.Hes a beauty. He comes from really strong family, and the things I saw with Jack as a young player - his work ethic and determination - are the things everyone is seeing on the footy field now, Neeld told ESPN.He was always in a hurry, Jack, but hes everything you want in a player in terms of determination, work ethic, leadership, the want to get better ... hes got it.Im not surprised hes become one of the premier midfielders in the competition.Jackson is also unsurprised at the midfielders rise. The strength and conditioning boss has regularly been wowed by Vineys intensity in the gym.Jacks very aggressive in his pursuit of becoming excellent, he said.If you look back to his early years before he was even playing TAC Cup, he was already going to see a sprint coach at the Hawthorn Football Club who is now the high performance manager at Richmond, Peter Burge. He was always trying to find an edge.Hes an intimidating person. Hes very strong, hes very powerful, hes very aggressive on the field ... and down in the gym he demands that of other people - he demands people put in effort and if someones lifting and he thinks they could possibly put more on or they could have done another rep, then hell have no shame in voicing that.In terms of leadership in the gym, I think just through his own actions and the way he approaches gym sessions, [he] is a real benchmark for others.Dunn said it wasnt just in the gym that Vineys leadership qualities were evident, with the defender confident the emerging tyro would eventually take the captaincy from Nathan Jones.Theres plenty of good young leaders coming through [at Melbourne] but Jack would definitely be a candidate for the captaincy, Dunn said.Nathan Jones is doing a super job at the moment and has plenty of good footy left in him but when the time comes to hand it over, Im sure Jack will be one of the strongest candidates. ' ' '

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Luckily, this year he plays for us and champions decide these kinds of matches.After a tense first half, Juventus broke the deadlock in the 50th when Napoli failed to defend a Miralem Pjanic corner, and Bonucci volleyed in from close range.Its lead lasted just four minutes before Jose Callejon beat the offside trap to volley in Lorenzo Insignes pass to the far post.Serie A leader Juventus moved five points clear of second-place Roma, which visits Empoli on Sunday. Napoli remained fourth, seven points behind the five-time reigning champion.If we had drawn, Roma probably would have moved level with us tomorrow, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. But now Roma cant catch us tomorrow, and Napoli is seven points below us.Tension between the sides increased in the offseason when Higuain moved to Juventus for an Italian record fee of 90 million euros ($99 million) after breaking a 66-year-old Serie A goal-scoring record.It threatened to boil over toward the end of the first half when a row broke out over a set play as Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina appeared to push Juventus forward Mario Mandzukic but referee Gianluca Rocchi calmed the situation.There waas a touching moment before kickoff as Higuain and Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri shared a warm embrace on the touchline.ddddddddddddWhen you are angry with a child you continue to love him, Sarri said. He has only done good to me. His move to Juve upset me but he is still a person who I am very affectionate towards, and we will probably still be in touch in 10 years time.The only sour note for Juventus was defender Giorgio Chiellini limping off in the first half with a recurrence of a muscular injury. Juventus hosts Lyon in the Champions League group stage on Wednesday.Napoli visits Besiktas on Tuesday, and it remains to be seen whether Lorenzo Insigne will be dropped as punishment for his angry reaction to being substituted after an hour.Im also not happy with him. Hes had some disappointing matches, but Im not there showing my disappointment, Sarri said. When he comes off he has to shut up, be very quiet. If he has problems he has to tell me tomorrow.BOLOGNA 0, FIORENTINA 1Fiorentina moved up to sixth as it scraped a narrow win over 10-man Bologna.The visiting side started brightly and Josip Ilicic hit the woodwork twice early on.Fiorentina took the lead shortly after the half hour when Nikola Kalinic was pulled back by Bologna captain Daniele Gastaldello, who was shown a straight red card for preventing a clear goal-scoring opportunity.Kalinic buried the spot kick but had to retake it due to encroachment by teammate Federico Bernardeschi. Kalinic fired it into the same corner for his sixth goal in four matches. ' ' '

EUGENE, Ore. -- In addition to watching fireworks, barbecuing burgers and nibbling cobs of corn, heres something else to do this Fourth of July. Ask your friends and family to name the reigning Olympic champion in the decathlon. If they have trouble answering, point out that hes American, as were 11 previous Olympic champions, including a two-time winner.This is a question that would have been easily answered by many in previous decades. Oh, you mean the worlds greatest athlete? Easy. Thats Bruce Jenner. Or Daley Thompson. Or Rafer Johnson. You get the point. The Olympic decathlon champion used to be well-known in the old days.Not so much anymore. Americas Ashton Eaton is the reigning champion after having won gold in 2012. He also holds the world record in the event. Despite dealing with some nagging injuries -- Most decathletes probably have something, Eaton said. Its just the nature of the event -- he won the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Sunday, placing or sharing first in five of the 10 events and finishing with 8,750 points -- 325 more than runner-up Jeremy Taiwo. Eaton has topped 9,000 points twice in his career and hasnt lost since 2011. Hes the favorite to win in Rio, joining Thompson and American Bob Mathias as two-time Olympic champions.That would be cool because those guys are -- well, cool is like a crappy word because that would be awesome company to be in, the 28-year-old Eaton said.So with that dazzling résumé, why isnt Eaton more of a national focus? And why dont Americans care about the decathlon the way we used to?The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? Eaton said. I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend. Perhaps in four years well see the decathlon become popular for some unknown reason. And for some unknown reason it started being unpopular a while ago. Im not sure what to do to make it more popular.I think the media tends to have a say, so maybe if you guys trend it up?Eaton is right about that. We need to talk up the decathlon champions again, as we did in the past.Just look at Eaton. Not only is he the worlds best in the decathlon, hes married to Canadas Brianne Theisen-Eaton, who is among the favorites to medal in the heptathlon in Rio (and remember when that event was a bigger deal in the days of Jackie Joyner-Kersee?). Think about it. A married couple each competing to be the worlds greatest male and female athlete at the Olympics when most of us find it a challenge just to not snore and keep our partner awake.Its pretty cool. We probably wont fully understand until were older and have opportunity to look back on the experience, Eaton said. Were very focused right now. Shes a massive supporter of me and Im a massive supporter of her. I think it does make the pursuit easier because we understand what it takes in our marriage -- the success of our athletic dreams comes before everything. Its kind of tough sometimes, especially when youre married. Hey, do you want to go watch a movie? No, I have a hard workout tomorrow.Luckily I understand her and she understands me.The two have also been active supporters of charities, including work with organizations like Right to Play and World Vision.Its pretty emotional, Eaton said. We feel really strongly about those organizations. As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where its just like Me! Me! Me! 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Mariano Rivera, to give the obvious example, might well go down as the greatest postseason hero ever. But even slightly lesser relievers like Jeurys Familia and Wade Davis and Koji Uehara and Sergio Romo and Kenley Jansen and Brian Wilson have all, for a few weeks in recent postseasons, been temporarily elevated to gods by the stakes and the tension of October. Allen has been as good this month as any of them were, which is valuable enough on its own. But in this case, it has been even more important because it has made the Andrew Miller experiment possible.I have some experience in this. In the summer of 2015, as part of a book project with Ben Lindbergh, I ran the baseball operations of an independent minor league team called the Sonoma Stompers. This included pushing our managers (we replaced one midseason) toward certain in-game tactics. Nothing consumed our time and our powers of persuasion so much as trying to convince them that our best reliever should come in whenever we most needed our best reliever -- as Andrew Miller has been used this month -- instead of in the ninth inning by default. We ran into two obstacles, each specific to the manager in question, and each significant to understanding the role Cody Allen plays in Cleveland right now.Our first manager, the old-school one, simply would not bring in our closer -- an outstanding sinkerballer named Sean Conroy -- if he wasnt sure that Conroy would be available for the final out. He saw the 27th out as infinitely more important than the 26 before it, and considerably more difficult to attain than the 26 before it. After one brutal loss, we tried again to convince our manager that Conroy should have been brought in for the biggest moment of the game -- with runners on and our opponents best hitter batting in the seventh. But then I dont have a closer, he said. I need to have a closer. If I dont have a closer, I cant count on anybody else to get those last outs.Our second manager, more open-minded to our numbers-driven recommendations, was convinced by the leverage-based argument for bringing Conroy in earlier. Eventually, he was calling for Conroy as early as the fifth inning, just like Francona has used Miller. But, like his predecessor, this manager also didnt trust anybody else to get the final out, so he would leave Conroy in the game all the way to the end, pretty much no matter what. This was thrilling to watch, but it introduced some new problems: Conroy was throwing 50, 60, 70 pitches in relief outings. That probably dimmed his effectiveness by the time the eighth and ninth innings came around, and it made him unavailable for a couple days afterward. The latter concern had its own ripples: We were sometimes gun-shy about bringing him in, knowing it would leave the back of our bullpen gutted for the next games.For each manager, the obstacle to using Conroy the right way was the lack of another Conroy behind him. No matter how big the game situation, the manager cant stop worrying about the bigger situation that might come.At the risk of burying Allen further under Millers legend: Cody Allen is Terry Franconas second Andrew Miller. Hes thrown fewer innings than Miller this postseason, but theyve been almost every bit as good: Miller has a 47 percent strikeout rate, six Ks per walk, a 17 percent swinging-strike rate, and no runs allowed; Allen has a 43 percent strikeout rate, five Ks per walk, a 17 percent swinging-strike rate, and no runs allowed. Like Miller, hes death to both lefties and righties -- indeed, like Miller, hes got a slight reverse split -- allowing him to cut through large swaths of a lineup uninterrupted. Like Miller, hes capable of memorable acts of endurance, having entered in the eighth for his first two saves of this postseason, having twice thrown 40 pitches in an outiing.ddddddddddddAllen is not, to be sure, on quite the same level as Miller -- or Wade Davis, or Aroldis Chapman or Zach Britton -- but hes comfortably in the second tier of major-league closers, with a better ERA+ over the past three seasons than Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel, Roberto Osuna or Ken Giles. Hes converted 89 percent of his saves since taking over as Clevelands closer in 2014 -- the difference between him and Chapman is about one blown save in 50 tries. He is, in other words, a closer who not only gives a manager confidence going into the ninth inning, but cover in the post-game interviews if something goes wrong. Terry Francona neednt worry about being second-guessed for using Cody Allen in the ninth inning.Theres no rule that a manager has to romanticize the 27th out, and even without Allen, Francona might still have used Miller the way he has. But Franconas history suggests he wouldnt have. In two postseasons before this year, he has had exceptional closers. His usage of those closers seems to presage the way he has used his bullpen this fall -- but also strongly suggests that Francona wouldnt have used Miller this way without a closer as good as Allen pitching behind him.In 2004, Francona had Keith Foulke, and used him extremely aggressively in October. Foulke entered one save situation in the seventh, which very few managers have been willing to ask of their closers even in October. He pitched even in games the Red Sox were trailing, and in 11 of 14 games Boston played. In six of those games he went four outs or more, with single-game pitch counts of 36, 37 and 50.In 2007, he had Jonathan Papelbon, and used him extremely aggressively in October. In six of Papelbons seven appearances, he was asked to get four or more outs. From 2007 to 2009, Papelbon made 16 postseason appearances, and 12 of them were either four or more outs or began in the eighth inning (or earlier).So we have two data points for Francona using his relievers in unconventional ways, but notably not in the way he has used Miller. In no instance did he put either reliever into a situation where the pitcher was likely to be relieved. (There were games Foulke or Papelbon were removed from, but only because the game was tied or the situation changed.) They were used in the most aggressive way that would still have them on the mound for the 27th out.Maybe Francona got religion since then, but a) he was already way ahead of his peers in pushing his closers to their limits, and he still drew the line at bringing in either pitcher for the sixth and b) he has never used Allen that way since he took over in Cleveland.In addition to making it safe for Francona to use Miller in the sixth and seventh innings, Allens excellence has made it safe for Francona to pull Miller i

AUSTIN, Texas -- Kennedy McKoy ran for two touchdowns and No. 16 West Virginias defense withstood a final pass attempt into the end zone to earn a tough 24-20 win over Texas on Saturday that kept alive the Mountaineers Big 12 championship hopes.Skyler Howard passed for 269 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia (8-1, 5-1, No. 11 AP), which allowed Texas running back DOnta Foreman 167 yards rushing but kept him out of the end zone.Texas last shot to win came on the final play when Longhorns (5-5, 3-4) quarterback Shane Buechele lobbed a pass high into the end zone but it floated too far and was incomplete. Game officials checked replay to see if West Virginias defense had too many players on the field but confirmed the play and the game was over.The win sets up a big game next week at home for the Mountaineers against Big 12 leader Oklahoma. The Mountaineers have not yet won a league title since joining the Big 12 in 2012.They wanted to get this win pretty bad, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. Our goal has always been to win the Big 12.Foremans 11th consecutive 100-yard game tied former Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbells Texas school record.THE TAKEAWAYWest Virginia: The Mountaineers came in with the Big 12s best defense and lived up to the billing. Most of Foremans yards came early and the Mountaineers pounded him and Buechele in the second half. The West Virginia offense had four turnovers, three by Howard, but the defense surrendered just seven points off those.They give (Foreman) the ball and ride him. We had to stop him and make others make plays. We did that, said West Virginia linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton.Texas: The pressure is back on coach Charlie Strong, who now has three consecutive five-loss seasons. Texas looked to be turning things around with big wins over Baylor and Texas Tech, but the numbers game is catching up to Strong, who is facing intense speculation that he could be fired. Texas is still trying to get bowl-eligible.I can worry about that, and I really dont worry about that, Strong said of his tenuous job status. I have a really good group of guys and I know they are going to play for me.UP NEXTWest Virginia: The Mountaineers return home next Saturday to host Big 12 leader Oklahoma in a game with huge implications for the league title.Texas: The Longhorns go on the road to Kansas next Saturday. Fake Nike Air Vapormax . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. Clearance Nike Air Vapormax . 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MILWAUKEE -- The Chicago Cubs acquired Mike Montgomery in July with the intention of bolstering their bullpen.An injury prompted him moving into the rotation and in his fourth start with the Cubs on Wednesday night, Montgomery turned in five strong innings, allowing one run and two hits.He didnt factor into the decision as the Cubs lost to the Brewers 2-1, sparked by Jonathan Villars two home runs and a game-saving catch by Keon Broxton in the ninth.(Montgomery) was really good, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. The hanging changeup to Villar, that was the pitch that hurt us. But good curveball, good changeup, good fastball.Montgomery, acquired from Seattle in a four-player trade, gained a spot in the starting rotation when John Lackey went on the disabled list with a shoulder problem. He remained in the rotation after Lackeys return on Sunday as the Cubs have temporarily opted to go with a six-man rotation.Montgomery faced the minimum number of batters through three innings.I felt a little better than the last couple outings, Montgomery said. I just wanted to go out and attack guys a little better, and get ahead. I made a mistake to Villar, but I felt good about (the outing).Milwaukee, which took two of three in the series, got its first hit when Villar homered leading off the fourth. Villar homered again off Joe Smith (1-1), the sixth Chicago pitcher, leading off the eighth.Corey Knebel (1-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief to get the win. Tyler Thornburg notched his ninth save in 13 chances.With one out in the ninth, Rizzo hit a drive to deep center. Broxton drifted back and jumped above the wall to make the catch.I knew I hit it well, it just wasnt carrying as much as it was yesterday, Rizzo said. 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Hardik Patel picked up seven wickets for Gujarat on day four as they beat Uttar Pradesh by 132 runs in Delhi. Chasing 308, UP went from 144 for 4 to 175 all out in the space of 19 overs as Hardik achieved his best first-class figures of 7 for 72 and 11 for 143 for the match. Before their collapse, Tanmay Srivastava and Umang Sharma made 37 and 36 respectively.Gujarat started the day 186 for 5, with a lead of 292, and lost their last five wickets while adding only 15 runs, as Kuldeep Yadav picked up three wickets in three overs to finish with figures of 6 for 79.Ashok Dinda collected all five wickets on day four as Bengal beat Railways by 43 runs in Dharamsala. Resuming on 196 for five, Railways required a further 119 runs, but Dindas fast bowling skittled out the lower order as they were bowled out for 271.Railways added 75 runs in 74 balls for the loss of their last five wickets, as Karn Sharma, overnight on 13, ended unbeaten on 54 off 76 balls, with six fours and three sixes. Dinda finished with match figures of 10 for 112, his fourth ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Yuvraj Singh scored 260 and became the second double-centurion in Punjabs innings alongside Manan Vohra, who scored 224, as they earned three points in a high-scoring draw against Baroda at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Starting the last day 452 for 2, and trailing Baroda by 77, Punjab gained a 141-run first-innings lead, as Yuvraj extended his overnight 179 to 260 (370b, 26x4, 4x6).Vohra added 23 to his overnight 201 before being bowled by Murtuja Vahora, while Gurkeerat Singh (55) and Taruwar Kohli (30) supported their captain Yuvraj en route to his highest first-class score, before he was bowled by Vishnu Solanki. Swapnil Singh was Barodas most successful bowler with figures of 4 for 169 in 51 overs, as they bowled Punjab out for 670.Openers Kedar Devdhar and Dhiren Mistry played out the last 14 overs to end the match with Baroda 37 for no loss. Deepak Hooda was adjudged Player of the Match for his unbeaten 293 in the first innings.Madhya Pradesh survived a scare in their second innings to collect one point after Tamil Nadu made them follow on in Cuttack. Starting with three wickets in hand in their first innings, MP added only 12 runs to their overnight score before being dismissed for 273, which left them with a 282-run first-innings deficit. Aushik Srinivas, who picked up the last two wickets, finished on three wickets, as did Washington Sundar.Batting again, MPs top-order collapsed and they were 44 for 4 thanks to Aswin Crists double-blow in the third over and Aushiks slow left-armers, before a 109-run partnership between Harpreet Singh (52) and Shubham Sharma stabilised them.Shubhams unbeaten 245-ball 77 and Ankit Danes unbeaten 33 ensured MP saved the game, as they batted out the last 30 overs and added 69. MP finished on 222 for five. 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Simply put, hes earned it, deservedly ranked in the third/fourth third-base tier that includes Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria.Much of the foundation for Lambs breakthrough year comes from an adjustment he made to his swing during the winter, which has fueled a noticeable jump in power: His isolated power has nearly tripled (.123 in 2015, .328 this season), he has increased his fly-ball rate by more than two percent (26.2 percent in 2015, 28.6 percent in 2016) and he has boosted his average fly-ball rate by 22 feet (301.6 in 2015, 323.7 in 2016).Perhaps equally encouraging is Lambs boosted performance against left-handed pitching: Hes a .190/.307/.429 hitter, for .238 isolated power, after sub-.100 isolated power numbers against them in both 2014 and 2015. That helped earn him six starts in the Arizona Diamondbacks past 11 games against left-handed pitchers.Still, Lambs ranking (97th overall) might seem modest for the No. 36 name on the Player Rater. Some regression needs be baked into any rest-of-year projection, particularly in the power department. For the season, Lamb has homered on 18.6 percent of his fly balls, second-highest among qualifiers, and since May 9 he has a major league-high 22.0 percent rate, resulting in 18 of his 21 homers for the season. To put that number into perspective, consider the major league leaders (among qualifiers) the past five seasons: Giancarlo Stanton, 15.2 percent in 2011; Chris Davis, 16.3 in 2012; Pedro Alvarez, 18.3 in 2013; Stanton, 17.3 in 2014; Nelson Cruz, 18.4 in 2015.My best guess at his projection: .275-.280 batting average, 10-12 home runs.Here are some quick thoughts about the weeks other big movers...There might not be a tougher player to rank this week than Clayton Kershaw, who was shut down indefinitely following a setback with his injured back. Its possible that this might merely push back his recovery by a matter of days, rather than weeks, but the chances well see Kershaw before August are now poor, and hes now enough of a risk that a compelling case could be made to lower him to 14th at the position (roughly 50th overall). Your hope should be eight top-shelf starts upon his return.Wil Myers is legit. Consider: .313 BABIP (81st in the majors, and four points beneath his career number), 13.4 home run/fly ball percentage (29th, and in line with his 12.7 percent rookie-year number).Jacob deGroms return to the top 10 starting pitchers is much more a testament to his own ability than it is a criticism of the positions depth in the 11-20 tier. Hes once again the safe guy, with a 2.32 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 29.4 percent strikeout rate in his past 10 starts, and thats quite an asset to own in a season like this.Im only lowering Gregory Polanco amidst concerns about his recent hamstring injury. Hes a .171 hitter thus far in July -- nine games, though -- and Im somewhat concerned that hell be playing these next few weeks at less than full strength.We talked quite a bit about Dallass Keuchels performance on Wednesdays Fantasy Focus Baseball podcast, and while I think hes no longer a Cy Young-caliber pitcher statistically speaking, hes back to being a solid member of the top 20 starters, thanks to six consecutive quality starts as well as a 3.dddddddddddd2 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 21.9 percent strikeout rate in his past 10 turns.With Dee Gordons return upcoming -- hes eligible to play in eight days, barring Miami Marlins rainouts between now and then -- he might be under-ranked as the No. 13 second baseman and No. 118 player overall. I think hes closer to 8-and-80 in those sets from the day he returns, so hell almost assuredly rank there in a week.Since May 21, Matt Shoemaker has a 29.1 percent strikeout rate, ninth-best among qualifiers, and a 9.78:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, behind only Mike Leake (11.40:1) and Jose Fernandez (9.90:1).Kudos to the Chicago Cubs for giving Willson Contreras nine starts behind the plate in their past 17 games overall, signaling that hes now their top choice to start a majority of the time there. Contreras also has eight starts in left field during that time, and has generally been batting fourth or fifth, giving him a playing-time advantage that no other catcher quite enjoys. Will it last? If so, he probably warrants a top-100 ranking rather than 152nd (and sixth among catchers), but Id like to see a little more first.Most projections systems continue to love Drew Smyly, but after a nine-start stretch during which time he had only one quality start and an 8.03 ERA and 1.72 WHIP, hes perhaps too generously ranked as even my No. 52 starting pitcher. I still think theres top-20 talent in that left arm, though, but my patience is running out.New ESPN position eligibilityThe following players added new position eligibility within the past two weeks. 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CHICAGO -- The Detroit Tigers had to wait out a marathon rain delay before the game was finally called. They wont get too many wins like this, and they wont complain about it, either.Ian Kinsler hit his 20th home run, Miguel Cabrera added his 19th and Detroit beat the struggling Chicago White Sox 2-1 in a game that was stopped after more than a two-hour rain delay in the seventh inning on Thursday.A heavy downpour before the bottom of the seventh sent players and umpires running for cover. And after two hours, five minutes the game was called.A lot of riddles, dominos, cribbage, poker, watching other games, Kinsler said, describing the scene in the clubhouse during the delay. Just kind of hanging out, trying to stay aware of the weather situation and if were gonna have a chance to play. Theres not really much you can do.The Tigers did what they needed to do before the rain came and opened a seven-game trip on a winning note. The White Sox have now dropped seven of eight.Kinsler and Cabrera made it 2-1 with solo homers against James Shields (4-12) in the fifth. Mike Pelfrey (3-9) won for just the second time in nine starts, and the Tigers came out on top after dropping two of three against Minnesota.Adam Eaton had three hits and scored for Chicago. Shields gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings, but the White Sox continued their slide after going 1-5 on a trip to the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle.We found another way to lose a game today, Eaton said. Its just crazy.Held to four runs in the Minnesota series, the Tigers used the long ball to grab the lead in the fifth.Kinsler tied it with one out on a drive to center for his second homer in as many games. Cameron Maybin followed with a fly to deep right before Cabrera made it 2-1 with his shot to left-center. The home run -- his 427th -- tied Mike Piazza for 47th all-time. It also gave him 1,499 RBI.We only scored two runs but, truthfully, this is the second day in a row where we hit the ball hard, manager Brad Ausmus said. We didnt have a lot to show for it in terms of runs, but up and down the lineup guys hit the ball hard.REBOUND PERFORMANCEPelfrey, knocked out in the second by Kansas City last week, picked up the win after going 1-4 in his previous eight starts. The right-hander gave up a run and eight hits before leaving with one out in the sixth and runners on first and second.Shane Greene came in and hit Tyler Saladino with two out to load the bases. He then retired J.B. Shuck on a soft grounder to first for his second save in as many chances.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: RF J.D. Martinez took batting practice for the first time since he broke his right elbow last month. It still bothers him a little bit to throw, said manager Brad Ausmus, who indicated theyve yet to determine when hell begin a minor league rehab stint. . RHP Jordan Zimmerman (neck) threw a 40-pitch bullpen session. Next up, a rehab start Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. . OF Tyler Collins (neck) said he felt much better, but remained out of the lineup.White Sox: 2B Brett Lawrie is day to day after leaving the game because of tightness in his left hamstring. He popped out to the pitcher in the second inning and was replaced at second base by Tyler Saladino in the fourth. ... GM Rick Hahn said LHP Carlos Rodon (wrist) is progressing nicely and will make a minor-league rehab start before returning. ... Catcher Alex Avila (hamstring) suffered a setback in a rehab game with Triple-A Charlotte and likely wont be activated for another month. ... RHP Zach Putnam (right elbow) also had a setback and will likely need to have bone spurs removed from his elbow. 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Winnipeg added two more off Linares in the fourth inning off a sacrifice fly from Amos Ramon and a RBI groundout by Guida, as the Goldeyes took a 3-0 lead. Winnipeg starter Pete Gehle retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced, but ran into trouble in the fifth. With two outs and one run already across the plate, Jared McDonald laid down a drag bunt and beat second baseman Amos Ramons throw to first to make it 3-2. That prompted Goldeyes manager Rick Forney to come out and replace him with newly-signed Dan Martony. "Gehle came out and gave us four strong innings. We sent him out there for the fifth just to get him up and down a little more," said Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea. "Its the longest hes gone so far so his legs were getting a little tired and he left a couple balls up. I thought he was out of the inning with that play at first base but the umpire called him safe." Martony was promptly greeted with four consecutive hits. 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Nieves stretched the lead to two after scoring on an error charged to the third baseman Davis. Kahaulelio drove home the games final run on a single to center, which was booted by Lentini for the Goldeyes third error of the inning. Nick Walters earned the win for Wichita after working a scoreless eighth. Josh Dew worked a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up the save. Jake Kahaulelio and John Rodriguez each drove in two runs at the top of the Wingnuts order.Chris Allen got tagged with the loss for Winnipeg after being roughed up in the eighth. He allowed three runs – only one was earned – on five hits and struck out one. Jordan Guida went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored. ' ' '

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester sought out Kyle Hendricks in the clubhouse, telling him the only thing that would have made his night better was if he had hit a solo homer for the games only run.I did get a base knock, Hendricks reminded his teammate.Hendricks did it all just when the Cubs needed him most, pitching a seven-hitter for his second career shutout and providing the Chicagos bullpen a needed breather in a 5-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.Hes a great team player and hes just a joy to be around, manager Joe Maddon said. Then he goes and does that.After a wild, 12-inning win a night earlier in which Maddon used 22 players, Hendricks (10-7) threw a career-high 123 pitches and lowered his ERA to 2.22, third-best in the majors. He allowed three walks and struck out five.No bad for a guy pegged to be the No. 5 starter this season who reached double-digit wins for the first time in his career.This is definitely the best Ive ever pitched, the most confident Ive ever been, I think, Hendricks said. Its just been a development all year long, using my other pitches. I used my curveball a lot today, especially toward the end of the game.Anthony Rizzo finished a home run shy of the cycle and reached base five times and Addison Russell had a two-run single in the first off wild Marlins starter Adam Conley (7-6). The lefty walked six, one intentionally, and hit a batter while needing 97 pitches to get through four innings.It just snowballed by falling behind and not being able to execute early, Conley said.Conley, who was 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA in five July outings, needed 65 pitches to get through two innings.But the Cubs stranded nine runners in that span to keep the Marlins close. Then Hendricks drove in Willson Contreras with a grounder through a drawn-in infield off Dustin McGowan in the fifth.Rizzo tripled and scored on Javier Baezs sacrifice fly in the sixth. Rizzo doubled in the first, singled in the eighth, drew a walk and was hit by a pitch in the Cubs ninth shutout.It marked the second time Hendricks came through with a depleted bullpen. He tossed 6 2/3 innings in a June victory at Cincinnati a night after a 15-inning win.Maddon sent out Hendricks for the ninth despite being at 108 pitches.I actually felt really good, said the right-hander, who was working on five days rest. I think the last two or three innings I was making better pitches than I was in the beginning of the game.Hendricks got help in his second complete game this season. Shortstop Rizzo barehanded a slow roller to get Conley with the bases loaded to end the second.Center fielder Jason Heyward and second baseman Baez combined on a relay to throw out Derek Dietrich going for a triple in the fourth.And Contreras threw out Dee Gordon stealing second in the fifth.We just played tremendous Gold Glove defense tonight, Maddon said. We won that game because of our starting pitching and defense.ICHIRO UPDATEMarlins OF Ichiro Suzuki, two hits shy of 3,000, received a standing ovation when he pinch hit in the seventh. Suzuki lined a 1-0 pitch to Kris Bryant at third, leaving him in a 2-for-18 slump. Bryant threw to first for a double play.Manager Don Mattingly hinted Ichiro may not start until Wednesdays series finale against RHP John Lackey. Ichiros 37 hits off Lackey are his most vs. any pitcher.LOSING REAAfter trading injured RHP Colin Rea back to San Diego before the game, Mattingly suggested RHP David Phelps could fill the rotation spot.ENTER SMITHNew Cubs RHP Joe Smith is expected to arrive Tuesday. The veteran reliever was acquired from the Angels before Mondays trade deadline for pitching prospect Jesus Castillo.A sidearm, groundball guy, GM Jed Hoyer said. We dont have that look or that ability.The Cubs also designated LHP Brian Matusz for assignment after his poor start Sunday and recalled RHP Spencer Patton from Triple-A Iowa.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: INF Justin Bour (ankle) had soreness after Sundays minor league rehab game and took Monday off.Cubs: Hoyer declined to predict a return date for OF Jorge Soler (hamstring), batting .115 in eight minor league rehab games.UP NEXTMarlins ace Jose Fernandez (12-5, 2.79 ERA) starts Tuesday night against Cubs RHP Jason Hammel (10-5, 3.23). China Shoes Black Friday . 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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Esmith Pineda smashed a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth inning and Panama beat South Korea 3-2 on Wednesday night for a spot in the international championship game of the Little League World Series.Tomas Sarmiento and Carlos Gonzalez both reached on walks to set the table for Pinedas shot to deep center field to give the team from Aguadulce a 3-2 lead.Seum Kwon led off the top of the sixth by laying down a successful bunt. It was South Koreas first hit of the game. He advanced to second on passed ball and went to third on a wild pitch with two outs but Youbiin Choi grounded out to the shortstop.ddddddddddddIt was the first loss for South Korea in 14 LLWS games. The club from Seoul will face Mexico in an elimination game on Thursday.South Korea scored two runs in the fourth without the benefit of a hit. Jungtaek Ru walked to lead off the inning and had a heads-up play to reach second while the Panama catcher was distracted. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day 6 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, rugby, track cycling, swimming, fencing, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):GYMNASTICSAmerican Simone Biles heads into the womens individual all around starting at 4 p.m. She won the world championships in 2013, 2014 and 2105. Alexandra Raisman, who also shared in the U.S. team gold Tuesday, is in Biles rotation. The two start on the vault.Keep an eye on Biles floor routine: It includes a move she created and which is named for her.American Gabby Douglas is the defending Olympic champion, but will be on the sidelines Thursday.A day earlier, Japans Kohei Uchimura added to his amazing record in the individual all around: He won the worlds in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and was the defending gold medalist.GOLFGolf tees off for the first time at the Olympics since 1904 as the men start their first round play at 7:30 a.m. at Olympic Golf Course . Its a links-style layout stretching 7,128 yards and built in the hopes it can both challenge some of the worlds best in Rio and then grow the game in Brazil.The professionals in Rio include Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler, Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson. But officials here are still hoping a good show offsets the negative publicity that arose as the worlds top four players dropped out because of Zika worries.The first tee shot will be struck by Brazilian Adilson da Silva , who learned to play using tree branches for clubs.SWIMMINGThe gritty and seemingly unbeatable Katie Ledecky is back in the pool, this time to qualify for the 800m freestyle. Fans shouldnt be too worried: Ledecky set the world record in the event in January. Oh, she also set the three prior world records. Heats start at 1:26 p.m.Two days after winning his 20th and 21st golds, Michael Phelps looks to get to another final. At 2:16 p.m. he swims in qualifiers for the 100m butterfly, an event for which he holds the world record. On Wednesday, he cruised through a qualifier for the 200 meter individual medley.Later, the world and Olympic record holding Americans look to qualify for the finals of the 4x100 meter medley relay in heats starting at 3:30 p.m.Medals will be awarded in the womens 200m breaststroke finals, which starts at 10:17 p.m., and in the mens 200m backstroke final, which starts at 10:26 p.m.RUGBYPowerhouse Fiji goes against surprising Japan at 2:30 p.m. and South Africa faces Great Britain at 3 p.m. to get to the 7 p.m. finals.The Americans missed out by one kick Wednesday after New England Patriots player Nate Ebner scored on Fiji with just a minute to go.TABLE TENNISThe gold medal match for mens singles table tennis is at 9:30 p.m. Chinas Ma Long and Zhang Jike are both into the semifinals, and were sure to see how the subtleties of spin dictate the winner.BEACH VOLLEYBALLAt 4:30 p.m., Americans Philip Dalhausser and Nicholas Lucena take on Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy. 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The U.K. anti-doping agency has sent investigators to Kenya to look into allegations that four British athletes used the banned blood-booster EPO in a well-known high-altitude training region, claims that could increase the scope of the problem in the East African nation and show foreign runners are also doping there.The allegations, made using secretly filmed video footage in a joint sting operation by German broadcaster ARD and British newspaper The Sunday Times and published late Saturday and early Sunday, were of grave concern and of significant interest, UKAD CEO Nicole Sapstead said.We have opened an investigation and are taking the necessary steps to corroborate the evidence and investigate it further, Sapstead said in a statement. I can confirm that this evidence is being treated with the utmost importance and urgency, and two members of UKAD staff are currently in Kenya pursuing a number of lines of enquiry.The four British athletes accused of doping with EPO in and around the British teams high-altitude training camp in Iten in western Kenya were not named, although The Sunday Times said it knew the identity of at least one of them and that the athlete was already under suspicion for doping.The two media outlets said three Kenyan men -- two of them doctors at a hospital in Eldoret, another high-altitude running town near Iten -- told them that they had either provided or administered EPO to four British athletes. Two of the Kenyan men implicated by the reports were arrested last week by Kenyan anti-narcotics officers and appeared in court on doping-related charges.Kenya has been under severe scrutiny over the past four years because of a surge in doping cases involving its runners. Kenyas high-altitude training camps are popullar with top distance runners from across the world, raising concerns that foreign athletes could also take advantage of the areas poor doping controls.ddddddddddddARD and The Sunday Times reported they quickly found an EPO supplier in Iten. Using a hidden video camera, ARD and The Sunday Times secretly recorded the supplier saying he could easily provide EPO for around 60 Euros ($66) a dose.The media outlets reported they found empty EPO packaging matching those the supplier offered them, along with used syringes, in a garbage can at Itens nearby High-Altitude Training Center. At the time, a number of European athletes -- British and Turkish -- were in attendance.We strongly suspect doping in this Olympic year, the ARD reporter said.EPO is a hormone that boosts the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells and can therefore increase an athletes endurance. It was the banned substance at the center of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal in cycling.One of the Kenyan men who allegedly provided the EPO to British athletes, identified as Joseph Mwangi, said in the sting that he had supplied the substance to around 50 athletes in all, some of them Kenyan and some foreigners training in Kenya.The allegations appear to reflect the overriding problem in Kenya, where men claiming to be doctors or pharmacists have for years been supplying banned substances for cash. World 1,500-meter champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, who has not been implicated in any doping, said last week that in one case Kenyan authorities had taken no action after a marathon runner banned for doping identified the doctor who supplied him with steroids. ' ' '

LOS ANGELES -- UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen doesnt expect to be bothered by one of the biggest, loudest crowds in college football when the Bruins open their season at Texas A&M on Saturday.Kyle Field can hold 102,733, the fourth-largest capacity of any American stadium. Midnight Yell Practice is a college football tradition, as tens of thousands of fans attend an event the night before games that is equal parts pep rally and instructional seminar on how to make as much noise as possible.But Rosen isnt worried about the No. 16 Bruins ears when they visit the Aggies.I mean, after like 50,000 it all sounds the same -- or doesnt sound the same, because you really dont hear anything, Rosen said. The best example is against Utah (last season). We scored the first drive and it got a lot quieter after that. So if we can open with a statement or get up on them early, then the crowd wont really be a factor.Despite an offseasons worth of focus on his actions away from the field rather than his 3,668 yards passing and 23 touchdowns as a freshman, Rosen was his usual outspoken self on Tuesday when questioned about everything from the touted Texas A&M pass rush to star Aggies wide receiver Christian Kirk to the mustache the sophomore is currently growing.Junior defensive end Myles Garrett is a current favorite to be the first non-quarterback selected in the 2017 NFL draft, having accounted for 24 sacks, 33.5 tackles for loss and five forced fumbles in two seasons. Senior defensive end Daeshon Hall had four sacks and two forced fumbles in last seasons opener against Arizona State, while defensive tackle Daylon Mack had 9.5 tackles for loss as a freshman.Yet Rosen wouldnt arbitrarily rank the Texas A&M defensive line above or below any other he faced last season. He did hint that UCLA plans to go after a run defense that allowed 213.7 yards rushing per game, 107th in the FBS and second-to-last in the SEC.Theyre as good as a lot of teams we played, Rosen said. I think were going to have an advantage or an ability to run the football this year to be able to neutralize that. We think there are a few chinks in their armor that we are going to be able to exploit. They are never as good as they are hyped up to be or never as bad as people say they are, so youve always got to respect the defense, but dont over- or under-respect them.Rosen did profess respect for Kirk, the Scottsdale, Arizona, standout who chose Texas A&M over multiple Pac-12 schools as a recruit and justified his five-star billing as the SEC Newcomer of the Year. Rosen called Kirk a friend from their time together on the summer camp circuit, and he thought UCLA would secure his services.Kirk had 925 yards receiving, six TD catches and two punt returns for touchdowns as a freshman. 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SAN DIEGO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Roberts felt the burn.The San Diego Padres Andy Green felt the future.The first-year managers are in very different places as Los Angeles visits San Diego for a three-game series that starts Tuesday at Petco Park.Were going to be ready to go Tuesday, Roberts promised Sunday, with champagne cascading over smiling face. Once I get my eyes open.Roberts Dodgers sewed up their fourth consecutive National League West title with a 4-3, 10-inning win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. Roberts broke the seal on his managerial career with some bubbly. Those grapes may sting, but they are far from sour.The upbeat Roberts is unlikely to have any sour grapes regarding the lowly Padres.After Roberts served as San Diegos bench coach under Bud Black and then interim manager Pat Murphy last season, the Padres denied Roberts request to interview for their managerial opening during the offseason.Instead, the job went to Green, a former third base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.Roberts landed in Los Angeles (90-66), and lets just say it worked well.His rookie regular season was capped by Charlie Culbersons walk-off homer Sunday in the last game Vin Scully at Dodger Stadium.Meanwhile, the Padres (66-90) are heading for a familiar destination in their sixth straight season of losing baseball. But they have been hitting improving of late.Greens Padres capped an 8-2 second-half mark against the San Francisco Giants with a win on Sunday, one that eliminated the Giants from contention for the NL West crown. The Padres did so while giving a peek at their future, the one loaded with talent that they say just needs some seasoning.The Dodgers may have sewn up another title, but they are not done. They are fighting the Nationals (91-65) for home-field advantage in their National League Divisional Series. Washingtons lead over Los Angeles is down to one game after a 14-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.The Padres arent going anywhere except into an offseason that cant get here soon enough. Yet an infusion of young talent finally reached the major league level last week.Outfielder Manuel Margot revealed his skills on Sunday, lacking only a home run for the second cycle in franchise history.Hes going to be really good, Green said. Hes got a feel to hit even when he wasnt getting hits the first couple of games. You could tell he was going to be getting them in short order. Hes hit every pitch in a relatively short period of time. Comfortable in the box, confident -- hes going to be good.Margot is but one of the core four, along with outfielder Hunter Renfroe, second baseman Carlos Asuaje and catcher Austin Hedges.The San Diego newcomers will oppose Dodgers rookie Jose De Leon (2-0, 5.52 ERA) in the series opener. The 24-year-old right-hander made his major league debut Sept. 4 against the Padres, and he allowed four runs (three earned) over six innings in a win at Dodger Stadium.Green counters with Paul Clemens (3-5, 4.48 ERA). In 14 games (10 starts) for San Diego since arriving from the Miami Marlins, he is 2-5 with a 4.11 ERA.Clemens only two career appearances against the Dodgers came as a reliever in July, and he gave up one run in a total of 2 1/3 innings. Tampa Bay Rays Shirts . PETERSBURG, Fla. Stitched Rays Jerseys .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. 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PRIDDIS, Alberta -- Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Canadian Pacific Womens Open.A week after withdrawing from the Rio Olympics because of a left knee injury, the 20-year-old Thai star played 20 holes Friday at Priddis Greens. She bogeyed the par-5 18th for a 68 in the completion of the delayed first round, then made eight birdies in her bogey-free second round.I just had to rest and take care of my knee, Jutanugarn said. After that, I feel like just play golf. It didnt feel like anything changed.South Koreas In Gee Chun and Northern Irelands Stephanie Meadow were tied for second. Chun closed birdie-eagle for a 67. Meadow had a 69. The former Alabama player had a seven-hole stretch without a par, making three straight birdies, three straight bogeys and a par.Its a rough, little stretch there in the middle, and I just kind of had to pull myself together. Meadow said. I definitely saved myself on the back nine with my short game. It wasnt pretty, but I got it done, and thats what golfs about.Three-time champion Lydia Ko was four strokes back, and Canadian star Brooke Henderson was eight behind.I played pretty solid the last few days, Ko said. Hoped for a few more putts to drop, but its just really tough out there with some pins being tucked and on little slopes. ... Theres still a lot of golf to be played.In the event before the Olympics, Jutanugarn won the Womens British Open for her fourth victory of the year. She won three straight tournaments in May and shares the tour victory lead (four) with the top-ranked Ko.The second-ranked Jutanugarn began the second round with birdies on Nos. 1 and 2, ran off four straight on Nos. 17-2 and added birdies on Nos. 4 and 8 to get to 12 under. Hammering 2-iron and 3-wood off the tee, Jutanugarn hit all 14 fairways in the second round.I dont think its like so good, my game, Jutanugarn said about the tree-lined course. Because to me, its a little bit narrow and I cant hit my driver. But right now, I feel more confident because I can hit my iron on the fairway and my 3-wood on the fairway.She considered skipping the tournament to get another week off.But I feel like Im OK, Jutanugarn said. I wanted to see how Im feeling. But after like Monday, it didnt hurt that much. Today, its getting a lot better.Ko shot a 69, making four straight birdies in the middle of the round.She has won the event three of the past four years, the first two as an amateur. The 19-year-old New Zealander won in 2012 at Vancouver Golf Club at 15 years, 4 months to become the LPGA Tours youngest winner and fifth amateur champion. She successfully defended her title in 2013, winning by five strokes in Edmonton. Last year back at Vancouver as a pro, she beat Stacy Lewis in a playoff.Ko was second in Rio, five strokes behind Inbee Park.South Koreas Sei Young Kim (67), Hyo Joo Kim (67), Mi Jung Hur (69) and Chella Choi (71) matched Ko at 8 under.Henderson dropped a stroke in the completion of a first-round 72 and had a double-bogey on the par-3 eighth -- her 17th -- in a second-round 68. The 18-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ontario, beat Ko in a playoff in June in the KPMG Womens PGA Championship for her first major title and successfully defended her Cambia Portland Classic title in early July.I had massive crowds today, and it was so much fun to play in front of them, Henderson said. I kind of felt their energy, and I got it to minus-6 at one point today and was feeling pretty good. Unfortunately, I had a couple of mistakes coming in.Alena Sharp (70) and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (69) topped the Canadians at 6 under.Its always good to see the Canadian flag on the leaderboard no matter where we are, but definitely this week, Sharp said. I know in the past weve done well as a group, the Canadians, so its nice to see halfway through weve got some people up there. Hopefully we can continue it on the weekend.Sharp shot 68-70 and Leblanc 69-69.Canadian amateur Jaclyn Lee was 5 under after a 70. The Calgary player is a sophomore at Ohio State.These past two days have been really fun, incredible, Lee said. Just a great experience. Its been a bonus on top of that to play well.Lewis was 5 under after a 72. Coming off a tie for fourth in Rio, the 11-time tour champion is winless in 57 starts since June 2014. Michelle Wie made the cut with rounds of 71 and 72. Cheap Jerseys 2020 . The next step is a better finish. 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There was a moment during the Western Bulldogs unhorsing of the emperor Hawthorn at the MCG last weekend that seemed beautifully symbolic. Luke Hodge, Hawthorns ageing warrior was caught out of position but intent on taking his ground back as he confronted Marcus Bontempelli of the Bulldogs, the best young player in the competition, near goal.Bontempelli was not cowed by the moment. He stuck his chest out, held the Hawks skipper off, and took the mark, and it was a night for passing of batons, so it seemed. Of course Hawthorn will be back, on the evidence of recent history, and Hodge will fire a few more shots. But not this year.Meanwhile the Bulldogs continue their improbable run from seventh on the ladder, picking up all the neutrals on their considerable bandwagon, not to mention the unswerving support of their fans, most of whom cannot even remember their last premiership in 1954.Luke Beveridge is at the heart of it as the coach, because the all-too-common organisational charts do not work in footy clubs. The coach should be right at the top, with the president and the chief executive, although at times, we try to pretend otherwise. We like to think that the coach is just about the footy, but we have to remember that the footy is the core business.Beveridge is the best new coach footy has seen in years, possibly since Alastair Clarkson took over at Hawthorn at the end of 2004, and their journeys were not dissimilar. Clarkson had coached a lot, won a premiership in the SANFL, coached in the VFL and worked as an assistant under smart people like Mark Choco Williams at Port Adelaide by the time Ian Dicker and the Hawthorn board appointed him. He had done an MBA and worked as a phys-edder, but he liked coaching. He was a revelation at Hawthorn, as four flags in a decade shows.A good rather than great player, Beveridge retired and went into the corporate world, too, but kept coming back to footy. He coached St Bedes in the amateur competition to three straight flags, he coached in the background at Collingwood, and then at Hawthorn from 2012-2014 under Clarkson, ironically alongside Leon Cameron, now coach of Greater Western Sydney and his direct opponent on Saturday at the Sydney showgrounds. He worked out how to manage groups of people, how to draw them along with him and nurture them.At a footy club, you find a good coach and everything seems to follow. The Bulldogs were scarcely in a great spot when he arrived; the board had reached a mutual agreement with Brendan McCartney to leave after the players turned against him. The reluctant captain and superstar player, Ryan Griffen, had walked. A year on, they are close to a grand final, with only the burgeoning GWS in front of their goal.What is so good about Beveridge? It is the organic improvement of those within, like Liam Picken, who looks like he could play lead guitar for AC/DC and plays just as hard. It is the role players, like Joel Hamling, holding down a key defensive post when hardly anyone knew him a few months ago. It is the enthusiasm and the spirit that has been engendered through a footy club, an infectious vibe.What a wonderful irony that Hawthorn could be brought down in their quest to match the four consecutive flags of Collingwood from 1927-1930 by a team coached by Beveridge, whose grandfather Jack played in the centre for the Magpies in the side that came to be known as The Machine.At the Bulldogs, the coach sets no limits. He is not about honorable defeat; in fact, the motto the players have adopted is: Why not us?No wonder they are everybodys second team right now. Fake Nike Air Max China . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead. Nike Air Max From China . 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It is so early in the season that even the pre-season fumigation in the press-conference room - Delhi is fighting an outbreak of mosquito-infested diseases - was carried out only minutes before New Zealand arrived.All New Zealand have between landing in India and the Test series, to prepare for what has the makings of the biggest challenge in Test cricket today, are a couple of training sessions in Delhi, a three-day game against Mumbai that begins on Friday, and two more training sessions at the venue of the first Test.India are not going to do them any favours either. Not that New Zealand expected any. They didnt expect the track for the three-day game to prepare them for what is in store, and Feroz Shah Kotla is certainly in no mood to surprise them pleasantly. The track for the match against Mumbai, which wont be a first-class fixture and will thus let all 15 have a bat and a bowl, is not quite a greentop but looks nothing like what you will encounter at Indian Test venues.It is what we expected to see here, Ross Taylor said of the grass on the Kotla pitch. This is consistent with what Virat Kohli felt when India gave England barely any spin to face in their warm-up matches before the Tests in 2012-13.We were given flattest of tracks during practice matches in England and Australia, and then suddenly presented with a greentop during the Tests, Kohli had said back then. During practice matches, we would face those 120kmph bowlers … If they [England and Australia] wanted to be fair to us, they could have provided us with same kind of tracks for practice matches, like what were used in Tests. Especially, when they knew that visiting teams get very less time to practise. Now they would be playing on turning tracks and definitely would know where they stand.England played three warm-up matches before the Tests on that tour, but only once, against Haryana, did they get to face genuine spinners. In the other two games, the only spin they faced was delivered by part--timers.dddddddddddd New Zealand, having seen the pitch at the Kotla, didnt look in a mood to complain. We are expecting the wickets to turn, Taylor said at the press conference a day before the warm-up game. We are not expecting the Test wickets to look the way it is looking at Kotla.For New Zealand the warm-up game is more about getting used to the weather, with temperatures in the mid-30s when it is winter back home. A warm-up game is a warm-up game, Taylor said. A chance to get out and play in Indian conditions. Obviously a lot warmer than a couple of days ago back home in New Zealand. Stretch your legs so to speak. We are expecting a tough match against Mumbai tomorrow.Before the reversal in South Africa, New Zealand were the side expected to present the toughest challenge to the hosts in this season of 13 Tests. They still possibly have the best spin resources among the touring teams this season. But the scheduling of the series relegates them to being a bit of a sideshow. They are used to this. When they go to England, they play in May; their last tour to India was in August-September, and this year they are playing back-to-back Test series in off-seasons. It is a fact not lost on them.The last two tours we had here we didnt even have a warm-up game, Taylor said. So its nice to have a warm-up game against a good opposition. Its going to be a hard-fought series over the next three weeks. The boys are looking forward to it.If the warm-up game is just a means to acclimatise yourselves to the heat and if you are expected to adjust from South African conditions to Indian ones suddenly, how do you do it? In the nets, Taylor said. Regardless of whether you are playing on a bouncy green wicket or on a turning wicket, you have got to put yourself under pressure in training and try to simulate as much as possible.Accordingly, one of the members of New Zealands support staff was seen asking the groundsmen to shave off the grass on the nets pitches. The next three days are not just about what goes on in the middle at the Feroz Shah Kotla, but also about how much the ones not on the field can take away from their nets sessions. ' ' '

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Unbeaten Enola Gray romped to a 7 3/4-length victory Friday in the $150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies.Ridden by Tyler Baze for trainer Phil DAmato, Enola Gray ran seven furlongs in a stakes-record 1:21.24. The previous record of 1:21.40 was set by Princess Royalty in 1990.Ive never won a race any easier, Baze said. Shes just unbelievable. Shes so special. Id say the race was probably over by the half-mile pole. She just goes so easy. All Ive got to do is keep her happy. She handles all the rest.Enola Gray paid $2.20, $2.10 and $2.10 for her third career victory.Shes learning to relax in her races and flash a turn of foot, DAmato said. Shes slowly coming around. She showed a new dimension today, she sat off the pace and kicked home and did it the right way. Theres still a lot of room for improvement and development in her. Were just going to take it step by step and see what happens. 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Eagles defenders James Tomkins and Scott Dann struck within the opening 11 minutes and James McArthur and Andros Townsend finished off the rout.Marko Arnautovic picked up a consolation goal for Stoke, but manager Mark Hughes admitted there is significant reason for worry.There is a little bit more concern that there was this time last year because we are shipping too many goals at the moment, the Welshman said. That is incredibly unlike us and it is something that we have got to address immediately because this cant continue. There are things that we have looked at and worked on and we are going to have to get back to doing that again.Things didnt get any better for the Potters with a midweek 2-1 loss to Hull City in the EFL Cup. Hughes lamented his sides lack of luck.I thought we started the game with real intent and were very much to the fore, he said. 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BALTIMORE -- Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson was looking for a spark when he pulled rookie quarterback Cody Kessler in the second half of Thursdays 28-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.I didnt think we were doing some things even in the first half that I thought we could do, Jackson said.The spark did not come through.When he didnt like what he saw from Kessler, he went to Josh McCown on the second possession of the second half and the Browns down 13-7.McCown threw two interceptions, lost a fumble, was sacked three times and the Browns were outscored 22-0 in the second half.The end result gave the Browns an 0-10 record, the worst start in team history. Going back to last season, they have lost a team-record 13 games in a row.If you feel somethings not going the way you wanted it to, Jackson said, then you need to change it.The move was for this game only. Kessler will start when the Browns return Nov. 20 against Pittsburgh.Jackson was well aware he had said three days earlier that he was not playing musical chairs with his quarterback, but he did not feel he was.You can say that all you want, he said. I didnt think we were playing good enough at that position at the that time, so I wanted to do something different. If I had left [Kessler] in there and were still not playing good, thats not good either.In last weeks 35-10 loss to Dallas, Kessler played the entire game. The Browns scored 10 points, had 28 yards in the second half and went 1-for-9 on third down in that loss.Against the Ravens he had a first half touchdown pass, but after a second half opening three-and-out, was 1-for-6 on third down.I wasnt going to sit there and keep watching the plays being missed, Jackson said. 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CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will not play in the teams home opener Thursday night against the Washington Capitals as he continues his recovery from a concussion.Crosby did join his teammates for practice Wednesday after working out vigorously with a trainer and goaltender on an adjacent sheet of ice for more than 30 minutes.Crosby took one line rush wearing a normal jersey and then donned a yellow noncontact jersey, but stayed for the balance of the teams workout and was visibly upbeat during the workout.Im always happy when Im on the ice, Crosby told reporters after the workout. Im always happy. Ive been through this before I dont get too caught up in every little step.Crosby missed the teams preseason game against Columbus on Saturday and it was revealed Monday that he had been diagnosed with a concussion after practice on Friday.Crosby, 29, missed significant time during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons while recovering from post-concussion symptoms. News of his new diagnosis has created a ripple of concern throughout the hockey world.Although he has now skated on consecutive days, Crosby said he knows enough not to try and read too much into it.It can go a lot of different ways, he said. Youre trying to find that range where youre stressing your body and testing it but not putting it in a position where youre going to not feel good. Its a fine line and just trying to make sure I progress.Coach Mike Sullivan was likewise cautiously optimistic about Crosbys appearance with the main group of players on Wednesday. Hes obviously feeling well enough that he wants to jooin the team for practice and get involved in some of the flow drills and thats what we did, Sullivan said.ddddddddddddWell take it step by step and were following the guidance of our medical team and well go from there, but hes certainly making progress and thats encouraging from our standpoint, the coach said.Sullivan did rule Crosby out of the teams first regular-season game Thursday. Before that game the Penguins will raise their 2016 Stanley Cup banner to the rafters of the recently renamed PPG Paints Arena. The coach confirmed that Crosby will have to go through a full-contact practice before he is cleared to play in a regular-season game.Theres obviously a protocol thats mandated that these guys follow, Sullivan said. Part of it is you heighten their heart rates to a certain level, and as they make progress you add the intensity of their workouts and you see how they respond.That makes the most sense, to get him into contact drills and get him back into the intensity of a game-like environment so that when he does go back into the lineup, hes prepared to succeed.Crosby is coming off a superlative 2015-16 season that saw him start slowly with just five points in October but finish with some of the best hockey of his career. He was named playoff MVP in helping the Penguins to a second Stanley Cup during his tenure with the team.Crosby then led Team Canada to an undefeated run at the World Cup of Hockey last month. He led all tournament scorers and was named tournament MVP. ' ' '