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The Oakland As continue to rule the TSN.ca MLB Power Rankings, taking top spot for the fourth consecutive week, ahead of the Milwaukee Brewer and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, both up one spot. Despite injuries to their pitching staff, the As keep rolling and lead a powerhouse American League West that has three of the top six teams. The Seattle Mariners make the Gillette Move of the Week, up from 12 to six, after winning seven of their last nine games. Pitching has kept the Mariners in the playoff hunt and their 3.26 staff ERA ranks second in the American League, behind only the As. Four straight wins pushes the Minnesota Twins from 23 to 17, and winning four of five results in the New York Mets rising, from 26 to 21. Heading the other way, the Toronto Blue Jays are slumping and have lost second baseman Brett Lawrie to a broken hand, so they slide from two to nine. The Atlanta Braves, home of the slumping Uptons, are down from seven to 15, and the reeling Texas Rangers have crashed from 17 to 26, as injuries decimate a pitching staff that was questionable to begin with. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Nike Air Max Tn Cheap Uk . An unconventional night for Texas-El Paso nearly led to the Miners getting a huge upset. Down by 14 with 2:21 left, the Miners went on a frantic closing spurt that fell just short, and UTEP was beaten by No. Air Max 90 Wholesale Cheap . It was a move of some time in the making. “He hasnt thrown well, clearly some guys are being used more than him right now and the only way to get out of this funk is to pitch,” said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. http://www.fakeairmaxukoutlet.com/best-m...s-cheap-uk.html. Obasi chested the ball past one defender, prodded it past another and then rounded the keeper before scoring from a tight angle in the 16th minute. Seconds after the restart, Obasi set up Klaas Jan Huntelaar for the Dutchmans 11th goal from 13 games this season. Air Max Shop Uk . Wade is posting a short film on his website next week, with a sneak preview scheduled to come out Wednesday. Air Max Wholesale Uk . Malone will become an unrestricted free-agent and as per the collective bargaining agreement, the Lightning will be responsible for two-thirds of the remainder of his contract over twice the length of the rest of the deal.PHOENIX -- Three ugly quarters didnt get Eric Bledsoe down. And his fourth quarter was a beauty. Bledsoe, who missed 10 of his first 11 shots, scored the final 14 points for Phoenix, topping it off with a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds to play to give the Suns an 87-84 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night. Phoenix improved to 2-0 under new coach and ex-Jazz player and assistant coach Jeff Hornacek. Gordon Haywards 3-pointer tied it for Utah at 84 with 22.9 seconds to play. Bledsoe, 4 of 15 from the field, finished with 18 points for the Suns, 17 in the fourth quarter. Miles Plumlee added 13 points and 13 rebounds. Enes Kanter scored 20 points and Hayward had 18 points for Utah. The Suns Goran Dragic played 3 minutes in the third quarter then left because of a right face contusion he sustained in a nasty collision with teammate Markieff Morris late in the first half. Dragic wanted to play but Hornacek pulled him. "He just didnt look right," Hornacek said. Bledsoe made one of two free throws with 30.4 seconds to play, making it 84-81 and giving Utah a chance to tie. The Jazz did just that when Hayward broke free for the 3-pointer. Bledsoe calmly dribbled down the clock then pulled up for his game-winning 3 from the top of the key. "I knew that he was playing me to drive so I was going to wait until the clock got really low to shoot it," Bledsoe said. "... He was daring me to shoot it so you know I was going to shoot it." Hayward confirmed he was worried about Bledsoe driving to the basket. "I tried to sag off him just a tad but he is a little quicker than I am," Hayward said. "He kind of shown he would drive to the basket the whole game but he made a nice pull-up there. It was a tough shot." The Jazz were called for an out-of-bounds violation on their desperation attempt at the finish. Utah coach Tyrone Corbin pointed to his teams 20 turnovers and Phoenixs 24 fast-break points. "And we missed our free throws," he said. "We missed 10 again tonight so weve got to get better at those thingss.dddddddddddd Young guys or whatever, we have to make free throws and we cant turn the ball over." Bledsoe began his run with a three-point play, then hit a 3-pointer and made four free throws, accounting for all the offence in a 10-1 run that put Phoenix ahead 83-80 with 1:34 to play. Hayward made one of two free throws with 35.5 seconds to go to cut the lead to 83-81. Just before Bledsoes run, Utah used a 10-1 fourth-quarter spurt to go up 76-73 on a 19-footer by John Lucas III with 5:25 to play. Hornacek said his team didnt play well. "We didnt have it tonight. We didnt have the energy. They were outhustling us to balls," he said, "but somehow the guys sucked it up in that fourth quarter and ended up pulling it out." Neither team led by more than eight points as both struggled from the field. Utah shot 36.5 per cent, the Suns 37.3 per cent. Utah took its biggest lead at 53-45 on Kanters rebound basket with 8:58 left in the third quarter. Then Dionte Christmas, in his first NBA appearance, scored seven consecutive points on a long 2-pointer, a free throw and a 3-pointer, igniting a 17-3 run that gave Phoenix a 62-56 lead on Morris 19-footer with 2:49 left in the third. Utah outscored the Suns 6-1 the rest of the quarter and trailed 63-62 entering the fourth. Phoenix scored the first five points of the fourth quarter on Christmas layup and Bledsoes three-point play to lead 68-62 with 10:28 to play. Utah came back to tie it at 72 on Alec Burks fast-break layup with 6:20 left. The Suns two point-guard lineup of Bledsoe and Dragic, which accounted for 48 points in Phoenixs season-opening win over Portland on Wednesday, was a combined 6 for 26 from the field. NOTES: As players, Corbin and Hornacek were teammates for two seasons in Phoenix. ... Hornacek stuck with Channing Frye as starting power forward even though Morris, expected to fill that role, was back from a one-game suspension. ... Plumlee is the eighth player to get a double-double in his first two games for the Suns. ... Hornacek used 12 of his 13 players. ' ' '
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