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However this result and lacklustre performance will increase the frustration of supporters, with Chelsea creating few opportunities in a dour game. Wholesale Sports Caps China . The lawsuit was filed last week in Miami federal court against Aroldis Chapman, a left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. The lawsuit claims that Chapman falsely accused Danilo Curbelo Garcia of involvement in human trafficking, leading to his 2008 arrest and conviction in Cuba.One of the Blue Jays best off-season moves was cutting a new Triple A affiliate agreement, leaving Las Vegas and relocating to Buffalo. Not only does that make player call-ups easier and less time consuming, it gives Blue Jays fans the chance to cross the border and see how some of the top prospects are doing firsthand. At least off Opening Day, the move is a bang-up success. The Bisons drew 15,852 fans to Coca-Cola Field, their largest Opening Day crowd since 2004, and the most theyve drawn for a weekday game since 1999. In a wild slugest, Buffalo beat Rochester, Minnesotas Triple A club by a score of 12-7 with the two teams combining for 30 hits. The Jays would-be centrefielder of the future, Anthony Gose went 3-for-4 and knocked in a run hitting out of the number two slot. But Gose also all did something I dont think anyone has ever seen before. Gose made a valiant effort to catch a Redwings homerun. He went up the wall and hit it with such force that he damaged the fence, apparently dislodging a section from its moorings. No problems, Gose got a boost from rightfielder Moises Sierra, climbed over the fence and fixed it before play resumed. What a gamer! Bisons manager Marty Brown and third baseman Andy LaRoche werent around at the finish. They were tossed out late in the game after LaRoche was hit on the wrist by a pitch that the ump ruled was a foul ball. They got the heave-ho for arguing a little to vociferously. The Blue Jays were well represented at the Bisons opener. They had a seven-man contingent on hand for the Opening Ceremonies including Paul Beeston, Alex Anthopoulos, Howard Starkman, Duane Ward and Roberto Alomar, who threw out the first pitch. Interesting note on the Buffalo starting rotation, the average age is 32.6 years old while the average age of the Blue Jays starting five is 31.8 years old. The Bisons five includes Justin Germano (30), Ramon Ortiz (turning 40 next month), Claudio Vargas (34), Dave& Bush (33) and Todd Redmond (27). Wholesale Jerseys. Why so old? Well, the Blue Jays were determined to put a winner in Buffalo, and they also wanted to gather as much veteran pitching experience as possible in case they ran into the kind of injury epidemic they did a year ago with the big club. While were talking Triple "A", catcher Travis DArnaud, the key piece going to the Mets in the R.A Dickey deal, got off to a great start for Las Vegas in their Pacific Coast League season opening win over Sacremento. Batting third for the 51s, DArnaud went 2-for-3 with a walk. Both hits were doubles, he scored four runs and knocked in another one. Weird and wonderful stuff Washington just missed shutting out Miami three straight times to open the season, which would have matched the Major League record set by the 1963, St. Louis Cardinals. The Marlins got their lone run in the second inning of the series finale and lost 6-1. Houston somehow won one game of its opening three-game set at home against Texas, despite striking out 43 times to set a record for the first three games of any season. The Astros were also shut out twice and came within one out of having a perfect game thrown at them by Yu Darvish in their second game of the year. Its still early, but the Angels 3-4 hitters, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton are hitting .091 and .083 after the Halos opening series at Cincinnati, where they dropped two out of three. Great numbers for Bingo, not baseball. For those of you worrying about the Jays (0-2) start, the Yankees were (0-3) to start 1998, and went on to win 114 games and the World Series in a four-game sweep of San Diego. The one thing that should concern you is the health of Brett Lawrie. He may not be back until the end of the month from a rib cage muscle strain, and combined over the first three games, the replacement third basemen Maicer Izturis and Mark DeRosa have made three errors. ' ' '

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Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill pitched six-hit ball for 7 1-3 innings and three relievers got the final five outs for Arizona, which shut out Los Angeles twice in taking two of three. Beckett (0-2) retired Martin Prado on a grounder to short to start the ninth. A.J. Pollock followed with a double to centre field. Beckett ran the count to 3-0 before walking Miguel Montero intentionally. Goldschmidt then singled to right past a diving Mark Ellis at second. "It hit just right in the spot," said Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson. "Those hurt but it felt good for us." Tony Sipp and Brad Ziegler each retired one batter to finish the eighth after Nick Punto singled leading off and advanced on Becketts sacrifice. J.J. Putz (1-0) walked one in the ninth. Beckett, who had struggled at Chase Field throughout his career, allowed six hits and struck out nine over 8 1-3 innings, his longest outing since a complete-game shutout on June 15, 2011, for Boston against Tampa Bay. "If a guy is throwing the ball well through eight innings and hasnt given up a run, I dont care who it is, they earned the right to go back out there," said Beckett, who walked one and threw 72 of 102 pitches for strikes. Beckett entered with a 1-2 record and 5.16 ERA across 22 2-3 innings in Phoenix. "It was a no brainer," said Mattingly, who didnt warm up a reliever until Pollock reached base. "It wasnt even hard. There was no question. It was his game. That was electric today." Cahill struck out four without walking a batter, the first time hes pitched without a walk since September 12, a 3-2 win over the Dodgers. "Sometimes it (a close game) is nice because you get into a kind of a rhythm," Cahill said. "In the dugout I get antsy. I want us to score runs but sometimes I really want to go back ouut there. Sidney Crosby Blue Jersey. Its fun. You always want to face someone whos throwing well so you can see if you can beat them." The Dodgers best scoring chances against Cahill came in the seventh and eighth innings. Adrian Gonzalez doubled off the centre field wall -- his third straight hit and sixth in his past seven plate appearances -- leading off the seventh, Los Angeles first player to reach second base. But Prado caught a looping line drive by Andre Ethier, A.J. Ellis flew out to centre and Cahill induced Luis Cruz into a routine grounder to third to end the inning. In the eighth, Punto singled and was bunted to second by Beckett. Cahill gave way to Sipp, who retired Carl Crawford on a grounder to first, and Ziegler, who forced Mark Ellis into a grounder to third to keep the game scoreless. Arizona fared little better against Beckett, who allowed only Cliff Pennington to advance to third base over the first eight innings. He reached third twice. Pennington singled in the third and doubled in the fifth. "He was in complete control of his pitches, his tempo, his emotion," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "After a while I just got out of the way and let him call his own game." NOTES: Gonzalez finished 3 for 4, the ninth time in his career he has at least three hits in consecutive games. ... Dodgers CF Matt Kemp finished 0 for 4 with three strikeouts to drop his batting average to .174. Kemp has struck out 14 times in 45 at-bats. . Diamondbacks 2B Aaron Hill left the game in the bottom of the fourth after aggravating his sore left hand. Hill was making his first start since he was hit on the left hand Tuesday against Pittsburgh. He drove in a run as a pinch-hitter Saturday and was 0 for 1 against Beckett before he was replaced by Pollock. ... Cahill needed only 93 pitches to get his 22 outs. . Prado started the game in left before moving to second base to replace Hill... . Los Angeles RHP Chad Billingsley, who scattered five hits and allowed one run in six innings against San Diego on Wednesday, faces LHP Eric Stults and the Padres on Monday. ... Arizona RHP Brandon McCarthy brings a 2-0 record against New York into Tuesdays start against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. McCarthy, who is 1-0 in two starts in New York, will face RHP Ivan Nova. ' ' '