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TORONTO -- Josh Donaldson is heading to the All-Star Game in San Diego but doesnt want to take part in the Home Run Derby. Asics Kayano Mujer Oferta .He and the Blue Jays showed just what fans at Petco Park will be missing with a derby of their own Tuesday night.Donaldson hit two solo home runs, Troy Tulowitzki had a three-run blast and Toronto connected four times to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3.Fresh off being named an AL All-Star reserve, Donaldson went 3 for 4 and scored four runs while the Blue Jays won their fourth straight.Im happy I made the All-Star team, Donaldson said. Im happy for the guys who are the starters and Im glad to be a part of the whole scene.Donaldson has scored 77 runs, a franchise record for runs before the All-Star break. Carlos Delgado had 76 in 2003.All four Toronto homers came off Royals right-hander Chris Young, who matched Runelvys Hernandezs team record by allowing at least one home run in 13 consecutive starts. Hernandez did it from October 2005 to August 2006.Young (2-8) has surrendered a major league-worst 26 home runs this season.Torontos R.A. Dickey (6-9) allowed two runs, none earned, and four hits in seven innings to win for the first time in nine home starts this season. The knuckleballer came in 0-6 with a 5.14 ERA at home.On a humid evening with a light breeze, Dickey said conditions were ideal for his dancing pitch.I had a good release point for it, I was changing speeds with it and it was in the strike zone, Dickey said. I was filling up the strike zone the first few innings.Royals manager Ned Yost said Dickeys knuckleball was as good as weve ever seen it.Kansas City lost for the fourth time in five games and dropped to 16-29 on the road.Donaldson connected in the first inning and went back-to-back with Ezequiel Carrera in the third. It marked the eighth multihomer game of Donaldsons career and the fifth time this season the Blue Jays have hit consecutive homers.Three batters later, Tulowitzki chased Young with his seventh homer in 15 games since returning from the disabled list.It was the 34th time in team history that the Blue Jays have hit three home runs in an inning. They last did it May 7, 2014, against Philadelphia.Fellow All-Star Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI, raising his ML-leading total to 77.Up and down the lineup, everybody is doing a good job, manager John Gibbons said.Young allowed six runs and seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Winless in nine starts, Young described his season as beyond frustrating.My body feels good, its just the results havent been there, he said. Its a frustrating feeling. I feel like Ive let the team down and its horrible.Kansas Citys Cheslor Cuthbert hit a two run homer off Dickey and finished with three RBI.STARRING ROLESRoyals 1B Eric Hosmer and C Salvador Perez will start the All-Star Game for the AL. RHPs Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera were selected to the pitching staff but Davis (forearm) will miss the game because of injury. Torontos selections include Donaldson, Encarnacion and RHP Marco Estrada. OF Michael Saunders is one of five candidates for the Final Vote competition.DAMAGE CONTROLTwenty of the 26 home runs hit off Young have been solo shots.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: Davis was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 1. The Royals selected RHP Brooks Pounders from Triple-A Omaha and designated LHP Tyler Olson for assignment.Blue Jays: OF Jose Bautista (turf toe) is no longer wearing a walking boot. Thats progress, as long as he doesnt stub it, joked manager John Gibbons. There is no timetable for Bautistas return. ... Estrada (back) is feeling better but could be get one or two extra days of rest before his next start. RHP Drew Hutchison would like start for Toronto if Estrada cannot pitch Thursday against Detroit.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Ian Kennedy (6-7, 4.04) starts Wednesdays series finale. Kennedy has allowed 20 home runs, including one in each of his past six starts.Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman (6-4, 5.08) allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings against Cleveland in his most recent start after allowing 38 earned runs in his previous eight outings. Asics Gel Kayano 21 . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. Puma Rihanna Negra . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . http://www.rihannacreeperpuma.es/asics-gel-nimbus-17-oferta.html . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee must stop opponents from running wild to stay in the Southeastern Conference title race.The 18th-ranked Volunteers (5-2, 2-2 SEC) are giving up 5.1 yards per carry and 215.3 yards rushing per game. They rank 105th out of 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in run defense and have looked particularly vulnerable during their current two-game skid.No. 9 Texas A&M rushed for 353 yards and No. 1 Alabama ran for 409 yards against Tennessee. The Vols allowed over 7 yards per carry in the 45-38 double-overtime loss to Texas A&M and yielded 8.5 yards per rush while falling 49-10 to Alabama .Thats been a point of emphasis -- stopping the run for the rest of the season, defensive tackle Kendal Vickers said. We know were capable of it. Weve just got to go out and execute.Tennessee has a chance to correct its issues on run defense Saturday at South Carolina (3-4, 1-4).South Carolina averages 106.9 yards rushing per game and 3.28 yards per carry to rank last in the SEC and 122nd nationally in both categories.The Gamecocks had 194 yards rushing and 201 yards passing last week in a 34-28 victory over Massachusetts . South Carolina coach Will Muschamp emphasized the need to avoid obvious passing situations Saturday that would enable Tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett to wreak havoc.I think you always have to stay balanced, especially with a guy like Barnett, Muschamp said. He can change the game. We have to account for him in everything.When you stay balanced, it is very difficult on a defense because, you are sitting there thinking in your mind, `OK, I want to run a pass pressure and run an overload. Well, if they run it the other way weve got a problem. Thats why to me it is so important to be balanced in what you do.While South Carolina must watch out for Barnett, Tennessee must be careful to avoid allowing the big runs that have haunted this defense.Tennessee has given up six carries of at least 37 yards this season, with five of thosse long runs coming in the Vols last two games. Puma By Rihanna. Last year, Tennessee yielded six runs from scrimmage of at least 37 yards all season.In its last two games, Tennessee gave up an 85-yard run to Alabamas Bo Scarbrough and a 71-yard carry to Texas A&Ms Trayveon Williams, though the Williams carry ended in a fumble and touchback. The longest run from scrimmage Tennessee allowed last season was a 66-yarder by Georgias Sony Michel.Explosive plays to me in the run game are runs of 12 or 15 (yards) or more, Tennessee defensive coordinator Bob Shoop said. Ours arent 12 or 15 right now, theyre 25 or 30. Thats something weve got to get corrected, whether its pursuit of the football, whether its tackling or things like that.Injuries and off-field issues have hampered Tennessees front seven on defense and limited its cohesiveness.Defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie tore his pectoral muscle against Alabama, sidelining him for the rest of the season. Defensive tackle Danny OBrien was dismissed from the team two days after the Texas A&M game. Linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, the teams leading tackler last year, played just four games before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery.Linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. has played in just two games due to a high ankle sprain, though he is expected to return this week.Injuries arent solely to blame for Tennessees inability to stop the run. Players and coaches also have cited inconsistency, mental errors and miscommunication among other things.Tennessee didnt play last week, giving the Vols extra time to work out those issues.No matter what individuals are on the football field, you need to play together as one, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said.---AP Sports Writer Pete Iacobelli in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.---Online:More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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