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MIAMI —It was a homecoming to remember for Yasmani Grandal and Yonder Alonso.
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grew up in Miami, played at the University of Miami and had plenty of supporters
to see them help the San Diego Padres earn a 7-2 win over the Miami Marlins on
Friday night. Grandal hit a bases-clearing triple and Alonso drove in two runs.
“Good for those guys, probably took a little weight off of their shoulders
coming back to Miami,” Padres manager Bud Black said. “Im sure they left a lot
of tickets and to get a couple big hits, a couple RBIs, and have us win made a
lot of people here happy.” Grandal estimated he had over 150 friends and family
in attendance. Alonso had a suite full of 30 supporters. “Tomorrow there will be
more, so hopefully Ill get more cheers than Yasmani did,” Alonso said. Padres
starter Kip Wells (2-3) allowed two runs in six innings. Carlos Zambrano (5-9)
allowed five runs—four earned—and three hits in five innings as the
slumping Marlins lost for the eighth time in nine games. “They only scored in
two innings and that was enough,” Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said. “Those two
innings are what killed us. Its not as if they came out and scored every inning.
I wonder what happened to Carlos tonight. It was too quick.” Jose Reyes hit an
RBI triple, and Carlos Lee drove him in with a hit to stake the Marlins to a 2-0
lead in the fourth inning, but they couldnt add to it. Wells pitched out of a
bases-loaded jam in the fifth, getting Lee to ground out to end the inning. “The
momentum swung back to us there,” Black said. “You could tell that the Marlins
were a little bit dejected after that.” San Diego responded in the top of the
sixth by scoring five runs to turn the game around. Zambrano had allowed just
one hit in the first five innings, but Logan Forsythe led off the sixth with a
double, and Jesus Guzman reached on an error by second baseman Emilio Bonifacio.
Then, Zambrano issued back-to-back walks, including Carlos Quentin with the
bases loaded. “Ive been in this game a long time, nothing upsets me more than a
walk,” Zambrano said. Grandal followed and smacked a triple—his first of the
season—over the head of centre fielder Justin Ruggiano to make it 4-2 and
chase Zambrano. “It looked like it was going straight, (Ruggiano) had a good
jump on it, but either way I was going to tie the game so I was happy with it,”
Grandal said. “As soon as I looked up the ball kind of started fading away from
him. The line he was going, obviously he wasnt going to catch it so immediately
my first thought was three.” Alonso followed with an RBI single off Chad Gaudin
to break an 0-for-21 slump. “Just one at-bat away from breaking it, one pitch
away, one swing away,” Alonso said. The Padres sent 11 batters to the plate in
the inning and scored five runs on four hits and three walks. Alonso added
another RBI single in the seventh before Cameron Maybins RBI double gave the
Padres a 7-2 lead. NOTES: Responding to recent trades made by the Marlins, Miami
manager Ozzie Guillen said: “I dont know if people really know (owner Jeffrey)
Loria (and the front office), but theyre cocky, arrogant, and want to win. The
manager is cocky and arrogant, he wants to win. I know theyre going to put
something together here, I know. We have to do the right thing, make the right
moves, think about what were going to do and build those guys up to have a
winning attitude. Were doing that right now.” ... Bonifacio was caught stealing
for just the third time in 29 chances when Grandal threw him out trying to steal
second in the first inning. ... Alonso and Grandal played one season together at
Miami in 2008 and advanced to the College World Series. ... Padres LHP
Joe Thatcher was unavailable due to a sore left knee. He is day to day. ... RHP
Nathan Eovaldi (1-6, 4.15 ERA) will make his Marlins debut on Saturday after
being traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Hanley Ramirez deal. Eovaldi
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. On Monday, the Cubs lost their 83rd game of the season, one day after
guaranteeing their first losing three-peat since 1990-92. The Nationals hung on
for a 2-1 victory. In many ways, it was a typical Cubs loss. Aaron Hernandez Jersey . The MLS club,
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that Mitchell, an all-star with the Lions in 2011, signed with the Dolphins
after a workout with the team last month. As for Thigpen, news of his possible
signing south of the border was broken by his Ticats teammate Jeremy Kelley on
Twitter.PERTH, Australia—Australia prop Ben Alexander says the Wallabies are
feeling Robbie Deans pain. And they are hoping to help improve their coachs job
security with a win in Saturdays Rugby Championship match against South Africa.
The Wallabies are in last place in the four-nation tournament after consecutive
losses to World Cup champion New Zealand, including a 22-0 defeat two weeks ago
in Auckland which ensured Australia would lose the Bledisloe Cup for a 10th
consecutive series. That also resulted in renewed speculation about New
Zealander Deans future as coach. “That criticism of Robbie, it hurts us too
because its how we played and a reflection of us and how we represented our
country, and we didnt do a great job,” Alexander said. “We feel a
responsibility.” Alexander said the Wallabies have been taught some difficult
lessons by the All Blacks this season but are determined to give Australian
supporters a revitalized performance against the Springboks. “We got stood up by
the best side in the world and weve copped that on the chin and weve looked back
and they exposed us everywhere,” Alexander told Australian Associated Press.
“Now we get a chance to right those wrongs.” Australia has won its past four
matches against the Springboks, including the narrow 11-9 result in the World
Cup quarterfinals last October in New Zealand. But the visitors have a 3-2
advantage with one draw from their six games against the Wallabies in Perth, no
doubt helped by the large South African expatriate community in the Western
Australian state capital and the closer proximity to home. Springboks scrumhalf
Ruan Pienaar says hes wary of frustrated Wallabies captain Will Genia. Genia was
shut down by the All Blacks in Australias loss at Eden Park and was
yellow-carded in the first half for an uncharacteristic moment of
ill-discipline. In the Rugby Championship opener in Sydney, Genias dangerous
running game was also well contained by the All Blacks. Pienaar has been
recalled to the Springboks starting lineup for the first time in 2012, pushing
Francois Hougaard to the wing. “Wills probably the most important guy in the
Australian side so its a big challenge for me, but I think thats why you play
rugby, to play against the best guys and hopefully I can do a proper job,”
Pienaar said. “For me hes probably the best (No.) 9 in world rugby for a couple
of seasons now and hes a player who can create something out of nothing.”
Raising the stakes for the Perth test is the fact South Africa only salvaged a
16-16 draw at Argentina with a charge-down try after winning the opening matchh
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Australian team will be keen to do well and we didnt get what we wanted out of
those two Argentina games … so its going to be an interesting game and a tough
game,” Pienaar said. South Africa will assume Australias No. 2 world ranking if
its ends its losing streak against the Wallabies on Saturday. On Thursday,
hooker Stephen Moore was ruled out of Australias starting lineup with a right
hamstring injury. Moore, who had been set to surpass Jeremy Paul as Australias
most capped hooker by appearing in his 73rd test, was withdrawn from the
starting side after sustaining a low-grade hamstring strain in practice. Moore
was replaced in the starting XV by Tatafu Polota Nau, who had previously been
listed on the bench. Queensland Reds hooker Saia Faingaa, who appeared off the
bench in Australias most recent test in Auckland after Polota Nau was ruled out,
is back in the reserves. In earlier team changes, Kurtley Beale was recalled and
flying Queensland Reds winger Dom Shipperley was selected for his debut in a
reshuffled Australia backline. Beale was dropped after the series-opening loss
to New Zealand after making a rash of errors in Sydney, but went on as a
replacement in the Auckland loss. His return at fullback pushes Adam
Ashley-Cooper to outside centre, replacing Rob Horne, while Shipperley slots
onto the wing as a replacement for the injured Drew Mitchell. In the forwards,
Radike Samo was named at No. 8 to start a test for the first time this season at
the expense of Scott Higginbotham, who was dropped to the bench. For South
Africa, Duane Vermeulen will make his test debut at No. 8 in one of five changes
after its draw against Argentina. Two of South Africas five changes were
positional, with Hogaard moving from scrumhalf to left wing and Willem Alberts
switching to flanker to accommodate Vermeulen. ———Lineups: Australia:
Kurtley Beale, Dom Shipperley, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Digby Ioane,
Quade Cooper, Will Genia (captain); Radike Samo, Michael Hooper, Dave Dennis,
Nathan Sharpe, Sitaleki Timani, Ben Alexander, Tatafu Polota Nau, Benn Robinson.
Reserves: Saia Faingaa, James Slipper, Scott Higginbotham, Liam Gill, Nick
Phipps, Mike Harris, Anthony Faingaa. South Africa: Zane Kirchner, Bryan Habana,
Jean de Villiers (captain), Frans Steyn, Francois Hougaard, Morne Steyn, Ruan
Pienaar; Duane Vermeulen, Willem Alberts, Marcell Coetzee, Juandre Kruger, Eben
Etzebeth, Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Tendai Mtawarira. Reserves: Tiaan
Liebenberg, Pat Cilliers, Flip van der Merwe, Francois Louw, Johan Goosen, Pat
Lambie, Lwazi Mvovo. ’ ’ ’
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