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The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed C Jay McClement to a two-year deal worth $3
million. Peyton Manning Womens Jersey . The
29-year-old McClement recorded 10 goals and 17 points in 80 games with the
Colorado Avalanche last season. Through seven NHL seasons, McClement has
recorded 63 goals and 177 points with Colorado and the St. Louis Blues. The
Leafs also signed restricted free agent forward Matt Frattin to a two-year
contract, forward Ryan Hamilton, and G Jussi Rynnas, and D Mike Kostka to
one-year deals. Frattin split the year with the Maple Leafs and Marlies of the
AHL. Frattin played 56 games with the big club, recording eight goals and 15
points. He will make $850,000 per year on a one-way contract. Hamilton played
two games with the Leafs last season, picking up an assist. Rynnas, 25, spent
time in the ECHL and AHL but also played two games with the Leafs in 2011-12.
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difficult road trip, then had to face Justin Verlander when the Kansas City
Royals kicked off a 10-game homestand on Tuesday night. Peyton Manning Youth Jersey . The Washington
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confidence boost and Strasburg responded with another brilliant performance to
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. Matt Mahalak stopped all 35 shots he faced to lead the Whalers over the
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another strong bid to start for the National League in the All-Star game. Von Miller Jersey .ca! Hi All: A number of
things happened in games during the weekend that stimulated questions. Let me
provide you with my take on a few of them. 1) First Adam asks, “Please explain
to me the difference between the stick fouls in the third period of the
Rangers/Capitals game on Saturday.ANAHEIM, Calif. —Now that Zack Greinke has
that long-awaited first victory in a Los Angeles Angels uniform, he sees no
reason why he cant pile up some more and help keep the team in the playoff hunt.
Greinke ended a winless streak of eight consecutive starts going back to his
time with the Milwaukee Brewers, and Albert Pujols backed him with a homer and
four RBIs in a 9-6 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. “Theyve been
playing great behind me, but Ive just pitched bad the last couple of outings. So
it was nice to put up a decent performance,” Greinke said. “I was trying to
establish the fastball, mix in the off-speed stuff every now and then and throw
strikes with everything.” Greinke (1-1) allowed four runs and eight hits in
seven innings, struck out five and walked one. The 2009 AL Cy Young winner, who
came to Los Angeles in a deal with Milwaukee on July 27 for three prospects,
gave up 12 runs in 19 innings over his first three starts for the Angels. He was
9-3 with a 3.44 ERA in 21 starts this season for the Brewers. Erick Aybar also
went deep for the Angels. LaTroy Hawkins inherited a 9-4 lead from Greinke and
gave up a two-run, two-out homer by former Angel Casey Kotchman in the eighth.
Kevin Jepsen got the third out and Ernesto Frieri pitched a perfect ninth for
his 14th save in 15 attempts. Greinke was cruising with a 4-0 lead before
hitting cleanup hitter Carlos Santana on the backside with two out in the
fourth. Teammate Howie Kendrick was hit by Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning,
and plate umpire Phil Cuzzi issued a warning to both benches. “Theres so much
inconsistency with that rule, its sickening,” Cleveland manager Manny Acta said.
“I mean, I think the whole ballpark knew that Kendrick wasnt hit on purpose—
but I think the whole ballpark knew that he hit Santana on purpose. So if the
umpires assume that he hit him on purpose, then whats the ruling? “Now were
going to give a warning so that we cant retaliate? Its not fair,” he added. “I
understand that theyre just trying to cover themselves, but thats not right. The
rule says if youre sure that a guy hit a batter on purpose, you can throw him
out. But youve got to give the other guy a shot to do something about it.”
Before plunking Santana, Greinke had hit only one of 1,010 batters over his
previous 39 starts and 247 innings—Pittsburghs Matt Diaz last Aug. 22. “Ive
hit one guy this year now and have been warned twice,” Greinke said. “I was just
trying to establish other pitches and just pulled that one a little bit. People
seem to think that any time I throw inside, Im hitting guys on purpose. I dont
understand it.” Michael Brantley deposited Greinkes next pitch deep into the
elevated seats in right field for his fifth homer, cutting Cllevelands deficit
to 4-2. Demaryius Thomas Jersey. But the Angels
responded in the bottom half with a leadoff homer by Aybar and a three-run shot
by Pujols, who basically swung one-handed at a 2-2 pitch and sent it on a high
arc into the first row of seats just inside the left field pole. Pujols added a
run-scoring double in the sixth, increasing his RBI total to 82. The three-time
NL MVP had no homers and just five RBIs in his first 27 games with the Angels.
Jimenez (9-12) gave up eight runs and eight hits through four innings, matching
a career worst for earned runs allowed. He is 2-7 with a 5.62 ERA over his last
10 starts, including a 3-0 loss to Angels ace Jered Weaver on July 2 at
Cleveland. Jimenez threw 26 of his 72 pitches during a four-run first, ending an
eight-game stretch in which the Angels failed to score in the opening inning. It
took them just 12 pitches to get five baserunners and three runs before the
right-hander could record his first out. “We know he has a splitty with pretty
good movement, so we just tried to make him get the ball up and not miss those
pitches,” right fielder Torii Hunter said. “He did and we were able to
capitalize on the pitches he left up.” Mike Trout, who has scored a major
league-leading 91 runs in 94 games, doubled and came home on Hunters single.
Kendrys Morales, Mark Trumbo and Chris Iannetta also had RBI singles for the
Angels, who were just 3 for 28 with runners in scoring position during their
previous four games. “Its been a while, but thats baseball,” Hunter said. “We
feel bad about whats been going on. Our team shouldnt be losing the way weve
been losing—not with this ballclub.” Indians right-hander Roberto Hernandez,
who was suspended by Major League baseball for age and identity fraud, has been
added to the Indians 25-man roster and will start Wednesday nights series
finale. Hernandez, formally known as Fausto Carmona, was arrested in January
outside the U.S. consulate in the Dominican Republic while trying to renew his
visa—which he finally was granted on July 21. He returned to Cleveland in
July and has made four minor league starts while serving a three-week
suspension. Hernandez was found to be 31 years old, three years older than his
listed age. NOTES: Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher served the one-game
suspension he received Tuesday from MLB following his nose-to-nose confrontation
with umpire Mike Estabrook, who ejected him for arguing balls and strikes three
batters into Weavers 4-1 loss to Seattle on Sunday. Butcher also was fined an
undisclosed amount. ... The Indians placed RHP Josh Tomlin in the 15-day
disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 13, because of inflammation in his elbow. Its
his third career stint on the DL and second this season, after being sidelined
from May 12-27 with a sore wrist. ’ ’ ’
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