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SEOUL, South Korea—Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark cruised into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open on Thursday by beating Caroline Garcia of France, 6-2, 6-3. Brandon Weeden Womens Jersey . Wozniacki will next face Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 7-6 (6). Ekaterina Makarova of Russia also reached the quarterfinals by beating Jamie Hampton of the United States 6-3, 7-5. Varvara Lepchenko of the United States ousted Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4, 6-1. Brandon Weeden Jersey . Tournament organizers approved Tennis South Africas request for the switch and says Canada will stage the matchup from Sept. 14-16. The venue hasnt been decided. Trent Richardson Womens Jersey . The first five games were tightly contested and took 35 minutes to complete, with the American saving seven break points before the top-seeded Tsonga broke back and held for 3-2. http://www.officialclevelandbrownsgear.com/trent-richardson-jerseys . The Jays halted the five-game skid by topping the New York Yankees, 10-7, on Sunday in the finale of a three-game set. Rajai Davis drove in five runs and made a superb defensive play, as Toronto avoided the sweep. Jim Brown Jersey .J. —After waiting as long as anyone to start season, the Atlanta Hawks combined athleticism, depth and a stingy defence to spoil the Nets final home opener in New Jersey and to show everyone they will contend in this lockout-shortened season. Trent Richardson Youth Jersey . Leblanc earned Offensive Player of the Week honors after tying season highs for goals (four), assists (five) and points (nine) to lead Toronto in scoring during its 19-12 loss to Colorado on Saturday. CLEVELAND —Their collapse complete, all the White Sox could do was watch from afar as another team celebrated winning the AL Central. This wasnt their year, but it wasnt supposed to be. Chicagos comeback season came up short. “It hurts,” said designated hitter Adam Dunn. “It stinks, but we have to look in the mirror and realize we did it to ourselves.” Rookie Hector Santiago allowed just one hit in seven shutout innings to keep Chicagos slim hopes alive for a while as the White Sox beat Cleveland 11-0 before they were eliminated from playoff contention when Detroit won the division on Monday night. Santiago (4-1), who began the season as Chicagos closer, struck out a season-high 10 and allowed only Shin-Soo Choos two-out single in the third. With just their third win in 13 games, the second-place White Sox left the field with some hope, but not much. About an hour after the game, Chicago, which stumbled down the stretch after being in first place for 63 straight days, saw its chances vanish as the Tigers won 6-3 in Kansas City. “Its always frustrating, but I told everyone we should walk out of here with our heads held high,” White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. “Nobody thought we would so anything this year, but to be in it until October 1st and have a chance, we did everything we could. We dont have to look back and say we could have done this or we could have done that because at the end of the day, we gave everything we could and did everything we could possibly do. “We were in the position we wanted to be in and it just didnt work out.” The White Sox scored four runs in the sixth off Corey Kluber (2-5), and added six in the ninth— four on Dayan Viciedos first career grand slam to make it 11-0. After lining up and slapping high-fives in the infield, the White Sox headed to their clubhouse aware that the Tigers were already leading the Royals by four runs. There was nothing more Chicago could do. It was out of the White Soxs hands, and they ate their postgame dinners and watched helplessly on TVs in the clubhouse—several were tuned to the Chicago Bears Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys— as the Tigers wrapped up a second straight title. A season of promise under first-year manager Robin Ventura had crumbled completely. “You end up where youre supposed to end up,” Ventura said. “The effort was there. We just came up short.” Santiago and Kluber were locked in a scoreless duel until the sixth, when the White Sox scored four runs on five hits—four coming with two outs. Dewayne Wise bunted safely with one out, and stole second with two outs before Adam Dunn snapped an 0-for-18 slump by lining a base hit to centre. Brandon Weeden Youth Jersey. Kluber then walked Paul Konerko before Alex Rios ripped an RBI double off the left-field wall, scoring Dunn to make it 2-0 and forcing a pitching change. Pierzynski followed with a grounder up the middle off reliever Joe Smith that went off diving second baseman Jason Kipnis glove and into centre field as Konerko scored. Viciedos single then scored Rios to give the White Sox a 4-0 lead and chance to breathe a little easier. Santiago was never threatened by the Indians, who managed just three baserunners off the left-hander. Cleveland did not get a runner to second base off Santiago, who won for the first time in five starts. Dunn added an RBI single in the ninth to make it 6-0. The White Sox didnt seem to be feeling any pressure before the game. Players sat in front of their lockers, tapping away at the screens of their iPads or watching TV as if it was June 1 and not Oct. 1 with their season hanging by a thread. Chicagos players, who had spent 117 total days in first place, seemed resigned to their fate. “If it does become official, its a huge disappointment,” said starter Jake Peavy, who is scheduled to start Tuesdays game. “We feel like we let one slip away. Its extremely frustrating the way things have played out.” It was a monumental collapse for the White Sox, who led the division by three games on Sept. 17. Since then, theyre 4-10 and now have to hope the Royals can somehow sweep three straight from the Tigers. As for the Indians, they dropped to 2-2 under interim manager Sandy Alomar Jr., who hopes to become Clevelands permanent manager. “Itd be great. Itd be awesome,” Alomar said before the game. “I played here many years. Im very proud of this organization. They have treated me great. They brought me back. If its the time, its their choice. If its the time, its time. if not, there will be some other time.” Alomar took over last week when the Indians fired Manny Acta with six games left. Alomar, who served Actas bench coach this season, will likely interview with the Indians by the end of the week. He and former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona are the only candidates confirmed so far by the club, which has tentatively set up a meeting with Francona on Friday. NOTES: Pierzynski has 77 RBIs, matching a career-high. ... With his performance, Santiago helped Chicagos set a club record for strikeouts in a season. The White Sox have fanned 1,225 batters, five more than in 2011. ... Dunn has 220 strikeouts, three away from the major league record set by Mark Reynolds with Arizona in 2009. ... Santiagos 10 strikeouts were the most by a Chicago rookie since Jason Bere, who struck out 12 Angels on Sept. 20, 19093. ’ ’ ’
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