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导出博客文章TORONTO - The starting pitcher tossed a brilliant game. Gary Cahill England Jersey . The manager made the correct move going to his bullpen. The Blue Jays lost the game. Whats the saying about best laid plans? All it took was one pitch. The scenario: Blue Jays up 2-0 with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. Marcus Stroman, to that point, had two-hit the White Sox. Only two White Sox hitters, Adam Dunn (three times) and Jose Abreu had reached base off the Toronto starter. Dayan Viciedo was due up as the go ahead run. Manager John Gibbons made the call to the bullpen for Dustin McGowan, his most trusted right-handed reliever not named Casey Janssen. McGowans first pitch was a slider. It was a cement-mixer, as seamheads like to say, in that the slider didnt break. It caught the entirety of the plate. Viciedo was looking for it, stayed back and launched a go-ahead three-run home run into the leftfield seats. There was no doubt where the ball was headed the moment Viciedo made contact. The White Sox led 3-2 and wouldnt cough it up en route to a 4-3 victory. Gibbons, it says here, made the right move going to McGowan. It gave Viciedo a different look. It allowed Stroman to leave the game feeling good about his performance. The result, clearly, was undesirable. The strategy made sense. Still, Gibbons admitted he second-guessed himself. "Yeah, of course," he said. "I mean, if you could do things over you leave him in but my thinking was (Stroman) pitched his butt off, its unchartered territory, you dont want him to lose the game right there. Thats the way it goes. You always look back on things like that. I had a plan. It just didnt work." The Blue Jays bullpen blew its 10th save of the season, which puts it in the middle of the pack. Pittsburghs 14 blown saves rank as the worst in the majors. Torontos number is made less hideous when you factor in that six of the blown saves came in a span of 15 games from mid-April to early May. Yet, after McGowan was tagged with Chicagos third and fourth runs on Saturday, Torontos bullpen ERA climbed to 4.45. Thats fifth-worst in baseball. The late-game meltdown sullied the second consecutive strong start by Stroman, who was coming off an eight-inning, four-hit performance in a win over the Yankees on Monday. "Its tough to deal with but its part of baseball," said Stroman of the Viciedo home run. "I have 100 per cent faith in Dustin to come in and get that out every time. He makes a pitch like he knows he can and were not even having this conversation. I know McGowans going to be right back to it. Im not worried about it. Hes been great for us all year, coming out of the pen, so Im not stressing about it at all." The Jays were held to two runs, a Darin Mastrioanni two-run homer in the fourth, on four hits over seven innings by White Sox ace Chris Sale. He picked up the win to run his record to 7-1. ABREU IMPRESSES BLUE JAYS Jose Bautista was planning to speak to Jose Abreu about taking part in the home run derby, part of the All-Star Game festivities on July 14 in Minneapolis. Manager John Gibbons is impressed with the 27-year-old Cuban rookie, whose 25 home runs tie him with Edwin Encarnacion and the Orioles Nelson Cruz for the most in baseball this season. "A pretty good looking player," said Gibbons. "The numbers speak for themselves. Those kids that come over from Cuba, theyre all pretty damn good so that really shouldnt surprise anybody. They put a lot of money into him for a reason and theyre reaping the benefits right now. Hes got a nice, short, simple swing and hes producing with it." Abreu leads the majors with a .633 slugging percentage. To go with his 25 home runs, he has 16 doubles and a triple, meaning almost 57-percent of Abreus hits have gone for extra bases. John Stones Jersey .B. -- Canadian pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford went from elated to frustrated in the span of a few minutes. Kyle Walker Jersey . Gauteng High Court Judge Dunstan Mlambo ruled Tuesday that South African media houses will be allowed to install three remote controlled cameras in court for the Olympic athletes trial starting next week to capture images that likely will be seen by millions around the world.PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Brandon Devlin and Nick Ritchie each scored twice during Peterboroughs six-goal second period to lead the Petes to an 8-5 victory over the Plymouth Whalers in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday. Anthony Stefano, Stephen Pierog, Stephen Nosad and Eric Cornel got the other Peterborough (2-1-0) goals. Matt Mistele scored twice for the Whalers. Yannick Rathgeb, Danny Vanderwiel and Carter Sandlak rounded out the Plymouth (0-3-0) scoring. Michael Giugovaz made 23 saves for the Petes, while Riley Corbin finished with 32 saves for the Whalers. --- STING 3 SPITFIRES 1 WINDSOR, Ont., -- Taylor Dupuis made 48 saves to help Sarnia to its win over the Spitfires. Bryan Moore opened the scoring in the first period for the Sting (1-1-0), and Jordan Addessi and Nickolas Latta made it 3-0 in the second. Windsors Slater Koekkoek spoiled Dupuis shutout bid at 116:32 of the third period. Trent Alexander-Arnold Jersey. Spitfires (0-2-0) goalie Jordan DeKort allowed all three goals on just six shots before getting the hook 6:50 into the second period. His replacement, Dalen Kuchmey, stopped all 14 shots he faced the rest of the way. --- COLTS 7 ATTACK 5 BARRIE, Ont., -- Brendan Lemieux and Josh MacDonald scored the tying and go-ahead goals 59 seconds apart, as the Colts used a five-goal third period in their win over Owen Sound. Lemieux put the game out of reach with his second goal at 13:33 of the third making it 7-4. Mitchell Theoret also scored twice for Barrie (2-0-0). Jonathan Laser and Tyson Fawcett rounded out the scoring for the Colts. Daniel Milne, Gemel Smith Jeffrey Gilligan, Chris Bigras and Ethan Szypula scored for the Attack (1-1-1). Alex Fotinos made 21 saves for Barrie, and Jack Flinn had 35 stops for Owen Sound. Disocunt Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Throwback Jerseys Cheap NFL Black Jerseys Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap NFL Womens Jerseys ' ' '