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LOS ANGELES -- Nothing was routine for Bud Norris in his first start for the Dodgers. Nike Air Huarache Drift Premium . New time zone. New uniform. Being penciled into Clayton Kershaws place in the Los Angeles rotation.It all added up to a whirlwind experience.Norris pitched six strong innings while filling in for the injured Kershaw, leading the Dodgers to a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.I didnt know what to expect. I just went out there and tried to put up as many zeros as I could, said Norris, who arrived at Dodger Stadium four hours before the game. I would like to pitch deeper into games but it was a short week for me, no pen, the travel.Norris was told by the Braves he was traded to Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, caught a plane that night, and got just a few hours of sleep after reaching Los Angeles. After a quick meal and a nap, it was off to the ballpark and a new uniform.I got traded to Baltimore and I changed dugouts, thats how quick it was for me last time so its kind of a whirlwind thing, Norris said. Ive just got to be ready to pitch.Norris (4-7) overpowered Colorado from the start, striking out seven of the first 14 hitters.I was expecting more balls in play on the ground, but hes still got velocity, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. He was staying ahead of guys tonight. Ive seen him really good and tonight it was evident.The right-hander held the Rockies to a single and a double, and finished with eight strikeouts, pitching for a team he grew up rooting against. Raised north of San Francisco, Norris said, Im a Bay Area kid. This is going to kill my dad.Colorado got a runner to second only twice against Norris. The closest the Rockies came to scoring against him may have been a fifth-inning fly ball hit by Brandon Barnes that Dodgers center fielder Trace Thompson caught at shoulder level against the wall to end the inning.We had a hard time getting anything going against him, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. He was in complete control for sure. The cutter, slider, whatever you want to call it, was a good pitch for him. The velocity is still there. He was running it up to 96 at times. He did a nice job.Adam Liberatore, Louis Coleman, Joe Blanton and Pedro Baez completed the shutout as the Dodgers won their third straight. Adrian Gonzalez added a pair of run-scoring singles, reaching safely for the 11th time in 14 games.Roberts decided to pinch-hit for Yasiel Puig in the eighth, one inning after Puig was thrown out at home by Brandon Barnes when he tried to score on a fly ball hit by Thompson.Yasiel has something going on with his trap when he slide in at home tonight, Roberts said. Hell be out there tomorrow, but the way the game was going it was his left shoulder and I wanted to get him out of there.Jorge de la Rosa (5-5) gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings, and snapped a personal four-game winning streak.In his last five starts with the Braves, Norris went 2-1 with a 2.15 ERA, striking out 29 in 29 1/3 innings.Gonzalezs one-out RBI single in the fourth gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead.The Dodgers scored in the seventh on a balk called on de la Rosa.Gonzalez had added another RBI single in the Dodgers three-run eighth, with Howie Kendrick and Scott Van Slyke driving in the other two runs.Kershaw was officially placed on the DL before the game with mild disc herniation in his back, and was reported to be feeling considerably better after undergoing an epidural the previous day.HITTING STREAKSDodgers SS Corey Seager and Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado brought the National Leagues two longest hitting streaks into the game. Seager extended his streak to 14 games with a single in the fourth inning, and also had a single in the eighth. Arenado had his streak end at 12, going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: Neither 2B DJ LeMahieu nor SS Trevor Story -- the Rockies starting middle infield -- were in the lineup, but were available to pinch-hit, Weiss said. ... Rockies closer Jake McGee, out since June 10, could be activated from the disabled list on Saturday. McGee converted 14 of 17 save opportunities before being sidelined with left knee inflammation.Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy will make his 2016 debut for the Dodgers on Sunday, his first start in 14 months. McCarthy last pitched in a major-league game on April 25, 2015. Five days later he underwent surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. ... OF Joc Pederson, who received a cortisone shot on Friday in his injured shoulder, was also placed on the DL before the game, giving the Dodgers a major league-leading 19 players to be placed on the disabled list this season.NEXT UPRockies: RHP Chad Bettis (6-5, 5.84) makes his seventh appearance -- and fourth start -- against the Dodgers. He is 0-0 with a 4.58 ERA against them.Dodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir (6-3, 4.67) is unbeaten in his last nine starts, going 4-0 with a 4.03 ERA since May 14. Uomo Nike Air Max Plus TN Ultra Bianche AQ0242-100 . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Donne|Uomo Nike Air Max TN Plus Ultra Nere/Rosse 881560-432 .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.airmaxshopitalia.it/air-max-270-scontate/air-max-270-donne.html ;. Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. He was given 29 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct. But Emery did not face even a disciplinary hearing with NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan because rules 46.Sunderlands late comeback at Liverpool can give them a new belief as they fight relegation, according to their manager. Sam Allardyces side were 2-0 down having created little of note in 82 minutes, but Adam Johnsons free-kick and a last-minute Jermain Defoe goal rescued a point.Sunderland remain in the bottom three, four points from safety, but Allardyce hopes their route to a result at Anfield can spark a change in character among the players. I didnt see it coming, he told Sky Sports after the game. The players not laying down and dying was very important for them today - so many times weve been away from home and not come back in circumstances like this.I would hope it gives them more belief about how to conduct themselves for 95 minutes - keep the shape, keep trying to do the right things and if they get a break try to take advantage.Our first break was the goal from Adam Johnson which sent a huge shudder of nerves across Anfield. Allardyce dishes out instructions from the Anfield touchline And because weve got such a fantastic goalscorer in Jermain Defoe, and because we started playing better with the ball and presented him with an opportunity a goalscorer got us back in the game. Air Max 270 Uomo. Hopefully down the line hes going to put the ball in the net to win us a game rather than draw it, but for us its a really big point.Recent arrivals Jan Kirchhoff, Wahbi Khazri, Lamine Kone and Dame NDoye all played a part on Merseyside, and Allardyce said: I think theyre okay - theyve come in a difficult period and made the squad better. Also See: Sunderland video Sunderland fixtures Sunderland stats Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free Cheap MLB Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping cheap nfl jerseys Cheap Jerseys USA China Jerseys Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys For Sale Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys ' ' '