SEATTLE - Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano has received permission from the club to play winter ball games in his native Dominican Republic.
Gorgui Dieng Timberwolves Jersey .Cano plans to play for Estrellas Orientales before joining Seattle at spring training in
Peoria, Arizona, next month. Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said Cano
approached the team, which granted him permission to play in a limited amount of
games.Zduriencik says Cano reports his broken right pinkie toe is fully healed
and he wants to get on a baseball field to test it before reporting for spring
training.In November, Cano broke the toe during the Major League Baseball
All-Stars tour of Japan when he was hit by a pitch on the right foot.In his
first season of a $240 million, 10-year contract, Cano batted .314 with 14
homers and 82 RBIs.
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with a power-play goal 1:03 into the second. Sweden cut the lead in half when
Daniel Muzito Bagenda scored a power-play goal at 10:57 of the second.
Swingman Tyus Jones Jersey . He was signed to help with depth to the receiving corps because of the loss of Shamawd Chambers
to the 6-game injured list.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Less than two months into his
career, Jose Abreu is already the guy the Chicago White Sox want at the plate
when the game is on the line. Abreu hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning,
and the White Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the
Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. "We realize what he is and how important he is
to us," manager Robin Ventura said. "When you get in situations like that youre
pretty glad hes up there. Thats what he means to us. You always feel like youre
in a good spot if hes up there with guys on." Gordon Beckham homered on the
first pitch of the game for the White Sox, who rallied against Oaklands bullpen
to end a seven-game losing streak at the Coliseum. John Jaso and Josh Donaldson
hit solo homers off Andre Rienzo for the Athletics, who were in line for a
season-best seventh straight victory before the bullpen meltdown in the eighth
cost Tommy Milone a chance at a win. Beckham and Conor Gillaspie started the
rally with one-out singles against Fernando Abad (0-1), and Abreu greeted
Luke Gregerson with a no-doubt drive to left field for his 15th home run of the
season. "He has ridiculous power," Gillaspie said. "When he gets the ball up in
the air like that its going to be tough for it not to leave. Hats off to him.
The guy made a mistake and he took advantage of it." Abreu, a rookie slugger
from Cuba, is the fourth player in major league history to hit 15 homers in his
first 42 games, joining Wally Berger, Kevin Maas and Wally Joyner. "I got the
opportunity to hit a good pitch," Abreu said through an interpreter. "All I was
doing was trying to hit a ball in the air to bring the guy from third base. But
I was able to get a good swing and a good pitch to hit." Gregerson was trying to
make Abreu chase a pitch out of the strike zone but caught too much of the plate
instead. "You try to make him fish, which he definitely dooes," Gregerson said.
Zach LaVine Timberwolves Jersey. "I dont think it was really a bad pitch. It was just something he was ready for. He was
looking for it. Weve been doing it to him the whole series, pound him in. It
just stayed up a little too much. Any other day it could be a ground out to
third base, we get a double play." Ronald Belisario (2-3) got four outs for the
win and Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth for his sixth save in nine chances.
Milone was in danger of losing his spot in the rotation before pitching eight
scoreless innings against Washington last Friday. He followed that up with
another strong performance, allowing one run and five hits in six innings. But
he ended up with a no-decision because of Chicagos late rally. The bullpen has
been the one spotty area so far for the As, with eight of the teams 16 losses
being credited to the relievers. The teams traded leadoff home runs, with
Beckham going deep for his second career leadoff homer and Jaso answering with a
drive on a 2-0 pitch from Rienzo for his third. Oakland went ahead when
Donaldson led off the fourth with his ninth homer, a day after get his first day
off of the season. But those were the only hits the As could manage in 6 1-3
innings against Rienzo. Milone got some help from his defence in the fifth. A
perfectly executed relay from Yoenis Cespedes to Eric Sogard to Derek Norris
caught Beckham trying to score from first on Gillaspies two-out double off the
left-field wall. NOTES: The last time both teams led off the game with homers
was Aug. 13, 2013, when Seattles Brad Miller and Tampa Bays Ben Zobrist did it.
... Beckham became the first White Sox player to homer on the first pitch since
Ray Durham did it twice in 2000. ... Oakland OF Coco Crisp missed his seventh
straight game with a strained neck but could return Friday. ... Both teams are
off Thursday. Chicago starts a three-game series in Houston on Friday, while the
As open a nine-game road trip in Cleveland.
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