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• BOSTON -- Different game, similar first inning for Josh Beckett. Wholesale Jerseys . The Red Sox starter has been plagued most of the season by rocky first innings and it wasnt any different in Bostons 5-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. He struck out the first batter, Anthony Gose, on a 93 mph fastball. Then Colby Rasmus tripled off the base of the wall in right field and scored when he beat third baseman Will Middlebrooks throw on Edwin Encarnacions grounder by slipping his hand ahead of catcher Kelly Shoppachs tag. "I cant control that," Beckett said. "Will made an aggressive play." J.P. Arencibia added an RBI single, making it 2-0. Becketts ERA in the first inning of games this season climbed to 10.69 and is 3.38 combined in all others. "Josh is a fighter. Hes going to go out there and give us everything hes got every time," Middlebrooks said. In the second, Rasmus made it 4-0 with a two-run double into the gap in left-centre. Beckett retired seven straight before the Blue Jays tacked on a run in the fifth on Adam Linds RBI single. A spattering of boos rained down on Beckett. Encarnacion reached second after Middlebrooks threw his infield hit into Bostons dugout for an error before Linds hit. "I thought he had good stuff all night. He got a ground ball to third and we didnt get an out on it," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said. "He made a couple of bad pitches in the first couple of innings and they scored four runs. But, he had pretty good stuff tonight." Beckett (5-8) gave up five runs -- four earned -- and seven hits, striking out seven and walking three. Aaron Laffey pitched seven shutout innings for the Blue Jays. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Toronto, and was just its sixth in its last 15 games. Laffey (2-1) scattered eight singles and worked out of trouble in the third and seventh innings. He struck out four and didnt walk a batter. The 27-old left-hander is with the fourth team of his career. He was up with Toronto in April and May, but never appeared in a game before being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on June 11. "He was just hitting spots and keeping the ball down," Middlebrooks said. "When you keep the ball away and keep it on the black down at the knees, its hard to do much with it." Darren Oliver and Casey Janssen each pitched one inning for the Blue Jays. Unlike Thursday, when Boston was held scoreless until pulling out a win in the ninth, there wasnt much drama as the Red Sox scored their only run on Mike Aviles fielders choice grounder with one out in the ninth. Laffey had runners on first and second in the third, but got the next two hitters to fly out. In the seventh, the Red Sox had the first two batters reach with singles. Rasmus drove in two runs and Lind added two hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays. NOTES: The Blue Jays recalled OF Travis Snider from Triple-A Las Vegas before the game and optioned RHP David Carpenter, acquired in the 10-player trade with Houston earlier Friday, to Triple-A. "For the time being hell get most of the reps in left," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said of Snider. ... Valentine had a nice pregame line when asked if there was any concern of injuries in walkoff celebrations after the Red Sox beat Chicago in their final at-bat Thursday night. "The more practice you have at celebrations, the better you get at it," he said. ... Red Sox RHP Andrew Bailey, who has not pitched this season as he recovers from right thumb surgery, threw off a mound Friday. Valentine said he may pitch a short batting practice in Texas on Wednesday. ... Farrell said Brandon Lyon and J.A. Happ, acquired from Houston in the trade Friday, should be with the team Saturday. Wholesale NFL T-Shirts . Among the list of his many achievements is no mention of his 21st NHL season, the one that was never played because of the 2004-05 lockout. With the sport back in another dark period brought on by another labour dispute, Sakic reflected on the year that never was on the day he took his place among hockeys greats. Wholesale Jerseys For Cheap . -- The Miami Heat said Friday the franchise didnt agree with the one-game suspension given to Dwyane Wade for making contact with Charlottes Ramon Sessions earlier this week. http://herownblog.com/jerseys-wholesale.html . McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualified third and fourth at Buddh International Circuit, ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Alonso trails Vettel by six points in the drivers championship. Vettel is primed for a fourth consecutive win as he chases a third straight F1 title; something only previously achieved by Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. Wholesale NFL Hats . When an ankle injury kept him out of Portugals first two European Championship qualifying games, the team drew at home against Cyprus and lost to Norway. Wholesale Jerseys Paypal . The All-Star point guard wanted to encourage his teammates, but his off-balance layup capping a dominant fourth quarter was inspiration enough. Parker had 22 points and eight assists to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 103-88 on Saturday night.ANTALYA, Turkey -- Canada was in seventh place when third-round play was suspended due to darkness Saturday at the World Amateur Team Championship. Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., Albin Choi of Toronto and Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., were 10-under, 14 shots back of Team USA. The Canadian trio completed second-round action earlier Saturday at the Cornelia Golf Clubs Faldo Course after play had been suspended on Friday evening due weather delays and then darkness. Hughes, Choi and Conners posted a 36-hole tally of 12-under par 274 to sit tied for third, 8 shots off the lead prior going into the third round. The tournament was subsequently shortened to 54 holes due to the six-hour weather delay ahead of Fridays second round. Through 10 holes, Conners led the team in scoring for the day at even-par after posting three birdies and three bogeys. "Nobody really got off to the start we wantted," said Conners, who sits tied for 41st at even-par for the championship. Wholesale Iphone Case. "Still, were looking forward to making some birdies tomorrow." Choi also registered scores through 10 holes on Saturday afternoon and was at 2-over for the round and tied for 32nd. Hughes, meanwhile, continues to lead the Canadian contingent on the individual leaderboard with a 5-under par for championship. The reigning two-time Canadian Mens Amateur champion is tied for ninth, nine shots back of co-leaders Chris Williams of the United States and Sebastian Vazquez of Mexico. Hughes was 3-over par on the day through 8 holes of his third round. The World Amateur Team Championship is a biennial competition that has been played since 1958. France won the 2010 title in Buenos Aires. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jack Nicklaus all played at the event before turning pro. ' ' '

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