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• MILWAUKEE -- Yovani Gallardo pitched into the seventh inning while Ryan Braun hit one of Milwaukees four homers as the Brewers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Wednesday. The Brewers bounced back from a demoralizing ninth-inning loss Tuesday night to take two-of-three games from the Blue Jays. Gallardo (6-5) went 6 2-3 innings, giving up three runs and seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. Gallardos outing provided some much-needed rest for Milwaukees overworked bullpen. With injuries testing the depth of Torontos pitching, Milwaukee got to Blue Jays emergency starter Joel Carreno (0-2) early, hitting three home runs in a five-run second. The second-inning fireworks were provided by Martin Maldonado and Carlos Gomez, who each hit two-run homers, and Corey Hart, who added a solo shot. Braun extended his hitting streak to 15 games -- and 25 games in interleague play -- with a double in the third, then hit his 20th homer in the seventh. Braun appeared to hurt his right hand when he was thrown out at home in the third, but stayed in the game. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 20th home run of the season for the Blue Jays, a solo shot in the second. Milwaukee then took the lead in the bottom half of the inning, beginning with Harts solo homer and then the two-run homer by Maldonado. Gallardo followed with a double over the head of centre-fielder Colby Rasmus before Gomez homered to left, giving the Brewers a 5-1 lead. Aaron Laffey came on in relief in the fourth after Carreno gave up five hits and five runs -- all on the three homers -- in three innings. With three starters injured, the Blue Jays turned to Carreno, a right-hander making his second career start. Milwaukee added another run in the sixth when Gomez walked, stole second base and scored on a bloop single by Nyjer Morgan that fell just inside the right-field line. Gallardo cruised through the first two outs of the seventh, then gave up a single to David Cooper, a walk to Canadian Brett Lawrie and an RBI double to Rasmus to cut Milwaukees lead to 6-2. Gallardo left the game to warm applause from the crowd and was relieved by Tim Dillard. Dillard walked Jose Bautista to load the bases and face Encarnacion -- and Dillard hit him with a pitch, forcing in a run to cut the lead to 6-3. Dillard then struck out Kelly Johnson to end the inning. Braun hit a two-run homer in the seventh to extend the Brewers lead to 8-3. Mike Fiers pitched a scoreless ninth for Milwaukee. Notes: Lawrie left the game with right knee soreness. ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said 1B Travis Ishikawa, who is recovering from a left oblique strain, and INF Cesar Izturis, who has been out with a strained left hamstring, both are nearing a return. ... Roenicke said right-handed starter Shaun Marcum, who has tightness in his pitching elbow, might have to go on the disabled list to allow the Brewers to bring up another pitcher. Wholesale NHL Jerseys . The 30-minute production features Howard, Stoughton, Martin, and Koe drafting a new third, second, and lead. The mixed teams will compete for $100,000 in prize money during The Dominion All-Star Curling Draft Show Presented by Pintys this weekend live on TSN from Casino Rama in Rama, ON. Jerseys China Cheap .C. -- Defending champion John Isner and top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France both won Tuesday in the second round of the Winston-Salem Open. http://www.wholesalesportsjerseysshop.com/ .5 million contract. The 36-year-old defender scored four goals and added seven assists in 66 games with the Nashville Predators in 2011-12. Wholesale Jerseys . -- Royal Delta won the $2 million Ladies Classic by 1 1/2 lengths on Friday at Santa Anita, making the defending champion the only favourite to win on an upset-filled opening day of the Breeders Cup. Hockey Jerseys China . Ramirez hit a 1-2 pitch off rookie Robert Coello (0-1) that hit the outside corner of a yellow pad below the foul pole. Third base umpire Paul Nauert ruled it a foul ball. He agreed to check video replay after discussing the play with Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke and third base coach Ed Sedar while watching a fan dramatically pound the pad in question. DETROIT -- Cliff Avril refused to lash out at the Detroit Lions after both sides ended negotiations on a multiyear contract. "Im not mad," Avril said in an interview with The Associated Press about 40 minutes before Mondays 4 p.m. EDT deadline to get a long-term deal done. "Business is business. You cant take it personal." Avril will stay in Detroit as a franchise-tagged defensive end for at least one more season with a $10.6 million contract. "While we are disappointed that we could not execute a long-term deal, we do look forward to having Cliff with us this season under the terms of the franchise tender," Lions president Tom Lewand said in a statement released by the team. Lewand said the team had "extensive discussions" with Avril and his representative. Avril wasnt encouraged by the tone of negotiations Sunday night and Monday morning. "There was a stretch of talks, but I knew in my head it wasnt going to happen," Avril told the AP. The 26-year-old Avril was hoping to be rewarded with a long-term contract for being a consistent playmaker for an improving team. He is the only NFL player with at least 19 1/2 sacks, nine deflected passes, seven forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries the previous two years. When the Lions snapped their 11-season post-season drought last year, Avril had career highs with 11 sacks, six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He has had 30 career sacks and 14 forced fumbles since 2008 when Detroit drafted him out of Purdue in the third round. Another team couldve negotiated and extended an offer to Avril, but compensation would be a pair of first-round picks to sign the ffranchise-tagged player.dddddddddddd "Its definitely restrictive," Avril said in June. Avril, though, has the benefit of a short-term windfall from a one-year deal worth the average of the five highest-paid players at his position "To go from making the league minimum to that is not bad, but still you want a long-term deal," Avril said last month. "I feel like I was a part of this team while we were not doing so well and 0-16. I want to be a reason why were getting better." Buffalo gave defensive end Mario Williams a $100 million, six-year contract -- with $50 million guaranteed -- when he hit the market this year with fewer than 10 sacks the past three seasons and 53 over his six-year career. Arizona rewarded defensive end Calais Campbell this off-season with a $55 million, five-year deal after he had no more than eight sacks the last three seasons and 21 in his four-year career. The Carolina Panthers gave DE Charles Johnson a $72 million, six-year deal with a $30 million signing bonus last year after he more than doubled his career total with 11 1/2 sacks in 2010. Avril knows he could cash in next year, when he potentially could be an unrestricted free agent after another productive season. "I could, but you have that risk of getting hurt, that risk of your value going down," he has said. "And, they told me to do that last year. You cant keep doing that for the next 10 years. I wanted a deal last year, too, and they told me to go out and perform and well try to, I guess, take care of you in a sense. "It goes back to being a business. They can do whatever they want -- obviously." ' ' '

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