Moreland batted second for the first

• WARKA, Poland -- Croatia could lose its second player in as many days, with defender Vedran Corluka injuring a hamstring during training on Thursday for the European Championship. Corluka, who has been on loan at German club Bayer Leverkusen from Tottenham, left training early after complaining of pain. He is due to have a medical test on Friday morning. His injury came hours after Croatia received permission from UEFA to include 20-year-old midfielder Sime Vrsaljko for Ivo Ilicevic, who pulled his left calf muscle on Wednesday. Star midfielder Luka Modric, however, is believed to have fully recovered from an exhausting season with Tottenham. Croatia coach Slaven Bilic had put Modric on a special training program in acknoweldgement that the player as jaded and needed to be refreshed. That and joining most members of the squad late have helped recharge him, Bilic said. Bilic, who is quitting at the end of the tournament after six years in charge, needs Modric to be at the top of his game if Croatia is going to get out of one of the toughest groups, let alone bid for the title. Modrics form dipped toward the end of a season that ended in disappointment. Tottenham had been fighting for a spot in the Champions League but was denied the opportunity after Chelsea won the competition by beating Bayern Munich in the final. "He played every game when he was available, he was a bit tired," Bilic said. "Hes ready to play his role, which is very important for us." Croatia plays its first Group C game on Sunday against Ireland in Poznan, Poland. Spain and Italy make up the group. www.houstontexansjerseyssale.com/brandon-brooks-jersey-at-15/ . Maltais became the first woman to win four races in a single season since 2009. She finished with 5,600 points, ahead of Frances Moenne Loccoz with 4,150. "Its crazy. I cant believe it," Maltais said. www.houstontexansjerseyssale.com/shane-lechler-jersey-gw-80/ . He looked like a new, younger version of Peyton Manning. The Colts rookie threw two touchdown passes, took advantage of several key Minnesota penalties and marched Indianapolis 45 yards in 23 seconds to set up Adam Vinatieri for a 53-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, which gave Indianapolis a 23-20 victory over Minnesota in Lucks home debut. http://www.houstontexansjerseyssale.com/arian-foster-jersey-zw-88/ . While Burrell said late in the season that he would contemplate retirement if he couldnt return to full strength, he now says thats probably the direction he is headed this winter -- though he has yet to make a final decision. www.houstontexansjerseyssale.com/johnathan-joseph-jersey-ax-60/ . Jurrjens has given up two earned runs or less in 12 starts and leads the National League with a 2.07 earned run average. He is also tied with Philadelphias Roy Halladay and Pittsburghs Kevin Correia for the league lead in wins. www.houstontexansjerseyssale.com/randy-bullock-jersey-ht-34/ . For the Tampa Bay Rays, they enter a week in which they can make up some serious ground in their quest for a postseason spot. The Rays begin a six-game road trip on Tuesday night with the first of three straight games with the Orioles in a pivotal division matchup. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ben Revere had four hits, Cole De Vries won for the first time in nearly two months and the Minnesota Twins held off the Texas Rangers 6-5 Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak. The Twins avoided getting swept in the four-game series. They finished a 10-game road trip with a 2-8 record. Josh Hamilton hit his 35th homer for Texas and drove in four runs, giving him a major league-leading 111 RBIs. De Vries (3-5) was 0-4 in 10 starts since beating Kansas City on June 30. The right-hander gave up two runs and struck out five in five innings. He allowed three hits, none after the opening inning, and retired his final 12 batters. De Vries threw five pitches in the first before the umpires stopped the game because of steady rain. After a delay of 1 hour, 26 minutes, Texas jumped on De Vries. The AL West leaders got three straight singles after play resumed, capped by Hamiltons two-run hit that put Texas on top 2-1. De Vries, who threw seven scoreless innings against Texas on July 8, retired 15 of the next 16 he faced. The only batter to reach was Geovany Soto, who struck out but got to first on a passed ball. Minnesotas starting pitching had been battered in the first three games of the series, giving up 18 earned runs and 24 hits in 9 2-3 innings. Relievers Casey Fien and Jared Burton each pitched a scoreless inning and Glen Perkins worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save in 10 chances. Scott Feldman (6-10) lost his fourth straight start. He gave up six runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. Revere lined an RBI triple in the sixth that gave the Twins a 6--2 lead.dddddddddddd The speedy right fielder reached base five times and scored three runs. Hamilton hit a two-run homer off Jeff Gray and Nelson Cruz added a solo shot two batters later to bring Texas within 6-5 in the sixth. Texas centre fielder Craig Gentry took a home run away from Joe Mauer in the ninth. Gentry went back to the nearly 9-foot wall, jumped up and snared the drive before it cleared the fence. The Twins a took the lead for good with an unearned run in the third as first baseman Mitch Moreland and third baseman Adrian Beltre committed errors. Justin Morneaus sacrifice fly to shallow left, which Hamilton dropped while transferring the ball from his glove, put the Twins ahead 3-2. Mauer and Trevor Plouffe had RBI singles in the fifth that extended Minnesotas lead to 5-2. Revere walked and scored on Josh Willinghams double in the first. The Twins tied the game at 2 in the second on Pedro Florimons groundout. NOTES: Twins LHP Scott Diamond said he is ready to make his scheduled start Tuesday as he awaits word on his appeal of a six-game suspension for a pitch thrown near the Hamiltons head. Diamond said the appeal was filed late Friday afternoon and was uncertain whether the league would address it by Monday. "I dont know when I will hear," Diamond said. "It might take them a day or two." ... Moreland batted second for the first time since May 21, 2011. ... Gentry ran into 2B Ian Kinsler making a catch to end the fifth. Gentry was down for a couple of minutes, but walked off on his own and remained in the game. ' ' '

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