Allg. Anregungen & Kritik » a segregated area in the EFL Cup We were

MINNEAPOLIS -- With their rotation depleted and the new slugger sidelined by a rash of injuries, the Texas Rangers have been forced to find alternate methods for winning. Its working quite well in late May. Leonys Martin doubled twice and scored three times, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Rangers beat Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Thursday to win their second straight four-game series on the road. "Those guys have had to grind, and everybody has had to have been used," said manager Ron Washington, who has seen starting pitchers Matt Harrison, Derek Holland and Martin Perez and first baseman Prince Fielder hit the disabled list as well as key hitters Jurickson Profar, Geovany Soto and others. "So thats the way you play team baseball, and thats exactly what were doing." Shin-Soo Choo hit a three-run double in the second for the Rangers, but the Twins took a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning on Josh Willinghams first home run of the season, a no-doubt drive to the second deck above left-centre field. Then the role players took over for the Rangers. Alexi Ogando (2-2) got four outs for the victory, and Joakim Soria retired the last two batters for his 10th save. Soria saved the last two games of the series after he had his first blown chance of the season in Tuesdays 4-3 loss. Martin hit a leadoff double in the eighth against Casey Fien (3-2), moved up on a sacrifice bunt and sprinted home on a sacrifice fly by Rougned Odour, beating a sweep tag by catcher Josmil Pinto. The throw by centre fielder Danny Santana, a rookie shortstop playing out of position, was off the plate and up the line. "He has to make a perfect throw to throw me out in that situation," Martin said. The Rangers tied it at 4 when Martin doubled and scored on Robinson Chirinos single in the sixth. Samuel Deduno gave up nine hits while striking out two and was removed with one out in that inning. With eight wins in their last 11 games, including three of four at Detroit last week, the Rangers have begun to find their stride. That was evident in the second inning, when bases-loaded, nobody-out situations for both teams went opposite ways. Deduno moved within one strike of escaping without any damage after an infield popup and a strikeout. But Choo, who served as the designated hitter to give his sore left ankle a break from left field with the short turnaround from the night before, drove a 2-2 curveball down the left-field line. "I have to be better," Deduno said. Alex Rios, who stretched his hitting streak to 12 games, started that rally with a sharp single. Martin scored easily from first base to put the Rangers ahead 3-0. "I was thinking home plate all the way," Martin said. Nick Martinez dodged trouble in the bottom of the frame when Pinto sent a soft roller back to the mound. After a short throw home for a forceout, Martinez got Eduardo Escobar to line hard into a double play. The rookie was charged with more than three earned runs for the first time in five starts. He allowed nine hits and walked two in 5 2-3 innings. "It was a learning experience for him today, to go out there and keep his team in the ballgame when he didnt have his best stuff. That was awesome right there," Washington said. Trevor Plouffe and Willingham hit RBI singles in the third, but the Twins have only 14 runs in their last seven games, going 6 for 52 with runners in scoring position. "Thats the main focus, getting guys on, but we cant get them in," second baseman Brian Dozier said. NOTES: Washington held SS Elvis Andrus out of the lineup to rest for the first time this season. ... Deduno walked Martin, ending a streak by Twins pitchers of 131 straight batters without an unintentional walk. ... The Rangers start a three-game series Friday at Washington, with RHP Colby Lewis (4-3, 5.10 ERA) pitching opposite Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg (3-4, 3.42 ERA). ... The Twins will be in New York for three games, with RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-5, 6.12 ERA) taking the mound Friday against Yankees LHP Vidal Nuno (1-1, 5.49 ERA). Wholesale Jordans Free Shipping . Tony Parker had 33 points and nine assists and San Antonio never trailed in a resounding 116-92 victory over Portland, bullying the younger Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Air Jordan Outlet . LA (SportsNetwork. http://www.wholesaleairjordanchina.com/. - Connor Brown and Dane Fox both scored in regulation and in the shootout, as the Erie Otters extended their win streak to 10 games by defeating the London Knights 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Jordans Wholesale Store . -- Jerel Worthy and his Michigan State teammates charged across the field, holding four fingers in the air while celebrating another sweet victory over their biggest rival. Wholesale Real Jordans . Dallas (2-0-1) sits atop the Western Conference with an MLS-best seven points. Castillo opened the scoring in the 71st minute off a Mauro Diaz set piece, and Watson outran defender Tony Lochhead on a long ball and then juked goalkeeper Ian Kennedy for the eventual game-winner in the 78th minute.There have been no arrests reported after security was strengthened at the London Stadium for West Hams 1-1 draw with Stoke. Metropolitan Police Officers were stationed inside the stadium for the first time in a bid to avoid a repeat of fan clashes which marred the clubs EFL Cup tie with Chelsea last month.Previously, officers had been based outside the ground and only entered when violence broke out but instead supplemented stewards during Saturdays game to segregate Stoke fans from home supporters and Sky Sports News HQs Aidan Magee said there were no reports of trouble. West Ham 1-1 Stoke I did manage to speak to a police officer here at the London Stadium and he said that as far as he was aware there had been no arrests either inside or outside of the ground as West Ham drew 1-1 with Stoke City, he said.It was the first match played here, of course, since Chelsea came here infamously in the EFL Cup just 10 days ago. Police presence ahead of the Premier League match between West Ham and Stoke at London Stadium Police were on duty for the first time inside the stadium and we heard from David Gold and David Sullivan, the co-chairmen of West Ham, who wrote in the programme notes before the game that there would be a range of initiatives in place to ensure everybodys safety, both home and away fans. Watch NOW TV Catch all the excitement of Sky Sports for ￡6.dddddddddddd99. No contract Those included a 10 metre sterile zone in place on the walkway just between the lower and upper tier segregation on the away fans and that appears to have worked quite well. Some stewards were issued with cameras on their lapels and, indeed, in their hands to try and record issues of disturbances throughout the game. Chelsea and West Ham fans threw missiles across a segregated area in the EFL Cup We were also here just before the game where we filmed the netting between the away fans and the home fans, the area that had caused so many flashpoints in that Chelsea game. That was widened and we saw no disturbances there.It appears at this stage that the match has passed off without incident. Slaven Bilic did say after the game that he was pleased that there were no issues of trouble in the crowd and he was delighted to be able to focus on preparing his team for the game. Slaven Bilic was disappointed with his West Ham sides lack of sharpness as they drew 1-1 with Stoke Also See: Adrian error gives Stoke point Bilic: Cheap goal cost us Match in a minute: West Ham 1-1 Stoke Gold & Sullivan: Lessons learnt ' ' '