SEATTLE -- When Chris Colabello walked to the plate with one on and no outs in the 13th inning, he expected to put down a sacrifice bunt. Womens tumma harmaa/punainen Nike Free Run+2 Juoksukengät . When he saw the sign to swing away, he had to check again just to make sure. The call worked out pretty well. Colabello hit his first career home run, a two-run shot to the opposite field to give the Minnesota Twins the winning runs in a 3-2 victory against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. "I was looking down at third base to try and get the signs, I thought we were maybe going to bunt. Wed talked about it in the dugout," Colabello said. "I was just trying to put a good swing on the ball, and thankfully it worked out the way it did." Colabellos home run completed a turnaround for the Twins, who were unable to do anything offensively against Seattle starter Felix Hernandez for eight innings. Hernandez was two outs from a shutout and his first complete game of the season, but Trevor Plouffes pinch-hit single in the top of the ninth tied it at 1. "It was a very exciting baseball game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Mr. Hernandez was as advertised. Really tough. To find a way to squeak out a run against him was really unbelievable -- hes just so dominant." Runs were hard to come by for both teams until the Mariners Yoervis Medina (3-3) entered in the 13th. Aaron Hicks led off with a single and Colabello -- playing in his 14th major league game -- followed with his two-run homer to right field. It was Colabellos first home run in the majors, as well as his first extra-base hit. "The last couple days Ive been feeling a lot better in the box," Colabello said. "I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to help the team and do what I could to be successful, and obviously something like that is pretty special. Ill remember it for a long time." Before Plouffes pinch hit he was on an 0 for 9 slide, but he seemed more excited about Colabellos hit than his own. "We were excited. Thats what you need, a guy like Collie to come up and spark the team," he said. We had some other chances to do it, but both bullpens were great today. Im just happy for Collie to get that one. I think hes been waiting for that for a long time, so were all excited for him." Kendrys Morales led off the bottom of the 13th with his 16th homer, but Glen Perkins closed it out for his 25th save. Brian Duensing (3-1) pitched two innings for the win. The Twins ruined Hernandezs shutout bid when Pedro Florimon led off the ninth with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Plouffes single. Until the ninth, Hernandez was nearly flawless. He had at least one strikeout in every inning, finishing with 11, and didnt walk a batter. He hasnt lost in 11 starts, stretching back to May 25. Plouffes hit ended Hernandezs stretch of 24 1-3 scoreless innings, and 32 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings against the Twins. "Eight innings of Felix, vintage Felix, obviously not a lot of run support for him," said Mariners acting manager Robby Thompson. "We squandered some opportunities to get him another run or two -- didnt happen." Twins pitcher Scott Diamond had one of his best starts of the year as well. Diamond pitched into the seventh inning, giving up one run on five hits, with a walk and a strikeout. Gardenhire said Diamonds performance was necessary, given the task the offence had against Hernandez. "You know youre in for a battle, you know hes going to make you look silly at times," Gardenhire said. "You just have to hang in there, and the only way to hang with this guy is for your starting pitcher to do what Scotty did tonight, because that guys not going to give up much." The game was scoreless until the Mariners broke through in the fifth inning, although they were unhappy with a call which may have cost them more. Dustin Ackley led off with a single and then Brendan Ryan hit a possible double-play ball to shortstop Florimon. The toss to second baseman Dozier popped out of his glove, but umpire Chris Guccione ruled the ball was caught and Ackley was out. Henry Blanco sent Ryan to third with a bloop single, and Nick Franklin drove him home with a two-out single up the middle to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. "We failed to turn a double play and they end up getting a run out of that," Gardenhire said. "We were hoping that wasnt the way we lost that game because Scotty had thrown so well." The Mariners were the first team to get a runner in scoring position in extra innings, as Endy Chavez and Franklin hit two-out singles in the 12th, but Raul Ibanez struck out to end the threat. NOTES: Seattle placed C Mike Zunino on the 15-day DL because of a broken bone in his left hand. Zunino will undergo surgery next week and the expected recovery time is six weeks. To help replace Zunino, Seattle signed free agent catcher Humberto Quintero, who was designated for assignment by the Phillies on Wednesday. ... Twins C Joe Mauer will remain with his family in Minnesota through the weekend and rejoin the team on Tuesday. Mauer has been on the paternity list since his wife gave birth to twin girls on Wednesday. He will be placed on the restricted list Saturday. Juoksukengät Nike Roshe Run Mesh Mens Coal musta oranssi . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. harmaa Mens Womens Nike Roshe Run Print Juoksukengät . Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off. http://www.alennushintasuomi.com/running-kengat-knitting-musta-valkoinen-nike-free-5-0-miehet.html . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. MOSCOW -- A wrist injury killed off Carla Suarez Navarros hopes of qualifying for the WTA Finals as the Spanish player retired while facing Australian Daria Gavrilova in the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.Needing to win the Kremlin Cup to qualify for the elite competition in Singapore this weekend, Suarez Navarro was down 6-4, 3-0 to Gavrilova in the second round when she retired.Gavrilova, who was born in Moscow, will play either seventh-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia or Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals.Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova remains on course to claim the last WTA Finals place after she beat Frances Alize Cornet 6-4, 7-5 in their second-round match. The Russian was in strong form, landing 76 percent of her first serves, and next plaays either Hungarian Timea Babos or French player Kristina Mladenovic. Nike Air Max Thea Naiset. Kuznetsova will qualify for the WTA Finals only if she wins the Kremlin Cup. Otherwise, the place goes to Britains Johanna Konta.The fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine eased past Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-2 and into the quarterfinals. Svitolina next plays 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh, who had a second-round walkover when Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova was unable to play.In the mens event, seventh-seeded Paolo Lorenzi became the first seeded player to go out, losing to fellow Italian Fabio Fognini 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in the second round. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' ' 

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