OAKLAND, Calif.
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asked crew chief Mike Winters to review a collision at the plate, and the umpire
obliged. The call was confirmed, denying Cleveland the go-ahead run, but the
Indians manager appreciated how smoothly the new replay process went. The
Indians later delivered on their chances in the ninth, with Nyjer Morgan hitting
a go-ahead sacrifice fly against new Athletics closer Jim Johnson as Cleveland
sent Oakland to its major league-record 10th straight opening loss with a 2-0
victory Monday night. Nick Swisher added an RBI single against Johnson (0-1),
who was then pulled from his As debut to boos from the sellout crowd. "I would
have booed me, too. I (stunk) today, Ill admit it," Johnson said. "Thats fine. I
deserved it. I expect that. The next time theyre probably going to be cheering."
In the sixth, Winters became the first umpire to initiate a review under the
expanded replay system, making the call after a collision at home plate.
"Basically with the new rule I just wanted to confirm what I saw that the
catcher did not block the plate unnecessarily," Winters said. "He was in fair
territory, he gave the runner plenty of plate to go to. I just wanted to be
sure." The call was confirmed in 59 seconds and the game remained scoreless.
Winters wanted to see if As catcher John Jaso had illegally blocked the plate
under baseballs new rule regarding home plate collisions. With Michael Brantley
on third and one out, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a comebacker that ricocheted off
pitcher Sonny Grays foot. Gray quickly retrieved the ball and fired home to
Jaso, who tagged a sliding Brantley. Francona came out to discuss the play. "I
just wanted to check and see if Jaso had blocked the plate. Weve all discussed
the new rulings and what youre allowed to do and what you arent," Francona said.
"I just asked him if hed look because I thought maybe he had gotten there a
little too early. ... I appreciated him checking." Oaklands Josh Donaldson hit a
single off the top of the wall near the 400-foot sign in centre in the eighth,
but Daric Barton held up at second waiting to tag in case the ball was caught,
and the As failed to score the go-ahead run. "That was interesting," Francona
said. Cody Allen (1-0) then struck out Jed Lowrie and retired Brandon Moss on a
grounder to first. Justin Masterson, in his third straight opening day outing,
and Gray dueled before the bullpens took over to decide it. Masterson allowed
three hits, struck out four and walked one in seven scoreless innings, lowering
his ERA on opening day to 0.86. The game began just four minutes behind schedule
under blue skies, a best-case scenario considering the downpour a couple of
hours earlier. Grey walked the first two batters of the game but quickly settled
to throw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and three walks in a
105-pitch opener. The right-hander, who dueled with Detroit ace Justin Verlander
in Game 2 of last falls division series, earned the start after Jarrod Parker
was lost to season-ending Tommy John surgery. Yan Gomes went 1 for 3 only hours
after finalizing a new $23 million, six-year contract with the Indians. He was
plunked in the left elbow in the ninth. John Axford finished for Cleveland,
striking out Nick Punto to end it with runners on first and second. A couple
dozen grounds crew workers carried large brooms to sweep water off the tarp all
afternoon. The Indians briefly came out to right field to go through some
warmups during a break in the rain some three hours before first pitch. The
two-time reigning AL West champion As took the field 90 minutes before first
pitch under the lights when the rain finally slowed -- some even in short
sleeves. It started pouring again shortly after the game ended. NOTES: Cleveland
CF Michael Bourn, on the DL to start the year with a left hamstring strain, ran
down a ball and hit a pair of doubles in a minor league game. He was set to go
to Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday, and Francona expected a meeting when the team
returns home to face Minnesota on Thursday. ... Gray was Oaklands ninth
different opening day starter in nine years. ... Masterson was the first Indians
pitcher to start three straight openers since CC Sabathia from 2006-08. Ex-As
RHP Bartolo Colon did it for Cleveland in 2000-02. ... Hall of Famer
Rickey Henderson threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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milestone game against one of the NHLs greatest goalies.James Davies will make
his 50th appearance for the Scarlets in Saturdays Welsh derby against the
Dragons. Leinster host Munster at the Aviva Stadium, live on Sky Sports 1, while
Glasgow Warriors travel to Parma to face winless Zebre.Leinster v Munster
(2.05pm, Sky Sports 1 HD) Click here for full match preview.Leinster: 15 Rob
Kearney, 14 Rory OLoughlin, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Isa Nacewa
(c), 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Luke McGrath; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Sean Cronin, 3 Tadhg
Furlong, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Ian Nagle, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Jordi Murphy, 8 Jamie
Heaslip.Replacements: 16 James Tracy, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Mike Ross, 19 Ross
Molony, 20 Dan Leavy, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Noel
Reid.Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Rory
Scannell, 11 Ronan OMahony, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Dave
Kilcoyne, 2 Niall Scannell, 3 John Ryan, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 5 Billy Holland, 6
Peter OMahony (c), 7 Tommy ODonnell, 8 CJ Stander.Replacements: 16 Duncan Casey,
17 James Cronin, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Jack ODonoghue, 21
Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Jaco Taute.Zebre v Glasgow Warriors (5.05pm
UK time) Ryan Wilson skippers Glasgow in Italy Ryan Wilson returns to captain
Glasgow in Parma with lock Robert McAlpine handed his first Warriors start.Sean
Lamont and Lee Jones are named on the wings while Sam Johnson and Nick Grigg
form a new centre pairing. Brothers Zander and Matt Fagerson could play together
for the Warriors for the first time as both are named on the bench.Zebre make
seven changes to the side that was crushed by Munster last weekend. Six of those
come in the pack as captain George Biagi and Joshua Furno form a new second-row
partnership, while Oliviero Fabiani starts at hooker.Zebre: 15 Edoardo Padovani,
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Fabiani, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 4 Joshua Furno, 5 George Biagi (c), 6 Maxime
Mbanda, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk.Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia,
17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Federico
Ruzza, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 Tommaso Boni, 23 Kayle Van Zyl.Glasgow Warriors: 15
Peter Murchie, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Nick Grigg, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Lee Jones, 10
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Sarto.Scarlets v Newport Gwent Dragons (7.35pm) Aled Davis (right) starts at
scrum-half for the Scarlets Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac makes two changes to the
side that beat Treviso as Aled Davies enters at scrum-half and Morgan Allen is
preferred to John Barclay at No 8.Olympic silver medallist James Davies makes
his 50th appearance with Scarlets as the region seek a third consecutive
victory.Wales international Tom Prydie makes his first start for the Dragons
after recovering from injury while former Scarlet Adam Warren partners Jack
Dixon in midfield.Charlie Davies is preferred to Sarel Pretorius at scrum-half
with skipper Lewis Evans moving to blindside flanker to accommodate Ed Jacksons
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Owens (c), 3 Samson Lee, 4 Lewis Rawlins, 5 David Bulbring, 6 Aaron Shingler, 7
James Davies, 8 Morgan Allen.Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Luke Garrett, 18
Werner Kruger, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 John Barclay, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Dan
Jones, 23 Steff Hughes.Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Tom Prydie, 14 Pat Howard, 13
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