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BARCELONA, Spain -- Pedro Rodriguez scored three goals and Victor Valdes saved another penalty in Barcelonas 4-0 win at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, keeping the defending Spanish league champions perfect through five rounds. Brad Jones Jersey . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. The Spain forward has five goals this season, making him the leagues second-leading scorer along with Atletico Madrids Diego Costa behind Messi with six. Cesc Fabregas capped the rout in the 80th with Rayo searching for a consolation goal. "We knew the difficulties Vallecas Stadium presents, its a tough ground to win at," Pedro said after his first career hat trick for Barcelona. "They have a competitive team, but we were able to find the spaces we needed to score." Atletico also got its fifth win in as many rounds to lie level on points with Barcelona after a no-nonsense 2-0 victory at Valladolid. Atleticos defence limited Valladolid to one shot on goal while midfielder Raul Garcia and forward Diego Costa both scored goals set up by Jorge "Koke" Resurreccion in the second half. Moments after goalkeeper Diego Marino saved his header, Garcia scored in the 56th with a no-look header from Kokes cross that Marino could only watch float over him and into the net. Koke then lobbed a delicate through ball down the middle of the pitch for Diego Costa to seal the result in the 72nd. "It was a question of waiting for our moment," said Atletico coach Diego Simeone. "Valladolid played well in the first half. It didnt generate scoring chances, but nor did it let us play like we wanted. But we talked about it at halftime and my players had a great response." Barcelona and Atletico opened up an overnight five-point advantage over Real Madrid before it hosts Getafe on Sunday. Atletico visits Madrid next round in their first meeting since Atletico beat Madrid in the Copa del Rey final last season. Encouraged by its raucous fans, Rayo set a brutal pace from the start, and Valdes was called into action in the third minute to turn back Alberto Pereas header. "Valdes is having an exceptional run," said Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino. "Hes among the three best goalkeepers in Spain. Its my turn to enjoy having him as my player, even though you dont always want to see your goalkeeper having to make three or four decisive saves." Barcelona matched Rayos intense pressure and a ball stolen by Alex Song led to Barcelonas opener. Messi took the ball, drew in the hosts defence, and laid off for Pedro arriving down the right side to drive a low shot into the net. It was then Valdes turn to shine again this season, his last with the Catalan club which he seems determined to make his best. Rayo was poised to level in the 35th when Barcelona defender Adriano fouled midfielder Roberto Trashorras in the area, but Valdes stood firm and had little trouble parrying Trashorras spot kick. "In the first half our team was able to cause Barcelona problems," said Trashorras. "If I had scored that penalty, they would have had even more trouble. Having studied him I thought that Valdes was going to dive to one side, and I tried to shoot down the middle since he had gone to one side the other day. But he did well to wait." Pedro scored his second goal when he raced in to stab Fabregas cross home after the former Arsenal midfielder forced Rayo into losing the ball deep in its own half. As Rayos players tired while its fans continued to urge them forward, Neymar started and extended a flowing move by squaring for Pedro to tap in his third goal before Fabregas took the fourth. Also, Real Sociedads scoring drought reached three games when Malaga held the Basque club to 0-0 at home, while Levante rallied to 2-2 at 10-man Almeria. Sociedad, which lost its Champions League group opener on Tuesday, increased its winless run in the domestic competition to four rounds. Despite selling several players this summer, first-year coach Bernd Schuster has Malaga on a three-game unbeaten streak. The promoted Almeria remained winless through five rounds after squandering a second-half lead for the fourth time this season. Also on Sunday, its: Real Betis vs. Granada, Celta Vigo vs. Villarreal, and Valencia vs. Sevilla. Espanyol hosts Athletic Bilbao on Monday. Demetri Goodson Jersey . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. Aaron Rodgers Packers Jersey .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. http:///...arks-Packers-Jersey/ . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration.With Wednesday nights win over the Islanders, the Jets are back to a game above .500 on the season at 12-11-4, while getting back to even on the road at 5-5-1. The Jets are now 2-0 on the six game road trip, a trip that continues Friday morning in Philadelphia. After a scoreless first period the Jets scored three times in a span of 5:15. Mark Stuart with his first of the season marked the third straight game the Jets scored first, the goal coming right off a face-off. The goal was identical to the goal Evander Kane scored in New Jersey. James Wright won the face-off on Stuarts goal for his first point of the season. A neutral zone steal followed by a great three way passing play gave the Jets a 2-0 lead. The scoring play was Andrew Ladd from Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler. Little now has 18 points in his last 15 games. Devin Setoguchi made it 3-0, as he deflected a Keaton Ellerby shot. Mark Scheifele extended his point streak to three games with an assist on the goal. Right after that goal the Islanders got a power play and Andrew MacDonald made it a 3-1 game after two periods. With the Islanders on a three game losing streak, a third period push was coming. Paul Hornung Packers Jersey. Al Montoya made a number of big saves, but John Tavares did make it a 3-2 game at 14:01 of the third and 53 seconds later the Isles found themselves on another power play. Montoyas best save came on that man advantage as he robbed Kyle Okposo. Okposo ended the night with six shots on goal. Montoya, a former Islander, ended the night with 30 saves and upping his record to 3-2-1. Jets ended with 29 shots, were 54 per cent on face-offs, and blocked 21 shots. The Jets are now 6-1-1 against Eastern Conference teams. Coach Claude Noel felt the Islanders first goal gave them life. “Would have been nice to end the second 3-0,” he told TSN. “But we managed the game okay. A lot of good efforts. We dont enjoy how we make it close, but that will be our next challenge. You have to recognize that the other team will be pressing. But we are finding ways to win.” Fridays game is an 11:30am et start in Philadelphia (TSN Jets, TSN 1290). 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