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Mariners had three Japanese players in the starting
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ATHENS, Ga. . -- Georgia is dealing with a big loss heading into its Southeastern Conference showdown against South Carolina. Michael Bennett, the No. 5 Bulldogs leading receiver, tore up his right knee in practice and is out for the year, coach Mark Richt announced Wednesday. Bennett injured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on the last play of Tuesdays practice. He will undergo reconstructive surgery, though no date has been set. "He was engaged in a block," Richt said. "He was just working it. Then, as he was moving -- no one ran into him, no one rolled into him -- his knee just buckled. And there it was." The third-year sophomore leads Georgia (5-0, 3-0 SEC) with 24 catches for 345 yards and four touchdowns. Though he wasnt heavily recruited out of high school, Bennett had developed into one of quarterback Aaron Murrays favourite targets. The only consolation for the Bulldogs: Receiver is one of the teams deepest positions, especially since two-way player Malcolm Mitchell has moved back to offence after starting the year at cornerback. "Especially with Bennetts injury, were going to use him more offensively," Richt said. "But that was already the plan last week. We were going to give him as much as we could offensively, then let him help out on defence if needed, if he was needed at all." Chris Conley and Rhett McGowan also could take more of a role in the offence, bolstering a receiving corps that still has Tavarres King (16 catches, 307 yards, three TDs), Marlon Brown (17-272-3) and Rantavious Wooten (6-99-1). Georgia faces No. 6 South Carolina (5-0, 3-0) on Saturday in a game that will play a big role in the SEC East race. [url=http://www.ravensofficialteamstore.com/autographed-haloti-ngata-jersey-qh-1... Ngata Autographed Jersey . 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Drafted 11th overall by the Flyers in 2011, Couturier played 77 regular season and 11 playoff games in Philadelphia as a 19-year-old. . 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic and five-time winner Rafael Nadal were a pair of third-round victors Thursday at the $3.SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have struggled to score at home this season, so this one was particularly nice. Casper Wells hit a go-ahead, three-run double with two out in the seventh inning and the Mariners beat the slumping Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Monday night. Miguel Olivo and Dustin Ackley added back-to-back homers in the eighth as the Mariners rallied to win their first game of the season against Baltimore. "You get a starter late in the ballgame there youre hoping you get a mistake or a pitch to hit and I think we got a couple of those but the fact of the matter is you still have to hit them," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "I think thats been our biggest issue. I dont think its been a situation of we havent had pitches to hit." Scoring at Safeco Field has been a constant problem all season for Seattle. The six runs were the Mariners most at home since June 16 and only the second time they reached that number in Seattle since May 21. While the Mariners lineup has been respectable on the road, they entered Monday night hitting below .200 at home. Seattle appeared to be headed for more of the same until it used a pair of walks, a single and Wells clutch hit to move in front against Jason Hammel (8-4) in the seventh. Being better in circumstances like the seventh was something Wells focused on when he was demoted to the minors in late May. "In big situations before I would try and do too much and in situations now I focus on being aggressive and getting a good pitch to hit and its been successful so far," Wells said. Ackley started the seventh with a walk and stole second when Hammel struck out Chone Figgins on a 3-2 pitch. Ackley advanced to third on Munenori Kawasakis single, but Brendan Ryan fouled out when catcher Matt Wieters made the catch at the edge of the top step of the Mariners dugout. Ichiro Suzuki walked to load the bases and Wells followed with a liner that gave Seattle a 4-3 lead. Wells picked up his first RBIs since June 20 at Arizona and atoned for striking out with a runner on second in the third inning. "I did exactly what I wanted, started him with a fastball away and then a slider off the plate, what we had been doing all night," Hammel said. "He chaanged his approach and went out and got it. [url=http://www.ravensofficialteamstore.com/autographed-jacoby-jones-jersey-mg-8... Jones Womens Jersey. " Olivo hit his seventh homer against Troy Patton and Ackley drove the next pitch over the wall in right for his fifth of the season. It was the second set of consecutive homers this season for Seattle. Chris Davis hit a three-run shot off Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma in the fourth, but that accounted for all of Baltimores offence. After Davis 14th homer, the Orioles got just three baserunners against Iwakuma, Steve Delabar (2-1), Shawn Kelley and Tom Wilhelmsen. Delabar worked two innings, striking out three. Kelley struck out a pair in the eighth and Wilhelmsen worked the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances. Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third when the unlikely trio of Figgins, Kawasaki and Ryan -- none of whom entered the night hitting higher than .186 -- combined to plate the first run. Figgins led off with a single, moved up on Kawasakis sacrifice and scored on Ryans single to centre. Ryan was stranded at second and Seattle wasted another opportunity in the sixth. Wells one-out single was followed by John Jasos double that should have been caught by Steve Pearce in left, but glanced off his glove. With runners at second and third, Kyle Seager hit a tapper in front of the plate and Olivo struck out. Iwakuma was making a spot start with Kevin Millwood still nursing a sore groin that has twice forced him to leave starts early in the past month. Iwakuma threw five innings, giving up just three hits. But he made the one critical mistake to Davis on a 1-0 pitch. "I thought he did a really nice job today. One bad pitch got him, but he settled down and kept pitching out of that," Wedge said. "A lot of people asked what I expected out of him and I said just give us a chance to win the ballgame." NOTES: The Mariners had three Japanese players in the starting lineup -- Suzuki, Kawasaki and Iwakuma -- for the first time in major league history. ... Seattle signed first-round draft pick C Mike Zunino. Zunino was taken with the No. 3 overall pick in Junes amateur draft. He will be introduced at a news conference on Tuesday. ... Newly acquired Baltimore DH Jim Thome had his first hit with the Os in the fourth inning. ' ' '


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