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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Canadian Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the Sony Ericsson Open with an ankle injury. The 21-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., was unable to take the court Sunday against British fourth seed Andy Murray for their third-round match after rolling an ankle during training. Raonic, however, expects to be ready for his next event in Monte Carlo in April. "I was just moving back and I rolled over my ankle and ended up spraining it," said Raonic, who consulted his doctor in Spain over the problem and will now spend a few days at home in Canada. Raonic and doubles partner Kevin Anderson quit their Saturday doubles match after three games when the Canadian could not go on against third seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic, former partner of Torontos Daniel Nestor. "I dont know too much about it right now, but in the doubles it wasnt getting better," said Raonic. "This morning it was a bit painful on pretty much every movement. Against the calibre of player Id be up against, to play at 40 per cent didnt really didnt make much sense. "The doctor in Spain doesnt think its anything big. It probably just needs a couple days of rest, but active rest. With treatment and so on, it should be okay within a week or so." It was Raonics second injury blow in as many seasons. The 26th seed in Miami was forced to withdraw last summer from Wimbledon in the second round after injuring his hip in a match against Gilles Muller. Except for one Davis Cup match, Raonic was out of action until October. "Its frustrating, but you must look at the big picture," said the Canadian with two ATP titles this season. "Everything is going well, obviously it would be more frustrating if things were going poorly. "Even though if I might have some worries about something, Im pretty good at coming back pretty quickly." Cheap NFL Jerseys China . Here are five quick NBA thoughts. 1. STEVE NASH (Lakers): Over 40 minutes vs. wholesale jerseys . 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Don Kelly scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth, then hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Tigers over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Sunday for a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series. Detroit overcame three As leads and seesawed to victory. It was 1-all before a wild final three innings that included a key error by Oakland centre fielder Coco Crisp, two game-tying wild pitches and several momentum changes. Alburquerque kept it tied in the ninth when he got Yoenis Cespedes to hit a comebacker with men on first and third and two outs. He gave the ball a quick smooch before throwing underhand to first. "I just did it," he said. "It was the emotion of the game. I wasnt trying to be a hot dog." Oakland outfielder Josh Reddick wasnt thrilled. "We didnt appreciate that. I thought it was immature and not very professional," Reddick said. "You dont do that on the field. Save it for the dugout. Thats all Im going to say." Detroit will go for a sweep of the division series matchup in Game 3 on Tuesday at Oakland. Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera doubled twice for the Tigers, hit a fly ball that Crisp dropped for two runs and later singled in the ninth. It was the sixth straight post-season loss for the As, all to Detroit. The Tigers swept Oakland in the 2006 AL championship series, winning the series on Magglio Ordonezs homer in Game 4 -- which was Detroits last sudden-death post-season win before Sunday. Omar Infante and Cabrera hit back-to-back singles off Grant Balfour with one out in the ninth. With runners on first and third, Prince Fielder was intentionally walked, bringing up Kelly, who had stayed in the game as the designated hitter after pinch-running the previous inning. "Was looking for a fastball and I got it," Kelly said. "Its a great feeling, to be able to go out there in that situation and do that." Kellys fly to right was plenty deep enough to score Infante without a play at the plate. It was another big playoff moment for Kelly, who hit a home run last year when the Tigers beat the New York Yankees in the decisive fifth game of the division series. A favourite of manager Jim Leyland, Kelly hit .186 during the regular season but made the post-season roster as a pinch-running option who can also play any position in the field. "It takes everybody to contribute and we got contributions from everybody," Leyland said. Alburquerque missed most of the season after off-season surgery on his throwing elbow. He came on to face Cespedes with the Tigers in a jam, and that one out was enough to earn him the win. And the right-hander entertained his teammates in the process with a bit of, um, comic relief. "We were cracking up in the dugout," Detroit pitcher Max Scherzer said. "We were like, Did he really just kiss the ball? ... Alburquerque does some crazy things on the mound." It was tied at 4 after both teams made their share of mistakes in the seventh and eighth. Cliff Pennington gave the As the lead wwith an RBI single in the seventh, but Crisp dropped Cabreras two-out flyball in the bottom half, allowing two runs to score.dddddddddddd Oakland tied it in the eighth on a wild pitch by Joaquin Benoit, and Reddick followed with a solo homer to give the As a 4-3 lead. Then it was Ryan Cooks turn to throw a tying wild pitch, allowing Kelly to score. Pennington nearly came through again for Oakland in the ninth, but his deep drive down the left-field line was just foul. "We just need to win a game," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "If you start thinking about three games ahead, you lose your focus on Tuesdays game." On a drizzly day at Comerica Park, the Tigers and As were sloppy with the game on the line. With runners on first and second and two out in the seventh, Cabrera lifted a fly to centre. Crisp, charging hard, tried to make a basket catch but bobbled the ball. He nearly recovered to make a falling grab, but the ball popped out of his glove and the Tigers took a 3-2 lead. "I saw it come off the heel of my glove, and I tried to grab again," Crisp said. "I even went for it barehanded, but I couldnt get it." Cespedes led off the eighth with a single and stole second and third. With one out and the infield in, Benoit threw a wild pitch to allow the tying run. The worst was still to come for the Detroit reliever, who allowed Reddicks homer to right that put Oakland ahead 4-3. Reddick had struck out in all six at-bats in the series before that. Oakland again gave up the lead immediately. The As have taken the lead four times in this series, but on each occasion they failed to hold it through the bottom half of the inning. Doug Fister allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings for Detroit, striking out eight. Rookie Tommy Milone was impressive for the As, allowing a run and five hits in six innings. He struck out six. Fister gave the As trouble early with his slow, sweeping breaking ball, but Oakland hit four singles in the third. Crisps slow roller to third turned into an infield hit when Cabrera threw wide to first. Stephen Drew struck out looking -- and had words for plate umpire Mark Wegner -- but Cespedes followed with a run-scoring single. Oakland nearly scored again on a single to right by Brandon Moss, but rookie Avisail Garcia threw Crisp out at home. The As showed frustration with the plate umpire during Game 1, and that spilled over to Sunday. Reddick struck out looking for the third out of the third and threw his bat away immediately. Wegner took off his mask and stared at the Oakland hitter as he headed back toward the dugout, but the situation didnt escalate. Cabrera hit a one-out double in the bottom of the third -- to the same spot in left-centre as his double in the first. He went to third on a single by Fielder and scored on a dribbler by Delmon Young that was too slow to be a double play. Milone retired 10 in a row, starting with Youngs RBI groundout. NOTES: Balfour was charged with the loss. ... Oakland has struck out 23 times in the first two games. ... Benoit allowed 14 homers during the regular season, easily his most since 2004, when he spent some time as a starter. ... The As are hoping LHP Brett Anderson is healthy enough to start Game 3 against Anibal Sanchez. Anderson missed the last couple weeks of the regular season because of a strained right oblique. ' ' '
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