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Four different New York relievers worked an inning apiece before Rivera came on to record his 42nd save in 47 opportunities. "Mo is awesome, you just run out of things to say about him," Rodriguez said. "Every save hes had in his career meant something and tonight was another example of that." Riveras wife and two youngest sons were on hand to watch him tie the record. "To me, it was normal," Rivera said. "Just another ho-hum save." He could get a chance to break the record Sunday afternoon when the teams square off in the rubber game of the three-game series at Rogers Centre. "(No.) 602 is the big one because it just puts the final stamp on it that hes the greatest closer of all time," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. The victory moved the Yankees (91-59) four games up on second-place Boston in the American League East. New York has a game in hand on the Red Sox, who were home to Tampa Bay later Saturday. Rodriguez put the Yankees within striking distance with a three-run shot off Jays starter Henderson Alvarez, who gave up nine hits and five earned runs over six innings. It was the 16th homer of the season for A-Rod, who returned to the lineup after missing six games with a sprained left thumb. Reliever Aaron Laffey (3-2) picked up the victory. Mike McCoy drove in three runs for the Blue Jays, who fell to 76-75. Toronto touched up New York starter Bartolo Colon with four runs in the second inning and led 6-1 at the games midway point. Colon allowed seven hits and six earned runs over four innings. It was Villanuevas first blown save of the season. Kyle Drabek threw two effective innings of relief, allowing one walk and striking out three. Adam Lind, coming off a three-RBI performance in Fridays series opener, helped get the Jays on the board in the second inning. He reached on a single, moved to third on a David Cooper single and scored on a double from Colby Rasmus, who ended an 0-for-19 skid with the hit. Adam Loewen of Surrey, B.C., walked and Jose Molinas ground-rule double scored Rasmus and moved Loewen to third. McCoy used a sacrifice bunt to get the Canadian home and make it a 4-0 game. New York got on the board in the fourth inning. Granderson walked, moved to third on a Mark Teixeira double and came across when Loewen dropped a fly ball at the warning track in left field. The Yankees blew a chance to pull closer due to a baserunning gaffe. With one out, Rasmus made a fine running catch on a Nick Swisher drive to the gap in right-centre field. The double play was completed when Cano thought the ball was going to drop and ran past Teixeira, who had started to break for home but ran back to third base to tag up. "I think (Cano) thought the ball was going to drop for sure," Girardi said. "When (Swisher) hit it, I thought it was going to fall, too. Still, youve got to make sure." In the bottom half of the inning, Rasmus reached on a bunt and moved to second on a single by Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C. Both runners scored on a McCoy double to right field, with the fleet-footed leadoff man moving to third on the throw home. New York outhit Toronto 11-7. A decent crowd of 39,288 took in the game, which took two hours 50 minutes to play. Notes: New York improved to 40-11 in day games this season. ... It was the 629th home run of A-Rods career, moving him one shy of Ken Griffey Jr. for fifth place on the all-time list. He also moved into a tie with Eddie Collins for 14th place on the all-time runs scored list with 1,820. Rodriguez hit fifth in the batting order for the first time in over five years. ... Eric Thames replaced Loewen in left field in the eighth inning and J.P. Arencibia took over from Molina behind the plate. ... Brandon Morrow (9-11, 5.23 ERA) will get the start in the series finale Sunday against New Yorks Freddy Garcia (11-7, 3.71). ... Jose Bautista entered play leading the major leagues in home runs (42), walks (121), on-base percentage (.449) and slugging percentage (.629). ... This series is the final stop of a four-city, 10-game road trip for the Yankees. ... Toronto opens a four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday. ... Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in attendance. nfl jerseys china . Both teams were conference finalists a year ago, both clubs have an unmistakable identity that defines them, both play unselfish, defence-first basketball and in the last four days, both have reminded the Raptors how far they are from competing at their level. wholesale nfl jerseys . -- The Baltimore Ravens have released cornerback Domonique Foxworth. http://... . Goran Dragic scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half and the Suns held on to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 93-88 on Thursday night, giving Hunter his second victory in two nights as interim coach after he replaced the fired Alvin Gentry. [url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysdeals.com/]Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping . This week they discuss Kyle Lowrys All-Star blessing, Coach Q, unheralded undraftees and leaving the NFL playoffs alone. Buffalo Bills Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla.SIGULDA, Latvia -- Canadian Alex Gough is on a nice roll heading into the Sochi Winter Games. The 26-year-old from Calgary capped the World Cup season off in style, finishing second in a second straight womens singles luge event Saturday. American Kate Hansen claimed the gold medal with a two-run time of one minute 23.976 seconds. Gough, the first-run leader, finished second, 0.076 seconds behind. Russian Natalia Khoreva was third, 0.176 seconds back. Gough claimed her 17th career World Cup medal. "That was a very good race today with two solid runs," said Canadian team coach Wolfgang Staudinger. "We are only at this track once every two years so to be able to perform on a track where we have minimal runs is impressive." Calgarys Kimberley McRae finished sixth in 1:24.37 while Arianne Jones, also of Calgary, was 16th in 1:24.790. In mens doubles, Tristan Walker of Cochrane, Alta., and Calgarys Justin Snith were eighth in 1:23.304. Hansen was a surprise winner Saturday, becoming the first American to prevail in a singles race on the circuit since Nov. 22, 1997. It gave both her and the team a major infusion of confidence heading into next months Sochi Games. "Of course its a great surprise for me," Hansen said. "Ive never dreamed of winning the event." Hansen was a five-year-old when Cameron Myler gave the U.S. its most recent singles victory on the World Cup circuit, which also came in Sigulda. And she wasnt even born when Germany last failed to have a woman reach the medal podium after a race on tour. Improbable as it soundds, both things happened Saturday. Wome... Aaron Williams Elite Jersey. The 21-year-old Hansen capped her win with a track-record run in the second heat, while Germany -- which in fairness kept its top three sliders, including World Cup champion Natalie Geisenberger, out of the competition so they could prepare for the Olympics instead -- had no one finish better than seventh, an absolute rarity for the deepest team in the world. Hansens gold is the first for the U.S. in any major international race since Erin Hamlin won the world championship in 2009. "This is a momentous occasion," USA Luge spokesman Sandy Caligiore said. Germanys top slider was Dajana Eitberger, about a half-second behind Hansen. Germany had earned a medal in every World Cup womens singles race since 1988. Whether the German best were there or not, it was still a breakthrough for Hansen. The U.S. national champion held the lead at the midway point of the season-opening race at Lillehammer, Norway, then slipped all the way back to 12th in the second heat. And before Saturday, she had never even earned a medal in a World Cup race. Now shes heading to her first Olympics knowing how winning feels. "I dont know if the pressure with regard to the upcoming Olympic Games will be greater now," Hansen said. "Its a good question. But well see." Geisenberger, who clinched the World Cup title a week earlier, finished the season with 785 standings points. Gough was second with 626, Germanys Tatjana Huefner was third with 551, followed by Germanys Anke Wischnewski (493) and Eitberger (432). ' ' '
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