MISSISSAUGA, Ont. . -- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will be spending the next few weeks training with a stopwatch in hand. Virtue and Moir easily claimed their fifth national ice dance title at the Canadian figure skating championships Sunday, but were left troubled by their marks that included two violation point deductions. The violations were for holding two lifts over the allowable time -- and two points could be the difference between gold and silver when they meet American rivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the world championships in March. "Marina (Zoueva, their coach) is going to be all over me now with a stopwatch," said Moir -- they also use video to monitor lift length. "(Ice dancing) is a bit fussy. And to be honest we were kind of excited because that was an awesome skate for us. There was no doubt in our minds. Thats exactly what we want to do. Now the (violations) dont take away from it but it would be nice to have a big number to go home and work off of." The two-time world champions and Olympic gold medallists scored 187.23 overall, and their dramatic and sultry "Carmen" free dance brought the capacity crowd of nearly 4,500 fans at the Hershey Centre to its feet. Torontos Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the silver with 169.81, while Nicole Orford of Burnaby, B.C., and Thomas Williams of Okotoks, Alta., finished third with 152.56. Virtue, from London, Ont., and Moir, who grew up just down the road in Ilderton, Ont., are gunning for their third world title when London hosts the championships in March. They also received a surprisingly low score on one of their spins. Their "Carmen" program this season is a marked departure from their ethereal gold-medal free dance that most fans remember them for at the Vancouver Olympics. Virtue, wearing a black dress with a neckline that plunges down to her navel, opens by running her hand down Moirs backside -- the gesture prompted a wolf-whistle from someone in the crowd Sunday. Virtue and Moir have never been afraid of taking risks, and despite not receiving the high marks theyve been after so far this season, theyre still committed to the program. "We wouldnt be skating if we were just going to play it safe and do the same tricks every year," Moir said. "Were going after it. Thatll start to pay off. It already has started to pay off. "To lose the points -- it is disheartening but its easy too at the same time. At least we have them in black and white, on paper. I always find it a lot more difficult to go home and try and fix the program component scores (the artistic impression scores under the old judging system) where you have no idea where the judges brains are at." The Canadian championships was the qualifying event for the Four Continents, Feb. 6-11 in Osaka, Japan, plus part of the world championship team will be announced Monday. The three ice dance medallists were named to the Four Continents team. Patrick Chan will skip the Four Continents, so the three men competing there will be Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., Andrei Rogozine of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Elladj Balde of Pierrefonds, Que. Kaetlyn Osmond, a 17-year-old from Marystown, N.L., leads the womens contingent at Four Continents. Amelie Lacoste of Delson, Que., and Julianne Seguin of Longueuil, Que., are the other two. The three pairs teams are Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto, and Paige Lawrence of Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask. While Virtue and Moir were virtually a lock to win gold at the Hershey Centre, second and third could have gone to several different ice dance duos. Perennial runners-up Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje didnt compete here as Weaver broke her ankle five weeks ago when she slid feet-first into the boards. Canada is known for its ice dancers, and Gilles and Poirier said the depth in the discipline keeps them on their toes. "The youth is really showing that they are kind of pushing to make the sport grow," Gilles said. "Its making us having to keep pushing the boundaries because if we stay safe, theyre going to come up and take our spots." Canada has a full three spots in ice dance at the world championships in London, Ont., and likely will at next years Sochi Olympics as well. "What were all really hoping is that next year, everyone can be out there and everyone can skate their best and we can make it a super-dee-duper awesome Olympic trial event," Poirier said. "I think thats what the people who are watching want to see and thats what we all want to do, we want it to be the best competition possible." [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-jo-lonn-dunbar-jersey-dr-8... Dunbar Jersey . The referee issued a red card to Camara, so he will be suspended a total of two games. 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"You get that feeling back," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "Its one thing to go through a tough stretch and start winning games again, expecting that. Part of this three-game series, you get back, the guys swinging the bats pretty good and guys pitching fairly well." Jake Peavy (8-7) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits in six innings with six strikeouts and two walks. Chicago and Detroit are tied for the AL Central lead. The Tigers swept the White Sox over the weekend. "These three games we just played good team baseball," Peavy said. "Its nice to come back after the road trip we had. We had a short homestand, but we played well, got back on track." Kevin Youkilis left the game in the fourth inning due to a sprained left ankle. He rolled it rounding first on an RBI single in the third and was lifted for a pinch hitter. Youkilis called the move "precautionary" and said he will be ready to play Friday at Texas. Nick Blackburn (4-6) gave up a season-high eight runs and 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings as the Twins fell a season-worst 18 games below .500. Minnesota went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position, stranded nine runners and lost to the White Sox for the 15th time in their last 19 meetings. "Just a terrible series by us," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "But a very good series by the other team. They whacked it, and they pounded us -- scored a lot of runs, and we got dominated here." Peavy got into a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the first, but allowed only one run. Josh Willingham grounded into a double play, and Justin Morneau grounded out. Viciedo misplayed Joe Mauers fly ball to left leading off the fourth for an error, Willingham walked and Mauer scored on Morneaus double. [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-torry-holt-jersey-ay-53.ht... Holt Jersey[/url]. But with runners on second and third, Peavy struck out Ryan Doumit, Brian Dozier and Alexi Casilla. Viciedos miscue snapped a 109-game errorless streak. It was his first error since moving to the outfield from third base in 2011. "You work hard at (defence) and you figure at some point (an error) might happen," Viciedo said through a translator. "Unfortunately for me, today was that day. Just go out there and keep practicing so it doesnt happen again." The 23-year-old Cuban responded with his 16th homer of the season in the bottom half, a 409-foot, two-run drive over the centre-field wall for a 6-2 lead. "What hes doing offensively as far as his approach, you can tell by the way hes hitting the ball, just the velocity coming off the bat that he feels pretty good at the plate," Ventura said. Viciedo got into more trouble in the fifth when he failed to catch Denard Spans one-out line drive -- ruled a double. Viciedo tumbled forward, bending his left wrist as he fell to the ground. Ventura and a White Sox trainer came out to check on Viciedo, who recovered to make a nice retreating catch on Mauers fly ball and strand Span at second. Rios two-run homer in the fifth chased Blackburn, who allowed eight earned runs for the first time since Sept. 28, 2010, at Kansas City. Span had two doubles for Minnesota. Morneaus double in the fourth was the 250th of his career. NOTES: White Sox C A.J. Pierzynski (mild right oblique strain) sat out for the second consecutive game. Ventura expects Pierzynski to return Friday. "He could play, but we dont want him to re-injure it and be out for any longer than he has to be," Ventura said. ... Twins 3B Trevor Plouffe (bruised right thumb) missed his fifth straight game. Gardenhire said a trip to the 15-day DL is possible if Plouffe doesnt improve by Fridays series opener against Cleveland. ... Scott Diamond (8-4, 3.16 ERA) will pitch the series opener for the Twins against the Indians Josh Tomlin (5-7, 5.34). ... 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