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BALTIMORE -- Stuck in his worst slump of the season, Adam Jones stopped the skid by grounding a little single up the middle. . On his next swing, he launched a ball into orbit. Jones hit a two-run homer in the 12th and the Baltimore Orioles won their eighth straight extra-inning game, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 Saturday and spoiling B.J. Rosenbergs major league debut. Jones ended an 0-for-18 drought in the ninth, then hit a drive over the outstretched glove of centre fielder Shane Victorino. "Oh, my gosh! Getting a little frustrated there," Jones said. "One thing Im not going to do is stop swinging the bat. Its part of who I am, its the reason I got to the big leagues." Chris Davis drew a leadoff walk in the 12th from Rosenberg (0-1) and Jones followed with his 17th home run, and the second game-ending drive of the All-Stars career. The Orioles won for only the fourth time in 13 games. The Orioles eight-game winning streak in extras matches the longest in team history done in 1997 and 2010, the club said in citing the Elias Sports Bureau. "I think we like to play a lot longer than the nine innings. We enjoy that. We enjoy the overtime," Jones said. "I think were on the pace to play the most innings by any team this year. Hey, thats part of the game. If we dont win it in nine, hopefully we can win it in 12, 15 or 17." "Well sit here and play 25 as long as we get the W," he said. Jim Thome, Jimmy Rollins and Hector Luna hit solo home runs for the Phillies, who have lost seven of eight. Hunter Pence added four hits for the Philadelphia. Luis Ayala (2-1) pitched one inning for the win. Rosenberg worked a perfect 11th before Jones tagged him. Both teams used five pitchers. "I dont care that he hasnt been there before. Hes obviously good enough to get to the major leagues," Jones said. "He has good stuff. I looked at the replay." Called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley earlier in the day, Rosenberg had about three hours of sleep before arriving at Camden Yards. The Phillies newcomer got off to a promising start. He struck out his first batter, Robert Andino, with a 94 mph fastball and pitched a perfect 11th inning. The 12th, not so good after a slider went awry. "Its still one of the best days of my life," Rosenberg said. "I wish the outcome wouldve come out better." "I wouldnt trade places with anybody in the world," he said. The Orioles helped themselves by turning a season-high four double plays and making several sparkling catches. Philadelphia made three errors in a single inning and bobbled a few other balls. The crowd of 46,611 marked the first sellout of the season in Baltimore since opening day. The ballpark was evenly split between Orioles and Phillies boosters, keeping things lively all afternoon. "I said to myself, its like its the last three, four years having Boston and New York fans raiding this place," Jones said. "Theyre not happy today. The Os fans, they stood up when they needed to. Its a huge sea of red, I can tell you that." Thomes RBI single in the eighth made it 4-all. Orioles reliever Pedro Strop limited the damage by getting Ty Wigginton to ground into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded. Matt Wieters had put Baltimore ahead 4-3 in the seventh with an RBI single. That came shortly after Davis fly to shallow right bounced out of second baseman Mike Fontenots glove for a single. In the fourth inning alone, Philadelphia committed three errors -- Rollins mishandled a grounder to shortstop, pitcher Vance Worley bounced a throw and Fontenot misplayed a line drive. Those miscues gave the Orioles two runs and a 3-2 lead. Davis had an RBI grounder in the third, set up when Endy Chavez singled off Fontenots glove. Rollins, the only Phillies starter without a hit the previous day, lined a shot over the right field wall in the third. Thome hit his 605th career home run on the first pitch of the fourth -- it also was his 60th in interleague play, most in the majors. He came off the disabled list earlier in the week, then got three hits and his first RBI of the season Friday night. Luna hit a leadoff homer in the fifth that made it 3-all. All three Phillies homers came against Tommy Hunter, who was promoted from Triple-A to make this start and lasted seven innings. NOTES: The Orioles are 8-2 overall in extra innings. ... Phillies LHP Cliff Lee tries again for his first win of the season when he starts Sunday vs. RHP Jason Hammel. Lee is 0-3 in nine starts despite a 2.92 ERA. ... Orioles LF Steve Pearce diving catches in the 11th and 12th. Baltimore reliever Darren ODay speared Juan Pierres liner in the 10th. ... 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The Pittsburgh Penguins sent one with their fists. Message received on both sides.Paris, France (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and former runner-up Samantha Stosur landed in the win column, while former runner-up Venus Williams was sent packing in the second round at the French Open. The top-seeded Azarenka cruised past Germanys Dinah Pfizenmaier 6-1, 6-1, while the sixth-seeded Stosur dismissed American Irina Falconi 6-1, 6-4. Azarenka, a quarterfinalist on the famed red clay at Roland Garros last year, is trying for her second straight Grand Slam title. She won the Australian Open in January for her first career major championship. "Being No. 1 is a difficult job, because everybody want to catch you, everybody want to move you from the spot," Azarenka said. "Nothing is going to come easy just because youre No. 1. You actually have more people... motivated trying to beat you." The native of Belarus needed just 55 minutes and broke serve five times on Wednesday to advance to the third round. She will next face Canadas Aleksandra Wozniak, who knocked off 31st-seeded Chinese Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday. The consistent Radwanska dispatched the unseeded Williams 6-2, 6-3 one day after Williams younger sister and fellow former No. 1 Serena was a shocking first-round loser at the hands of Frances Virginie Razzano. Venus lost to Serena in an all-Williams French Open title bout 10 years ago and hasnt reached the final four here since. Radwanska will face former top-five Russian star Svetlana Kuznetsova in the round of 32. Stosur, the 2010 French runner-up and reigning U.S. Open champ, also had little trouble on Wednesday and moved on in just 63 minutes. She saved each of four break-point opportunities against her serve and converted 3-of-4 break chances. Next up for the Aussie will be Russias Nadia Petrova, who posted a 6-3, 6-3 win Wednesday against South Africas Chanelle Scheepers. The 27th-seeded Petrova has had her best Grand Slam results in Paris, reaching the semifinals in 2003 and 2005. Up-and-coming Croat Petra Martic disappointed the French faithful by taking out the ladies eighth seed, Marion Bartoli, in 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 fashion. The 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Bartolli was a French Open semifinalist last year. [url=http://www.buccaneersofficialteamstore.com/autographed-chas-henry-jersey-yu... Henry Jersey[/url]. Thirteenth-seeded former world No. 1 and former French Open champ Ana Ivanovic of Serbia cruised past Israeli Peer 6-2, 6-2, while 15th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova swatted American Vania King 6-0, 6-2 and 18th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta pasted American Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1. Ivanovic captured her French title in 2008 and was the 2007 runner-up here to former great Justine Henin. Another former French Open champ advanced, as a 26th-seeded Kuznetsova got past Taiwans Yung-Jan Chan 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). Kuznetsova titled here in 2009 and was the 2006 French runner-up to Henin. In other action involving seeds, Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez upended No. 20 Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4, 7-5; No. 21 Italian Sara Errani leveled American in Melanie Oudin 6-2, 6-3; Frances Mathilde Johansson knocked out No. 24 Czech Petra Cetkovska 7-6 (7-1), 6-2; and No. 29 Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues drubbed Frances Irena Pavlovic 6-3, 6-2. In an all-American affair on Day 4, promising Florida native Sloane Stephens dismantled Minnesotas Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6-1. The 19-year-old Stephens, the daughter of former NFL player John Stephens, will face Johansson on Friday. Belarus Olga Govortsova was leading world No. 10 Angelique Kerber of Germany 2-1 in the first set when play was suspended because of rain on Wednesday. The second round is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, including matches for second-seeded former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova, fourth-seeded Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and seventh-seeded reigning French Open champ Li Na. The tall Russian and three-time major champion Sharapova will face Japans Ayumi Morita, while the Czech lefthander Kvitova will tangle with Pole Urszula Radwanska, and Chinas Li will lock horns with Frances Stephanie Foretz Gacon. Also on the Day-5 schedule will be ninth-seeded Dane and former top-ranked star Caroline Wozniacki and 14th-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone, who titled here in 2010 and was last years French Open runner-up to Li. And an all-American affair will pit 20-year-old Christina McHale of New Jersey against 18-year-old Lauren Davis of Ohio. ' ' '
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