TORONTO -- Ryan Dempster is going to have to wait a little longer to make another start in his native Canada. The right-hander will miss his scheduled start for the Texas Rangers on Saturday at Toronto due to personal reasons. Dempster, who is from British Columbia, was slated to make his first start in Canada since opening day for the Marlins at Montreal on April 2, 2002. He went 5-0 in eight career appearances in Montreal, but has never pitched in Toronto. Recently demoted starter Roy Oswalt will take Dempsters place against the Blue Jays. The Rangers placed Dempster on the restricted list Friday and recalled rookie outfielder Leonys Martin from Triple-A Round Rock. The AL West leaders didnt offer any further explanation for Dempsters absence and said he was expected to rejoin the team Monday. Dempster has struggled since he was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on July 31. He is 1-1 with an 8.31 ERA in three starts for Texas. 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He proved that again Thursday at the ATP finals, beating David Ferrer 6-4, 7-6 (5) and advancing to the semifinals with a group match to spare despite struggling to land his serve and scrambling to stay in the long rallies.For eight teams, its officially win and youre in. The four return-legs of the Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs will be played Tuesday to determine the final four teams to qualify for next years tournament. Turkey travels to Zagreb in a state of complete shock. Conceding three away goals to Croatia in the first leg leaves them with a mountain to climb. Both teams were among the Top 16 in Europe at the time the groups were drawn for qualifying, so its not out of the question for either team to explode for a flurry of goals. With home field advantage and the sting of Turkeys stunning comeback at Euro 2008 still in the back of their minds, Croatia may put the pedal down at both ends of the pitch to ensure the Turks stay down. Watch Turkey vs. Croatia on TSN at 2pm et/11am pt. The Czechs did their part to take advantage of the home crowd, scoring a comfortable 2-0 lead over Montenegro on Friday, but their lead is by no means insurmountable. The teams insurance goal, scored off a late set-play gives the Czechs the comfort of potentially losing the match, while still winning the aggregate play-off. Montenegro could turn the tides should they score early and force the Czechs into a one-goal game. Watch Czech Republic vs. Montenegro on TSN2 at 2pm et/11am pt. The most excitement of the day should come from the second leg of the battle between Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The two sides battled to a scoreless draw on Friday in Zenica. That score line would seem to favour the talented Portugal siide, who now need only to win by one goal on home soil to book their ticket to Poland-Ukraine.dddddddddddd However, like Montenegro against the Czechs, if Bosnia and Herzegovina score early, it could drastically change the pace of play and force Portugal to take extra chances to overcome a potential away-goal advantage. Watch Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal on TSN at 4pm et/ 1pm pt. Ireland, on the other hand, may already have its celebration plans made. After a crushing 4-0 win in Tallinn that saw the Estonian side finish with just nine men, a visit to Dublin may simply be a formality for Giovanni Trapattonis squad. Still, Ireland have suffered heartbreak in play-off games before, so it is unlikely they will take any team for granted, especially a team like Estonia thats already surpassed expectations in qualifying for the play-off games. -- In each play-off aggregate, the team with the highest score over the course of both matches will earn a berth to the Euro 2012 Finals in Poland and Ukraine. In the event two teams end up tied after both 90-minute matches, the first tie-breaker is the amount of goals scored away from home. Should the teams remain tied on aggregate score and away-goals, an extra 30 minutes of play will be added to the second leg. Should the teams remain tied after the 30 minutes, the winner will be decided by penalty kicks. The four winners of the qualifying play-offs will be drawn into pools with the 12 already-qualified squads for Euro 2012 on Dec. 2. ' ' '