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ANAHEIM - J.A. Happ takes the mound opposite Jered Weaver on Monday night when the Toronto Blue Jays pay a visit to Angel Stadium to begin a three-game series. Happ has been solid since getting roughed up for seven runs in four innings at Cincinnati on June 21. He tossed 7 2/3 shutout frames against the Chicago White Sox while striking out eight in his next start. Most recently, Happ gave up four runs on six hits over seven innings while striking out four and walking nobody against Milwaukee on Wednesday. Weaver, after giving up just one earned run in each of his previous two starts, was tagged for five runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. Once again, the long ball hurt Weaver as he gave up two home runs to run his seasons total to 16 allowed. Prior to his last start, Weaver had gone 17 straight innings without giving up a homer. "I just left a couple pitches up, and those guys put it where they should," Weaver said. L.A. has won 10 straight at home and 15 of its last 16 overall at Angel Stadium. The Halos concluded a four-game home sweep of the Houston Astros following Sundays 6-1 victory. Starter Garrett Richards struck out a career-high 11 while pitching 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball to improve to 10-2 on the season. Kole Calhoun homered and went 3-for-3, while Albert Pujols was 2-for-3 including a two-run single. The Blue Jays are trying to avoid a season-worst fifth straight loss, although they will have to do so without All-Star slugger Edwin Encarnacion, who is expected to miss at least two weeks with a strained right quadriceps that he injured during Saturdays 5-1 loss at Oakland. Encarnacion is second in the majors in both home runs (26) and RBI (70). "It hurts us not having him on the team," said outfielder and fellow All-Star Jose Bautista. "The No. 1 priority is to get him better." Toronto, which leads the majors with 114 homers on the season, lost each game of a four-game set at Oakland as the offense went 0-for-20 with runners in scoring position. It was more of the same for the teams suddenly lackluster offense during Sundays 4-2 loss, which dropped the team two games behind Baltimore in the AL East standings. The Blue Jays held a one-game lead atop the division entering the series against the Athletics. "We got shut down big time," manager John Gibbons said. "Were just not very good right now. Were just not producing." The Angels won three of four when these teams met up at Rogers Centre from May 9-12. Antonio Allen Jersey . Bergmann, who came ninth in Bad Gastein a year ago for his only previous top-10 result, defeated Andreas Prommegger of Austria in the final of the single-run format. Aaron March of Italy finished third by beating Sebastian Kislinger of Austria. Dawan Landry Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. http://www.shopjetsus.com/women-jeremy-kerley-jets-jersey-sale/ . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Eric Decker Jersey . The Lakers will also visit Cleveland and Philadelphia, have lost four in a row on the road and are 8-18 as the guest this season. They are 3-12 on the road against Western Conference opponents. Stephen Hill Jersey . "Its time that you look at it," chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel said, setting the stage for a rigorous first day of cross-examination of Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with premeditated murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp three times through a toilet door at his home.PORTLAND, Ore. -- Yani Tseng moved into position to end a long victory drought, shooting a 9-under 63 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Safeway Classic. Tseng, the 24-year-old Taiwanese star who has 15 LPGA Tour titles and had a 109-week run at No. 1 in the world ranking, is winless in 36 events since the Kia Classic in March 2012. She has tumbled to No. 15 in the world and missed cuts in the four of her last five tournaments. After opening with rounds of 67 and 68, Tseng had 11 birdies and two bogeys Saturday in warm, dry and calm conditions to reach 18 under at Columbia Edgewater. "Its been a long time. Its great to be back in this position again," Tseng said. "I was really happy out there. ... I just love every part of golf out there and really enjoyed every shot." Tseng birdied six of the first eight holes and dropped a stroke on the par-4 ninth to make the turn in 5-under 31. She birdied No. 10, then hooked her second shot up against a restroom en route to a bogey on the par-5 12th. Tseng rebounded with a birdie at 13, and added birdies at 15, 16 and 17 -- all with putts of less than 10 feet. She squandered a chance for another birdie when she missed a 5-foot putt on the par-4 18th. Tseng said the key to her round was making a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-3 13th after faltering at 12. "Thats an important putt for me, and I think kind of a little turning point on the back nine," Tseng said. Tseng recently spent two weeks in Taiwan working on her game, and Tony Kao, her coach since age 6, is with her in Portland. "Ive been working really hard," Tseng said. "I want to get back in this position, so I dont feel any surprise because this is what Im working hard for." Norways Suzann Pettersen, the 2011 tournament winner at Pumpkin Ridge, was tied for second with Thailands Pornanong Phatlum. Pettersen had a 70, and Phatlum, the leader after each of the first two rounds, shot 71. Swedens Anna Nordqvist also had a 63 to join U.S. Solheim Cup opponents Stacy Lewis,, Morgan Pressel and Lizette Salas at 14 under.ddddddddddddLewis and Pressel shot 65, and Salas had a 68. Pettersen has come from behind to win the Safeway Classic before, rallying from a nine-stroke deficit to win in 2011. Pettersen and Tseng are close friends, and will play together in the final group. "Theres no one that Id rather see playing better and playing well than Yani," Pettersen said. "I know shes been through a rough patch. Shes too good not to hang tough and be in the game." Phatlum, the second-round leader for the first time during her five-year LPGA career, said her hot putter of the first two days deserted her. "Maybe the pressure. Today is like slow, and I feel like not comfortable," Phatlum said. "Im just OK with my score today, and putting not really good. Just try my best tomorrow." Austin Ernst shot a 62 to tie the tournament record set by Annika Sorenstam in 2002. Ernst set the stage as the first player on the course. Playing by herself, the tour rookie birdied eight of her first 10 holes to flirt with a 59, then bogeyed the par-4 11th. She was 12 under overall. Ernst, who played her round in 2 hours, 45 minutes, said she went about low as she could go. "I hit it really well, but I made a ton of putts. It was pretty easy on myself. Green were fresh," Ernst said. "I maybe had two putts on the back nine that I could have made that were 15 feet that I just rolled over the edge. Other than that, I made pretty much got everything I could out of the round." Lewis said because of Ernsts early finish, most players were aware of her record-tying score. "I was warming up on the putting green, and I think everybody on the putting green kind of stopped and watched her hit her birdie putt there on 18," Lewis said. "Sixty-two is a pretty good score around this course." A 72-hole event for the time, the tournament is back at Columbia Edgewater after four years at Pumpkin Ridge. Columbia Edgewater also was the tournament site from 1990-2008. ' ' '
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