TORONTO -- Pitching has dominated the first two games of the American League Championship Series. Orlando Cepeda Jersey Large .The Cleveland Indians have pitched just a little better to lead the series 2-0 over Toronto and have outscored the Blue Jays 4-1.Its been the same story, good pitching on both sides, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said on Sunday before his team worked out. A little offense on both sides. They just got the two home runs, really. And then (Francisco) Lindor has had two big hits in both games. A lot of similarities, but theyve been able to plate the runs. Not many of them, but more than we have.There has been some mystery surrounding Clevelands starter for Game 3 at Rogers Centre on Monday night.Right-hander Trevor Bauer was scheduled to start Game 2 before he suffered a 10-stitch cut on the little finger of his right hand while working on his drone.Josh Tomlin took his place and picked up the win Saturday when Cleveland took the game 2-1 and Bauer will now start Game 3.Hes been getting treatment the whole time, almost like a pitcher with a blister, Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. I really dont think its going to affect his start one way or the other, whether he gets them out or he doesnt. I dont think this is going to be a big deal.Bauer (0-0, 5.79 earned-run average in the postseason) will be opposing Toronto starter Marcus Stroman (0-0, 3.00 ERA).Its really a non-issue, Bauer said Sunday before Cleveland had its workout. Ive been able to throw normally and stuff.Bauer will be making his second career postseason start. He allowed five hits, including two home runs, and three runs in 4 2/3 innings and did not factor in the decision of Game 1 in the American League Division Series, a three-game Cleveland sweep of the Boston Red Sox.Bauer faced Toronto twice this season, going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA. His win came when he pitched five innings in relief July 1 in the 19-inning, 2-1 victory at Rogers Centre that extended Clevelands winning streak to a club-record 14 games.He is 1-1 with a 6.27 ERA in four career games (three starts) against Toronto and is 1-1 with a 7.11 ERA in two career games at Rogers Centre.Stroman will be making his second postseason start this year and the fifth of his career. He is 1-0 with a 3.91 in his first four career postseason starts.He allowed four hits and two runs over six innings in a no-decision against the Baltimore Orioles in the wild-card game.Stroman said he is not concerned about the struggles of the Blue Jays hitters. I think thats baseball, sometimes you go in spurts, he said. Our offense is amazing, its been amazing all year. I count on every single one of those guys to pick me up.Stroman is 0-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two starts against Cleveland this season with 15 strikeouts in 14 innings. He is 0-0 with a 3.52 ERA in three career games against Cleveland, including two starts.The game will be at night with roof likely closed at Rogers Centre and that might help the hitting. The game Saturday was a 4 p.m. start outdoors at Progressive Field.In discussing how teams have more time to prepare for each postseason series than in the regular season, Francona said, But, I also think theres other things, too, like when you start at 4:10, youre giving the pitchers a huge advantage. And I understand it. Im not complaining about it, just the way it is. But if the sun is shining its difficult. I mean, really tough. So youre going five or six innings where, it doesnt mean youre not going to score, but youre at a disadvantage on offense.Cleveland left-hander Andrew Miller needs no such advantage. He has been the pitching star of the first two games, striking out five in each of his first two appearances -- working 1 2/3 innings in Game 1 and two innings in Game 2.To be honest with you, if hes on theres not a lot you can do with him, Gibbons said. Hes proved that over the last few years. We saw him a little bit with the Yankees. Hes got an overpowering fastball and hes got that incredible slider. If hes throwing strikes, theres a lot of swing and misses (on the), disappearing slider. Rowland Office Jersey . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Peter Moylan Jersey .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. http://www.custombravesjersey.com/custom-phil-niekro-jersey-large-327z.html ;. Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. BERKELEY, Calif. -- The last time Oregon traveled south to play California, the teams wound up scoring a combined 100 points.Two years later, its hard to imagine the scoreboard getting much less of a workout when the defense-challenged Ducks (2-4, 0-3 Pac-12) and Bears (3-3, 1-2) meet Friday night.Oregon is surrendering 41.8 points per game -- 125th nationally out of 128 FBS teams -- and is coming off a 70-21 loss two weeks ago to No. 5 Washington. Cal ranks 123rd, allowing 40.0 points per game, and has not held the Ducks under 43 in a game since 2010.Cal coach Sonny Dykes, whose Bears lost 59-41 to Oregon at Levis Stadium in 2014, can relate to the Ducks defensive downturn.Sometimes when you cant stop the run, it makes it hard to play good defense, he said. Weve dealt with that at times this year. Its hard the way people play offense now.For Oregon, which began the season ranked No. 24 but hasnt won since Sept. 10 against Virginia, getting a win over anyone would provide an immeasurable boost to the teams confidence, coach Mark Helfrich said.Helfrich wants practices to be tougher than games, convinced that will lead to success.Now its a matter of, `Hey, when youre going against this guy whos a fifth-year senior and youre a redshirt freshman, or theres 50,000 screaming people -- whatever the situation -- you execute exactly how you practice, he said. Thats all we need. Nothing more, nothing less.Cals tendency is to throw the ball, but the Bears ran for a season-high 317 yards two weeks ago at Oregon State. That has the Ducks attention.We cant stop the run very well right now, cornerback Arrion Springs said. Theyve got some really good running backs and theyre going to want to run the ball. Everyone wants to run the ball on us.Dykes is convinced there is a good Oregon defense waiting to show itself.They have a lot of players who have been successful. They know how to win, he said. Its a good football team that hasnt played their best. Im sure they will.Here are some things to watch when Oregon visits Cal:WEBB YES, HANSEN MAYBE: Quarterback Davis Webb, who leads the Pac-12 with 2,256 yards passing andd has thrown 22 touchdowns, will start for the Bears. Orlando Cepeda Jersey. Webb injured the thumb on his throwing hand two weeks ago, but returned to practice Sunday after the bye week and said he is feeling fine.Less certain is the status of wideout Chad Hansen, the Pac-12s leading receiver, who sprained his ankle against Oregon State. Dykes said he expects Hansen to play, but acknowledged hes not sure how effective he will be.BEARS AFTER BYES: Cal is hoping the bye week finally provides some benefit. The Bears are 0-5 under Dykes after byes, including a 45-40 loss at San Diego State this season after getting an extra week to acclimate following a long trip to Australia to play Hawaii. Cal has allowed an average of 45.4 points in those five defeats, which included a 55-16 loss to No. 2 Oregon back in Dykes debut season of 2013.YOUNG DUCKS: In addition to using a freshman quarterback in Justin Herbert, who made his starting debut against Washington, Oregon is the only FBS school in the country that has started four freshmen offensive linemen in the same game. Oregon emerged from fall camp with four redshirt freshmen having secured starting spots: Calvin Throckmorton (right tackle), Brady Aiello (left tackle) Jake Hanson (center) and Shane Lemieux (left guard) all start for the Ducks. Three of the four have started every game, with Aiello in the starting unit four of six games.JUST THE NEXT GAME: No one has to tell Dykes how the Bears have fared on his watch against the Ducks.This is my fourth year and I know we havent beat them yet. We havent played particularly well against them, Dykes said.In fact, Cal is 0-12 against Oregon, Stanford, USC and UCLA during Dykes tenure. Oregon has won seven straight overall against Cal.ROUGH START: Oregon is 0-3 in the Pac-12 for the first time since 1996 and has lost four straight games overall for the first time since 2006. But the Ducks have some history on their side: They are 27-4 in conference road games since 2009, best of any Power 5 team. ' ' '
