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LOS ANGELES -- A. Pat Sims Bengals Jersey .J. Ellis hasnt had many opportunities to drive in important runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers this
season because of his two stints on the disabled list. But Ellis was in the
batters box at the right time Saturday night. His bases-loaded sacrifice fly in
the ninth inning lifted the Dodgers 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres and
increased his RBI total to seven. "Its great to be in those situations. Its
something you always want to be a part of," Ellis said. "After the eighth
inning, I looked up at the scoreboard. I saw where I was hitting and I said, You
know, theres a chance something could happen in the ninth. "And I got in a
position to be the guy who drives in the big run." Adrian Gonzalez greeted Kevin
Quackenbush (1-2) with a leadoff double before Matt Kemp struck out and
Andre Ethier was intentionally walked. Juan Uribe then worked out a seven-pitch
walk that included two checked swings that were upheld on appeal by first base
umpire Jim Wolf. Ellis then lifted a 1-2 pitch to right field after Padres
manager Bud Black then employed a drawn-in five-man infield. "You cant even look
at them," Ellis said. "One of the worst things you can do as a hitter is try to
direct the ball. You just hit it where its pitched. In that situation, Im
looking to get a ball in the outfield, anyway, so the infield is the least of my
concerns. Im just looking for something up that I could hit to centre or right,
and I was really happy to find a pitch up there." Kenley Jansen (1-3) pitched a
scoreless ninth for the victory, striking out cleanup hitter Yasmani Grandal
with runners at first and second. The Dodgers win, coupled with San Franciscos
loss, put the Dodgers back in front of the Giants by a full game in the NL West.
Left-hander Paul Maholm, coming out of the bullpen to make a spot start for the
injured Josh Beckett, threw 64 pitches through the first six innings -- using
just nine in the first, third, fourth and sixth. "Unfortunately for Josh, he had
to miss a start and go on the DL, so I had to step in," Maholm said. "Ive made
it known to the front office that I want to start, and thats my gig. But I
signed up for this. So whenever the call, they call -- whether its one hitter or
a couple of innings, I just want to pitch." It was Maholms 250th career start,
his eighth this season and first since May 14 against the Marlins, when he was
charged with 10 runs -- five earned -- over 3 2-3 innings in a 13-3 loss at
Dodger Stadium. The Padres only hits off him were singles in the fourth and
seventh by Chase Headley, whose solo homer in Thursdays series opener ended
Clayton Kershaws string of 41 consecutive scoreless innings. Maholm, who came in
1-6 with a 4.27 ERA in his eight previous career starts against San Diego, was
lifted by manager Don Mattingly after Headleys leadoff hit. Brandon League
finished the seventh after retiring Carlos Quentin on a double-play grounder to
third with his second pitch. Ian Kennedy held the Dodgers to three hits over
eight innings and struck out eight, after back-to-back victories over Cincinnati
and Colorado. This was the third straight start in which he pitched at least six
innings while allowing fewer than two earned runs, and the ninth overall under
those circumstances. St. Louis Adam Wainwright leads the NL with 12 such
outings. "Thats a really good lineup, but youve just got to navigate through it
and execute pitches," Kennedy said. "Later on in the game, my curveball was
better, sharper. It wasnt very good in the bullpen and I was bouncing it. But my
fastball location was keeping me ahead of guys." Dodgers All-Star right fielder
Yasiel Puig was ejected by umpire David Rackley after he took a called third
strike to end the third inning. His only other ejection in the majors was on
June 11, 2013 -- his ninth big league game -- after a bench-clearing incident
that also involved Kennedy. NOTES: By virtue of Puigs ejection, Ethier and Kemp
found themselves at the same positions they had for most of their careers before
Puig came along. Ethier moved from centre to right, Kemp from left to centre,
and Carl Crawford went in to play left. ... The Padres are taking advantage of
the four-day All-Star break by optioning RHP Jesse Hahn (5-2, 2.21 ERA) to
Triple-A El Paso after he pitched six innings of three-hit ball Friday night in
his seventh big league start and beat the Dodgers 6-3. Manager Bud Black said
the club will continue to keep a close eye on Hahns innings the rest of the
season. ... INF Jace Peterson was recalled by the Padres to fill in for injured
1B Tommy Medica, who was removed from Thursdays game because of tightness in his
groin and remains on the active roster. ... Kershaw shaved off his scraggly
beard for Sunday nights trip to Minnesota and his fourth career All-Star game.
Jeremy Hill Bengals Jersey . -- Howie Kendrick had a two-run single in his first game batting leadoff this
season, Chris Iannetta hit a pair of RBI singles and the Los Angeles Angels beat
Cleveland 6-4 Tuesday night, sending the Indians to their fifth straight defeat.
Bengals Jersey . Driven on by a partisan pro-Colombian crowd that turned the Estadio Nacional into a sea of yellow, the
South Americans scored through James Rodriguez and substitute Juan Quintero in a
devastating six-minute spell in the second half to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 on
Thursday.MONTREAL -- Sloppy play, blown leads and a poor record on home ice all
conspired in the firing of Jacques Martin as coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
Sensing his team was going nowhere, general manager Pierre Gauthier removed the
defensive-minded Martin in his third season and promoted his somewhat younger,
more tech-savvy assistant Randy Cunneyworth to the job of interim head coach on
Saturday. Assistant GM Larry Carriere was named assistant coach, his first
coaching job after a long career in scouting and administration. The 50-year-old
Cunneyworth, a Toronto native whose lack of French was quickly noted by fans and
the media in a Francophone city where English-only corporate board meetings have
been a hot topic, is the teams first unilingual English-speaking coach since Bob
Berry in the early 1980s. Gauthier said Cunneyworth would work on his French,
and that he hopes he will be able to keep him in the job next season. He said "a
language can be learned." For now, he just wants his team to win. "Our team
wasnt performing up to an acceptable level," Gauthier said. "For sure, there
were injuries, but also the approach to games, especially the teams play in the
third period, are things that affect the results. "It was best to make a change.
Sometimes in this business to make things better you need to make a change, to
bring in new ideas, a new approach to the teams performance, so it becomes more
consistent." Gauthier, a former assistant who moved into his job when Bob Gainey
stepped aside last season, did not consider searching outside the organization
for a coach. The 59-year-old Martin, who this season passed the 600 career wins
mark, became the sixth NHL coach fired in recent weeks after Bruce Boudreau in
Washington, Paul Maurice in Carolina, Terry Murray in Los Angeles, Davis Payne
in St. Louis and Randy Carlyle in Anaheim. The change that Gauthier said he had
been mulling over for two or three weeks seemed to take everyone, including the
players, by surprise. But it was strongly hinted at on Oct. 26 when, off to a
weak start to the season, Martins closest ally Perry Pearn was fired as
assistant coach. The team then went on a brief winning spurt that has since
cooled. The Canadiens were 13-12-7 and in 11th place in the NHL Eastern
Conference when Martin was axed, hours before a home game against the New Jersey
Devils. They were 5-6-6 on home ice. Martins last game was a 4-3 loss at home to
Philadelphia. Before that was a string of blown leads or nearly wasted leads
that left the Canadiens with one point in games they should have had two.
Players who had bought into Martins system, which emphasizes defensive play and
keeping players close together on attack to support each other, looked to be
opting out. Many fans disliked the emphasis on defence, particularly the teams
tendency to play as if killing a 20-minute penalty when nursing a third-period
lead. Justified or not, Martin-bashing was widespread in cafes and Internet
postings. "What system is in place doesnt matter if everyone buys in and plays
the right way," said defenceman Josh Gorges. "If you only have half the guys
doing whats asked of them, everything is in disarray and I think thats where we
got to. "We werent playing together and doing the things we need to do to win.
And consequently we lost games we shouldnt have lost and changes needed to be
made." Martin was also a low-key man, bland in media interviews and mostly quiet
behind the bench. Cunneyworth will be somewhat more animated. Cunneyworth has
rocketed through the Canadiens system in less than two seasons. He was hired as
head coach of AHL Hamilton last season after two seasons as an assistant coach
with the Atlanta Thrashers and nine years as head coach of the AHL Rochester
Americans in the Buffalo Sabres system. The Bulldogs went 44-27-9 last season
and both Cunneyworth and his assistant Randy Ladouceur were brought to Montreal
to replace the departed Kirk Muller, now head coach in Carolina. Now the Randy
and Randy show is in charge in Montreal. Gorges was impressed with Cunneyworths
hard work and his approach to the jobb. Clint Boling Bengals Jersey. "Hes one of the first Ive seen in my career who has got the computer with the video between
periods, or on practice days," Gorges said. "Hes going over minor little details
of the game before or whats coming up in the next game and hes prepared. "We can
expect a lot of preparation, working on knowing what we have to do in different
situations." The basic system of play is not expected to change much, but
Cunneyworth said there are aspects that need to be improved. "Its lot to do with
execution," said the former NHL forward. "We have to demand better of each
other. "The players have to be on board more as a team rather than trying to do
things on their own. I think its important that we get that across quickly. Its
important that our team competes in all areas, that when it has the puck it has
everybody involved. "One of our assets is our speed. Were not a big team, but
were certainly a team that can move and move the puck well. Being on the puck
and not giving up are things I will demand and our staff will demand." Martin
was much the same when he was hired in 2009, in the same summer Gainey completed
a house-cleaning that saw several veterans leave and Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez
and Michael Cammalleri arrive as free agents. Systems had gone haywire under
former coach Guy Carbonneau. At the time, it needed structure and a clear system
and the veteran Martin certainly provided that. In his first season, the
Canadiens made the playoffs and then upset Washington and Pittsburgh enroute to
a conference final. Last season, they finished sixth and took eventual Stanley
Cup champion Boston to Game Seven in the first round before losing in overtime.
That coherence on the ice wasnt as evident this season, although they have had a
run of injuries and had to use as many as four first-or-second-year defencemen
in several games. Too many players were trying to do too much on their own, and
too few were going to the net to look for goals. "They have to compete and show
a willingness to put their bodies in harms way," said Cunneyworth. "Thats what
they get paid to do. "For the most part, guys do that wholeheartedly. We have to
get more doing that." Martin was not available for interviews. To a man, players
denied the coach had "lost the room," even if it appeared his message was no
longer getting through to everyone. "The bottom line is winning games -- we
werent winning and changes happen," said defenceman Hal Gill. "I dont think it
was about losing the room or anything like that." Cammalleri, a sniper who has
been in a scoring slump, agreed that losing was at the heart of the move. "When
we are where we are and expect to be a better team than weve been, you
definitely are aware there might be changes," he said. "For it to be Jacques was
somewhat surprising. "Were in 11th place, thats what went wrong. I think Jacques
was still trying to work on things and improve the team. I dont think there was
anyone not listening to him." Before joining the Canadiens, Martin spent five
seasons coaching the Florida Panthers and before that nine seasons as head coach
of Ottawa, where he left as the all-time leader in regular-season wins, playoff
wins and games. His GM in Ottawa was Gauthier, and one of his top players was
Cunneyworth. Known for his defence-first philosophy, Martin led the Senators to
its first Presidents Trophy in 2002-03. He was named NHL coach of the year in
1998-99 and was part of Canadas gold medal triumph at the 2002 Salt Lake City
Olympic Winter Games. "Its someone Ive known a long time and respect a lot,"
Gauthier said of Martin. "We had a good discussion. "We had a difficult start
and then we won four in a row to get to .500. And were still at .500, or near
there. Thats not enough. The team hasnt been consistent in its approach and its
play. Thats why we decided to act." Cunneyworth played 15 NHL seasons, amassing
414 points in 866 career games with Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Winnipeg, Hartford,
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