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Forenübersicht » Willkommen bei Clubfreak.de » Infos / Neuigkeiten » Denny Hamlin spent most of the race at the back of the pack -- so far back, he was in danger of not being able to make up any ground when he needed to hustle. "Its what you have to do," Hamlin said. "You kind of give up the chance at a win riding in the |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Baltimore Orioles trip to Tampa Bay ended up more damaging than they could have ever imagined. All-Star third baseman Manny Machado went down with a potentially serious leg injury, Alexi Casilla left with a head injury and the Orioles were pushed to the brink of being eliminated from the AL wild-race Monday with a 5-4 loss to the Rays. "It was a tough four days and it culminated in a lot of bad stuff today," Brian Roberts said. "The losses and the injuries and feeling like we had a good chance coming in to Tampa, to walk out with this kind of feeling is tough for everybody." James Loneys pinch-hit home run off Tommy Hunter ended the series for the Orioles, who fell five behind the idle Cleveland Indians for the second wild card with six games left to play. Tampa leads the Indians by a game. Manager Buck Showalter tried to stay positive all weekend but found it difficult after this loss. "I dont want to say depressing; it probably is," Showalter said. "But more whats going on right now (in the locker room) is teammate to teammate, with two guys going down in the lineup." Both injuries occurred during the seventh inning. Machados left leg buckled when he stepped on first base running out an infield single. He was taken off on a stretcher. "Im sure we wont get a full diagnosis until we get an MRI back in Baltimore (on Tuesday)," Showalter said while acknowledging that "it certainly doesnt look very promising right now." Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, who had a better view of Machados collapse, had a more stark analysis. "Its horrible," Maddon said. "Hate to see that. This young man blows out his knee, possibly, and then this collision in right field. You can see how badly they wanted it, too." Casilla, playing second base, collided with right fielder Nick Markakis while chasing Wil Myers two-run single in the bottom of the seventh. Casilla actually caught the ball for what would have been the third out, but couldnt hold onto it when his head struck Markakis thigh. "I thought about doing a slide, saw him out of the corner of my eye, tried to pull up and get out of the way," Markakis said. "It was just bang bang, him coming full speed, me coming full speed. It was like trying to stop a train on a dime. Im not a doctor or anything, but when he was out there, I could have sworn he was knocked out. He was laying there; (Adam Jones) and I were trying to get him to sit still until somebody got out there. He kind of looked dazed and confused." Casilla finished the inning, but was taken out in the eighth. "I probably should have taken him out but I didnt know what he had hit until between innings," Showalter said. "Hes going to get a CAT scan and stay overnight here, not travel. He got a little foggy-headed between innings and had to come out of there." Loney batted for Sean Rodriguez and lined a 0-1 pitch from Hunter (6-5) down the right field line to win it. Joel Peralta (3-8) pitched a perfect ninth for the Rays, who have won nine of 12. Chris Davis hit his major league-best 52nd homer for Baltimore. Machado singled for the Orioles first hit leading off the fourth and Davis followed with his two-run shot off Chris Archer as part of a three-run inning that put Baltimore ahead 3-1. J.J. Hardy had an RBI single. Going back to the final 11 innings of the Orioles 5-4, 18-inning loss to the Rays Friday night, Baltimore had just two runs and 10 hits over 32 innings before getting the three runs on four hits in the fourth. Archer gave up four runs and five hits in 4 1-3 innings. Baltimore left-hander Wei-Yin Chen also went 4 1-3 innings, allowing two runs and six hits. NOTES: The Orioles scored 30 runs and batted .195 on their 10-game road trip. ... Showalter said RHP Chris Tillman, who tweaked his ankle last Thursday, will make his scheduled start Tuesday night against Toronto. ... Tampa Bay CF Desmond Jennings sat out went with a left hamstring strain. Maddon expects Jennings to return before the regular season ends. http://www.cheapjerseysit.com/ . Maclin went down at the end of a non-contact drill and appeared to be in pain while he was on the ground for several minutes. He was helped onto the cart and needed assistance getting off it and going into the teams practice facility. cheapjerseysit . The Carolina Hurricanes forward scored on an end-to-end rush after weaving through the Czech defence and burying a wraparound behind goalie Ondrej Pavelec at 6:55 of the third period. http://www.cheapjerseysit.com/ . Alameda Taamu, 22, of Kent, Wash., was driving a sport utility vehicle the wrong way on Pittsburghs South Side at about 2:30 a.m., police said. The 6-foot-3, 348-pound Taamu fled officers and crashed into four parked cars, injuring a woman, then tried to flee on foot before he was restrained by four officers and arrested, police said. www.cheapjerseysit.com . But the Montreal Alouettes kicker found himself sharing the spotlight Wednesday with quarterback Anthony Calvillo (outstanding player) and injured tackle Josh Bourke (top lineman) as division nominees. TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The championship contenders said Talladega Superspeedway would be the wild-card race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. That was an understatement. Talladega delivered yet another "big one" Sunday, when defending NASCAR champion Tony Stewart triggered a 25-car pileup as he tried to protect the lead. His bid to block a long line of traffic on the last lap backfired, and his car was sent sailing through the air in a chaotic crash that collected 10 of the 12 title contenders. Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth won under caution, and everyone else was left wondering when NASCAR will do something dramatic to alter the dangerous racing at restrictor- plate tracks. "Its not safe. Its not. Its bloodthirsty," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "If thats what people want, thats ridiculous." Stewart, who assailed the wreckfests at Talladega with a sarcastic diatribe in May, took full responsibility for creating the latest carnage. He had charged to the lead on the first lap of a two-lap sprint to the finish, but got too far ahead of the pack to hang on to any drafting partners. Kenseth was charging on the outside of him and Michael Waltrip was leading a line of traffic on the inside. Stewart was blocking all over the track, and said he mistakenly chopped across the front of Waltrips car to trigger the accident. The contact hooked Stewart to send him into a spin, and his car lifted into the air and sailed on its roof and then on its side over several other cars. It created chaos through the pack, which was running three-wide in a frantic dash to the finish. "I just screwed up. I turned down and cut across Michael and crashed the whole field," Stewart said. "It was my fault, blocking and trying to stay where I was at. "I was trying to win the race and I was trying to stay ahead of Matt there and Michael got a great run on the bottom and had a big head of steam, and when I turned down, I turned across the front of his car. Just a mistake on my part but cost a lot of people a bad day." Stewart gamely waved to the crowd as he climbed from his battered car, while Jimmie Johnson sat on the ledge of Earnhardts window for a lift back to the garage. Everywhere they looked, they saw crumpled cars. Five-time Talladega winner Earnhardt said enough is enough with the carnage. He was credited with a 20th-place finish that dropped him four spots in the standings to 11th. "If this was what we did every week, I wouldnt be doing it," he said. "Ill just put it to you that way. If this was how we raced every week, Id find another job. Thats what the package is doing. Its really not racing. Its a little disappointing. It cost a lot of money right there. "If this is how were going to continue to race and nothing is going to change, how about NASCAR build the cars? Itll save us a lot of money." Of the 12 Chase drivers, only race winner Kenseth and second-place finisher Jeff Gordon avoided the final wreck and it pushed Gordon up four spots in the standings to sixth with six races remaining. But there was little change beyond that as everyone else ended up with a sub-par finish. "That was the craziest, craziest finish Ive ever experienced at Talladega," Gordon said. "It was just insane. I remember when coming to Talladega was fun, and I havent experienced that in a long time. That was bumper-cars at 200 mph. I dont know anybody who likes that." It took NASCAR more than an hour to sort the final finisshing order.dddddddddddd When the results were finally posted, Kyle Busch was third and was followed by David Ragan and Regan Smith, who grabbed a season-best fifth-place finish in his final race with Furniture Row Racing. Chase driver Greg Biffle was sixth, followed by points leader Brad Keselowski, Travis Kvapil, Ryan Newman and Jeff Burton. Keselowski considered himself lucky to be leaving with a 14-point lead over Johnson. Keselowski said he was holding on trying to stay in the bottom lane because he figured that would be his escape route when the inevitable accident happened. He was credited with a seventh-place finish, but his Penske Racing team had a photo that showed Keselowski on the apron in fourth with the caution lights on -- when the field should have been frozen. Both owner Roger Penske and team president Tim Cindric believed the driver wasnt awarded the proper finish. "Thats pretty big; I just feel lucky to survive Talladega," Keselowski said. "Just a bunch of guys running four-wide. You know its a matter of time before they wreck. We all did." Most of the race was tame, which seems to be the norm anymore as drivers use varying strategies to ensure they are still running at the end. The highlight before the final drama was Kurt Busch being parked by NASCAR for driving away from safety workers as they attempted to check on him after he wrecked. Busch had lost fuel pressure while leading, which led to his accident in his final race with Phoenix Racing. Hes scheduled to join Furniture Row Racing, the team that signed him for 2013, next week, but could face sanctions from NASCAR. Busch wasnt wearing his helmet, which he said prevented him from hearing a NASCAR official telling him to not to move. When he drove away, a safety workers bag fell off the back of his car. "Now Im in worse trouble. This is the story of my life," he said. "Kurt Busch leads the race, runs out of gas, gets yelled at by NASCAR, and now I have a storm of media around me, and I dont know what to do or what to say next." So he was long gone as the race roared on seemingly incident-free. Because Talladega is the fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the championship contending drivers had to do everything in the power to leave with a good finish. It meant Denny Hamlin spent most of the race at the back of the pack -- so far back, he was in danger of not being able to make up any ground when he needed to hustle. "Its what you have to do," Hamlin said. "You kind of give up the chance at a win riding in the back all day, but youve got to miss the wreck." A spin by Jamie McMurray brought out the final caution and bunched the field together, which gave Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr. and Hamlin a chance to salvage their day. They had two laps to get to the finish line, and Stewart darted from fifth to first on the restart. But he couldnt win without some serious defensive driving, and it led to the accident that is part of Talladegas legacy. It cost two-time defending race winner Clint Bowyer, who was the leader on the restart and trying to make it to the finish before Stewarts car landed on top of his. Bowyer wound up 23rd and said the accident started when Stewart "hung a pretty hard left on Michael." "Thats just Talladega. Thats why we all come out and watch," Bowyer said. "We need to shorten this race up because its all waiting to see what happens right there at the end, anyway." cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '
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