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DETROIT -- Torii Hunter and the Detroit Tigers are baseballs only undefeated team. Seantrel Henderson Jersey . The only team that can still make goofy statements like this. "Hopefully we go 162-0," the always-upbeat Hunter said. "It would be awesome." Hunter homered and drove in five runs, and the Tigers withstood a five-run ninth inning by Baltimore to beat the Orioles 7-6 on Saturday. Joe Nathan got the final two outs for his first save with Detroit, retiring Chris Davis on a flyout with two on to end it. Hunter hit a three-run double in the third, then added a two-run drive in the fifth for his second homer of the year. The Tigers have 17 runs and 30 hits in their past two games. "I like this ballclub," Hunter said. "You talk about a very athletic team, doesnt strike out much at all, and will make good contact. Weve got some guys that have professional at-bats." Rick Porcello (1-0) allowed a run and three hits in 6 2-3 innings in his first start of the season, but the Tigers (4-0) had to hold on when the Orioles nearly pulled off a remarkable comeback. Detroit led 7-1 entering the ninth, but Phil Coke and Al Alburquerque couldnt close out the Orioles. Nathan came on with two on, one out and the score 7-3. Steve Lombardozzi singled to deep right to load the bases, and pinch-hitter Steve Clevengers double made it 7-5. David Lough brought home another run with a grounder to shortstop Alex Gonzalez, who threw wide of first for an error. With men on first and second, Nathan struck out Nelson Cruz and got Davis to hit a lazy fly to left. "The momentums obviously swinging their way," said Nathan, who signed with the Tigers in the off-season as a free agent. "Sometimes the hardest thing to do in those situations is stop the bleeding." Bud Norris (0-1) allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings, and the Orioles lost their fourth straight. Detroits Brad Ausmus became the first manager in more than a decade to begin his career with four straight wins, according to STATS. Clint Hurdle of Colorado and Jerry Royster of Milwaukee both did it in 2002. Ausmus took over for Jim Leyland after last season. The 25-year-old Porcello already has five full seasons under his belt. If he blossoms into a true standout, Detroits already-excellent rotation will look even tougher. Porcello struck out only three with two walks, but he didnt allow a hit after the second inning. Only one of the final 17 batters he faced reached base. Davis opened the scoring in the first with an RBI single for Baltimore, but he was thrown out trying to take second. The Tigers took the lead in the third when Hunters line drive to the corner in left field cleared the bases. His homer in the fifth made it 5-1. In the sixth, Don Kelly hit an RBI triple and scored on Rajai Davis sacrifice fly. Adam Jones hit an RBI triple off Coke in the ninth for the Orioles, and he scored on Nick Markakis groundout to make it 7-3. "I knew we were going to make a run, but it was a little too late," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. "Weve got the first part of games down, and were doing well at the ends of games, but weve got to figure out how to hold our own in the middle. The starters have to get us deeper into games." The Tigers have hit six homers in their first four games, an encouraging sign after they traded cleanup hitter Prince Fielder in the off-season. Kelly had three hits Saturday, while Hunter, Davis, Ian Kinsler and Austin Jackson added two apiece. The bottom three hitters for Detroit -- Gonzalez, Kelly and Davis -- combined to go 6 for 10 with two RBIs and five runs scored. NOTES: The temperature at game time was 41 degrees. ... Orioles SS J.J. Hardy prevented further damage in the third with a diving stop on Victor Martinezs grounder. ... Detroits Justin Verlander (0-0) will face Baltimores Chris Tillman (0-0) on Sunday. Buffalo Bills Jerseys . You can watch all the action on TSN and TSN GO beginning at 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt. Minnesota dropped the first two tests of this best-of-seven set at Chicagos United Center and was outscored by a combined 9-3 margin in those setbacks. However, the Wild righted themselves at home by taking Game 3 by a 4-0 count before knotting the series at two games apiece with Fridays 4-2 triumph at Xcel Energy Center. Eric Wood Jersey . Louis Cardinals a hard-fought victory. The Colorado Rockies intentionally walked Yadier Molina with one out and runners on first and third to load the bases for Kozma. http://www.shoptheofficialbills.com/Elite-Marcell-...ls-Jers ey/ . The 22-year-old Spanish midfielder recently signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea, and after spending last season on loan with Valencia in La Liga, Romeu will move to the Bundesliga for the 2014-15 campaign.CALGARY -- With 27 years of CFL coaching experience under his belt, Rich Stubler has plenty of stories to tell. And the Calgary Stampeders colourful defensive co-ordinator has no shortage of entertaining material for his meetings with coaches and players. "He has jokes for days about everything," said linebacker Juwan Simpson. "We have to stop him, though, because meetings go a lot longer than theyre supposed to because of stories." Along with that cache of football lore is the experience and expertise that comes from serving on the coaching staffs of, and winning Grey Cups with, four other CFL clubs. Add the high school, college and Arena Football League jobs Stubler has also held and hes been in the profession 45 years. "Hes probably forgotten more football than we all know in our whole defensive meeting room combined," defensive line coach DeVone Claybrooks said. Stubler broke into the CFL as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive co-ordinator 31 years ago. Hes designed defences for 25 years with the Ticats, B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He also served as the Argos head coach in 08. John Hufnagel, Calgarys head coach/GM, hired Stubler this off-season after Rick Campbell left to become the head coach of the expansion Ottawa Redblacks. Stubler arrived following a two-year stint with B.C., whose defence was ranked first overall against the run and pass in 2012. Halfway through the 2014 campaign, Calgary is allowing a league-low 14.9 points per game. In four contests this season, the Stampeders havent surrendered an offensive touchdown. Opposing offences havent found the endzone against Calgary on their last 29 drives and only once in the last 37 possessions. Defensive end Shawn Lemon exuberantly declared Stubler "a genius" following the Stampeders 28-13 win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Labour Day. Calgary (8-1) boasts the CFLs best record heading into its rematch with Edmonton (7-2) at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday. "Stube has brought his style of defence that I knew he would," Hufnagel said. "The players have embraced it and theyre playing it very well. "We still have room for improvement, but they are doing a great job of tackling and thats the key to what Stube likes to do on defence." Stubler says football is much the same now as it was when his father coached. When Stubler arrived in Calgary, his goal was the same as its been with other CFL teams he has been with, which is matching a players strengths and skills with a job and empowering him to do it. "Football is not based on schemes," he said. "You have to be able to adapt everybody thats in your system to be able to maximize what they can do. "If they can take ownership of whatts happening, we have a chance to be pretty good. Colton Schmidt Jersey . . If they cant take ownership, we wont be very good." Stubler, a 65-year-old native of Garfield County, Colo., took over a defence that featured such veteran leaders as Simpson, rush end Charleston Hughes and defensive backs Keon Raymond and Brandon Smith. Rather than impose his years of experience on them, Simpson and Claybrooks say its Stublers light hand and inclusiveness that has galvanized the defence. "He knows a lot of football and you have no choice but to respect a guy who has been around a game this long and been this successful as long as he has," Simpson explains. "One thing he does is allow us players to play football. He plays to the strength of his players, not the strength of his quote-unquote defence. "He allows us to go out and if we want to try something well try it. If it doesnt work, this is why it didnt work. Not only do we believe in him, we believe in ourselves. Were the ones out there running the defence. Hes made that very clear." Claybrooks agrees. "Thats what Stube does a great job with," he said. "He lets his coaches coach and his players play. "Hes not a micromanager." Claybrooks is in his third season as defensive line coach after three seasons patrolling Calgarys defensive line. When the defence gathers for the game-plan meeting, he says nothing is off-limits and creativity is encouraged. "The players make it their own because theyre like Why dont we tweak this and that and do this and that? " Claybrooks said. "A lot of defensive co-ordinators would be like No, this is how the blitz is run. Were going to run it that way. "They are out there running the plays and if it works better for them where theyre comfortable in it and they believe in it, then were a success." Stubler believes he still has another five years of coaching in him. That would take him to age 70 and give him 50 years in the profession. "I started coaching when I was 20 and my dad was a coach before me and thats my identity I guess," he said. Claybrooks interviewed for Calgarys defensive co-ordinators job and had opportunities to go elsewhere this season. But one reason he remained in Calgary was the opportunity to work alongside Stubler. "From a longterm growth of where I want to be in the future, this is the greatest situation because you get to learn from a guy who has been a defensive co-ordinator 27 years in this league and a coach for 40-some years," Claybrooks said. "You think you know everything and he draws up something, and youre like Wow, why didnt I think of that? "Then our favourite saying to him is Thats why they pay you the big bucks. " Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap NFL Jerseys China Discount NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys From China NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '
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