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CHICAGO -- Franklin Morales and Ryan Kalish provided a much-needed lift for the injured Boston Red Sox. Colin Kaepernick Impact Jersey . Morales struck out a career-high nine and Kalish hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night. "Thats what baseballs been for years," Kalish said. "People getting hurt and people stepping up. Thats just the name of this game." Kalish hadnt played in a Major League game since October 3, 2010, but was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game when Ryan Sweeney went on the disabled list (irritation in a bone in his left foot). Kalish stepped to the plate with the game tied 3-3 and runners at first and third and delivered a single to centre. "Got a chance in a big situation, kind of got over anxious at first," he said. "I just stepped out, told myself this is baseball, Ive been here before." Morales, starting in place of the injured Josh Beckett (right shoulder inflammation), gave up two runs and four hits in five innings in his first start since April 21, 2009, with Colorado. "We had a hunch he could perform well in that situation and he proved our hunch correct," said Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. "He pitched five pretty good innings." "The confidence I have and the opportunity Bobby (Valentine) gave me, I tried to throw strikes," said Morales. The Red Sox rallied in the seventh against Shawn Camp (2-4), who gave up hits to both batters he faced -- a double to Darnell McDonald and single to Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Kalish then singled to centre off James Russell to drive in McDonald and put the Red Sox ahead 4-3. Saltalamacchia scored on pinch-hitter Will Middlebrooks sacrifice fly, with Kalish advancing to third on catcher Wellington Castillos fielding error. Kalish then scored on Daniel Nanvas squeeze bunt to give the Red Sox a 6-3 lead. Matt Albers (2-0) pitched a scoreless sixth to pick up the win. The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs against Alfredo Aceves in the ninth, but after David DeJesus hit a sacrifice fly to centre, Reed Johnson struck out and Darwin Barney hit a popped out to third to end the game. The Red Sox continued to be bit by the injury bug Sunday. Nava entered the game in the sixth inning in place of Scott Podsednik, who left with left groin discomfort. Kevin Youkilis was forced from game in the eighth after he was stepped on. Valentine said neither players injury appears serious. David Ortiz hit his 16th home run of the season in the fourth inning off Cubs starter Paul Maholm to the left-centre field bleachers, giving Boston a 3-2 lead. The Cubs tied it in the bottom of the sixth when, with runners on first and third, Jeff Baker hit a comebacker to Albers, who turned and fired to second, where both Pedroia and shortstop Mike Aviles converged at the bag simultaneously. Aviles dropped the ball and was charged with an error. Barney, who had reached on an error by third baseman Kevin Youkilis to open the inning, scored. Dustin Pedroia, mired in a 6-for-45 slump, had two hits for the Red Sox. Pedroias double to the gap in left-centre in the first drove in Podsednik, and Pedroia scored on Ortizs one-out single to put Boston up 2-0. Starlin Castro, who had three hits and two RBIs to end a 2-for 21 slide, got the Cubs on the board in the bottom of the first with an RBI triple. The Cubs, who have lost 24 of their last 31, tied it in the second as Pedroia misplayed Castros popup with two outs in the third, allowing a hustling Barney to score all the way from first base as the play was ruled a double. The Red Sox added a run in the eighth on Saltalamacchias RBI grounder. NOTES: Red Sox 1B Adrian Gonzalez was out of the starting lineup for the first time this season. He struck out as a pinch-hitter the ninth. ... Cubs manager Dale Sveum said the team will likely activate C Geovany Soto from the 15-day DL on Monday before the series opener against the White Sox. ... C Koyie Hill was released by the Cubs on Sunday after declining an assignment to Triple-A Iowa after clearing waivers. ... RHP Matt Garza (2-5, 4.04 ERA) will pitch Monday for the Cubs. ... The Red Sox are off on Monday and Clay Buchholz (7-2, 5.38) will take the hill on Tuesday at home against the Miami Marlins. Colin Kaepernick 49ers Jersey . Financial terms of the deal werent disclosed. Floyd has 13 catches for 227 yards and a touchdown in three games this season. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound former Wyoming player has 190 receptions for 3,397 yards and 21 touchdowns in eight NFL seasons. Colin Kaepernick Grey Jersey . "The critical component is composure," said CTVOlympics rowing analyst Barney Williams prior to the race. While the Canadian crew maintained their composure throughout with a well-executed race, it was not enough to keep up with a strong field of competition. http://www.sf49ersfootballshop.com/super-bowl-frank-gore-womens-jersey/ .M. -- Former boxing champion Johnny Tapia died from heart disease and high blood pressure and not from a drug overdose, his widow said Wednesday. Patrick Willis Youth Jersey . Numbers Game looks at the addition of PA Parenteau. The Avalanche get: RW PA Parenteau. A 29-year-old winger who, as a late bloomer, only has two-plus seasons of NHL experience, Parenteau is one of three free agent wingers to have scored at least 65 points last season, tallying 67 in 80 games for the Islanders. Mike Iupati Jersey . -- Recently retired Andy Roddick beat third-ranked Andy Murray 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday in the Miami Tennis Cup exhibition event. Donald Fehr nearly has all his ducks in a row. The globe-trotting head of the NHL Players Association is just about ready to counter the leagues initial proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement. Hes likely to make at least part of his pitch during the scheduled talks in New York this week, Fehr told The Canadian Press on Monday. "I think that theres certainly a possibility -- a reasonable one -- that well be in a position to make some further response," Fehr said in an interview. "Whether well be in a position to make an alternative proposal yet I dont know." Its been nearly a month since the NHL laid out its vision for the new CBA. The July 13 proposal to the NHLPA included an immediate 24 per cent reduction in salaries, the introduction of several new restrictions on contracts and a redefinition of hockey-related revenue that would see the percentage paid to players each season drop from 57 to 43. The league and union are scheduled to resume talks on Tuesday, with Fehr scheduled to join the four-day session later in the week after making his way back to North America. He visited Moscow late last week -- sitting down with Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk, among others -- before holding a session Monday in Barcelona that was attended by roughly 40 players, including Henrik Zetterberg, Mark Streit and Jonas Hiller. Naturally, the main topic of discussion has been the CBA negotiations which have been underway for more than six weeks. "The central purpose of the meetings is to go through ... whats happened, who said what, what do we expect to happen next, whats the process we go through and all the rest of that stuff," said Fehr. "Given what happened in this sport the last time, given the lockouts in football and basketball and given the owners proposal thats made here, clearly (players) are focused and theyre interested and they want to make sure they understand it and they want to make sure they know what it means. Joe Montana Womens Jersey. " The current CBA is scheduled to expire Sept. 15. A request to the NHL seeking comment about the status of talks wasnt immediately returned. After receiving the leagues initial proposal, the union requested audited financial statements from all 30 teams and ended up being delivered some 76,000 pages of information last week. Soon after, Fehr departed for Europe to meet with players. "Im at the stage where I could use some nine- or 10-day weeks," he said. The NHLPAs counter-proposal is likely to dictate the immediate direction of talks, especially since the leagues pitch called for numerous concessions from players. The 24 per cent rollback in salary would represent a collective reduction of $450 million from last season while such items as the elimination of salary arbitration and contract limits of five years have also been put on the table. After a recent negotiating session, Fehr indicated players were "not enamoured" with what was being proposed. Among the items the NHLPA is expected to seek in a new agreement is an expanded revenue sharing system between teams and changes that could make the salary cap more flexible. However, Fehr wanted to consult as many union members as possible before responding to the NHLs initial proposal. Its made for a busy travel schedule in the middle of talks. "Were a union that operates all over everywhere, but weve only got about 725 players," said Fehr. "I think its my job to keep in contact with them -- to explain to them whats going on, to answer all of those questions ... and to make sure that when we negotiate a contract were doing it in a fashion which is consistent with what the players want and what they believe is appropriate. "There is no substitute to meeting and talking and answering questions." ' ' '
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