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GIJON, Spain -- David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro gave Spain a commanding 2-0 lead over the United States in their Davis Cup semifinal on Friday after doggedly defending their near-perfect clay court records in the competition. Ferrer overcame a sluggish start to put the hosts ahead in the best-of-five series with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Sam Querrey. Almagro then overcame John Isners constant fightbacks in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory. The duo improved to 23-1 on clay in Davis Cup action. Almagro overcame 25 aces from Isner, who saved three match points before hitting a forehand long to leave the defending champions one point away from their fourth final in five years. The U.S. has only rallied back to win from a 0-2 deficit once in 38 ties -- in 1934 against Australia. Since the start of World Group play, Spain is 37-0 after winning both the opening singles. "After the effort the Americans showed today, we know that final point wont be easy," Spain captain Alex Corretja said. "Theyve shown theyve come here to give everything." The U.S. has to win Saturdays doubles to stay alive, and will feel confident about their chance with American brothers Mike and Bob Bryan facing Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez. The Bryan twins are 4-0 when the U.S. is facing a 2-0 deficit, and are 5-0 against Spain. "Nothings impossible," U.S. captain Jim Courier said. "Theres no clock in tennis and it always comes down to who wins the last point." Even without Rafael Nadal in the lineup, Ferrer and Almagro showed they could lead Spain to victory. While Querrey wasted nine break opportunities in the fourth set of his match to lose, Isner took advantage of his lone one in the fourth set of his match to stretch it to a fifth and deciding frame. As the light quickly faded, neither player relented on serve. Isner fired another ace to save a 16th break point before three of his 124 errors on the day undid him in the final game. Isner netted on consecutive points to give Almagro his last match point, which the plucky Spaniard converted when Isners forehand sailed long. "Those were pretty bad errors, they were simple shots especially from volleys. I should have made all of them," Isner said. "Maybe fatigue played a part, but I did such a good job of hanging in there the whole fourth set and I sort of gave it away in that last set." Ferrer, who played in the U.S. Open semifinals on Sunday, started well with a break but eventually surrendered his only two service games of the match for the defending champions to trail after the first set. Querrey, returning to Davis Cup play for the first time since 2010, failed to maintain his early rhythm and was broken six times by the fifth-ranked Ferrer, who (se ability to hold his serve) secured a hard-fought victory by saving nine break points in the fourth set to hold off a late charge from his opponent. "Its never easy to adapt from hard court to clay, and with only three to four days even less," said Ferrer, who is 15-0 on clay in the competition. "I didnt feel too bad but I didnt play perfect tennis either." Querrey had taken a set off Nadal in his Davis Cup debut four years ago but couldnt hold his early momentum nor secure a late break at the purpose-built Hermanos Castros Park venue, where the wind gusted off the Bay of Biscay and neither player served particularly well to combine for 12 double faults. "On a couple of them I should have been more aggressive but he played good points," said the 26th-ranked Querrey, who hit 70 unforced errors while failing to convert 12 break chances. "I feel if I get one of those breaks it could be a different game." Isner had beaten Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in U.S. away wins at Switzerland and France to come into the Asturian city with a 4-0 record on clay in the competition this season. But the 2.06-meter (6-foot-9) American, who is famous for having played the longest match in tennis history, dropped to 0-3 in five-set Davis Cup matches. Reverse singles are scheduled for Sunday. The winner plays either Argentina or the Czech Republic in Novembers final. cheap jerseys . James Andrews following inflammation that landed him on the disabled list in August. An MRI showed a bone spur in the left elbow and the Yankees believe it has existed since he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 2001-08. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale . 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Ramirez went 3 for 3, including his 22nd home run, and reached base all five times to help the Brewers win for the 15th time in their last 19 games as they beat the Cardinals 6-3 Saturday night. Not bad for a guy who spent the past two games on the bench with a lower back strain. "Its hard to keep him out of the lineup when he does the things he does," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "I want to take care of him when hes hurt. He came in today and told me hes playing." Ramirez, who also walked twice, reached base all five times he batted and scored twice. After a slow start, he has raised his average over the past 89 games from .218 to an even .300. He was ready to get back to action. "I dont really like to be babysitted," Ramirez said. "Ive been around long enough that I know when I can play and when I cant." Though the Brewers (69-70) are still not at .500, they are not out of the race for a playoff spot, as Milwaukee has creeped within five games of the Cardinals for the second wild card in the National League. "Weve got a good shot," Ramirez said. "Weve got to keep playing good baseball. We played good at home, we played good the last two road trips." For inspiration, the Brewers only have to look across the field at the team they are facing. St. Louis was 10 1/2 games back of Atlanta on Aug. 24 last season. The Cardinals, who have the same record as they did last year after 139 games (74-65), passed the Braves on the last day of the season and went on to win their 11th World Series title. "Look at what the Cardinals did last year," Roenicke said. "If we get back to .500 and stay hot, this can be interesting." St. Louis is one-half game up on the Dodgers for that spot with a four-game series against the Dodgers set for next weekend in Los Angeles. 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However, Milwaukee regained its two-run lead in the third on a fielding error by Skip Schumaker on Corey Harts grounder that scored Braun. Weeks homer leading off the seventh off reliever Trevor Rosenthal made it 4-1. The Cardinals pulled to 4-3 on Schumachers sacrifice fly in the eighth. Ramirez went deep with one out the ninth against Fernando Salas to make it 5-3, and Gomezs RBI single closed the scoring. NOTES: Joe Kelly (5-6) will face the Brewers Shaun Marcum (5-4) in the series finale Sunday. ... Weeks home run gave Milwaukee an extra base hit for the 78th straight game. ... Carlos Beltran, who was hitless in the first five games of the homestand (0 for 9) was out of the lineup for St. Louis. . . . The Cardinals said afterwards that David Freese would not play Sunday after twisting his left ankle legging out a double in the eight inning. ' ' '
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