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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Santonio Holmes will likely miss New Yorks preseason opener at Cincinnati because of a rib injury, leaving the Jets without their top wide receiver. Holmes was not practicing Monday and there was no immediate timetable for his return after he injured a rib in the teams scrimmage Saturday night. Coach Rex Ryan said initial indications were that Holmes had a broken rib, but X-rays revealed no fracture. "Were lucky he never had the fracture like I thought, so thats a good sign," Ryan said before practice Monday. "Whether he plays this week, Im not real sure. Im not going to rule him out, but I would say its probably doubtful. Well see." Holmes was apparently injured on a third-down play Saturday night when he was hit by cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who earlier in the week made some waves when he said he thought he was the teams second-best wide receiver. "He got hit pretty good," Ryan said. Holmes finished with three catches for 22 yards in the scrimmage at Cortland Stadium after not participating in team drills for the Jets (No. 17 in the AP Pro32) the previous few days with what he called "a lot of soreness in the body." Ryan added that Holmes is "obviously tender" and said the wide receiver told him "something about cartilage," but wasnt clear on the exact nature of the injury. "Bart Scott, I thought, gave him some sound advice when he said: Put some barbecue sauce on that rib," Ryan said smiling. "Well see how that goes. Just a loving teammate, Bart is." Despite Holmes absence and various nagging injuries to other wide receivers, Ryan doesnt think the Jets will be actively trying to pursue help at the position. "Lets see some of these young guys step up," Ryan said. Stephen Hill, the teams second-round draft pick in April, has been mostly quiet other than a few impressive catches early in training camp, and Ryan is eager to see what Jordan White, a seventh-rounder, can do during Holmes absence. Second-year receiver Jeremy Kerley has missed all of camp so far with what was originally called a tweaked hamstring, but Ryan indicated the injury is a bit more serious. "I think that hamstring is not just a tweak but a pulled hamstring," he said. "Im not real sure on it, but I dont anticipate him being out there (Monday)." Ryan singled out Kerley earlier in camp as someone who disappointed in terms of picking up Tony Sparanos offence. "Im concerned because I think he needs to get and, when he can, show that he has the system down," Ryan said. "Thats my biggest concern. This guy at the end of the year was about as effective as any receiver we had, playing that slot receiver. We hope he can get back to that. And, he did a tremendous job as a punt returner, so clearly we need this young man." cheap jerseys . But at long last, barring any unforeseen changes, the Whitecaps and Canadas mens and womens teams will have a West Coast training facility to call their own by 2015. The Whitecaps and provincial government officials announced plans Thursday for a new $32. cheap jerseys us . With the Devils facing elimination and the Kings poised to win the Cup, there was tension that manifested itself in a rather tight affair, with both teams combining for 25 shots on goal through the first 40 minutes. Patrik Elias, the Devils veteran who has been struggling throughout the playoffs (scoring seven points in 21 games prior to Game Four), got New Jersey on the board when he backhanded in a rebound of a Bryce Salvador point shot.PHOENIX - Justin Upton earned a break from the fans jeering Friday night. Upton broke out of a 3-for-19 slump with a key two-run triple and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 and snap a six-game losing streak. "Its always nice to get a big hit for your team and to get a good reaction," said Upton, who finished 2 for 4 with a run scored. Upton, hitting .267 with a pedestrian seven home runs, has been the target of the fans wrath at Chase Field for the past month. After an 0-for-5 night Wednesday against San Diego, Upton told reporters: "To be honest with you, I dont care anything what the fans think of me. "My teammates, my coaches, they know I come here and I bust it every single day. I try to do everything I can to help this team. My teammates have my back and whatever the fans want to think, they can think." Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said Friday the fan reaction has been unwarranted. "The fans shouldnt be booing the kid -- period," Gibson said. "Hes been playing hard and I cant say enough about him. Hes been working on all aspects of his game, hes just not getting the results at the plate. Hes had a good attitude about it." Josh Collmenter scattered six hits over six innings for the Diamondbacks, who moved within three games of .500 and six games of first-place Los Angeles in the NL West. Collmenter (1-2) struck out six and walked two. "Its good to have a check in the win column, not just for me but also for the team," said Collmenter, who threw a season-high 111 pitches. J.J. Putz pitched the ninth for his 15th save. Adam Kennedy hit his first home run in nearly a year for the Dodgers, who had won three straight. What had been a strong outing for Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw (6-5) unraveled in a span of six batters. Kershaw had allowed one hit and retired 13 straight batters when he walked Henry Blanco to lead off the sixth. The defending NL Cy Young winner struck out pinch-hitter Lyle Overbay, but then Willie Bloomquist and Aaron Hill singled and Upton lined a two-run triple just inside the left-field line and into the corner to give the Diamondbacks a 3-2 lead. Jason Kubel followed with a double off the base of the left-centre field wall, scoring Upton to make it 4-2 and end Kershaws night. Kubel came home on a two-out wild pitch by Jamey Wright for a 5-2 lead. "Maybe he gets a little fatigued there, but his pitch count really wasnt that high," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He walks Blanco, which kind of starts it, and then he couldnt really stop the bleeding.dddddddddddd." Kershaw allowed five runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings, his shortest outing since a three-inning stint on opening day. He struck out seven and walked two. "I didnt pitch very well," Kershaw said. "The results were OK, but I was behind a lot of hitters. I was getting some guys to chase sometimes and making one good pitch or something to get a guy out, but for the most part I was behind on every count and fighting uphill the whole day." The Dodgers pulled within 5-3 on a walk three singles against Bryan Shaw. But Mike Zagurski struck out pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston with the bases loaded, and induced James Loney to fly out to Kubel in left. Kubel then threw out Mark Ellis easily at home to end the rally. "In that situation, when youre running out of time, youve got to go," Kubel said. "Youve got to have a good throw and a good tag to make it happen." Los Angeles threatened again in the eighth, putting runners on second and third against David Hernandez with nobody out before Hernandez recovered to retire the side, striking out Elian Herrera and Ellis along the way. "That was one of the big things in a lot of the innings, just limiting the damage," Collmenter said. Tony Gwynn Jr. reached on an error and scored on Bobby Abreus double to put the Dodgers ahead 1-0 in the third. Kennedy led off the fourth with his solo shot to make it 2-0. NOTES: Kubel has 11 outfield assists, the third-most in club history and one shy of the team single-season record held by Eric Byrnes and Gerardo Parra. ... Abreu ended the Diamondbacks sixth with a sliding catch of a quickly dropping line drive by Blanco. ... Uptons triple was his first since August 5. ... Kennedys home run was his first since July 20 at Toronto, a span of 90 games. ... Kershaws five runs allowed were the most hed allowed in 12 career starts against Arizona. ... Collmenter has allowed three runs -- two earned -- over 12 innings in his past two starts and three earned runs in four starts since returning from a nearly two-month banishment to the bullpen. ... RHP Trevor Cahill will make his second start against the Dodgers this season, facing RHP Chad Billingsley. Cahill is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in his past two starts and has allowed five home runs in his past three outings. Billingsley has lost his last four starts, but is 10-8 with a 3.74 ERA in 26 games -- 24 starts -- against the Diamondbacks. ' ' '
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