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TORONTO – The Marlies bounced back from consecutive losses with a resounding 5-0 win over the Bulldogs at Ricoh Coliseum on Saturday night. Kenny Ryan scored twice in his season debut and Jussi Rynnas made 31 saves for the shutout in his first start of the season. Five Points 1. The 21-year-old Ryan received a text message from head coach Dallas Eakins after a 4-1 loss in Hamilton on Friday night, letting him know that hed be in the lineup against the Bulldogs a day later. "I said sounds good, Im ready," the Michigan native recalled.  Ryan raced out to a pair of goals in the opening frame, also dropping the mitts with Blake Geoffrion in a standout 20 minutes. "I was waiting for the opportunity to get into the game and just wanted to make sure I did the most with it and give myself the best opportunity to make sure Im playing [Sunday]," he said. "Thats what you want him to do and thats what he has to do," said Eakins. "Kenny comes in here tonight and its like Alright were going to change the lineup, well get him a game in. But now its you come in after the game, he played so well, he made a statement that its impossible for me to walk into Kenny Ryan and say Hey youre not playing tomorrow." 2. A second round pick in 2009, Ryan bounced between the Marlies and Reading (ECHL) last season. He scored just once in 16 American League games, a pretty disappointing jump from junior for the former Windsor Spitfire. He learned a thing or two from the underwhelming year. "Pretty much [that] nothings going to be handed to you," said Ryan. "Youve got to work hard every day and thats what Ive been trying to do from the first practice this year, give myself the best opportunity to get into the lineup and right now, give myself the best opportunity to stay in the lineup." 3. Ryan jumped at a chance to get into the lineup, replacing Jerry DAmigo, whod started slowly this season in the eyes of the coach. "We had a player scratched tonight that hadnt been playing up to expectation," said Eakins, referring to DAmigo. "Another guy comes in and plays well and so now we stay with the same lineup. Thats the challenge now. When youve got a lot of players around and a lot of depth its not only about playing well its about playing up to expectations; you dont want to come off your game right now." 4. Injured early last season, Rynnas also saw some action with Reading last year, one part of an early three-goalie trio for the Marlies this fall. "For this year my only goal is taking the number one job," said Rynnas, who is battling for ice-time with starter Ben Scrivens and co-back-up Mark Owuya. "But I think Mark should be a number one goalie in this league and Ben too. Ben is maybe like the best goalie in the whole league. Its a great competition. You have to deserve your every minute here." Hamilton actually outshot Toronto by a 31-24 margin, Rynnas aggressively sharp throughout. "I know he was excited to play," said Eakins. "He was real focused before the game. I tried to talk to him a couple times, but it was almost like I wasnt standing there. He was in the zone right from the start and I respect that, I just left him alone after that." 5. Scrivens started the first three games this fall, yielding seven goals on 60 shots for an .896 save percentage. Hes not been poor, but not razor-sharp either. "Its good, now weve got a little push here with Scrivens and Owuya looking over their shoulders," said Eakins, who conceded to the challenge of finding playing time for three goaltenders. "Its going to be a day-by-day and a performance-based thing right now. Its hard to balance and its hard to balance the way our schedule is…You just have to keep talking to them and breed patience and hope that it eventually sorts itself out." Perhaps no player has more pressure to perform than the 26-year-old Scrivens. He posted terrific numbers last season, guiding the Marlies to the Calder Cup final, doing just about everything the organization could ask. Now his challenge is to replicate and even exceed such success with the prospect of an NHL job looming. cheap nfl jerseys from china . plans to speak about last weeks abduction of his mother. cheap jerseys . Actually in all honesty, I was asked the question on Friday morning by Andrew Dawson of the CJME radio morning show in Regina and thought that it made for an interesting topic of discussion. http://www.nflcheapwholesalejerseyschina.com/ .Y. -- The Giants running game has nowhere to go but up in 2012. nfl Jerseys wholesale .Y. - Padres manager Bud Black tried spinning a tale about extra batting practice in the cages during the rain delay to explain why his offence came alive when the game resumed. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale . Knocking it out of the park was a nice added bonus. De Aza capped a six-run sixth with a grand slam after Paul Konerko and Alex Rios started the inning with back-to-back homers, leading the Chicago White Sox to an 11-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.MINNEAPOLIS -- The Milwaukee Brewers needed a game like this after three straight one-run losses. None more than John Axford. Martin Maldonados two-run, tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning off Matt Capps pushed the Brewers past the Minnesota Twins 5-3 on Friday night, and Axford bounced back from consecutive blown saves to preserve the lead. "I want to be there as many times as possible," Axford said, smiling, "because then were always winning, right? Corey Hart doubled to start the ninth against Capps (1-4). Then with two outs and two strikes, Maldonado drove a fastball into the bullpen. "Ive got to get the heater down," Capps said. "I get it down, its a groundball to short." Axford promptly pitched a 1-2-3 inning for his 11th save, and those excruciating defeats in Kansas City were quickly forgotten. "It can hurt the team, and it can hurt the guy thats out there closing. So all that was very important to me," manager Ron Roenicke said. Ryan Braun ended Francisco Lirianos no-hit bid with a one-out, three-run homer in the sixth inning on the left-handers 97th pitch after a pair of walks. Trevor Plouffe tied the game at 3 off Yovani Gallardo in the bottom of the frame with his second home run of the night, his seventh in seven games and 14th of the season. But Manny Parra, Kameron Loe (3-2) and Axford allowed the Twins only two singles over the final three innings. Braun said he never "ever" expects Axford to blow a save. "I still feel 100 per cent with him out there closing the game. You saw he proved it tonight," Gallardo said. "The past few days things havent gone his way, but you couldnt notice it out there on the mound." Liriano struck out six in six innings, walking four, hitting one batter and allowing just the one hit. He was sharp from the start, striking out the side in the second and recording six groundball outs over the first five innings. The Twins had a prime opportunity to further pad their lead by following Plouffes home run, on his 26th birthday, with three straight singles, the last by Casilla that made the score 2-0. But Denaard Span gave Gallardo his first out with a sacrifice bunt.dddddddddddd That put both runners in scoring position, but Ben Revere bounced out and after an intentional walk to Mauer, Josh Willinghams fly ball to centre field didnt quite reach the warning track. After taking all that time to only produce two runs, with Liriano sitting in the dugout and losing his rhythm, the Twins lost some of their edge. Liriano walked ninth hitter Edwin Maysonet and then Carlos Gomez -- he of the .303 on-base percentage entering the game -- for a second time with one out. Pitching coach Rick Anderson visited Liriano on the mound, Brian Duensing began warming up in the bullpen and ... Liriano hung an 0-2 slider that Braun hit over the centre-field wall. "Honestly? Just hoping not to strike out. His stuff was so good tonight," Braun said. Gallardo needed 109 pitches to finish six innings, but after allowing a pair of infield singles following Plouffes second homer he struck out Span to end that threat. Gallardo struck out seven and walked two while giving up eight hits. "Thats as good as hes thrown this year," Roenicke said. This is the Liriano the Twins have had to settle for, six years after his sensational rookie debut and subsequent elbow injury. In four starts since returning to the rotation last month, Liriano has a 3.04 with 29 strikeouts and just 12 hits allowed in 23 2-3 innings. But hes still struggling to bear down and get that critical out when he and the Twins need it. "When you walk the leadoff guy, you end up getting yourself in a little bit of a jam," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. NOTES: RH Mike Fiers (1-2, 4.50 ERA) pitches for the Brewers in Saturdays matinee against fellow rookie RH Liam Hendriks (0-2, 9.00) of the Twins. Fiers will make his fourth start for the Brewers. Hendriks will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester to rejoin the rotation after four starts at the beginning of the season for the Twins. ... Braun has at least one hit in his last 20 interleague games, batting .408 in that stretch. ... Plouffe is hitting .396 with four doubles, nine homers and 16 RBIs in 12 games this month. ' ' ' 

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