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LOS ANGELES -- For the second time in five days, one of the Los Angeles Dodgers veteran starting pitchers will return to the rotation after spending more than a year recuperating from surgery.Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will make his first start in nearly two years Thursday night when the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres begin a four-game series at Dodger Stadium.He thought he could help us win a ballgame on Thursday, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. He was open to whatever we felt. But we wanted to have the conversation with him about his comfort level and how he felt physically and mentally. He was really certain and excited about making a start with us.Ryu had not pitched since Oct. 6, 2014, when he held the St. Louis Cardinals to one run in six innings during the third game of the National League Division Series. During spring training the following year, Ryu felt shoulder pain after two starts. Doctors diagnosed him with a torn labrum, and he had surgery in May 2015.The 29-year-old Korean made a total of eight rehab starts this year for Class A Rancho Cucamonga and Triple-A Oklahoma City despite having his program interrupted twice: once in April because of a strained groin and again in May when his shoulder continued to bother him.In his final rehab outing, Friday for Rancho Cucamonga, Ryu allowed two runs on five hits in six innings and struck out three while issuing no walks. He threw 84 pitches and averaged 86 mph on his fastball, which reached 90 mph.What I have accomplished as far as my rehab goals, gaining all my pitches in quite a few outings, I think Im pretty much ready to go, Ryu said through an interpreter.Ryu rejoins a Dodgers rotation that just got back right-hander Brandon McCarthy, who underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2015. McCarthy conceded just two hits and one walk while amassing eight strikeouts in five shutout innings to earn a 4-1 victory Sunday over the Colorado Rockies.Ryus arrival, combined with McCarthys, comes at a pivotal juncture. The Dodgers are trying to erode the San Francisco Giants lead in the National League West with three starting pitchers still on the disabled list, including ace Clayton Kershaw.Before missing all of last year, Ryu compiled a 28-15 record and a 3.17 ERA in two seasons with the Dodgers.Opposing Ryu will be left-hander Drew Pomeranz, the Padres ace who already established personal records with seven victories and 109 strikeouts and is on pace for career highs in starts and innings pitched.Pomeranz (7-7) leads San Diego not only in those categories but also owns the lowest ERA (2.65) and the lowest opponents batting average (.191) among the Padres starters.Everything lines up with top-of-the-rotation guys, San Diego manager Andy Green told MLB.com in describing Pomeranzs statistics. Hes pitched like an ace.Against the Dodgers, Pomeranz seeks his third consecutive winning decision. He has thrown three successive quality starts. In his past two appearances covering 14 innings, Pomeranz collected 13 strikeouts while permitting only one run, one walk and eight hits.I feel like I have four solid pitches that Ive used these last two times out, Pomeranz told MLB.com. Ive been pretty efficient, pretty effective with everything. Fastball, cutter, curveball, everythings coming together now.The Padres arrive at Dodger Stadium after winning two of three in Arizona against the Diamondbacks, including a 13-6 victory Wednesday. The Dodgers just dropped two of three at home to the Baltimore Orioles, including a 6-4, 14-inning setback in the series finale.Vans Italia Saldi . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. Air Max 90 Essential Saldi . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. http://www.outletscarpesaldi.it/air-max-97-prezzo-basso.html . 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Collins layup with 6:54 to go gave Howard a 57-SAN FRANCISCO -- For his second start in the majors, Ty Blachs task was pretty simple: Beat Clayton Kershaw, boost San Franciscos playoff chances.Easy.The rookie left-hander outpitched Kershaw, and the Giants held onto their lead for the last NL wild-card spot going into the final day of the regular season, blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 Saturday.Anytime you get the chance to go out there in a playoff race and give your team a chance, its a lot of fun, the 25-year-old Blach said. I appreciated the opportunity and tried to make the most of it.The Giants stayed one game ahead of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card slot. The Cardinals beat visiting Pittsburgh 4-3 earlier in the day.Matt Moore will start for the Giants on Sunday, and a win -- or St. Louis loss -- puts them in the playoffs. The New York Mets will host the NL wild-card game on Wednesday night.Were not getting too giddy here, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. We have work to do.Blach (1-0) earned his first big league victory, pitching eight innings of three-hit ball. He struck out six and walked one, and also got his first two hits.This was the fourth game in the majors for Blach since he made his major league debut in September.Thats one of the best pitching performances Ive seen, with this kid having a month in the major leagues, the stage he was on, whats at stake, who he was going against, Bochy said. He just had great focus and great command. This kid was locked in. Its hard to go pitch a better game than he did today.Sergio Romo pitched a hitless ninth for his fourth save.Kershaw (12-4) gave up three runs, two of them unearned, in seven innings. Angel Pagan homered in the fifth to break a scoreless tie.Kershaw is already set to pitch the opener in the best-of-five Division Series against Washington. The Dodgers loss gave the Nationals home-field advantage in that matchup.Were on a little bit of a slide here, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said following his clubs fourth loss in five games. Today wasnt a good day for the quality of at-bats. Some with the lack of familiarity (with Blach), but even with that I think we gave away a lot of at-bats.The Dodgers-Giants result was posted on the videoboard at Nationals Park in the seventh inning while Washington played Miami. It was announced that the Nationals had clinched the home field, and the crowd responded with a standing ovation.One day after gaining national attention for body-slamming a fan who had run onto the field, Pagan hit a 1-1 pitch from Kershaw into the left-field stands. It was Pagans 12th home run of the season and his first off Kershaw in 68 career at-bats.The Dodgers were limited to three singles and got only one runner to second base.Blach got Joc Pederson to ground into an inning-ending double play in the second after the Dodgers put two on, struck out the side looking in the third and retired 11 straight during one stretch.No matter how big the stage is, you have to go out and do the same thing as a pitcher, Blach said. I felt pretty good. We were able to get rolling in the first inning and after the second, with a couple guys on, was able to bounce back and just get into cruise mode from there and execute pitches.Los Angeles third baseman Justin Turner also committed a throwing error in the seventh when the Giants scored a pair of unearned runs off Kershaw.Kershaw retired 12 of the first 13 before Pagans one-out homer leading off the fifth.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: Eduardo Nunez ran on a treadmill but is all but certain to sit out the regular season finale and likely the wild card round of the playoffs. The team is optimistic that the veteran infielder can return if San Francisco gets deeper into the postseason.UP NEXTDodgers: Kenta Maeda (16-10) pitches the finale at AT&T Park on Sunday. 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Cooper had six TDs receiving. ... WR Michael Crabtree led Raiders with career-high 85 catches, nine TDs, last season. ... DE Khalil Mack had career-high 15 sacks, second most in NFL last season. Mack also had 23 tackles for loss. ... S Reggie Nelson tied for NFL lead with career-high eight INTs last year with Bengals. LB Bruce Irvin makes Raiders regular-season debut after four seasons with Seahawks. ... Saints QB Drew Brees led NFL with 4,870 yards passing in 2015. Brees has 48,555 yards passing in 10 seasons with Saints, most yards passing in 10-year stint in NFL history. His 600,903 career yards passing make Brees fourth player in NFL history with 60,000.dddddddddddd ... Brees needs 459 yards to move past Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino (61,361) for third all-time. ... RB Mark Ingram has 1,100-plus scrimmage yards past two seasons. ... WR Brandin Cooks led Saints with career-high 1,138 yards receiving, nine TDs last season. ... TE Coby Fleener makes Saints debut. 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Fantasy Tip: WR Brandin Cooks led Saints with career-high 1,138 yards receiving, nine TDs last season.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' ' 35 lead.ddddddddddddSaeed Nelson led American (1-6) with 18 points and Delante Jones and Mark Gasperini each scored 12 for the Eagles.Howard has been without James Daniel III who suffered a high ankle sprain in the preseason and has yet to play. The preseason MEAC Player of the Year is scheduled to be back in two to three weeks. ' ' '