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ANAHEIM, Calif. Nick Perry Womens Jersey . -- The Los Angeles Angels put ace Jered Weaver on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a lower-back injury, likely forcing last seasons AL Cy Young runner-up to miss at least two starts. The Angels recalled touted prospect Garrett Richards from Triple-A Salt Lake to take the rotation spot of Weaver, their most durable and dynamic starter of the past half-decade. Weaver threw just 12 pitches and faced four batters Monday night against the Yankees before pulling up awkwardly after a pitch to Robinson Cano. He was diagnosed with lower-back spasms and a strained muscle around a disc in his lower spine. "Its always disappointing knowing that youre not going to be out there pitching the next two or three times," Weaver said. "But Im a competitor, and Im going to do whatever work I have to do to get back on that mound. ... It was just a fluke thing. I just landed wrong, or I came off (the mound) wrong." Weaver is 6-1 with a 2.61 ERA this season, tied for second in the AL in victories. The lanky 6-foot-7 right-hander threw a no-hitter against Minnesota on May 2, and had given up just three runs and six hits over 15 innings in his two previous starts before facing New York. "If we were pushing for a playoff spot, I dont think we would have gone the disabled list route," said Weaver, who will be eligible to return June 12. "But were early enough in the season that we can rest it and let it get back to 100 per cent." The Angels are taking no chances with Weaver, who has made at least 28 starts in each of the past five seasons. He led the majors in strikeouts in 2010 before making his second straight All-Star team and going 18-8 last season. "Its disappointing when a guy of that calibre has to be on the DL," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Hopefully it wont be too long before hes out there pitching, but we dont know what the timetable is going to be. ... I think everyone believes its going to be manageable, and hopefully it wont be too long, but we have to give him enough time." Scioscia said Weaver likely will be able to throw again "in very short order" if he responds well to rest in the next few days. Weaver had hoped he would only miss his next scheduled start Sunday against Texas, but Scioscia is more cautious. "Its significant enough where its going to take a couple of weeks," Scioscia said. "When hes back in the rotation is when hes healthy, and when that time frame comes isnt certain." Weaver is particularly frustrated because the injury prevents him from making starts against the Yankees and the defending AL champion Rangers this week. After a rough start to the season, Los Angeles won its seventh straight Monday night on Mark Trumbos game-ending homer, evening its record at 25-25. "It couldnt have come at a worse time (in the schedule)," Weaver said. "But its early enough in the season where we can take care of it." Scioscia hasnt decided whether Richards will take Weavers turn against the Rangers on Sunday, or whether the Angels will take advantage of a day off Thursday to keep the other four starters on normal rest. Dan Haren was scheduled to pitch Tuesday night against the Yankees. Richards caught the first plane from Salt Lake on Tuesday morning after getting the call Monday night. The right-hander from nearby Riverside, Calif., appeared in seven games for the Angels last season, making three starts and finishing his first major-league experience 0-2 with a 5.79 ERA. Richards nearly won the fifth rotation spot in spring training, losing the competition to rejuvenated veteran Jerome Williams. Richards is 5-2 with a 4.31 ERA for the Triple-A Bees, excelling despite a recent bout of control problems. "The game up here moves a lot faster than it does in the minor leagues," Richards said. "Youve got to pitch your game. I learned a lot last year, and I just feel like this season Im a lot more prepared." The Angels also reinstated outfielder Torii Hunter from the restricted list Tuesday, putting him back in the lineup against the Yankees. Hunter, batting .256 with five homers and 15 RBIs this season, missed Los Angeles past 15 games while returning home to Texas to deal with his teenage sons arrest in a sexual assault investigation. Los Angeles optioned infielder Andrew Romine back to Salt Lake to open a spot for Hunter. James Jones Jersey . Morrison came up big with 14 saves in the final period and he earned the games first star for his effort. "In the last three games in the third period the pucks kind of got away from us and its good to see the guys rebound," said Morrison. Randall Cobb Womens Jersey .S. national team finally won a soccer game at its southern neighbour and regional rival. http://www.nflnikegreenbaypackers.com/greg-jennings-jersey . 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I really was preparing my runner-up speech, because I thought, Man, shes playing so great," Williams said during the trophy presentation after the 2-hour, 18-minute match, adding: "Im really shocked." Might be the only one. After all, what really was stunning was that the top-ranked Azarenka made things as interesting as they were, given that she came into the day 1-9 against Williams. Add in that Williams hadnt dropped a set in the tournament, losing only 19 games through six matches before Sunday. All part of a tremendous run she is putting together in reaction to her loss at the French Open in late May, the Americans only first-round exit in 49 career major tournaments. Since then, she is 26-1, winning Wimbledon and the London Olympics. There hadnt been a three-set womens final in New York since 1995, and Williams came through with a late charge to become the first woman to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same season since a decade ago, when -- yes, thats right -- she did it. "She never gives up," said Azarenka, who managed only 13 winners, 31 fewer than Williams. "Shes definitely the toughest player, mentally, there is and shes got the power." While Azarenka, a 23-year-old from Belarus, doesnt have the name recognition or bona fides of Williams, she did win the Australian Open in January, and was 32-2 (a .941 winning percentage) on hard courts in 2012. She also hadnt dropped a three-setter all season until Sunday, going 12-0 in matches that went the distance, including victories over defending U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur in the quarterfinals and 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the semifinals. As Sundays third set commenced, Williams mother, Oracene Price, told her from the stands, "Settle down." Didnt happen right away. "Well, shes a human being, you know, who has two feet, two legs, two hands," Azarenka said. "Its understandable." When Williams double-faulted, slapped a bad backhand into the net and pushed a forehand long, Azarenka broke at love for a 4-3 edge, then followed that up by holding for 5-3. One game from the championship. Azarenka was two points away at 30-all with the fourth-seeded Williams serving in the next game, but couldnt convert. And when Azarenka served for the victory at 5-4, she showed the jitters that probably are understandable given that this was only her second career Grand Slam final, 17 fewer than Williams. Azarenka made three errors in that game, including a forehand into the net that let Williams break her to 5-all. Williams kept whatever excitement she might have felt contained, face straight as possible, while her older sister, seven-time major champion Venus, smiled and clapped in the stands. That was during a key stretch in which Williams took 10 of 12 points to go ahead 6-5. She then broke again to win, dropping onto her back on the court when Azarenka sent a backhand long to end it. "Feels like there is no room for a mistake," is the way Azarenka described trying to deal with Williams game. "There is no room for a wrong decision." Azarenka slumped in her changeover chair, a white towel covering her head, as Williams kept saying, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!" while scurrying over to share the joy with her mother and big sister. "Being so close, it hurts deeply," Azarenka said. "To know you dont have it. Youre close; you didnt get it." Williams, who turns 31 on Sept. 26, is the first 30-year-old woman to win the U.S. Open since Martina Navratilova in 1987. Williams is dominating the game right now. And shes been dominant, off and on, for more than a decade. She won her very first major championship at age 17 at the 1999 U.S. Open. Winning titles 13 years apart at the same Grand Slam tournament represents the longest span of success in the professional era, which began in 1968. Navratilova (Wimbledon, 1978 and 1990) and Chris Evert (French Open, 1974 and 1986)) had the longest previous spans of 12 years. Morgan Burnett Womens Jersey. Every so often, though, Williams reign has been interrupted by health problems. She missed eight months after having surgery on her left knee in 2003, the year she had completed a self-styled "Serena Slam" by winning four consecutive major titles. Of more concern was what happened only a few days after she won Wimbledon in 2010. Williams cut both feet on broken glass while leaving a restaurant in Germany, leading to two operations on her right foot. Then she got blood clots in her lungs and needed to inject herself with a blood thinner. Those shots led to a pool of blood gathering under her stomachs skin, requiring another procedure in the hospital. In all, she was off the tour for about 10 months. "She was so disgusted at home. She felt like she was useless. Thats the way it is with athletes, I guess. She couldnt sit still," Price said Sunday night. "She was getting depressed. A lot to overcome." Talk about making up for lost time. After her stunning first-round loss at Roland Garros to a woman ranked 111th, Williams went back to work, getting help from Patrick Mouratoglou, a coach who runs a tennis academy in France. Shes 14-0 in Grand Slam matches since then; the Wimbledon trophy ended a two-year drought without a major title. Mouratoglou came to New York with Williams, and he noticed the he way she set aside her mid-match struggles. "Players usually completely lose their confidence and they cant get all of their tennis back. But she got all her tennis back. Like nothing happened," he said. "This is what was most impressive. Shes not like the other players." In the mens final Monday, defending champion Novak Djokovic will face Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray. Its the fifth consecutive year the tournament will conclude on Monday instead of the scheduled Sunday because of bad weather. Djokovic beat David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in a semifinal that was halted in the first set because of impending rain Saturday and wrapped up Sunday. Worries about a potentially dangerous storm led the tournament to postpone Williams-Azarenka, making this the fourth time in the last five years that the U.S. Open womens final was pushed from Saturday to Sunday. When they got started, Williams was good as can be, compiling a 16-2 advantage in winners through the first set. She pounded big serves -- she finished with 13 aces, at up to 125 mph -- and big returns; smacked forehands and backhands out of Azarenkas reach; even tossed in a terrific backhand lob to break for a 2-0 lead at the outset. Both women had issues with the officiating -- though nothing compared to Williams misadventures in the past. In the 2009 semifinals, Williams was angered by a foot-fault call that resulted in a double-fault, setting up match point for her opponent, Kim Clijsters. Williams launched into a racket-brandishing tirade that resulted in a fine and a Grand Slam probation that made her be on her best behaviour or risk being suspended. Then, while losing to Stosur in last years final, Williams lost her cool and berated the chair umpire -- "Youre just unattractive inside," was among the noteworthy lines -- after being docked a point for screaming during a point. This time, there was a foot-fault call, too. It came with Williams serving at 40-love while trailing 2-0 in the second set. She didnt react at all immediately, finished off that game, then stared down the linesman as she walked to the sideline at the ensuing changeover. He chuckled a bit. "Im just happy that she got thru this one without any incident and was able to try to forget all that in the past," Price said. "Because I think that was a lot in her mind." Actually, by then, Williams had bigger problems to worry about. She double-faulted to get broken in that sets opening game, and got broken again to fall behind 4-1 in a game that featured Azarenka sliding into a running forehand winner and nearly doing a full splits. Even Williams applauded that one. But when the game ended, Williams slapped her racket against her changeover chair. Azarenka also had a minor run-in with the chair umpire Sunday, complaining when a point she thought she should have won was replayed. "Youre hilarious," Azarenka said, her words and grin drenched in sarcasm. ' ' '
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