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he said. "Something I was able to do at times this year, able to be down in the bullpen a little bit, and I wa
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NEW YORK -- Eight days after a sensational performance against the New York Jets, Denver linebacker Von Miller was fined Von Miller US$25,000 for roughing the passer in that game. Demaryius Thomas Black Jersey . The rookie pass-rusher was confused Friday about which hit got him in trouble. He said his letter from the league noted he was getting docked for hitting quarterback Mark Sanchez in the chest, although he suspected the fine was actually for a late hit in which he struck Sanchez in the back. "The hit that has all the controversy was the one where I hit him in the back a couple of seconds late," Miller said. "On that play, my shoulder hit him in the back. Im kind of foggy about which hit it was. Im sure its one of them. "Im not saying that I didnt commit a hit that I should be fined for, because I did get to him a couple of times, but thats part of the game now," Miller said. "Its all about player safety and I dont have anything to say about player safety. Weve got to make adjustments to take the quarterback down in other ways." Its Millers second infraction this month. He also was fined $15,000 for hitting Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer in the chin three weeks ago. Millers was one of several fines the league handed down Friday. San Francisco safety Dashon Goldson was fined $25,000 by the NFL on Friday for punching Arizona receiver Early Doucet in last Sundays game. Doucet was fined $10,000 for unnecessary roughness when he struck Goldson in the helmet area. Goldson then threw his punches. At the end of a play early in the fourth quarter, Goldson was down away from the ball when he got blindsided and slapped on the back of the helmet by Doucet. Goldson jumped up, confronted him and both began swinging wildly. Goldson then threw a series of punches to Doucets facemask and received a 15-yard personal foul penalty before being ejected. Seattle safety Kam Chancellor was fined $40,000 for unnecessary roughness against Rams tight end Lance Kendricks. The previous week, Chancellor was docked $20,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit against Baltimore wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Philadelphia receiver-kick returner DeSean Jackson was fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct; he flipped the ball toward Giants defensive co-ordinator Perry Fewell after a 50-yard reception. "When that incident happened I just thought that it was a hotly contested game at that moment and I just thought he made an error in judgment," Fewell said. "He was just excited about the catch and I think he probably just did it by mistake. I dont think he did anything intentionally. "It shocked me. I was surprised by it, but it wasnt about me and it wasnt about him at that time." Eagles DT Trevor Laws was fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness; he struck Giants QB Eli Manning late and away from the play after an Eagles interception. Miamis Tyrone Culver was fined $20,000 for unnecessary roughness for striking a defenceless player, Buffalo receiver Stevie Johnson, in the head and neck area. Miller, the second overall draft pick had his best game yet in the Broncos 17-13 win over the Jets, making 10 tackles, nine solo, three tackles for loss, 1 1/2 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. Now hes got a $25,000 fine to go with it. "I mean, it stings, but it really doesnt hurt that much, because I play the game for my teammates," Miller said. And some of those teammates were bemused by Millers latest run-in with the leagues disciplinarians. "The league is so touchy-feely what we can and cannot do running full-speed, so theres no use in me sitting here and going on a tantrum on what we can and cant do," safety Brian Dawkins said. "We just have to go out and play full-speed and whatever happens, happens." Miller said that while hell try to adjust his tackling technique, he wont be holding back. "Im definitely going to keep playing with fanatical effort and relentless pursuit to the ball," he said. "As far as hits ... Ive just got to make those adjustments so I dont get fined." Demaryius Thomas Youth Jersey . The NBA announced its decision Monday, less than 24 hours after Rondo stuck out his chest to bump referee Marc Davis while complaining about a call in the final minute of Bostons 83-74 loss in Game 1. Gary Zimmerman Broncos Jersey . -- Tosaint Ricketts certainly didnt look like an unemployed soccer player. http://www.officialusbroncosshop.com/brian-dawkins-jersey . -- Bruce Chen weaved his way into and out of trouble over the first four innings against Arizona. Peyton Manning Pink Jersey . LOUIS -- Giancarlo Stanton will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Sunday after lasting just two innings in his first start in five games, leaving the Miami Marlins without a representative on the field at Tuesdays All-Star game. Eric Decker Youth Jersey . Roddick beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to win the Atlanta Open and earn his 32nd ATP World Tour title on Sunday. ST. LOUIS -- Three hits and an excruciating loss one day, double-digit runs and a laugher the next. The St. Louis Cardinals have been that type of team all season. The defending World Series champions tied their NL division series with Washington at one game apiece by doing what they do best -- forgetting about what happened the day before and concentrating on the game at hand. They lost the division series and NLCS openers last year, and look how that turned out. Carlos Beltran hit the last two of the Cardinals four homers and St. Louis chased an ineffective Jordan Zimmermann early in a 12-4 rout of the Nationals on Monday. "We know this offence has the potential to do this," Cardinals rookie manager Mike Matheny said. "It was nice to see this, and hopefully it becomes contagious and the guys just keep going." Daniel Descalso and Allen Craig also went deep to help the Cardinals build a big lead that compensated for a two-inning start from an ailing Jaime Garcia. Craig hit his fifth career post-season homer and scored three times. "If we get things going, we feel like we can carry the team," Craig said. "As you saw tonight, we put a lot of good swings on the ball and really drove the ball. It was a lot of fun." Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche hit consecutive homers in the fifth for the Nationals, who head home for the remainder of the best-of-five series. But the NL East champions are without All-Star ace Stephen Strasburg, shut down for the rest of the season early last month to protect his surgically repaired arm. "I miss him not experiencing this with us and he misses not experiencing it with us," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "But we did the right thing, theres no question. "Hed have been the guy that opened the series." Garcia was taken out with a shoulder injury and sent for an MRI exam. The left-hander missed two months this season with shoulder fatigue. "It just wasnt right the whole time. I had to come out of the game," Garcia said. "I dont know how it happened, I dont know when it happened. "Im just hoping its not too bad, but at the same time youve just got to wait and see how it goes." Game 3 is Wednesday afternoon at Nationals Park, the first post-season contest in the nations capital since the original Senators played the New York Giants in the 1933 World Series. Edwin Jackson starts for Washington against longtime Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, who made only three starts during the regular season because of injury. "Today, for us, was a must-win game," Beltran said. The Cardinals seem to live for those. They lost the division series and NLCS openers last fall, then finished strong in the World Series after spotting Texas a 3-2 lead. So, theyre on familiar ground. And once again, as a wild card. "We knew how big this game was for us," centre fielder Jon Jay said. "Weve seen it all year -- when we are able to do that, we are pretty dangerous." After the Nationals rallied late to win the opener 3-2, there were no lineup changes in Game 2 -- just a lot more clutch hitting from players accustomed to October pressure. Beltran homered twice in the post-season for the third time in his career, connecting in the sixth off Mike Gonzalez and eighth off Sean Burnett. Jay had two hits and three RBIs, plus an outstanding catch at the centre-field wall to deprive Danny Espinosa of extra bases in the sixth. "One of the best catches Ive seen. I think its his best catch of the year," Matheny said. "He barely looked up as he was hitting the wall. Very impressive." St. Louis was 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position during Game 1 and totalled just three hits, but the Cardinals hadd five hits in a four-run second Monday. Eric Decker Camo Jersey. Descalso hit his first post-season homer in the fourth, a day after getting robbed by Jayson Werths leaping catch at the right-field wall. Beltrans drive off Gonzalez in the sixth banged off the facade in the third deck in left, estimated at 444 feet. "I hope I never see this offence again," Johnson said to much laughter in the postgame interview room. Shadows creeped past the pitchers mound around the third inning and didnt seem to be as big of an issue in Game 2, which started 1 1/2 hours later than the opener. Both teams had issues with the playing conditions after the opener. Late last season, after complaints from Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman, the Cardinals said theyd try not to schedule late afternoon games that might be affected. Nationals rookie Bryce Harper went 1 for 5 and struck out four times. He also was thrown out at third base on an ill-advised attempt to advance. He is 1 for 10 in the series with six strikeouts. "Do I look overanxious? You think so?" he said to one reporter. "Maybe you should be a hitting coach." Zimmermann lasted a season-low three innings while pitching on eight days rest. His next-shortest outing this year also was against the Cardinals, when he coughed up a four-run, first-inning cushion and was chased after yielding eight runs in 3 2-3 innings during a 10-9 loss at home. The numbers werent favourable for the 25-year-old right-hander prior to first pitch, given hes 0-2 with a 9.45 ERA in five career regular-season starts against the Cardinals. They were 3 for 5 with runners in scoring position against a pitcher who led the majors by holding opponents to a .160 average. "They have a great lineup," Zimmermann said. "You get a few guys out and then youve got Beltran, (David) Freese and it never stops. You have to make your pitches and I wasnt able to do that tonight." Nationals batters made contact on just four of Garcias 24 pitches in the first, threatening with a pair of walks. Garcia went to a full count on five of his first eight hitters, and threw 51 pitches in two innings while surrendering Zimmermanns RBI single in the second. The Cardinals had 18-game winner Lance Lynn warming up in the second and the right-hander stood on the bullpen mound during St. Louis four-run inning. Pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker stood on the top dugout step while Pete Kozma struck out for the first out in the second and it was no decoy, with Schumaker contributing a run-scoring groundout to the rally. Before heading to the on-deck circle, Garcia knew he was done for the day. "I told them when I went in that I was coming out," he said. Lynn, who would likely replace Garcia in the rotation, struck out five in a three-inning stint marred by the consecutive homers. "I was ready from the get-go in case anything happened," he said. "Something I was able to do at times this year, able to be down in the bullpen a little bit, and I was able to use that experience." St. Louis opened the second with four straight hits, singles by Craig and Yadier Molina that set the table followed by an RBI double from Freese and a run-scoring single from Descalso. NOTES: Cardinals RHP Jake Westbrook, rehabbing from a pulled oblique, will leave the team for a few days to be with his wife, due to deliver the couples fourth child. GM John Mozeliak said its "not likely" that Westbrook, a 13-game winner, will be able to pitch this fall. ... Beltran has 13 career post-season homers. His last two-homer game in the post-season was Oct. 15, 2006, with the Mets against St. Louis in the NLCS. ... The Cardinals matched the franchise high for runs in a division series game. They also scored 12 in 2002 against Arizona. ' ' '
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