Viciedos homer was set up by reliever Clay Rapadas wild toss to second base

It looks as though a trip to Las Vegas was just the tonic to rejuvenate Adam Lind. coach outlet . Through five games with the 51s (the Jays Triple-A affiliate), Lind is hitting .389 with three homers and five runs batted in while splitting his time between first base and DH. John Farrell - knowing how badly the Jays need another left-handed bat - was hoping Lind could be back with the big club in about two weeks. Though Pacific Coast League numbers are often inflated, Lind is at least hitting the ball with authority again. The Jays are more than halfway through a stretch of 16 straight games against teams with better records than they have. Heading into a three-game set at Arlington against the Rangers Friday night, they are 5-5 so far. Their season has really been a mixed bag. On the plus side, Jose Bautista is out of his slump, Edwin Encarnacion continues to put together an All-Star type season and the starting pitchers are getting far enough into ball games so the bullpen doesnt get worn out. And so far at least, the bullpen hasnt fallen apart without injured closer Sergio Santos, who is at least a couple of weeks away. On the minus side, the Jays pitchers have walked 182 batters this season including a Major League-leading 97 this month. The defence in May has been spotty, while a few players havent found their hitting grove. For all of that and a 7-12 record against their own division, the Jays are still three games over .500 and are holding down the second Wild Card spot. If they can maintain that for another five or six weeks, the organization might actually go out and get some reinforcements for the second half. The Jays took two out of three from Texas when the Rangers were in Toronto a few weeks ago. After a torrid 15-4 start, Texas has cooled off a tad going 12-14. They still have the second-best record in the American League next to Baltimore. All three pitching match-ups this weekend are good ones, but the feature duel comes Sunday when the Jays get their second crack at Japanese rookie sensation Yu Darvish whos already won six and beat his Sunday opponent Kyle Drabek 4-1 last month at Rogers Centre. Wild pitches: The Blue Jays showed more than a passing interest in free agent Carlos Beltran in the offseason. But the Mets free agent outfielder didnt want to switch leagues again and didnt want to play on artificial turf. So he signed with St. Louis ostensibly as the bat to replace Albert Pujols. Good for St. Louis and good for Beltran. Hes currently leading the NL in homers with 14. Now the Phillies have tough decisions to make on soon-to-be free agents, Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino. But the Roy Halladay situation bares watching as well. Doc is 35 and has been up and down a bit this year at 4-4 with a 3.58 ERA. Next year is the final guaranteed season of his contract at $20 million. There is a vesting option for another $20 million for 2014, depending on the number of innings he pitches and his health. If the Phils fall out of the race this year, would they consider trying to move Halladay to a contender to free up more money to try to keep Hamels? Probably not, but its worth thinking about. Interesting historical note - if Texas makes it to the World Series and loses, manager Ron Washington would become only the third manager ever to appear in three straight Fall Classics and lose them all. The other two - the Tigers Hughie Jennings and the legendary John McGraw of the Giants - both in the early 1900s. And they both happen to be in the Hall of Fame. coach factory outlet . The reigning Vanier Cup champions received all 30 first-place nods and 300 points from FRC voters to remain in front of the No. 2 Laval Rouge et Or (256 points), No. coach handbags outlet . Miller was injured early in the second quarter on Saturday night after getting hit by Terrence Wheatley and Kamerion Wimbley. Miller was woozy on the field and walked off with a trainer at his side. NEW YORK -- Addison Reed knew Yankee Stadiums reputation for swallowing up easy flys for home runs. He also knew Derek Jeter had a knack for coming through in the clutch. So when Jeter sent a sharp liner to right field, the White Sox closer hoped the ball would stay in the park and that Alex Rios would have space to make the catch. Rios did, with no room to spare. Rios banged into the wall as he made the catch, just 314 feet from home, to end the Chicago White Soxs 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night. "When it landed in his glove," Reed said, "I was a happy man." Dayan Viciedo gave the White Sox a 4-3 lead with a three-run homer off David Robertson in the ninth inning after a throwing error, and Reed held on for the AL Central-leading White Soxs sixth win in eight games. Viciedos homer was set up by reliever Clay Rapadas wild toss to second base on a potential double-play ball. "Its a tough way to lose a game, but its a physical error and its going to happen and youve just got to put it behind you," manager Joe Girardi said. With closer Rafael Soriano not available after earning saves in four of the last five games, the Yankees had their five-game winning streak end. Other than Alejandro De Aza, who homered and had four hits, the White Sox were unable to muster much against the Yankees de facto ace Ivan Nova into the eighth. Minus Soriano, Chicago improved to 22-14 on the road, third best in the American League. Mark Teixeira homered off New Jersey-born Hector Santiago (2-1) with two outs in the eighth to make it 3-1. Rios led off the ninth with a single against Cody Eppley, and Rapada entered. A.J. Pierzynski bunted back to the mound and Rapadas poor throw put runners at first and third. Robertson (0-2) relieved and Viciedo drove a 1-0 pitch into the left-field stands. "I would definitely say its a little tougher," Robertson said of coming in with runners on base rather than starting an inning. "Youve got a clean inning, youve got an opportunity to maybe get an out and allow a walk or something like that or even give up a base hit and still find your way out of it because youve finally got your rhythm on the mound," he said. Reed gave up a leadoff single to Dewayne Wise in the New York ninth. Eric Chavez then hit a fly to left and Wise was caught way off first base, but Viciedos throw to first was offline for a possible double play. After pinch-hitter Andruw Jones struck out looking, Jeter flied out and Reed had his 11th save. "I looked at the guys and said I know hes going to hit one to right," Jeters former teammate and White Sox manager Robin Ventura said.coach outlet online. "I dont like seeing him too much." Jeter had singled in the seventh to tie fellow shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. for 13th place on the career list with 3,184. De Aza homered off the facing of the suite level in right field for the games first run with two outs in the fifth. That was the lone run against Nova, who gave his manager reason to be hopeful about the Yankees depleted rotation with an ace-like outing. The Yankees took the lead right back against rookie Dylan Axelrod in the bottom half when Curtis Granderson singled with two outs and Alex Rodriguez followed with a drive to left-centre. De Aza made a long run to track down the ball, but it hit off his glove as he neared the wall, falling for an RBI double. Robinson Cano then gave the Yankees the lead with a double to right-centre. A day after receiving a double whammy of devastating injuries to the rotation, Girardi said hes not going to give the remaining three starters any sort of pep talk -- unless he has to. In the meantime, CC