SAINT JOHN, N. cheap nfl jerseys china .B. -- Rachel Homan has confidence, home ice and hammer heading into Sundays final at the Ford Womens World Curling Championship. She intends to turn those assets into gold. Homan, third Emma Miskew, second Alison Kreviazuk and lead Lisa Weagle out of the Ottawa Curling Club will start the championship game against Switzerlands Binia Feltscher with last-rock advantage. Its Canadas reward for their 10-1 record to win the preliminary round and their 8-3 playoff win Friday over the Swiss. None of the other 11 countries at Saint Johns Harbour Station were as effective at scoring more than one point with hammer as Canada, so having it in the first end is an advantage. "Its huge," Homan said. "If you play your game properly, you can control the game." Canada last won a womens world curling title in 2008, when Winnipegs Jennifer Jones claimed it in Vernon, B.C. The wait hasnt been as long for Switzerland, as Mirjam Ott took the title two years ago in Lethbridge, Alta. With spectacular runbacks and raise takeouts, the Canadians drained Switzerlands offence Friday to win the playoff between the tournaments top two teams. That provided the host country a direct route to the gold-medal game, while Switzerland needed a 7-3 win over South Korea in Saturdays semifinal to gain a rematch. Russias Anna Sidorova and South Koreas Ji-sun Kim will play for bronze Sunday in what will be a first womens world curling medal for one of the countries. Homans team had Saturday off, so the skip watched the game in her hotel room and conducted interviews by phone in a raspy voice. "The rest will be good for me," Homan said. "Im glad the final is not today. "Its been a long week and we all need a bit of rest, so were glad that we put in the work and played really well and were able to get this bonus day off. We have some confidence we can take over into the final." Feltscher, 35, won an Olympic silver medal in 2006 playing third for Ott, but Sundays final will be the biggest game of her career as a skip. Third Irene Schori, second Franziska Kaufmann and Lead Christine Urech made their world championship debut in Saint John, so a 9-2 round-robin record and a berth in the final is a surprise. "Weve got nothing to lose tomorrow," Feltscher said via an interpreter. "It would be a great pleasure for us to put that gold medal around our necks." Switzerland was the only country to beat Canada in the round robin. Down 8-4, Homan shook hands after eight ends. Canadian Al Moore, husband of television curling commentator Linda Moore, is one of Switzerlands coaches. "I dont think their expectations were particularly high coming in," Moore said. "My goal coming in was to be in the playoffs. I really thought they could do that. The gold-medal game is a bonus." "They believe they can win. They believe if they go out and play their best, they believe they can win and really thats the difference." Jones and Brad Jacobs gave Canada double curling gold at the Winter Olympics in Sochi last month, with Jones going undefeated en route to the top step of the podium. Homan is on the verge of making it a dominant season for Canadian womens curling. "We have pressure on ourselves as well," Homan said. "You want that gold when it comes down to it. "Seeing Jones and (Brad) Jacobs bring home the gold from the Olympics, I really want to make it a clean sweep for Canada and make sure weve got gold everywhere." The average age of Homan and her teammates is just under 26, but they have big-game experience. Theyve won back-to-back Canadian titles, took bronze in their world championship debut last year in Riga, Latvia, and made it as far as the semifinal in Decembers Olympic trials. Homan was a shot away from making the final last year in Riga, but she missed a double takeout with her last throw of the semifinal to give up a steal and lose 8-7 to Scotland. The travel, time zone and arena were kinder to Homan this time. "Youre going to feel nervous and that comes with the territory and that comes with the sport," Homan said. "We love playing with the pressure and the home crowd. "A little bit different than Latvia. We had about five fans cheering us on. Theres a lot more energy this time around." wholesale jerseys .These are Cobains statistics: he had 13 hits (twelve singles and a double) in 40 at-bats with a .333 batting average. He had 7 RBIs, no home runs and only 1 error. 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Victorias Rich Harden struck out eight over seven innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday. Harden (3-2) struck out Lawrie, of Langley, B.C., for the second time in the game with two on and two out in the seventh inning to cap his first career victory over Toronto in nine career starts. In doing so he held Lawrie, who received a standing ovation when he went to bat in the second inning and had the crowd chanting his name in seventh, hitless in three at-bats. "He has a couple of different change-ups that he throws and I was just trying to see (the ball) as long as I could," Lawrie said. "It took a couple of at-bats to see them and he made some good pitches, and I tip my hat to him." Harden, 30, is now 1-3 with a 5.11 earned-run average against Toronto. The only run Harden allowed in his seven innings of five-hit pitching was on Edwin Encarnacions 10th homer to lead off the second. "I was aware of my past performances here," Harden said. "It felt good to get this one out of the way." Josh Willingham hit his 18th homer with a runner on in the sixth and Kurt Suzuki hit his 10th, a solo shot, in the seventh to send Brett Cecil (4-5) to his first defeat since July 5. Cecil, who had won his previous three decisions, allowed four hits and three runs in seven innings. "With the exception of the change-up that stayed up and away to Willingham and the breaking ball that Suzuki got, I really felt that he threw the ball well," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. The As added a run in the ninth on a single by Ryan Sweeney against Shawn Camp who took over from Luis Perez. The 21-year-old Lawrie was 5-for-11 in his first three major-league games in Baltimore after being called up Friday from triple-A Las Vegas. "I was a little more calm here," he said. "I think my first game I was jacked up for it and I think as I got out there (Tuesday), there was a lot of reassurance, a lot of people behind me." He said the standing ovation was "pretty cool." "It kind of pumped me up and got my heart going a little bit," Lawrie said. Harden said he understood Lawries excitement. "That would be pretty exciting for him to be playing at home here in Canada, a big, big deal," harden said. "I remember the first time I came up here and started here, its definitely a cool feeling." Grant Balfour took over in the eighth for Oakland and held the 3-1 lead despite allowing a one-out double to Eric Thames, his second hit in 34 at-bats. With the lead 4-1, Andrew Bailey picked up his 14th save despite walking Encarnacion to lead off the ninth. Encarnacion led off the second with a homer of the season on a 2-1 pitch, a high drive that just cleared the left-field fence and laanded in the Blue Jays bullpen. wholesale jerseys from china. Harden, who did not pitch until July 1 because of a strained right shoulder, has allowed a home run in each of his seven starts this season. Encarnacions was the eighth he homer has allowed overall. Harden walked J.P. Arencibia with two out in the second to bring up Lawrie who was batting ninth. Lawrie struck out on three pitches. The As did not have a base runner until Scott Sizemore walked with two out in the third. It was followed by a single by Jemile Weeks. Sizemore drew a futile throw going to third on the hit that allowed Weeks to take second. But Cecil struck out Cliff Pennington to end the inning. The Blue Jays defence took over in the fifth after Ryan Sweeney worked the As second walk of the game against Cecil. First, shortstop Yunel Escobar leaped high to snare Sizemores line drive. Next, Lawrie made a diving grab of Weeks grounder down the third-base line and got the out to end the inning with first baseman Adam Lind making a fine catch. Cecil wasnt surprised by Lawries athleticism. "When I was down in triple-A he was making plays like that almost on a daily basis," Cecil said. "I thought it was going to be a lot closer play but he jumped up a lot quicker than I thought. And a great job by Lind on the other end to pick it up. I honestly thought he had no chance." Lawries second at-bat against Harden was a fly out to centre. Willingham put the As into a 2-1 lead with one out in the sixth with his homer on an 0-1 pitch, scoring Pennington who led off with a single. Suzukis 10th homer of the season led off the seventh and bumped Oaklands lead to 3-1. Encarnacion led off the home seventh with a walk and to third on a single to right by Colby Rasmus. But Aaron Hill popped out and Arencibia and Lawrie struck out. "I thought (Lawrie) handled himself well tonight," Farrell said. "He made a heck of a diving play to the line and even though he didnt have anything to show for it from the line score I thought he made an outstanding adjustment from his first at-bat to the second one against Harden. "He put up a couple of tough at-bats, the last one to end the threat in the seventh. But you have to tip your hat to the way Harden threw the baseball." The As added a run in the ninth. After Perez hit David DeJesus with a pitch, Camp came in and allowed a bunt single to Suzuki and a run-scoring single to Sweeney. Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 20,521. ...Henderson Alvarez, 21, was called up from double-A New Hampshire and will start Wednesday in his major-league debut against Gio Gonzalez (9-9, 3.10 earned-run average). Alvarez was 8-5 with an ERA of 2.86 in 15 games, 14 starts, with New Hampshire. "His slider has come along. Its given him a defined third pitch in addition to his fastball and a change-up," Farrell said before Tuesdays game....Left-hander Wil Ledezma was assigned outright to triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Alvarez. ' ' '