After going 9-7 through 20 starts at the Triple-A level, Brad Mills will make his first start of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays today against the Texas Rangers.wholesale jerseys . Mills posted a 3.99 ERA for Las Vegas in the minors and registered 114 strikeouts in 130 2/3 innings. A lefty, Mills has never faced the Rangers. Yesterday, Brett Cecil tossed seven strong innings and J.P. Arencibia landed the big blow with a three-run homer as Toronto clipped Texas, 3-2. Cecil (4-4) allowed seven hits and one run while fanning six and walking one for the Blue Jays, who have won three in a row and seven of 10. Cecil has now posted consecutive wins for the first time all season and has gone 3-0 in his last four starts. "It looked like he started to tire a little bit there in the sixth and seventh," said Toronto manager John Farrell about his starter. "But he did a solid job out there against a good offensive team." Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli hit solo homers for the Rangers, losers in four of six, but Cruz departed the game in the fifth inning with tightness in his left quad. Alexi Ogando (10-5) worked 5 2/3 innings in the loss, charged with four hits and three runs with four strikeouts and as many walks. The Rangers have been able to supply todays starter, Derek Holland, with ample run support this season, but found their offense lacking in Fridays opener with the Blue Jays. Holland is 9-4 this season for Texas, impressive to say the least. The lefty has certainly benefited tremendously from strong run support however, as his 4.43 ERA is rather mediocre. Holland most recently took the mound on Monday, when he pitched six shutout innings against Minnesota. He is now 2-0 in his last three outings with a 3.10 ERA. Holland was roughed up by Toronto earlier this season and is 1-1 in three career starts versus the Blue Jays with an 8.80 ERA. Toronto has won five of its eight matchups with the Rangers this season. cheap jerseys .5-million. Vokoun, 34, played 57 games for the Florida Panthers in 2010-11, posting a record of 22-28-5 with a 2. cheap jerseys from china . Bortles, one of three quarterbacks vying to be the first taken in the NFL Draft in May alongside Bridgewater and Johnny Manziel, helped his cause by impressing scouts with a clean performance at the UCF Pro Day Wednesday, according to reports.MALMO, Sweden -- Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen scored at 9:42 of overtime to give Finland its third world junior hockey title, 3-2 over Sweden on Sunday. Ristolainen picked up the puck along the right boards, beat defenceman Robert Hagg as he cut in front of the goal and slid a backhander under goalie Oscar Dansks right leg pad. Ristolainen has one goal in 19 games this season for Buffalo. "Nobody trusted us to win, but we trusted," said Chicago prospect Teuvo Teravainen, the tournament scoring leader. "We knew we were going to be a good team and we had a chance to win this tournament. Its an awesome feeling right now." Finland also won the under-20 event in 1987 in Czechoslovakia and 1998 at home in Helsinki. Swedens tied it at 2-2 on Christian Djoos power-play goal with 9:07 left in the third period. Djoos beat goalie Juuse Saros with a slap shot through traffic from the high slot. "We were playing in their zone the whole game," said Swedish captain Filip Forsberg, the Nashville forward selected the tournament MVP. "Obviously, its hard to lose like this." Finlands Era Lindell -- drafted by Dallas -- scored 28 seconds into the game, and Lucas Wallmark tied it on a power play at 7:53 of the second. Finlland regained the lead 45 seconds later on Nashville draft pick Saku Maenalanens goal. cheap nfl jerseys. Saros, also drafted by Nashville, made 35 saves, and Chicago Blackhawks prospect Teuvo Teravainen had three assists to help Finland hand Sweden its first loss in seven games in the tournament. Teravainen won the scoring title with 15 points on two goals and 13 assists, and Maenalanen topped the goals list with seven. Forsberg was selected the tournament most valuable player. The Nashville forward had four goals and eight assists in seven games. Earlier, Germany beat Norway 3-1 for a 2-1 victory in the best-of-three relegation series. Germany will remain in the competition next year in Montreal and Toronto, while Denmark will take Norways spot in the 10-team event. Frederik Tiffels, Dominik Kahun and Patrik Klopper scored for Germany and Marvin Cupper made 34 saves. "Its our goal to be a top-10 nation, and thats what we did today," said Leon Draisaitl, who had two assists. "Its going to be probably the greatest experience youll ever have next year, playing in Toronto and Montreal." The tournament drew 144,268 fans, breaking the European record of 139,680 set in 1998 in Finland. The overall record is 453,282 in Ottawa in 2009. ' ' ' |