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MONTREAL - Without suspended scoring star Marco Di Vaio,
the Montreal Impacts disappointing start to the MLS
season may have been predictable. Montreal (0-3-0)
directed 25 shots toward the Seattle goal on Sunday, but
couldnt find the net. And then the Impact fell victim to
defensive lapses as the Sounders spoiled its home opener
at Olympic Stadium with a 2-0 victory on Sunday. An own
goal off a Lamar Neagles header only eight minutes in and
a goal from Obafemi Martins early in the second half was
all Seattle (2-1-0) needed against a punchless Montreal
attack. "When you look at the game in terms of possession
and our ability to get in good spots and get quality
crosses in, to come away with nothing — it just seems
were not getting any little breaks," said the Impacts
still-winless new coach Frank Klopas. "The guys worked
hard and nothings going for us right now. Thats the
frustrating part." Di Vaio, a 20-goal scorer last season,
and midfielder Andres Romero finished serving the three-
game suspensions they incurred in a skirmish at the end
of a playoff game in October. Both will be back for
Montreals game Saturday in Philadelphia. Without their
38-year-old Italian striker, they have managed only two
goals in three games. But the hard part for Klopas, whose
mandate was to tighten the defence, was that they have
conceded six. Defender Matteo Ferrari said it would be
unfair to expect Di Vaio to step in and solve all the
teams problems right away as he hasnt played a real game
in five months. He hopes to see better all-around play
from the team. "We have to work hard on the defensive
part — not just the four on the defence but the attitude
of the team," said Ferrari. "We took six goals. Its too
much. "But I want to stay positive. Its the beginning of
the season and the coach knows what to do, so forget
about the standings right now and just keep working."
Still, it should help to have an experienced finisher.
The Impact had a 25-9 edge in attempts on goal and 6-4
lead in shots on target. What was missing was someone to
bury the chances as forward Andrew Wenger and midfielder
Felipe Martins fired blanks for a second game in a row.
Down 2-0 in the second half, the Impact went on full
attack. Substitute Blake Smith nearly had one in the 84th
minute, but his shot was swept off the line by Djimi
Traore. "Two factors (Di Vaio) brings — fear to the
other team because maybe theyre more on their heels, and
maybe more confidence to our team knowing that we have a
guy that can change a game on the spur of the moment,"
said Impact midfielder Patrice Bernier, who played his
first home game since he was named team captain. "Thats a
benefit, but still, as a team, we have to be a unit. We
create chances, but maybe give a little to much to the
other team. Maybe his fresh legs that can give us a spark
in Philly so we come out with some points." The Sounders,
coming off a 2-1 defeat last week to Toronto FC, could
easily have been up by three goals in the first half.
Neagle, who spent the 2012 season with Montreal before
being traded back to the Sounders, headed a Gonzalo
Pineda free kick out of a crowd and saw it hit the
crossbar and deflect off goalkeeper Troy Perkins and into
the net in the eighth minute. "It comes off the bottom of
the crossbar, hits me in the arm and goes in," said
Perkins. "You can sit there and say hed have been better
off just watching it, but I tried to make a play and was
a little unlucky." Seattle nearly had another in the 17th
minute, but Perkins reached back to get a hand on Martins
header. And in the 32nd minute, Neagles long low shot
went off a goalpost. The Sounders struck again in the
58th minute, when Neagle passed across the front of the
goal and Kenny Copper chipped it back for Martins to head
into an open side with the Impact defence standing still
in front of Perkins. "I knew wed absorb some pressure,"
said Seattle coach Sigi Schmid. "We wanted to get forward
on the counter and I figured we could create some chances
off that. "Its been a long road trip with the extra day,
but I thought we did a good job. Perkins makes an
unbelievable save on Obafemis header and Lamars unlucky
when he hits the inside of the post and it goes across in
the first half. But I thought we did what we needed to
do." The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but
was postponed a day due to fears of an accumulation of
snow on the domed stadiums roof, which is slated for
replacement. Montreal is 4-2-3 in games played at the Big
O. "When we trained on Saturday we had a little more of a
fun training session,"said Schmid. "The guys had a bit of
fun with it. We just told them it was Groundhog Day and
well repeat everything again." Notes: It was Montreals
first loss to Seattle in three MLS meetings. . . The
Sounders were without their big off-season signing Clint
Dempsey due to a two-game suspension for hitting Toronto
FC defender Mike Bloom in the groin last week. ...
Montreal has two more games at Olympic Stadium, April 5
against New York and April 12 against Chicago before
moving outdoors to Saputo Stadium.
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Laich is expected to miss the rest of the regular season
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Yankees captain was taken out of his final regular-season
Subway Series game in the eighth inning. Jeter watched
the last four outs from the bench, pulled off the field
during a double switch Thursday night as the Yankees held
off the Mets 1-0.
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have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery. Then Michael
Pineda was suspended for 10 games for using pine tar.
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Jersey . Certainly not Monday night. George Hill
took care of the early work, scoring a season-high 26
points, and Paul George closed it out by scoring 11 of
his 26 points during a decisive second-half stretch that
finally allowed Indiana to pull away from Minnesota 98-84
for yet another win.
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and Daniel Sarafian, the 32-year old feels very well
prepared for Friday nights encounter.ST. LOUIS -- Khris
Davis could have easily just called it a day after
striking out four times. Instead, the Milwaukee Brewers
outfielder got one more chance -- and came through. Davis
hit a run-scoring triple in the 12th inning to lead the
Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 win over the St. Louis
Cardinals on Monday night. "It was tough," Davis said,
"but there was no doubt I still wanted to be in that
situation." Davis drove in Jonathan Lucroy, who doubled
off Seth Maness (0-2) to start the inning. Mark Reynolds
then drove in Davis with a sacrifice fly. Davis, who
finished 1 for 6, struck out in the second, fifth, sixth
and 10th innings. "Its hard to find the positive, after a
tough start in the game," Davis said. "But you know its
there. You just have to look hard to find it." Davis
found it by ripping a two-strike pitch down the right-
field line. Zach Duke (2-0) picked up the win with two
innings of scoreless relief, and Francisco Rodriguez
recorded his 12th save in as many opportunities by
getting Jhonny Peralta to fly out with two on to end the
game. Davis impressed his teammates with his ability to
bounce back. He admitted that he, "looked real bad," in
several of his early at-bats. "I know what its like, Ive
been there," Reynolds said. "It says a lot for a young
guy to bounce back like that. His confidence in that
situation was something else." Milwaukee manager Ron
Roenicke agreed: "What he did, its got to pump you up."
Milwaukee, which leads the majors with 19 wins, has won
four of five and eight of 10 overall. The Brewers also
improved to 10-1 on the road, despite being without
outfielder Ryan Braun (oblique strain) and shortstop Jean
Segura (bruised cheek). Both were listed as day to day.
Allen Craig and Matt Holliday hit solo homers in the
sixth inning off Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo to give
St. Louis a 3-0 lead. Holliday, who leads the team with
16 RBIs, also drove in Matt Carpenter with a first-inning
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victory. "This win was huge," Roenicke said. "We got some
big hits and we hung in there and battled." Reynolds was
very pleased with the way the club rallied from a 3-0
deficit. "Its the sign of a good team to come back and
win a game that maybe you werent supposed to win," he
said. "Big for the team, big for our confidence." St.
Louis starter Michael Wacha gave up three runs and eight
hits over 6 1-3 innings. He struck out nine. Gallardo,
who is 1-11 lifetime against St. Louis, gave up three
runs and seven hits over six innings. Milwaukee tied the
game with three runs in the seventh. After Lyle Overbay
and Scooter Gennett had RBI singles, Aramis Ramirez was
hit by a pitch from reliever Pat Neshek with the bases
loaded and two outs. Ramirez left the game in the bottom
of the inning with an elbow contusion. He, like Braun and
Segura, is listed as day to day. Wacha, who has 19
strikeouts in last two starts, cruised through the five
innings. He did not allow a runner to reach second until
the sixth. "I felt good with all of my pitches and
command," Wacha said. "I just let it get away from me a
little in the seventh." St. Louis manager Mike Matheny
was disappointed that his team gave up a comfortable
lead. "Not very often do we get a three-run lead and not
be able to hang onto it," he said. "Its as tough a one as
weve had all year." NOTES: Former Cardinals catcher Tim
McCarver, a national commentator for Fox Sports for the
past 18 years, made his debut on the Cardinals broadcast
Monday. McCarver is doing colour on 30 games for Fox
Sports Midwest this season. ... Lance Lynn (4-1, 3.80)
will face Kyle Lohse (4-1, 2.38) in the middle game of
the three-game set Tuesday. ... St. Louis lost a replay
challenge in the sixth inning. Gallardo was ruled safe on
an infield single. The ruling on the field was confirmed
in 1 minute, 52 seconds. ... Braun was in the on-deck
circle when Elian Herrera struck out to end the 10th.
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