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NEW YORK -- Brandon McCarthy. Chris Capuano. Shane Greene. And now, Esmil Rogers. The New York Yankees have gone on an improbable run to get right back in the thick of the playoff race and an unlikely bunch of pitchers have led the way. Rogers, perhaps the unlikeliest of all, worked five sharp innings Friday night and Carlos Beltran hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the Yankees beat the sloppy Cleveland Indians 10-6 for their sixth win in seven games. "Theyve pitched extremely well," manager Joe Girardi said. "Im not sure any of us knew exactly what to expect, but since the All-Star break weve had a chance to win every game and thats because of them." The Yankees walked seven times in moving seven games above .500 (61-54) for the first time this season. They are 14-7 since the break. Derek Jeter tied Honus Wagner for sixth place on the career list with his 3,430th hit in a five-run first inning against Trevor Bauer (4-7). Beltrans 11th career slam highlighted a five-run sixth. The Indians, who have the majors worst fielding percentage, prolonged both innings with errors in their fourth straight loss overall and seventh in a row in the Bronx. "I think we all understand the type of team we need to be to win, and not making teams earn every single thing they get does not put us in the best position to win," Indians manager Terry Francona said. Picked up off waivers on July 31 after the Toronto Blue Jays cut him for the second time this season, Rogers (2-0) became the 12th player to make a start for New York. Pitching in place of David Phelps (elbow inflammation), he allowed one run and four hits over five innings in his first start since Sept. 25 for Toronto and threw 88 pitches -- 45 was his high this season coming in. "I didnt have my confidence like I have right now," Rogers said about the difference between the way he is pitching now compared to earlier in the season. Rogers outing followed four fine starts by a makeshift rotation against the Detroit Tigers heralded staff. Three of those came from pitchers who made their first start for the Yankees in July: McCarthy, Capuano and Greene. The Yankees took advantage of three walks by Bauer in the first inning. Beltran, Stephen Drew and Martin Prado had RBI singles and another run scored on second baseman Jason Kipnis throwing error. Bauer was charged with five runs and six hits in 3 1-3 innings. John Axford walked the bases loaded -- one intentional -- before Beltran connected. Scarpe Air Max 97 Outlet . JOHNS, N. Air Max 270 React Italia . He never mentioned anything about his hitting. The 33-year-old right-hander had success with both Sunday, pitching six solid innings and helping the offence-starved Mets with an RBI single as New York salvaged a doubleheader split with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. http://www.outletscarpesaldi.it/jordan-1-prezzo-basso.html. Tristan Jackson returned a missed field goal 129 yards early in the fourth quarter as the Roughriders beat the B.C. Vapormax Plus Scontate . -- The Oakland Athletics and free agent right-hander Bartolo Colon have agreed to terms on a US$2 million, one-year contract, bolstering their depleted starting rotation. Jordan Retro 1 Italia .500 ball against teams with winning records, so they needed a huge lift from somebody Tuesday night in a matchup of division leaders.While Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo was terrific against his former team earlier this month, he hasnt been very sharp since. Nothing has gotten past Ryan Miller in the Vancouver Canucks last two games. Luongo and the Panthers try to avoid a season-worst fourth consecutive loss when they host the Canucks on Monday night. Catch all the action on TSN Radio 1040 starting at 2:30pm pt. If in goal, this will mark Luongos third matchup against Vancouver since he was sent to Florida in a four-player last March. The four-time All-Star made 32 saves against the Canucks in a 3-1 victory Jan. 8 in his much-anticipated return to Rogers Arena. I havent been back here since the trade so not only for myself, but I think for the fans as well it just closes the chapter and we get to move on now, he said. Luongo went on to stop 31 shots in a 4-2 win at Edmonton three nights later, but hes since posted a 3.59 goals-against average in dropping three consecutive starts for the first time since opening 0-2-1. Luongo had 32 saves in Saturdays 3-2 shootout loss to Edmonton as the Oilers snapped a franchise-worst 14-game road losing streak. Its not a matter of taking the point and moving on, Luongo said. We needed to bounce back and we didnt come up with the win. The Panthers (20-13-10) have been limited to seven goals during an 0-2-2 slide at home, and they could be in for another long night with Miller between the pipes. Miller made a combined 58 saves in blanking Philadelphia 4-0 on Thursday and Carolina 3-0 on Friday, giving Vancouver (25-15-3) back-to-back road wins after dropping five of six away from home. Luongo was the last Canucks goalie to put together three consecutive shutouts from Nov. 4-8, 2008. Miller, who recently missed time with an illness, has won three coonsecutive road starts behind a 0.dddddddddddd33 GAA. I think its important to get these points and important for me to get back after taking a few days, he told the teams official website. Just because you do something one (game) doesnt mean youre going to do it again. You just get to the right mental place and then trust that everything works out. Alexandre Burrows, Derek Dorsett and Shawn Matthias all scored in the second period Friday. Vancouver had managed two goals during a three-game skid before winning its last two. Not too long ago, we couldnt score goals, it seems like, Burrows said. Now everybodys got some bounces going their way. ... We werent really getting any puck luck around the net, but now were scoring some timely goals. The Canucks have lost three of four in the series, but theyre 6-2-1 over their last nine road meetings. Henrik Sedin has 14 points in as many games against the Panthers. Sedin ranks second on the team with 37 points, one behind Daniel Sedin. Miller is 1-3-2 with a 3.24 GAA in his last six starts against the Panthers, yielding three or four goals in each of the last five matchups. Floridas Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice in the Jan. 8 victory over Vancouver and once on Saturday, giving him four goals and four assists over the last six games. Hes tallied two and four during a five-game point streak at home after notching three points in his first 13 games there. The Panthers are 1 for their last 19 on the power play. Game Notes: FLA is 1-0-0 vs VAN this season, winning in VAN VAN was 1-0-0 in FLA last season, SOW Florida: 0-2-1 past 3 games, outscored 14-6, 1/9 on PP Huberdeau (1G, 2A) 3 game PT streak Vancouver: won 2 straight, shutouts in both games, 7/7 on PK Burrows (1G, 1A) past 2 games ' ' '