Sydney premiership-leading jockey Brenton Avdulla has been taken to hospital for X-rays on his right knee after a barrier mishap at Rosehill.Avdulla has been on the crest of a wave this season, leading both the metropolitan and NSW premierships and claiming the VRC Oaks on Lasqueti Spirit.But he came crashing down when Cottage acted up in the gates before Saturdays second race and both jockey and horse were late scratchings with mare kicking out at Avdulla .Cottage also landed a blow on the favourite Dagny in the adjacent stall forcing that mares withdrawal.With the field for the Promaster Protection (1400m) reduced to eight, the Gerald Ryan-trained Girl Sunday ($9) took up the role of race leader with apprentice James Innes rating her to perfection.And as new race favourite Dixie Chick ($4.40) was bearing down hard, Girl Sunday raised another effort to beat her by a short half-head.It helped us with Cottage out of the race. She was able to lead comfortably, Innes said.Cottages trainer John OShea said the mare would now go for a spell.The incident could prove costly for Avdulla who was in the box seat for the Godolphin stables plum rides with James McDonald standing himself down pending an investigation into a betting offence. Granny Hamner Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. Pete Mackanin Jersey . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. https://www.cheapphilliesjerseys.us/1177n-paul-owens-jersey-phillies.html . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Roy Halladay Jersey . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Seranthony Dominguez Jersey . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No. DENVER -- Jorge De La Rosa will try to continue his successful run since he returned to the Colorado Rockies rotation, and Tampa Bay Rays starter Chris Archer will look to break a losing streak when the pitchers oppose each other in the rubber game of a three-game series Wednesday.De La Rosa is 4-2 with 2.68 ERA in his past six starts since rejoining the rotation June 14 after working in relief for three games.I mix my pitches more, much better now, said De La Rosa, who is 6-6 with a 5.50 ERA overall in 15 games, 12 starts.He began the season 1-4 with an 11.41 ERA in six starts, the last on May 24 after a month-long stay on the disabled list due to a left groin strain. De La Rosa was moved to the bullpen after that May 24 start in Boston, where he gave up seven runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings.In the bullpen, he worked extensively with bullpen coach Darren Holmes. De La Rosa used to have a pause in his delivery but scrapped that in his work with Holmes and pitching coach Steve Foster during the two weeks he spent as a reliever.Throwing more quality strikes than the beginning of the year, De La Rosa said. My tempo is better. I think that was the key. I think I feel like more loose with this windup. They changed my mechanics, and it helped me to get better rhythm and throw the ball wherever I want to throw it.At the beginning (of the year), I just was fastball-changeup. Thats why Im pitching much better now. I started throwing my curveball more and Im using my cutter more,, too.ddddddddddddArcher (4-13, 4.68 ERA) has dropped his past six decisions since June 11, one shy of Drew Smylys current losing streak for the longest by a Rays pitcher this season. Archer is one shy of matching his career-high, seven-game losing streak from Sept. 9, 2015-April 20, 2016. He has lost nine of his past 10 decisions, and his loss total leads the major leagues.You look at my numbers and the ERA is higher, but the swing-and-miss rates and the strikeout rates and a bunch of other things are (moving) in the right direction, especially if you remove the first month when I had a 6.70 ERA, Archer said. Im not saying that Im pitching to my capability by any means.Archer said he lacked his normal command early in the season but feels much better lately. He has 136 strikeouts and 49 walks in 117 1/3 innings and has yielded 20 home runs.Ive been giving up a few extra runs than Id like, but if you look at the overall numbers since probably the middle of May, theyre better, Archer said. Not great by any means ... but I feel a lot better than I did the first six weeks of the season, for sure.While Archer will be facing the Rockies for the first time in his career, De La Rosa will oppose the Rays for the third time. He lost to Tampa Bay in a 2007 start and beat the Rays in a 2009 start, allowing a total of nine runs on 13 hits in eight innings. ' ' '