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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jurickson Profar watched the first four-error inning for Texas from the bench. When he got the call as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning, the rookie erased that bad memory and gave the Rangers at least another day of realistic playoff hopes. Profar homered leading off the ninth, and the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels with a walk-off homer for the fourth straight time at home in a 6-5 victory Thursday night. The Rangers matched a win by Cleveland for the third straight night to stay within a game of the Indians for the second wild-card spot in the American League. Cleveland beat Minnesota 6-5, and Tampa Bay stayed a game ahead of the Indians after finishing a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees. Texas manager Ron Washington said he was just looking for a leadoff hit when he went with Profar after sending Lance Berkman to the on-deck circle in the bottom of the eighth. "And he gave me the opposite of what I was looking for," Washington said. "But it was huge." The Rangers swept the Angels in late July with consecutive walk-off homers from Geovany Soto, Leonys Martin and Adrian Beltre. Profars sixth homer landed about 10 rows into the stands down the right-field line. It was off Michael Kohn (1-4), who also gave up Beltres winning blast on July 31. "Its definitely weird, four walk-offs in a row," Kohn said. "Its not the ballpark. Its just a matter of executing pitches." Joe Nathan (6-2) got the win after striking out two with a runner at third and one out in the top of the ninth. "Were alive another day," said Texas starter Matt Garza, who gave up 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings but allowed just one earned run because of the defensive meltdown behind him. "Thats what were playing for right now. Were just playing to get in any way we can do it." Josh Hamilton, back in Texas with a chance to damage the post-season hopes of a team he helped lead to consecutive World Series in 2010 and 2011, went 1 for 3 with two walks. He was on third in the ninth when Mark Trumbo struck out to end the inning. Moments before his at-bat, Trumbo was in the on-deck circle when he had to duck to avoid a line drive from Kole Calhoun. Trumbo went to the dugout but emerged about a minute later. "It grazed me," said Trumbo, who snapped an 0-for-25 skid with three hits, including a tying single in the seventh after Calhoun led off with a triple off Tanner Scheppers. "Sure, it was a little bit scary. No blood, no foul." An inning before Trumbos tying hit, Martin put Texas ahead with a big double for the second straight night. Martins two-out double into the gap in right-centre scored Craig Gentry, who had three singles, and pinch-runner Adam Rosales for a 5-4 Texas lead. The Angels scored three unearned runs for a 4-3 lead in the second when the Rangers set a club record with the four errors. There were two outs with the bases empty when first baseman Mitch Moreland booted a ground ball from Andrew Romine. After a single by J.B. Shuck, second baseman Ian Kinsler let a routine grounder from Erick Aybar get past him into shallow right field. Romine scored easily from second, and Kinsler got another error when his throw hit Shuck in the back at third, allowing Aybar to take second. Beltres throwing error on an infield single by Mike Trout allowed Aybar to score the third unearned run. The franchise had four errors in 1962 when it was still in Washington, but the Rangers never had more than three. The last time they had three was in 2005 against Seattle. "You just keep making pitches," Garza said. "Its not like theyre trying to do it, just like youre not trying to make a bad pitch." Garza kept the game close in the fifth, with a little help from his defence. After consecutive singles from Howie Kendrick and Calhoun, Kendrick was thrown out at home by Gentry on a single to left by Trumbo. After Chris Iannetta walked to load the bases with one out, Garza got Romine on a fly ball to shallow right and Shuck on a soft liner to Moreland. Angels starter Jerome Williams gave up nine hits and three runs in five innings and left with a chance to match his career high with a win in five straight starts. He did it his rookie year in 2003. NOTES: Shuck, the Angels left fielder, left the game in the fifth with a sprained right ankle. ... The Rangers previous club record for errors in an inning was three, done 14 times. The most recent was Sept. 15, 2005, at home against Seattle. ... The Angels missed a chance to get within a game of .500 for the first time since they were 2-3 on April 6 after a win at Rangers Ballpark. ... The crowd of 26,198 pushed the Rangers past 3 million in attendance for the second straight year. Justin Smoak Jersey . 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The 27th-ranked Austrian underwent surgery on a torn tendon in October and needs more time to recover, the Austria Press Agency reports on Saturday. Aaron Loup Jersey . -- Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a full half playing a man down to beat FC Dallas 2-1 Saturday night.BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics blew out the New York Knicks the last time they met. This one may have been more rewarding for Celtics coach Brad Stevens. "I wouldnt want to go through it again, but thats exactly what our team needed," the first-year NBA coach said on Friday night after Boston blew a 17-point lead and then came back to beat the Knicks 90-86. "We needed to have a lead, lose it, be backed up against the wall and figure out a way to win." Avery Bradley scored seven of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a 3-pointer with 2:38 to play to give the Celtics the lead for good. Jared Sullinger had 19 points and six rebounds, all but one basket in the first half when the Celtics opened a 17-point lead, and Courtney Lee scored 18 points to help Boston snap a two-game losing streak and hold onto first place in the woeful Atlantic Division. Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points and Andrea Bargnani had 22 for the Knicks. But Anthony missed a jumper that could have tied it after Bradley gave Boston the lead, and then he was blocked by Jeff Green with a minute to play. "Carmelo got going like Carmelo can get going, and it didnt really matter who was guarding him," Stevens said. "But Jeff went to a different level in the last eight minutes. And that was encouraging to see, because I really thought he did a great job." Kenyon Martin had eight points and seven rebounds before leaving struggling to the bench in pain with about 9 minutes left with an abdominal injury. He did not return. Other than Amare Stoudemire, who scored 18, the Knicks bench totalled four points as they lost for the third time in four games and their 12th in their last 15. "Our bench guys, theyve got to feel good about coming into the game and playing and producing," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "Our bench is just as important as the guys who start the game. Theyve got to undersstand that and be ready when they come in.dddddddddddd" The victory came five days after the Celtics led the Knicks by as many as 45 points in New York in a 114-73 victory that was the biggest blowout in the NBA this season. This one seemed headed the same way when Boston went on a 21-2 run at the end of the first quarter and start of the second to open a 17-point lead, but the Knicks chipped it down to six at the half and then tied it at 59 with 7:15 left in the third on Iman Shumperts 3-pointer. The Knicks had an 11-point lead before Boston scored 10 in a row, getting 3-pointers from Vitor Faverani and Bradley to make it a one-point game. New York led 84-81 when Brandon Bass, who had 10 points and eight rebounds, made a basket and then Jordan Crawford hit Bradley for a 3-pointer that put Boston ahead with 2:38 to play. After trading misses, Crawford found Faverani underneath to make it 88-84, and Green blocked Anthony with 1 minute to play. Bargnani hit a jumper from the foul line to make it a two-point game, but Green drove toARLINGTON, Texas -- Jurickson Profar watched the first four-error inning for Texas from the bench. When he got the call as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning, the rookie erased that bad memory and gave the Rangers at least another day of realistic playoff hopes. Profar homered leading off the ninth, and the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels with a walk-off homer for the fourth straight time at home in a 6-5 victory Thursday night. The Rangers matched a win by Cleveland for the third straight night to stay within a game of the Indians for the second wild-card spot in the American League. Cleveland beat Minnesota 6-5, and Tampa Bay stayed a game ahead of the Indians after finishing a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees. Texas manager Ron Washington said he was just looking for a leadoff hit when he went with Profar after sending Lance Berkman to the on-deck circle in the bottom of the eighth. "And he gave me the opposite of what I was looking for," Washington said. "But it was huge." The Rangers swept the Angels in late July with consecutive walk-off homers from Geovany Soto, Leonys Martin and Adrian Beltre. Profars sixth homer landed about 10 rows into the stands down the right-field line. It was off Michael Kohn (1-4), who also gave up Beltres winning blast on July 31. "Its definitely weird, four walk-offs in a row," Kohn said. "Its not the ballpark. Its just a matter of executing pitches." Joe Nathan (6-2) got the win after striking out two with a runner at third and one out in the top of the ninth. "Were alive another day," said Texas starter Matt Garza, who gave up 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings but allowed just one earned run because of the defensive meltdown behind him. "Thats what were playing for right now. Were just playing to get in any way we can do it." Josh Hamilton, back in Texas with a chance to damage the post-season hopes of a team he helped lead to consecutive World Series in 2010 and 2011, went 1 for 3 with two walks. He was on third in the ninth when Mark Trumbo struck out to end the inning. Moments before his at-bat, Trumbo was in the on-deck circle when he had to duck to avoid a line drive from Kole Calhoun. Trumbo went to the dugout but emerged about a minute later. "It grazed me," said Trumbo, who snapped an 0-for-25 skid with three hits, including a tying single in the seventh after Calhoun led off with a triple off Tanner Scheppers. "Sure, it was a little bit scary. No blood, no foul." An inning before Trumbos tying hit, Martin put Texas ahead with a big double for the second straight night. Martins two-out double into the gap in right-centre scored Craig Gentry, who had three singles, and pinch-runner Adam Rosales for a 5-4 Texas lead. The Angels scored three unearned runs for a 4-3 lead in the second when the Rangers set a club record with the four errors. There were two outs with the bases empty when first baseman Mitch Moreland booted a ground ball from Andrew Romine. After a single by J.B. Shuck, second baseman Ian Kinsler let a routine grounder from Erick Aybar get past him into shallow right field. Romine scored easily from second, and Kinsler got another error when his throw hit Shuck in the back at third, allowing Aybar to take second. Beltres throwing error on an infield single by Mike Trout allowed Aybar to score the third unearned run. The franchise had four errors in 1962 when it was still in Washington, but the Rangers never had more than three. The last time they had three was in 2005 against Seattle. "You just keep making pitches," Garza said. "Its not like theyre trying to do it, just like youre not trying to make a bad pitch." Garza kept the game close in the fifth, with a little help from his defence. After consecutive singles from Howie Kendrick and Calhoun, Kendrick was thrown out at home by Gentry on a single to left by Trumbo. After Chris Iannetta walked to load the bases with one out, Garza got Romine on a fly ball to shallow right and Shuck on a soft liner to Moreland. Angels starter Jerome Williams gave up nine hits and three runs in five innings and left with a chance to match his career high with a win in five straight starts. He did it his rookie year in 2003. NOTES: Shuck, the Angels left fielder, left the game in the fifth with a sprained right ankle. ... The Rangers previous club record for errors in an inning was three, done 14 times. The most recent was Sept. 15, 2005, at home against Seattle. ... The Angels missed a chance to get within a game of .500 for the first time since they were 2-3 on April 6 after a win at Rangers Ballpark. ... The crowd of 26,198 pushed the Rangers past 3 million in attendance for the second straight year. Justin Smoak Jersey . Blatter also told reporters Saturday after meeting with Qatars emir that the decision to award the tournament to the desert nation is "not reversible." There have been calls to move the tournament because of Qatars intense heat. Joe Carter Jersey . General Manager Sam Presti said the three-time All-Star had knee swelling that would not subside, and the procedure was intended to solve the problem. He said doctors determined that a loose stitch was to blame for the swelling, that Westbrooks lateral meniscus has healed properly and the procedure was successful. http://www.officialbluejaysgearshop.com/...ld-Kids-Jersey/. Mako Vunipola was promoted from the reserves, with Matt Mullan called up to the bench on Thursday. "It is important that Joe is with his partner at this exciting time," England coach Stuart Lancaster said. Aledmys Diaz Jersey . The 27th-ranked Austrian underwent surgery on a torn tendon in October and needs more time to recover, the Austria Press Agency reports on Saturday. Aaron Loup Jersey . -- Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a full half playing a man down to beat FC Dallas 2-1 Saturday night.BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics blew out the New York Knicks the last time they met. This one may have been more rewarding for Celtics coach Brad Stevens. "I wouldnt want to go through it again, but thats exactly what our team needed," the first-year NBA coach said on Friday night after Boston blew a 17-point lead and then came back to beat the Knicks 90-86. "We needed to have a lead, lose it, be backed up against the wall and figure out a way to win." Avery Bradley scored seven of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a 3-pointer with 2:38 to play to give the Celtics the lead for good. Jared Sullinger had 19 points and six rebounds, all but one basket in the first half when the Celtics opened a 17-point lead, and Courtney Lee scored 18 points to help Boston snap a two-game losing streak and hold onto first place in the woeful Atlantic Division. Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points and Andrea Bargnani had 22 for the Knicks. But Anthony missed a jumper that could have tied it after Bradley gave Boston the lead, and then he was blocked by Jeff Green with a minute to play. "Carmelo got going like Carmelo can get going, and it didnt really matter who was guarding him," Stevens said. "But Jeff went to a different level in the last eight minutes. And that was encouraging to see, because I really thought he did a great job." Kenyon Martin had eight points and seven rebounds before leaving struggling to the bench in pain with about 9 minutes left with an abdominal injury. He did not return. Other than Amare Stoudemire, who scored 18, the Knicks bench totalled four points as they lost for the third time in four games and their 12th in their last 15. "Our bench guys, theyve got to feel good about coming into the game and playing and producing," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "Our bench is just as important as the guys who start the game. Theyve got to undersstand that and be ready when they come in.dddddddddddd" The victory came five days after the Celtics led the Knicks by as many as 45 points in New York in a 114-73 victory that was the biggest blowout in the NBA this season. This one seemed headed the same way when Boston went on a 21-2 run at the end of the first quarter and start of the second to open a 17-point lead, but the Knicks chipped it down to six at the half and then tied it at 59 with 7:15 left in the third on Iman Shumperts 3-pointer. The Knicks had an 11-point lead before Boston scored 10 in a row, getting 3-pointers from Vitor Faverani and Bradley to make it a one-point game. New York led 84-81 when Brandon Bass, who had 10 points and eight rebounds, made a basket and then Jordan Crawford hit Bradley for a 3-pointer that put Boston ahead with 2:38 to play. After trading misses, Crawford found Faverani underneath to make it 88-84, and Green blocked Anthony with 1 minute to play. Bargnani hit a jumper from the foul line to make it a two-point game, but Green drove to the basket on J.R. Smith and made a right-handed layup from the left side of the basket as Stoudemire unsuccessfully flailed at the ball. Green missed the free throw, but Anthony missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the other end with 4 seconds left and Bradley grabbed the rebound. "You have to realize youre away, on the road and these teams arent going to give up," Smith said. "This team is No. 1 in our division for a reason." Notes: Boston first-round draft pick Kelly Olynyk returned after missing 10 games with an ankle injury. He had four points and four rebounds in 14 minutes, and also one highlight blocked shot... NY PG Raymond Felton missed his second straight game with a strained left hamstring that is expected to keep him out two to three weeks. Shumpert, who is nursing a bruised left knee, played 23 minutes and scored three points. ' ' 'de a right-handed layup from the left side of the basket as Stoudemire unsuccessfully flailed at the ball. Green missed the free throw, but Anthony missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the other end with 4 seconds left and Bradley grabbed the rebound. "You have to realize youre away, on the road and these teams arent going to give up," Smith said. "This team is No. 1 in our division for a reason." Notes: Boston first-round draft pick Kelly Olynyk returned after missing 10 games with an ankle injury. He had four points and four rebounds in 14 minutes, and also one highlight blocked shot... NY PG Raymond Felton missed his second straight game with a strained left hamstring that is expected to keep him out two to three weeks. Shumpert, who is nursing a bruised left knee, played 23 minutes and scored three points. ' ' '