Later, Tsonga attempted a down-the-line forehand winner, a tough shot because the ball must travel over the outside of the net, which is six inches higher than the middle.

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Navarro hit a solo homer just over the basket at the wall in left-center in the second to break a 1-all tie and added a two-run shot down the left-field line off John Danks (0-1) in the fourth, with both drives coming from the right side.

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However, Blues keeper Ben Foster smartly got a hand to the ball to crucially slow down the Nigerian's left-foot shot before a sliding Ridgewell cleared off the goal-line.

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Mayberry's shot hooked down the left-field line.

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With seven minutes left David Blair sniffed a half-gap and shot through only to be dragged down just short of the Blues' line.

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HALF-EXPECTING to be shot, dozens of tourists nervously step down from the luxury buses that line up every Sunday morning outside the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

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Wells, who hit the go-ahead two-run homer on Saturday, followed with a solo shot, and then drove in Brett Gardner with a single down the third-base line in the fifth inning.

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The Accies defence then somehow managed to escape going a goal down after Paddy McCourt cut the ball back across the Hamilton goal-line after a mazy run, but Mark McLaughlin blocked the shot from Forrest.

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