TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays wont have their usual closer available for the start of the regular season. cheap nfl jerseys . Casey Janssen was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday due to a strain in his left abdominal area and lower back. Fellow right-hander Sergio Santos will take over the closers role while Janssen is out of the lineup. Janssen, 4-1 with 34 saves and a 2.56 earned-run average last year, was limited at spring training because of shoulder soreness. But on Friday, he felt some minor discomfort in his lower back while warming up during a pre-season game against the New York Mets in Montreal. An MRI exam revealed a mild strain, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Sunday on a conference call. "We dont expect him to be out too long," Anthopoulos said. "There was a scenario where we could have just waited maybe five or six days and try to get him back going. But we want to just have this thing resolved and not nag at him." The move was retroactive to Saturday. Janssen, 32, allowed one earned run and four hits in three innings over three pre-season appearances. Hes expected to throw on flat ground to keep his arm in shape before trying to pitch from a mound. The Blue Jays also recalled catcher Erik Kratz from triple-A Buffalo on Sunday, a day ahead of Torontos season opener at Tampa Bay. Kratz hit .400 in spring training and had been sent to minor-league camp earlier in the week after losing the backup job to Josh Thole. Santos, 30, made 29 appearances for the Blue Jays last season. He was 1-1 with one save and a 1.75 ERA. Also Sunday, former reliever Dustin McGowan pitched a simulated game and Anthopoulos said it appears hell be ready to start Friday against the New York Yankees. "Hes done so well," Anthopoulos said. "We dont expect any changes at all. So far, so good. He felt good, felt strong, and we expect him to be good to go for Opening Day in Toronto." McGowan, 32, was named to the starting rotation earlier in the week. The right-hander made his debut with the Blue Jays in 2005 but has battled injuries throughout his career. McGowan had a 2.45 ERA in 25 appearances last season and did not record a decision or a save. cheap jerseys . A collision sent the ball spiralling over to Houstons Giles Barnes just inside the area. Barnes sent a sliding pass back to Will Bruin, whose shot deflected off Impact defender Eric Millers foot and bounded over goalkeeper Troy Perkins. wholesale jerseys . Osvaldo, starting his first game following a loan move from Southampton, scored early on and the highly rated Pogba put Juventus in control for the return leg with an injury-time effort.Moscow, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) - Top seed Richard Gasquet advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup with a semifinal win Saturday, but second-seeded Andreas Seppi came up short in defense of his title. Gasquet claimed a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Croatias Ivo Karlovic in the second semifinal after Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin dethroned Seppi, the 2012 champion, in the opener with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 triumph. Seppi fell to 0-5 in semifinal action this year. He hasnt reached a final since winning this title last year. After a disastrous first set, the Italian rallied with a pair of breaks in the second and began the third with another break. Kukushkin, though, ran off the next four games to again establish control and completed the upset to reach his second career ATP final. Ranked 102nd in the world, Kukushkin had only qualified for four previous main draws this year and lost in the first rround in each of his three events before a third-round appearance at the U. wholesale nfl jerseys. . Open. This is his first tournament since Flushing Meadows. Kukushkins only other final came three years ago, also in Russia. He picked up his first career title with a victory over Mikhail Youzhny in St. Petersburg. Gasquet, meanwhile, will carry a finals record of 9-10 into Sundays match. He is 2-0 this year, winning in Doha to start the season and in Montpellier in February. The 10th-ranked Frenchman is still in contention for one of the remaining four berths in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. He was coming off a stunning first-round loss last week in Shanghai after consecutive semifinal appearances at the U.S. Open, Bangkok and Beijing. Gasquet beat Kukushkin in their only previous meeting, a 6-3, 7-5 triumph in Toronto last year. The 2013 Moscow titlist will collect $134,800. ' ' '
