KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Pierre Vaultier of France held off hard-charging Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win gold in mens Olympic snowboard cross on Tuesday. Nick Foligno Blue Jackets Jersey . Vaultier fended off several advances by Olyunin in the final, drawing clear over the final jumps to victory. Alex Deibold of the U.S. grabbed bronze after narrowly edging teammate Trevor Jacob in the semifinals. Kevin Hill of Vernon, B.C., finished second in the small final, eighth overall. The event was pushed back a day due to heavy fog, with officials modifying the format to cancel the seedings run and go straight to the elimination rounds. Conditions werent much better 24 hours later. Snowboards version of NASCAR was held in a steady drizzle that slowed the course and made for dicey conditions. Several riders failed to finish due to crashes. Vaultier was able to escape the chaos and win Frances third gold in Sochi. Brian Gibbons Authentic Jersey . Ortega played 42 games for Double-A Tulsa in the Texas League last season before sustaining a hairline fracture on his shin. Cam Atkinson Blue Jackets Jersey . The Rangers said Ortiz had surgery Friday and will be out for three months. The left-hander was 2-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 32 appearances last season. SAN DIEGO -- Joe Saunders and the Arizona Diamondbacks were just about flawless. Saunders came within out out of his first shutout in more than a year and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Justin Upton and Kelly Johnson back Saunders solid outing by driving in two runs apiece as the Diamondbacks won their third straight game. Saunders (7-8) had two outs in the ninth inning when he allowed a home run by Jesus Guzman for the only blemish of the evening. "Its no fun to lose a shutout," Saunders said. "But he kind of ambushed me there. You live and you learn and Im just happy about the complete game." Saunders had not thrown a shutout since May 14, 2010. The complete game, the sixth in his career, was his first since last Aug. 3 against Washington. "Joe was great," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "Kind of hoping hed get a shutout. He threw a real good change up and throwing all his pitches in all the counts. It was what we needed." Saunders overcame his season-long, first-inning struggles as he allowed six hits, struck out four and walked two. Saunders came in having surrendered 16 earned runs in the first inning of his 20 starts this season for an ERA of 7.20. "He realized after the first two innings that his fastball was moving," said San Diegos Orlando Hudson. "We were missing it, rolling over it. He was using his fastball on both sides of the plate very successfully." Upton, the Co-NL Player of the Week along with San Diegos Cameron Maybin, hit a solo homer and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. In his last seven games, Upton is 15 for 26 with three homers and 13 RBIs. "It was a breaking ball and if you square it up, it will go," said Upton about his home run. "When I hit it, I thought it was line drive in the gap. I didnt think it was going to get out. It was definitely a surprise, especially in this stadium." Johnson had three hits, including an RBI triple, and Willie Bloomquist also had three hits with two runs scored. "t;We scored quite a few two-out runs," Gibson said. Brandon Dubinsky Blue Jackets Jersey. "A lot of production from the top of our order. A pretty productive night." Hudsons mental mistake allowed Arizona to score an unearned run in the sixth after Uptons 18th home run with one out off Dustin Moseley (3-10). Chris Young followed with a walk and stole second base. After Miguel Montero was walked intentionally, Brian Roberts lifted a pop up to short right field. Hudson easily went back and made the catch while running toward the first base line. He apparently forgot the number of outs because he tossed the ball underhand to the ball girl in foul territory. The girl tossed the ball into the stands. Young and Montero each moved up a base on the play and were awarded an extra base with the ball went out of play, allowing Young to score. "You see it every now and then," Hudson said. "Life goes one. Nobodys perfect." Said Padres manager Bud Black: "You dont see that, especially from a player of Orlandos calibre." San Diego, which leads the majors with 110 stolen bases, failed to steal a base for the first time in 13 games. The Padres, who returned home after playing 26 of their previous 36 games on the road. Moseley allowed five runs and seven hits over seven innings. While batting in the third inning, Moseley lined a ball down the right-field line, then crumpled at the plate while holding his left shoulder. He got up in time to run safely to first base, but trainer Todd Hutcheson came out onto the field. Moseley stayed in the game. Moseley confirmed it was a recurrence of an injury from June 8 when he suffered a slight left shoulder dislocation while batting. Notes: Rob Johnson left the game in the top of the seventh inning with a bruised right hand. X-rays taken were negative. ... Diamondbacks LF Gerardo Parra (sore left wrist) was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight game after being hit by a pitch on Saturday. ... OF Collin Cowgill, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Reno, made his major-league debut in left field. wholesale nfl jerseyswholesale jerseys ' ' '
