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MIAMI -- Zack Greinke said he was merely trying to beat the Miami Marlins and not competing with teammate Clayton Kershaw. Greinke allowed one run in eight innings and won his fourth start in a row Wednesday by pitching the Los Angeles Dodgers past Miami 4-1. The right-hander improved to 12-3 and tied major-league ERA leader Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu for the team lead in victories. Greinke said theres no rivalry among the Dodgers pitchers, not even a friendly one. "Kersh is on such another level that if you try to do better than him, youre going to get your feelings hurt," Greinke said. Actually, Greinke has been tough to top lately, with an ERA of 0.41 over his past three starts. With LeBron James watching from behind home plate, Greinke allowed Miami six hits, walked none and lowered his ERA to 2.91. The Marlins lone run came on a first-inning homer by Giancarlo Stanton. They had only one base runner against Greinke over his final 4 1-3 innings. "They actually hit him a little bit early, and you saw him make a quick adjustment and start using a lot more curveballs," manager Don Mattingly said. "It was kind of cool to watch him turn the page and throw more breaking balls and change speeds a lot more. All of a sudden he was getting quick innings." Kershaw is scheduled to pitch the final game of the series Thursday. Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said he believes the teams starters do compete with each other, which makes them all better. "They wouldnt be where theyre at without a competitive nature," Honeycutt said. "Theres a sense of pride. When Kersh goes out and sets the tone, Zack wants to go deeper in games." While Greinke gave the Marlins fits, sloppy defence doomed them for the second night in a row. They committed a season-high three errors, including two in the Dodgers three-run fourth inning. Two Marlins errors led to two unearned runs in their 6-4 loss Tuesday. "Weve got to pick it up defensively. Were making way too many mistakes," manager Mike Redmond said. "We cant make a lot of mistakes, especially against such a good team." Yasiel Puig was back in the Dodgers starting lineup. He appeared to tweak his lower left leg in the early going and limped slightly at times but stayed in the game. Puig went 0 for 5 and is batting .167 (7 for 42) over his past 11 games. The rookie sensation was back in right field after being held out of the starting lineup for one game because of his slump. "He has some good swings, I thought," Mattingly said. The announced crowd of 24,996 included Puigs friend, James, making his first visit to Marlins Park. James sat next to one of the aquariums along the backstop and drew the nights biggest cheer when he was shown on the video scoreboard as Puig stepped to the plate. "I think Puig thought it was for him," Redmond said. "That was kind of funny." The Dodgers improved to 27-5 since the All-Star break, and theyve won 21 of their past 24 road games. Theyre unbeaten in their past 18 series since mid-June. Los Angeles had only seven hits and went 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position. Much of the Dodgers offence came from Hanley Ramirez, who had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run against his former team. Aside from Stantons homer, only two Marlins reached second base against Greinke, and one was picked off. Kenley Jansen completed the six-hitter by pitching the ninth for his 21st save in 24 chances. He gave up a walk before centre fielder Andre Ethier made a long run and caught Adeiny Hechavarrias drive at the base of the wall to end the game. That left the Marlins (48-77) back on pace to lose 100 games. Ex-Dodger Nathan Eovaldi (2-4) hit 100 mph on the radar gun and allowed only two earned runs in seven innings. But he was again hurt by the poor run support that has plagued him this season, and fell to 0-4 in his past seven starts. "I felt good," Eovaldi said. "Fastball command was there, off-speed stuff was there. I just had that bump in the road in the fourth inning." Puig reached on a wild throw by third baseman Ed Lucas to start the fourth, and Los Angeles took advantage of the mistake. Ramirez doubled home a run, Ethier put the Dodgers ahead with an RBI single, and Ramirez came home on a wild pickoff throw to first by Eovaldi to make the score 3-1. Stantons 16th homer in the first put the Marlins ahead 1-0. Their first two batters singled in the second, but Greinke pitched out of the jam. Notes: Ethier had two hits to improve his career average against Miami to .395. ... Stanton had two hits and is 7 for 13 in the series. ... Greinke improved to 3-0 in five starts against the Marlins. Joel Matip Jersey . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. Caoimhin Kelleher Liverpool Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. http://www.liverpoolgear.us/Authentic-Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain-Liverpool-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Sheyi Ojo Liverpool Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. Fabinho Jersey . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin wants to become the new face of the Dallas Stars. Hell have to wipe a little egg off it first. That process started at an introductory news conference Tuesday when the dynamic young forward with a penchant for Twitter controversy apologized again for an anti-gay comment that showed up on his account over the weekend. The 21-year-old former No. 2 overall pick also reiterated that his account was hacked -- but acknowledged that even he wouldnt believe that explanation if it came from someone else. Timing was a problem, too. The tweet showed up within a week of Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli saying Seguin needed to be a "better pro" -- and just two days after he was traded to the Stars. The Twitter comment could be viewed as anti-Texas, too. "I understand why that would have been the perfect time for somebody to do that," said Seguin, who has suspended his account. "Im looking forward to moving on and earning the respect of everyone else." Seguin acknowledged he was the source of a gay slur on Twitter in April. He said he "wasnt thinking" then and that his Twitter account has since been hacked twice. He says his phone was in his pocket each time it happened, and multiple accounts, including email and iTunes, were improperly accessed. New Stars general manager Jim Nill says he is taking the centerpiece of his first major trade at his word. Its not often a player goes on the block just three years after going No. 2 in the draft, but there have been reports that the Bruins werent happy with Seguins exploits off the ice. "Who are we to judge when you dont know," Nill said. "And I think that why Im excited about today is I think its a great chance for Tyler to turn the page. Hes starting a new career here in Dallas. We had a great talk about it. Hes the only one that knows what happened. I just think its time to move on and go from there." Nill gave up one of Dallas steadiest scorers, winger Loui Eriksson, andd three younger players to get Seguin, another centre in Rich Peverley and defenceman Ryan Button.dddddddddddd A day later, Nill got Shawn Horcoff from Edmonton for defenceman Philip Larsen and a seventh-round pick in 2016. Horcoff, who played his first 12 seasons for the Oilers, had ties to Nill through a pair of Canadian national teams that won world championships. Jamie Benn is still in place after leading the Stars in scoring last season, and he will get to move to his more natural position on the wing with all the centres Nill has added. Kari Lehtonen is the starting goalie coming off a strong season. Otherwise, the roster has seen a significant makeover. "Weve made a lot of changes," Nill said. "You just dont go down to Walmart or Kmart and pull something off the shelf. Its an everyday thing and you just keep working at it. We were fortunate. At the right time, the right players became available." Nill also hired a new coach, replacing Glen Gulutzan with Lindy Ruff as the Stars try to end a five-year playoff drought, the longest in franchise history dating to 1967 in Minnesota. "Everyone knows its a great city to live and to play, but the biggest thing is we want to get back to winning here," said Horcoff, who played in the 2006 Stanley Cup finals with Edmonton. "When I first came in the league, thats what the Dallas Stars were all about. It was a tough building to come in and play." Mike Modano was the face of the franchise then and is an adviser now. He attended Tuesdays event and met Seguin for the first time. A day earlier, he tried to ease the mind of Stars President Jim Lites about the Twitter trouble. "All Mo said to me, a bit tongue in cheek, but he said, Thank the lord there werent cellphones or social media when I was 21," Lites said. "Thats not to let anybody off the hook. I dont want to make light of anything. Its one of those deals you live and learn and get better." And avoid Twitter for a while. ' ' '