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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Leticia Romero is finally feeling like her old self, and No. 10 Florida State can finally show what its capable of on the court.Romero scored 17 points, and the Seminoles put Winthrop away early Thursday during a 98-35 victory in the Paradise Jam tournament.Jasmine Walker added 14 points, Ivey Slaughter 13 and Nicole Ekhomu 11 for Florida State (4-1), which had 13 players score en route to its most-dominating win this season.Romero had missed two of the Seminoles first four games, including their 78-76 loss to No. 3 UConn on Nov. 14, while recovering from a sore hamstring.In just her second start this season, Romero hit all seven of her shots, including three 3-pointers. She also had four assists and three steals, with only one turnover in 15 minutes.The first game (against Jacksonville on Nov. 17), it was hurting a little bit, Romero said. The second game (against James Madison on Nov. 20), I felt almost 100 percent. But this game I was not bothered by it at all.Florida State shot 61.5 percent from the field (40 of 65), while its defense held the Eagles (1-4) to 34.1 percent (14 of 41) and forced them into a season-worst 34 turnovers.Behind the turnovers, the Seminoles, who had just 12 turnovers, outscored Winthrop 40-10, as well as had a 33-12 advantage in fast-break points. They also outrebounded the Eagles 33-25.We got an opportunity to play a lot of players, Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. Thats important when you have to play three games in three days. But our younger kids came in, and there wasnt much of a dropoff. They were able to sustain the intensity.Erica Williams scored 12 points for Winthrop, which trailed 30-13 by the end of the first quarter and 53-16 at the halftime break.Anything can happen against a top-10 ballclub, Eagles coach Kevin Cook said. Florida State is very well coached, and theyve got world-class athletes. I spent 10 years in the WNBA, and theyve got three WNBA players in their starting five.BIG PICTUREWinthrop: The Eagles record against Top 25 opponents fell to 0-19 all-time after Thursdays loss.Florida State: Thursday nights dominating win was the Seminoles third straight, and theyve scored 80 or more points in all of them.UP NEXTWinthrop: Plays Michigan on Friday in its second game in the Paradise Jam tournament.Florida State: Faces No. 25 Gonzaga on Friday at Paradise Jam Klay Thompson Jersey . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Draymond Green Jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. https://www.cheapwarriors.com/899o-rick-barry-jersey-warriors.html . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Adonis Garcia is benefiting from the two All-Star sluggers batting behind him.Garcia scored the winning run in the 10th inning after homering twice earlier in the game, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Saturday night.Garcia spent most of the season in the middle of Atlantas order, but for the last month, hes batted second ahead of Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp.The team is clicking and Im feeding off of that, Garcia said. I honesty do feel good being in the two spot. I feel like Im getting ... a lot more fastballs due to the fact of the guys hitting behind me.Garcia hit a solo homer with one out in the first inning, then another solo shot in the sixth. He has 13 homers in 424 at-bats this season, and since moving to the No. 2 spot he is hitting .303 with five homers and 14 RBI.Its good for everyone to come in here and were playing well, he said. Were just doing all the little things right, right now. So its good to see that were doing that and executing well.Garcia scored the winning run on a check-swing ground ball by Tyler Flowers. First baseman Ryan Howard threw home on the slow roller, but Garcia beat the force play.Jed Bradley (1-0) got the win in his major league debut with one scoreless inning. Bradley nearly gave up a walkoff home run to Freddy Galvis in the ninth, but Galvis shot hooked just foul.I might have had a minor coronary, Bradley said. I was yelling at the baseball the whole time. Im glad it went foul. Im not going to lie. This whole night took me by surprise. I think Im still wrapping my head around it, but Im happy it turned out the way it did.Mauricio Cabrera got his fourth save in four opportunities.Edubray Ramos (1-2) allowed two runs and one hit after allowing a leadoff walk to Garcia. Freeman also scored in the 10th on Jace Petersons groundout.Maikel Franco had four hits for the Phillies, including three doubles, drove in a run and made a sensational diving play at third base to rob Flowers of a hitt.ddddddddddddHowever, it was his error on a dropped pop-up in the eighth that led to the tying run. Franco dropped Chase dArnauds foul ball, and dArnaud walked and then scored on Garcias ground out.I just called for it late, and I dropped it, Franco said.Cesar Hernandez added a home run and Cameron Rupp snapped an 0-for-15 drought with a two-run double in the third to drive in the Phillies other runs.Phillies starter Vince Velasquez allowed two earned runs in seven innings, striking out eight. It was the final start of the season for Velasquez, who was shut down by the Phillies to preserve his arm after throwing a career-high 130 innings this season.I completely understood from the beginning (what the plan was), Velasquez said. It was a big workload on my arm. It had a toll on me, so I completely understand this decision.Braves rookie John Gant allowed three earned runs in five innings, striking out six while throwing a career-high 113 pitches.STATSEnder Inciarte extended his hitting streak to 14 games. He had a 19-game streak earlier this season. ... Freeman extended his hitting streak to 10 games and has reached safely in 26 straight, the longest active streak in the majors. ... Franco has nine extra-base hits against the Braves this year, more than against any other team. ... Velasquez pitched beyond the sixth inning for just the third time this season, and the first time since July 18. ... Aaron Altherr played all three outfield positions for the Phillies.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: Atlanta placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 29, due to a left knee strain. To replace him on the roster, it recalled RHP Brandon Cunniff from Triple-A Gwinnett. Cunniff pitched a scoreless inning Saturday.UP NEXTBraves RHP Julio Teheran (4-9, 3.12 ERA) opposes Phillies RHP Jake Thompson (1-4, 7.86) in the series finale Sunday. ' ' '