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TORONTO - For three innings in the Blue Jays 4-0 loss to Seattle on Friday night, Ricky Romero looked like his old self. Like the one-time ace around which the club had planned to build its pitching staff. “It felt like the guy that Id been working on this past month in Florida,” said Romero. “I felt good, had some good stuff, had a lot of live movement on the fastballs. That fourth inning, it just kind of got away from me a little bit.” Romero breezed through three innings, facing the minimum, allowing a one out single in the first that was promptly erased on a double play groundball. He struck out three, walked none and threw only 33 pitches. The revamped delivery, from a laymans perspective, appeared smooth. He was locked in a pitchers duel with the Mariners Felix Hernandez who, in an all too familiar fashion, was mowing down a psychologically fragile Blue Jays lineup. Then came the fourth. Seattles Kyle Seager launched a two-run home run following a leadoff walk to Canadian Michael Saunders. A hit-by-pitch, a wild pitch, two more walks and a single later and the Mariners were up 3-0. Romero stranded the bases loaded in the bat-around inning. He strayed from his mechanics and paid the price. “Just started working a little bit side-to-side instead of that good downward angle that I had in the first three innings,” said Romero. “Its adjustments that Ive got to be able to make a quick fix, which I was able to do when I was working down there. Nothing to hang my head about, its been an adventurous 24 hours for me so Im just looking forward to getting some rest and preparing like I know how to prepare for my next outing.” “I thought he was great, I really did,” said manager John Gibbons. “He ran into some trouble there that last inning with some walks and he hit the guy. Overall I thought he should feel good about that outing, its something to build off of because at the beginning of the game I thought he was dynamite. I know hes a little disappointed and that but you know what, I think its a good starting point.” Romeros been dealing with a callous, which warranted a fourth inning trainers visit. Later, with the bases loaded, Romero took a Jesus Montero comebacker off his left forearm. He recovered to get the force out at the plate and finished the inning. The welt swelled, his forearm tightened and Romero was lifted from the game. An X-ray was negative. It was the culmination of an eventful day and a half, which began when Romero got the phone call telling him hed be rejoining the Blue Jays. “From getting the call (Thursday) morning to flying in here late night and then in the morning, going to breakfast, getting stopped by a cop,” said Romero, before continuing, “My girlfriend was flying to Tampa when I get called up so she had to get off the plane and then hop on another plane. So its been pretty crazy.” Romero was looking forward to a restful nights sleep. He insisted he wasnt pulled over for speeding. But if he was, who could blame him? Romero couldnt get back to Toronto fast enough. Blue Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 32 . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. Pink Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 31 . 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"It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium.JOLIET, Ill. -- When "The Captain" asked, Joey Logano answered. Did he ever. Logano held off Sam Hornish Jr. to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, leading a sweep of top two spots for Roger Penske after the owner asked him to drive the No. 22 car on a rare weekend off for the Sprint Cup series. "Really big for us to get a 1-2 finish for Penske. Thats awesome," Logano said. "To come out here, our goal is to win this thing. Thats why I came out here on my off week, it was to come out here and win." Penske, nicknamed "The Captain," approached Logano this month during the NASCAR stop at Daytona and asked if he would drive in the first of two Nationwide races at Chicagoland this season. Penske wanted a boost in the race for the owners championship, and Logano sure delivered on the request. "How do you say no to R. P.?" Logano said, grinning. "Im glad I did it." Logano, the lone Sprint Cup regular in the race, earned his second Nationwide win of the year and No. 20 for his career. He also won at Dover in June. Hornish held on for second and moved into the top spot in the series standings, seven points better than Regan Smith. Austin Dillon led two times for a total of 24 laps and finished third to earn a $100,000 bonus. Dillon is third on the points list, but is still looking for his first victory of the year. "We just keep inching on this first win," he said. "Were getting closer and closer. These top-threes, well take them all day, we just want to get that win here pretty soon." Elliott Sadler had the lead on a restart with 24 laps remaining. But the defending race winner faded as Hornish moved in front on the track where he won consecutive IndyCar races in 2002 and 2003. Hornish looked in position to secure the victory when Logano roared into the lead and went on to the win. "Im glad it wasnt three or four more laps longer, because he was catching us," Logano said. "And it was getting to the point that I was going to have to move around to find some speed again. But just about the right amount of laps." Sadler finished fourth, and was followed by Brian Vickers, Parker Kligerman and Trevor Bayne. Illinois native Justin Allgaier, Brad Sweet and Matt Crafton rounded out the top 10. The series to Chicagoland returns in September on the same weekend that the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins at the track.dddddddddddd Sadler and Smith did not see very much of each other one week after their collision at New Hampshire led to a midweek phone call to clear the air. Sadler confronted Smith right after the race, promising he would not win the series title, and then said he would race the No. 7 Chevrolet differently in the future. There were no such problems at Chicagoland, with Sadler racing near the front and Smith struggling with the feel of his car all day long. Smith, who entered the race with a five-point lead over Hornish in the series standings, slid into the infield on Lap 129 and finished 13th. Hornish won his second career pole earlier in the day, and then led the first 49 laps. But he was flagged for speeding into pit road and sent to the back of the field for a restart on lap 54. He quickly climbed back into contention, but was unable to get to Logano at the end. The penalty was the result of a mixed message on the radio that ended with Hornishs team abruptly calling him into the pits. "I knew exactly when I went across the line I was going to be speeding and there were no ifs, ands or buts about it," Hornish said. "Theyre like, Oh, I think were good. Im like, Were not good. Were going to go to the back. "We had 150 laps to get it done, we knew we had a good race car. The biggest thing was just maintaining the composure getting back up in the field." Sadler was still upset with Smith when the series arrived in Chicagoland this week. The dispute started when Smith spun Sadler around on the final restart in last Saturdays race at Loudon, costing him a shot at a solid top-10 finish and a potential $100,000 bonus. Smith took responsibility for the accident, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., the co-owner of Smiths car, also reached out to his longtime friend Sadler. But it did little to assuage Sadlers anger. Perhaps fueled a bit by the incident, Sadler led three times for a race-high 81 laps on the 1.5-mile, D-shaped track right outside of Chicago. But he just couldnt stay with Logano and Hornish at the end. "By the time that his car started falling off, it was too late for me to do enough," Hornish said. "Ran him down, only finished a couple car lengths behind him, but really good day for the Penske organization." ' ' '