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MINNEAPOLIS -- Nelson Cruz is playing a vital role in the Seattle Mariners postseason drive.Cruz homered twice before leaving with left wrist soreness, Jesus Sucre homered for the first time in 14 months and the Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Sunday.Nick Vincent, Steve Cishek and Edwin Diaz combined for 3 2/3 innings of no-hit relief for Seattle, including Diazs 17th save in 19 chances.Trying to make the postseason for the first time since 2001, Seattle has won 12 of 17 and is 2 1/2 games behind Baltimore for the second American League wild-card spot with a week to play.We just got to keep battling. Hopefully at the end we can come up and surprise a lot of people, Cruz said.The Seattle slugger left the game after his second home run. He was sporting a large wrap over his left wrist in the locker room.Ive been dealing with it for like, four or five days already. ... Its been like that for a few days so hopefully, it just comes down and Ill be able to go tomorrow, he said. I still have my strength, it just hurts.Cruz has 41 home runs and 100 RBI. He homered four times in the three-game series, and has nine in his last 10 games at Target Field.After his wrist was looked at by the team trainer following a big swing and miss leading off the sixth, Cruz hit the next pitch into the left-field seats for a 4-2 lead. It was his third multi-homer game of the season.One pitch after shattering his bat in the second inning, Cruz launched a 432-foot home run to the second deck in left-center field. The no-doubt shot gave Cruz three straight 40-homer seasons.Max Kepler homered and Robbie Grossman had three hits for Minnesota in its 100th loss. This is the second time in team history the Twins have had triple-digit losses: The 1982 squad finished 60-102.Its going to stare at you all winter long, said manager Paul Molitor.Keplers home run gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead in the second, but Sucre hit a two-run shot in the fifth for a 3-2 Seattle advantage.It was the first home run since July 25, 2015, for Sucre, who is 10 for 14 in four games since his Sept. 2 recall from Triple-A Tacoma.Hes not trying to kill it, hes trying to hit it and good things are happening, said manager Scott Servais.Seattle starter Taijuan Walker (7-11) danced around danger for most of his 5 1/3 innings, allowing nine hits and three earned runs. Minnesota was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position through five innings before an RBI single by Juan Centeno got the Twins within 4-3 and ended Walkers day.It was just one of those games, just a lot of emotion just from everything this morning, Walker said. Everything just kind of felt odd.Hector Santiago (12-10) allowed four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings for Minnesota.UMPIRE OUTHome plate umpire and crew chief Jerry Layne took Robinson Canos foul ball off his mask in the first inning and had to leave the game with concussion-like symptoms. Layne stumbled to his right and was grabbed by catcher Juan Centeno, who was quickly aided by Cano. Layne was tended to by Minnesota trainers for a few minutes before gingerly leaving the field. Hunter Wendelstedt took over home plate duties.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: After officially missing five straight games with sore quadriceps, 1B Joe Mauer was 0 for 3 with a walk as the teams designated hitter Sunday. Hitless in his last 15 at-bats, Mauer is 2 for 32 in his past nine games. 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Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Jay Powell Jersey . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Wholesale Marlins Jerseys . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time.India Blue 707 (Pujara 166, Agarwal 161, Jackson 105, Shreyas 5-173) v India GreenScorecard and ball-by-ball details India Blues marathon innings ended on 707 at stumps on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match against India Green. Cheteshwar Pujara (166) and Sheldon Jackson (105) joined Mayank Agarwal as first-innings centurions as India Blue ground India Green into submission in Greater Noida on Monday.On an unhelpful surface that offered neither swing nor turn, India Green made matters worse for themselves, handing reprieves to batsmen through no-balls and dropped catches. Some of the batsmen who benefited from these lapses did not capitalise, but these were small mercies for India Green.India Blues towering first-innings total gives them a significant advantage as they look to push for a lead that would take them through to the final against India Red. India Blue are already ahead of India Green on the points table, by virtue of the point they earned through the washout against India Red.Resuming on 63, Pujara played a chanceless innings, almost never taking the aerial route - he hit 24 fours, but not a single six. Pujara seemed equally at ease against spin and pace and didnt seem troubled at all, irrespective of the length. He eventually fell for 166 off 280 after an inside-edge onto the stumps. Failing to pick a Shreyas Gopal googly and seeing that it was short, Pujara made room to cut. But with the ball spinning back in, it was too close to the body and he chopped on. Even when I was facing spinners, it was very difficult to pick the googly under lights, Pujara said after his dismissal. A little difficult to pick the seam on the pink ball.Pujara said that facing up to the new ball under lights on the opening day was the toughest phase of his innings. This was my first game with the pink ball. I enjoyed batting on this wicket. There wasnt much help for the fast bowlers. The most difficult session was the third session [on the first day], under lights, when they tookk the second new ball.dddddddddddd It moved about and came on faster.Pujaras 32nd first-class century came from his preferred No. 3 position, although he acknowledged the importance of being adaptable. Sometimes, you have to be prepared to bat at any number. If given a choice, and because I have scored so many runs at No. 3, I know how to bat there, I know how to build an innings. Given a choice, I would like to bat at No. 3, but Im happy to bat wherever.By the time Pujara was dismissed, Jackson had already raced to 26 off 31 balls and had added 46 runs for the sixth wicket. Jackson brought a different style to the table, stepping down to the spinners at will and unafraid to launch the ball in the air. Where Pujara was all patience and grind, Jackson provided a neat study in contrast with his brute force and muscle. He had his slice of luck - he was dropped by M Vijay at slip on 74 - but otherwise provided a brilliant display of clean hitting. He brought up his 10th first-class century with a drilled boundary down the ground off Shreyas.I consider myself lucky; I was dropped in the 70s, Jackson said. The wicket was good and the ball was coming on nicely. When the new ball comes, it gets difficult [to sight it] because the speed changes, the ball skids on at good pace, so making the minor adjustment takes a little bit of time.Every match I score is important, but to score in such matches is very important because it is live and people are watching. It [the surface] should behave a little differently on days 3 and 4. Both the sides [of the ball] are scuffed up a little bit.Jackson found good support from Parvez Rasool, who scored 25, and Karn Sharma, who stroked his way to 57. By the time he fell - holing out to long-on to give Shreyas his fifth wicket and bring the innings to a close - he had ensured India Green were buried under a mountain of runs. ' ' '