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WINNIPEG -- It was a win that could prove as dominant as it was costly for the Toronto Argonauts. Argos quarterback Ricky Ray was nearly perfect in a 35-19 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. Ray, who missed only one of his 20 pass attempts all night as he threw for 286 yards, left mid-way through the third quarter after being tackled. The extent of his injury isnt known. Toronto also lost key receiver Chad Kackert, who suffered a possible knee injury in the fourth quarter. "Were hopeful Rickys (injury) is not as serious," said coach Scott Milanovich. "Chads never gone through any kind of knee injury so hes not sure how it feels." Winnipeg quarterback Buck Pierce and defensive back Johnny Sears were also injured. Coach Tim Burke said Pierce suffered an abdominal injury that happened in the first half. "He was able to keep playing and at half time we looked at him and thought he would be able to continue to play in the second half," said Burke. "When he got out there and started warming up he decided he wouldnt be able to go." With Sears, who was playing in his first game since being injured late last season, its his foot. Both Burke and Milanovich said an interception Pierce threw in the first half was a turning point in the game. It led to Torontos first touchdown. But they also said Rays performance was huge. "He was unbelievable and hes played that way all year," said Milanovich. The Argos (2-2) jumped into a 21-6 lead by halftime on touchdowns by Chad Owens, Spencer Watt and Zach Collaros. Ray added one of his own in the second half. Noel Prefontaine had two field goals and a point on one he missed. As predicted, Pierce was more mobile. But his offence wasnt a lot more effective than it has been so far this season. Winnipegs only points came on three field goals and a safety, until Chad Simpson carried the ball over for a touchdown with less than a minute left and the Bombers (1-3) picked up a two-point convert as well. Pierce completed 10-of-14 attempts for 139 yards before backup Justin Goltz took over in the second half when Pierce couldnt continue. The win broke the 1-2 logjam that saw all four teams in the East tied after three games. Owens said the whole team is worried when players like Ray and Kackert go down. "Those are leaders on the team, those are important pieces to the team," he said. "As hard as it is its part of the game and it sucks but weve just got to stick together and like I said, pray that its not too serious." Winnipegs defence, which has been something Burke could rely on so far this season, was largely ineffectual against Rays passing prowess. "Youve got to give credit to Torontos offence," he said. "Ricky Rays a great quarterback. Scott Milanovich and (defensive co-ordinator) Marcus Brady are really good football coaches." But he also said the Bomber defence made mistakes. "We didnt get a very good pass rush. It started in the middle of the defensive line," he said. "We didnt get any pressure on Ricky Ray, which allowed him to pick us apart." Cornerback Jovon Johnson said the players have to take responsibility for not playing as they should and they plan on facing it head on. "Were going to come in on day one and meet as a team without the coaches and were going to go from there," he said. "Different situations call for different things and guys want to get some things off their chest." Notes: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was in the stands for the win and was all smiles as he did a halftime walk across the field and shook a few hands. ... Toronto also had to play without defensive back Jalil Carter, who was injured making a tackle late in the game. ... The banged up Bombers were minus three of their best receivers -- Cory Watson, Chris Matthews and Terrence Edwards. Laurent Koscielny Jersey . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. 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The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Stumps Zimbabwe 88 for 1 (Mawoyo 41*, Masakadza 33*) trail Sri Lanka 537 (Tharanga 110*, Perera 110, Cremer 4-142) by 449 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details For a brief period on the second morning, Zimbabwe made run-scoring look strenuous. For the rest of the day, Sri Lankas batsmen enjoyed a placid Harare surface and a tiring bowling attack to pile on 537. Upul Tharanga, displaying admirable patience, reaped the most rewards on the second day to score to his second Test ton, an unbeaten 110.In reply, Zimbabwes batsmen had to survive a tricky 23 overs before stumps. They were positive from the outset, particularly against Rangana Herath, and finished the second day at 88 for 1. The batsmen regularly shimmied down the track and opted to sweep even if they misread the length.There wasnt much turn for either Herath or Dilruwan Perera; most deliveries skidded on with the arm. One such delivery from Herath rapped opener Brian Chari on the pad in front of leg. Umpire Simon Fry raised the finger but it seemed the ball may have been heading down leg with the angle. Hamilton Masakadza was dropped at first slip by Dimuth Karunaratne off Suranga Lakmal in the seventh over, a relatively simple chance at shoulder height. Subsequently, Tino Mawoyo and Masakadza ensured there were no other flutters and ended not out on 41 and 33 respectively.Tharanga had earlier dominated the day, milking the bowling for the majority of his innings and capitalising on anything short with cuts and dabs behind square on the off side. With legspinner Graeme Cremer blocking that option by bowling a fuller length, Tharanga chose to sweep, including a lofted heave over midwicket to bring up his fifty. Once he was set, the drives came out and their timing was excellent.Tharanga was assisted by debutant Asela Gunaratne who auditioned for a regular spot in the Test squad with 54 off 102 balls, compiled with a compact technique and an ability to manoeuvre the field.dddddddddddd A tight channel just outside off didnt work against him: he often opened the face to steer boundaries either side of gully.But, soon after becoming the 18th Sri Lankan batsman to score a fifty on his Test debut, Gunaratne misjudged the length of a short delivery from left-arm spinner Sean Williams. A leading edge off an attempted pull was taken at midwicket.Zimbabwe were sloppy in the field again: Peter Moor missed a stumping and dropped two more catches, in addition to his two spills on the first day. Tharanga was given a life when he checked a drive off Donald Tiripano, but Tino Mawoyo at cover could not hold on to a catch low to his left.Zimbabwe were much better in the morning though. Seamers Chris Mpofu and Mumba began the day by keeping the ball well outside the off stump and asking overnight batsmen Tharanga and Dhananjaya de Silva to play away from their body if they wanted runs. The batsmen were content in seeing off their opening spell though and only occasionally wafted at the bowlers invitingly wide deliveries.In their recent Test series against New Zealand, Zimbabwes bowlers displayed competence in consistency but werent able to bore batsmen for long enough. Newly-appointed coach Heath Streak may have already turned that around. Barring the sporadic overpitched delivery, the bowlers repeatedly hit the same lines and lengths which meant Zimbabwe conceded only 50 runs in the first 24 overs of the morning. And that led to De Silva, on 15 runs in 55 balls, to step out to Cremer. He failed to get to the pitch of the ball, went through with the stroke and ended up skewing a catch long-off. Zimbabwe had created a wicket, their only one in the morning session. ' ' '