Departing Melbourne winger Marika Koroibete has been slugged with a grade one high tackle for his shot on Chad Townsend in their NRL grand final defeat to Cronulla.The charge on Monday is moot given Koroibete is headed to rugby union. No other players were pinged by the match review committee in Sundays grand final.The NRL has the option of requesting the ARU to punish the Melbourne Rebels-bound star however an early guilty plea would have allowed Koroibete to escape suspension.Freddy Galvis Blue Jays Jersey .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. Dalton Pompey Jersey . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. http://www.bluejaysonline.com/blue-jays-clayton-richard-jersey/ . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Teoscar Hernandez Blue Jays Jersey . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. Etoo gave Jose Mourinhos team a decisive lead from Oscars back pass in the 34th. Eric Sogard Jersey . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services.TORONTO -- Pitching was dominant when the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros played a four-game series at Minute Maid Park last week.The Blue Jays won the series 3-1 by an aggregate score of 10-5.The teams open a three-game series at Rogers Centre on Friday with indications that the hitters could be slightly more effective.The Astros are coming off a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in which they won 15-7 and 10-2, and had 35 hits combined in the two games. The 25 runs matched the total from their previous 11 games.Its been crazy, feast or famine right now for us, said catcher Evan Gattis, who homered and had four RBI in the second game.After dropping the first game of the series to the Twins, the Astros won the next three and are 43-27 since May 22. Carlos Correa has homered in three straight games and Jose Altuve was 5-for-8 in the doubleheader.We had one continual day of offense that didnt stop, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. It was a fun day; a long day, pretty exhausting, but to walk out of here with two wins after being down by a lot of runs in the rain is a pretty good feeling.The Twins led 5-0 in the third Wednesday before the game was called because of rain, forcing a doubleheader Thursday.The Blue Jays went 4-3 on a trip to Houston and Kansas City despite being outscored 19-17.Their offense also showed signs of revival as they won two of three games from the Tampa Bay Rays, winning 7-5 and 7-0 with a 9-2 loss in between upon their return home.You get in those ruts where you are having trouble scoring runs, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. People dont want to hear it, but tthats baseball.dddddddddddd If you have been around baseball awhile, you see that. You battle your way through it.Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the Blue Jays win Wednesday to snap a club-record string of 17 straight solo home runs. They had not homered with a runner in scoring position since July 20, an 18-game span.The Astros will be without closer Ken Giles for the series. He is taking paternity leave and was preparing to return to Houston to be with his wife, who is expecting their first child.Luke Gregerson is expected to be reinstated from the disabled list Friday to take Giles spot in the bullpen.The Astros start rookie right-hander Joe Musgrove (0-0, 0.79 ERA) against Toronto left-hander Francisco Liriano (6-11, 5.34) in the opener.Musgrove made a superb major league debut against the Blue Jays on Aug. 2 when he took over from starter Lance McCullers, who was forced from the game with an elbow injury. The 23-year-old struck out eight and allowed one hit and one walk in 4 1/3 innings in a game the Blue Jays won 2-1.He made his first major league start five days later, allowing five hits and one run while striking out six in seven innings.Liriano makes his second start for the Blue Jays since he was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He did not factor in the decision in the Blue Jays 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals last Friday. He allowed seven hits, two walks and three runs (two earned) while striking out five over six innings. ' ' '