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DETROIT -- Chris Archer is making a concerted effort to become a better fielder on the mound, working with strength coach Kevin Barr on drills that can help him improve. Paul George Jersey . "Moving my feet and fielding groundballs, and he stands like 10 feet away," Archer said. "Hes throwing them pretty hard, so Im prepared for it." Archers efforts paid off Saturday, when he made two terrific defensive plays as part of the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. In the sixth inning, he snagged a comebacker by J.D. Martinez and threw to first for the out, and in the eighth, Archer fell to the ground while backhanding Austin Jacksons line drive up the middle. "That ball hit him right in the glove. That was Jackson, I believe," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "He has no idea how he caught that. Thats a play when the ball catches you." The Rays broke the game open with three runs in the fifth inning and four in the sixth, and the Tigers never mounted much of a rally against Archer (5-5). The 25-year-old right-hander allowed solo homers to Alex Avila in the seventh and Martinez in the ninth. Archer called it his best performance of the season. Maddon finally pulled him with two on and one out in the ninth after 106 pitches. He allowed six hits, walked four and struck out four, falling just short of his third career complete game. "There was 25 outs that I did get, and those are the ones that Im going to focus on," Archer said. Anibal Sanchez (5-3) took a no-hitter into the fifth, but things unraveled quickly for the Detroit right-hander. He allowed seven runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings, with four walks and a strikeout. "I dont know when everything changed," Sanchez said. "I know we had a pretty good game plan going for four innings." Logan Forsythe homered for Tampa Bay. Kevin Kiermaier had three hits for Tampa Bay, including triples in the fifth and sixth. The Rays have won seven of eight. The Tigers were without designated hitter Victor Martinez, who left Friday nights game because of back irritation. Sanchez didnt allow a hit until Forsythes drive carried over the fence in left-centre field with one out in the fifth. The Rays poured it on after that. After a walk to Ryan Hanigan, Kiermaiers drive bounced off the wall and past J.D. Martinez in right, enabling Hanigan to score. With the infield in, Desmond Jennings lined a single to make it 3-0. "I really like the way were swinging the bats right now," Kiermaier said. "Everyones doing their part, and were all staying positive and were having so much fun out there on the field." Matt Joyce and Evan Longoria singled to start the sixth, and after a walk to James Loney loaded the bases, Brandon Guyer brought another run home with a sacrifice fly. Forsythes RBI single made it 5-0, and Kiermaiers two-out, two-run triple off reliever Phil Coke capped the rally. Kiermaier came into the game in an 0-for-15 slump. "The thing I love about him is if he has a somewhat bad day at the plate, it never carries to the next day," Maddon said. "He doesnt carry an at-bat to the other at-bat. Its all a new experience. Every time he goes up there, its a new experience for him." Sanchez, the American League ERA champion last season, had gone 32 starts without allowing more than four earned runs. Archer allowed a homer, a single and a walk in the ninth, so Maddon brought in Grant Balfour, who struck out the final two batters in a non-save situation. NOTES: Detroit reliever Patrick McCoy left the game in the ninth with a right hamstring strain. ... Detroit RHP Rick Porcello (11-4) faces Tampa Bay ace David Price (7-7) on Sunday night. Detlef Schrempf Jersey . Three pitches later, he was hugging Mike Napoli at home plate after his teammates winning home run. Napoli and Ortiz hit consecutive homers with one out in the 10th inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied past Minnesota 2-1 Wednesday, sending the Twins to their fifth straight loss. Raymond Felton Jersey . Rajon Rondo had 18 of Bostons season-high 38 assists and the Celtics committed just seven turnovers in a 118-111 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. http://www.shopthunderstore.com/Cheap-Steven-Adams-Thunder-Jersey/ .Mateo Kovacic and Andrea Ranocchia scored for Inter, which had goalkeeper Samir Handanovic to thank for several crucial saves.Its an important victory against a Chievo side which plays well, Mancini said.PHOENIX - A year ago, Pete Carroll stood at a podium in a New York City hotel, less than 12 hours after his Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl. He spoke about what would happen next.The first meeting that well have, Carroll said, will be tomorrow.Sounded a bit over the top, even from the ever-enthusiastic coach. A moment later, he continued the theme, insisting: We really have an eye on whats coming, and we dont dwell on what just happened. Well take this in stride.Turns out he knew what he was talking about. Fast forward to Sunday, when Carrolls Seahawks will face Bill Belichicks New England Patriots in the Super Bowl with a chance to do something that, for many reasons, was thought to be too tall a task in todays NFL: win a second consecutive championship.Its tough to win it once. Thats the hard part. Winning twice doesnt happen (anymore), said Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, whose team went back-to-back 10 years ago, making for the longest drought without a repeat champion in the nearly half-century of Super Bowls.The NFL is built for parity — the way the draft is set up, the way the schedule plays out, the hard salary cap. All those things trying to level the playing field, Brady said. Its hard to get here. Its tough to win it. Its certainly tough to win it two times in a row.It has happened only eight times in league history but used to be a semi-regular occurrence. Indeed, the first two Super Bowls — well, it wasnt called that back then — were both won by the Green Bay Packers.Then the Miami Dolphins won consecutive trophies five years later, followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers (who did it twice), the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Broncos and the Patriots.The hardest thing in terms of repeating is not the focus of repeating, said Seattles Russell Wilson, who can become the first starting quarterback to win a pair of Super Bowls within his first three seasons. Its: How do you get to the Super Bowl in general?There are all the ways mentioned by Brady that the NFL legislates competitiveness.And there are other factors. Reigning Super Bowl champions have a shorter off-season. Successful teams lose players and assistant coaches (Seattles top rreceiver, Golden Tate, left as a free agent, as did defensive lineman Red Bryant, for example). Andre Roberson Jersey. Champions often are filled with veterans who might feel satisfied.Last seasons Seahawks, though, had the fourth-youngest roster for a Super Bowl winner, with an average age of 26 years, 175 days, according to STATS. The Steelers who won the 1975 Super Bowl were the youngest champions, and they followed that up by earning rings again a year later.Its always hard to match the intensity ... of every opponent, especially after youve won one Super Bowl, said Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, a wide receiver on Dallas 1993 and 1994 Super Bowl champions. After you win the Super Bowl, you need to go play 16 more Super Bowls the following season, and then go through the playoffs to get back to the Super Bowl. So its a tough go.As if setting out to prove that point, the Seahawks did not start this season particularly well.The pressure was there early in the season, defensive end Cliff Avril said, but then we just forgot about it ... and I think thats what let us take the next step to be able to get here — not thinking about it.Seattles record was 3-3 in mid-October, then 6-4 after a loss at Kansas City in mid-November. Thats when Carroll held a meeting with a dozen players to air out a few things.It was a huge impact, for us to be in a room together and openly and freely express our concerns about the team and not hold anything back, receiver Doug Baldwin said. I thought that was crucial for our growth as a team.That also happens to be when middle linebacker Bobby Wagner returned from injury.Seattle has not lost since.Theyve dominated the NFC the last two seasons, so well be playing the best team, Patriots safety Devin McCourty said.As for how much motivation New England derives from trying to prevent Seattle from winning another Super Bowl, McCourty added: Leading into it, it doesnt matter what they did last year. It doesnt really affect us. 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