went 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies that year

OKLAHOMA CITY - Perry Jones isnt Kevin Durant or Russell Westbrook, though hes been close enough lately. Nike Vapormax Skor .The 6-foot-11 forward scored 23 points and hit a clutch 3-pointer to help the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 102-91 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season.The Thunder, already without Durant for at least a month with a broken right foot, announced that Westbrook, their star point guard, had successful surgery on his broken right hand Saturday morning and also will miss at least a month.Durant and the injured players looked like they were healed after Jones hit a contested 3-pointer with 1:46 remaining that put the Thunder up 94-87. The ball was thrown inbounds with 2.2 seconds left on the shot clock, and Jones shot set off a celebration and ended Denvers furious rally.It was a good feeling, especially looking at the bench and how wild they were getting, Jones said.Westbrook was injured early in Thursdays game against the Los Angeles Clippers, and Jones scored a career-high 32 points to keep the Thunder close in a 93-90 loss. On Saturday, he shot 9 of 18, posted the second-highest point total of his career and even helped out some at point guard. Jones said teamwork is allowing him to shine.Were just sticking together, he said. Running offence the way youre supposed to run it.Serge Ibaka scored 23 points, Kendrick Perkins had 17 and Steven Adams added 13 for the Thunder, who won despite having just eight available players. The Thunder injury report included Durant, Westbrook, Reggie Jackson (right ankle sprain), Grant Jerrett (left ankle surgery), Jeremy Lamb (lower back sprain), Mitch McGary (left foot fracture) and Anthony Morrow (left MCL sprain).Before the game, Thunder coach Scott Brooks only mentioned Jackson as being close to coming back.Ty Lawson scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half for the Nuggets, but he felt they wasted their chance.A huge opportunity, Lawson said. I mean, we could have been 2-0 right now going home to play Sacramento, but this is huge in the West. You cant just give away games.Oklahoma City led 29-17 at the end of the first quarter, earning a standing ovation.Weve got great fans, and theyre smart fans, and they realize it was a special quarter for us, and they know were in a tough situation, so it was a lot of fun, Thunder forward Nick Collison said.Oklahoma City led by 24 in the second quarter before taking a 55-33 lead into halftime.Back-to-back dunks by Ibaka bumped Oklahoma Citys lead to 62-37 early in the third quarter. Denver surged to cut its deficit to 16 late in the period, but Oklahoma City pushed it back out to 76-56 heading to the fourth.Denver trimmed Oklahoma Citys lead to 88-85 on a layup by Randy Foye, but Ibaka answered with a 3-pointer to give the Thunder some breathing room. Jones drained the tough 3-pointer, then Andre Roberson scored on a putback to push Oklahoma Citys lead to 96-87 with 1:27 to play.___TIP-INSThunder: It was Oklahoma Citys first home game without both Durant and Westbrook since Westbrook entered the league in 2008. The Thunder played without both at Boston last season. ... Every available Thunder player played at least 20 minutes.Nuggets: Denver shot 34 per cent in the first half and was just 1 of 10 on 3-pointers. ... Lawson took just four shots in the first half. ... Wilson Chandler missed his first eight shots and made just 2 of 12 overall. ... Nate Robinson was issued a technical foul in the fourth quarter.STRETCHING THE FLOOR: Ibaka made a career-high three 3-pointers for the Thunder.TWELVE LONG MINUTES: With eight players available, fatigue caught up with the Thunder late. Denver shot 62 per cent in the fourth quarter, outscored Oklahoma City 35-26 and nearly overcame a 20-point deficit.QUOTE OF THE DAY: We were like zombies — just motionless. -- Denver coach Brian Shaw.UP NEXTThunder: Visit Brooklyn on Monday.Nuggets: Host Sacramento on Monday.___Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CliffBruntAP. Nike Zoom Fly Dam . Karlovic of Croatia used his big serve to beat Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7). Kohlschreiber had lost all of his three previous matches against Istomin but the German broke serve for a decisive 3-2 lead in the third set and held on to reach his first final of the year. Nike Zoom Sverige . A-Rod is also disqualified from any post-season play. So at the tender age of 38, he will miss all of next season. As a result of missing the coming season, hes also out $25 million (which coincidentally is my hourly rate). http://www.airvapormaxsverige.com/vapormax-flyknit-rea.html . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell while figuring out which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value.Roy Oswalt retired from baseball on Tuesday after winning 163 games and making three All-Star teams in 13 major league seasons. The pitchers agent, Bob Garber, confirmed the decision and said Oswalt would go to work for his agency, RMG Baseball. Oswalt will be vice-president of baseball operations. "Roy is now going to be representing players with me," Garber said Tuesday night. "Hes now an agent." The 36-year-old right-hander had a 163-102 career record with a 3.36 ERA. Oswalt won 20 games in consecutive seasons (2004-05) with the Houston Astros and was the 2005 NL championship series MVP. He pitched more than 200 innings seven times but was hampered by injuries in recent years. "He was a tremendous competitor," Giants right-hander Matt Cain said. "He was one of the guys I always loved to watch pitch. I remember facing him for the first time and I knew if I gave up more than a couple runs that it wasnt going to be a good day for us. He went about his business every fifth day like a true pro." Oswalt got hurt with Houston on June 11, 2003, when he and five other pitchers combined to no-hit the New York Yankees in an 8-0 victory in the Bronx. It was the only six-pitcher no-hitter until Seattle did the same thing against the Dodgers on June 8, 2012. Oswalt strained his right groin and left in the second. He looked toward catcher Brad Ausmus after his second pitch of the inning, his 23rd of the game, and immediately was replaced. The Yankees had gone 6,980 games -- the longest streak in major league history -- without being no-hit, since Hoyt Wilhelms 1-0 victory for Baltimore on Seppt. Vapormax Flyknit Herr. 20, 1958. Oswalt was 0-6 with an 8.63 ERA in nine outings and six starts for Colorado last year. He signed a minor league deal with the Rockies in May 2013 and missed time with a strained left hamstring. Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington was thrilled to acquire Oswalt in the middle of the 2012 season, when he went 4-3 with a 5.80 ERA in 17 appearances with nine starts. He joined the Rangers on June 22, 2012, but didnt know if the team just planned to trade him away. Washington often said Oswalt "has been a pro" in handling a tough, unclear situation that called for him to be used primarily out of the bullpen. That was after Oswalt spent two stints on the disabled list during 2011 with Philadelphia because of lower back inflammation. He went 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies that year, and his 139 innings were his fewest since 2003. He didnt go more than 59 innings in his last two years. A 23rd-round pick by Houston in the 1996 amateur draft, Oswalt pitched his first nine-plus seasons for the Astros (2001-10) and then played for Philadelphia (2010-11), Texas (2012) and the Rockies (2013). On Aug. 25, 2010, Oswalt became the first Phillies pitcher to play a position in the field in 39 years after Ryan Howard was ejected in the 14th inning of a 4-2, 16-inning home loss to the Astros. With the Phillies out of position players, Oswalt went to left field and Raul Ibanez took over at first for Howard. Oswalt drew a rousing ovation from the crowd when he caught a routine fly ball. He was the first Philadelphia pitcher to play a position since Bill Wilson on Aug. 6, 1971. ' ' '