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KISSIMMEE, Fla. jerseys from china . -- Toronto third baseman Brett Lawrie is off to a solid spring start. His manager disagrees. "Hes off to a good start in his career, whether it was with the Brewers or here," John Farrell said Friday after the Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 11-2 Friday. "Hes a heck of a player." The 22-year-old Lawrie, who came to Toronto 15 months ago from Milwaukee in the trade for pitcher Shaun Marcum, hit .293 in a 43-game taste of the major leagues last summer. He is 8 for 16 with four doubles this spring. Lawrie drove in his sixth and seventh runs in just six games as the Blue Jays jumped on Houston starter J.A. Happ in the first inning. But his best play might have been tagging up and advancing to second base on a flyball, which enabled him to score on David Coopers two-out single. "Hes got very good instincts inside the game," Farrell said. "Hes a confident player and he makes very good decisions." Cooper drove in three runs with a single and a double while Lawrie, Edwin Encarnacion and Travis dArnaud drove in two runs each for the Blue Jays. dArnaud and Adeiny Hechavarria homered in a five-run inning off Aneury Rodriguez. The Blue Jays had five of their 15 hits off Happ, who didnt get through the third inning. The Astros left-hander said he was "overthrowing" his breaking pitches in his second spring start. "I really think if I back off a few per cent it might help me, but thats also hard to do when youre trying to get results, Happ said. "Finding a happy medium is hopefully where itll be at. Ill get it figured it out." Henderson Alvarez, bidding for a spot in Torontos rotation, pitched two innings, giving up a run on one hit while striking out three. Jason Castro and Jose Altuve drove in runs for the Astros, who had six hits. NOTES: The Astros announced that they will wear replicas of their original Colt .45s jerseys for their home games of April 10 and April 20. 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The final match of the Reds season could have been a celebration of the most unlikely championship triumph in Premier League history. It ended up being a tale of what might have been. Liverpool came up short Sunday in its bid for a first league title in 24 years, finishing two points behind champion Manchester City despite a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Newcastle.DENVER -- Despite another last-place finish, the Colorado Rockies liked what manager Walt Weiss did with a banged-up team in his rookie season as manager and rewarded him with a three-year contract on Tuesday. Weiss went 74-88, a 10-game improvement over the previous season, after leaving his head coaching job at Regis Jesuit High School last fall. He managed on a one-year deal with the Rockies in 2013 after Jim Tracy stepped down following a 64-98 season in 2012. Now, there are no more questions about his security. "I think it comes down to stability -- stability for a club, from the players perspective, that a manger is going to be around," Weiss said. "They know the manager is going to be there and hes the guy running the club. I think theres something to be said for that." Weiss said hes close to filling the hitting instructors job that Dante Bichette left for family reasons and is leaning toward following the trend in baseball and use two coaches in that role. He also said the rest of his coaching staff will return in 2014. Colorado hung around and wass just 4 1/2 games behind Los Angeles at the All-Star break before the Dodgers and Rockies went in different directions. nfl jerseys china. After a free-fall, they went 22-24 over their final 46 games, giving them hope for a turnaround next season behind starting pitchers Jorge De La Rosa, Jhoulys Chacin and Tyler Chatwood and the core of Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, Michael Cuddyer, Nolan Arenado and Wilin Rosario. "I like the way our guys competed down the stretch, when we looked like we were out of it. Our guys still played really hard ... playing to the last out of every game, the last out of the season. For me, that was a bright spot," Weiss said. He said the Rockies need to play better on the road next season. They won just 29 games away from Coors Field. A former All-Star shortstop, Weiss spent 14 seasons in the major leagues, including four seasons with the Rockies in the 1990s. He also spent seven seasons, from 2002-08, as a special assistant to the general manager with the Rockies. ' ' '