rowing strikes, theyre going to be swinging the bat. Sometimes it plays into your game.The other day (Wednesday), I was really impressed with (Torontos Marcus) Stroman. He thre

TIANJIN, China -- Chinese veteran Peng Shuai captured the first title of her career at the Tianjin Open on Sunday, beating Alison Riske in the final 7-6 (3), 6-2.Peng, a former U.S. Open semifinalist, was winless in six previous finals on the WTA Tour. She saved 10 of 12 break points she faced against Riske.Peng finished off her rain-delayed semifinal over Danka Kovinic earlier Sunday, winning three straight games to prevail 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after resuming at 3-all in the third.Riske, aiming for her second career title, also had to play her semifinal earlier Sunday, topping second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.Peng, who lives in Tianjin, was once ranked as high as No. 14, but has seen her ranking slip to No. 182 due to injuries and inconsistent play.sWell Bottle Stockists . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Swell Bottle Ombre . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ .S. Open champion Justin Rose birdied the first hole with a blind shot he hit to a foot of the pin, and he stayed in front Tuesday until he completed a 4-under 67 for a two-shot lead over Jason Dufner in PGA Grand Slam of Golf. SWell Marble Bottle Nz .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Swell Bottle Black . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel.KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Coming off back-to-back quality starts, the Seattle Mariners should feel confident going into the third game of the series Saturday against Kansas City.Kansas Citys offense is struggling, and Wade Miley, Seattles starting pitcher on Saturday, has done well almost every time he has faced them.Miley owns a 4-1 career record in five starts against Kansas City with a 2.91 ERA. He joined the Mariners this off-season after pitching for five years with the Diamondbacks and the Red Sox.In his first appearance against Kansas City in a Mariners uniform, he threw his first career shutout, giving up just five hits and striking out four back on April 30 in Seattle.Seattle manager Scott Servais hopes things continue the way they have gone in the first two games of the series.On Thursday, James Paxton threw just 57 pitches through the first seven innings. He had to throw 21 more in the eighth, but still left with a 3-2 lead. Kansas City came back to win 4-3 on a two-run double by Salvador Perez.In Fridays 3-2 win, Hisashi Iwakuma allowed one run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings and Edwin Diaz retired Jarrod Dyson with a runner in scoring position for the final out of the seventh.Our guys did an outstanding job (Friday) Servais said. With Iwakuma and the bullpen we kind of matched them up a bit. It was a nice job by Diaz coming back (in the seventh) after getting down 3-0 on Dyson. He just calmed down and made his pitches. The story of the night is definitely our pitching.Some of the credit or blame must go to the Kansas City offense. Even with a 28-12 home record that is the best, when the bats go silent they go real silent.The Royals are a 14-12 in their 26 games and has showcased the tendencies of an inconsistent offense.In their 14 winss, the Royals have batted .dddddddddddd308 and averaged 5.6 runs. In the 12 losses, Kansas has batted .240 and averaged 2.9 runs.Part of the problem is that Kansas City does not take a lot of pitches. The Royals are last in Major League Baseball in walks with 192 through 86 games. Three American League teams have at least 300 walks.Manager Ned Yost defiantly says its part of his teams DNA.Were an aggressive team, he said. You try to find whats best for your guys and our guys are aggressive guys. If the other guy is throwing strikes, theyre going to be swinging the bat. Sometimes it plays into your game.The other day (Wednesday), I was really impressed with (Torontos Marcus) Stroman. He threw 68 pitches going into the eighth inning. We still found a way to tie the ballgame. We ended up losing the game.Last night it was 57 pitches (by Paxton) going into the eighth. Dang, thats unheard of. But we still found a way to win the ballgame. Its something you cant change. Its what we are, its who we are. When it works its great. When it doesnt, people want to criticize.Yost will be hoping that his starter, Edinson Volquez, can build on a solid start Monday in Toronto. Volquez allowed one run on just three hits in the first six innings before breaking down in the seventh. He left with no outs in the seventh and the bases loaded. All three runners scored.The key will be the first inning. Volquez has allowed 14 earned runs in the first inning of his 18 starts this season (7.00 ERA), while his season ERA is 4.87.Volquez has pitched better at home, where hes 5-3 with a 4.22 ERA in 10 starts. Hes 2-5 with a 5.72 ERA on the road. ' ' '