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ST. LOUIS -- Not long after the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, as manager Mike Matheny was sketching out his lineup for the next day, slugger Matt Holliday dropped by his office. He said he wanted to play.He was anxious to get right back in there, Matheny said. I understand that.Holliday emerged unscathed aside from some lingering soreness from a 95 mph Andrew Cashner fastball that struck him on the nose and was back in the lineup for Friday nights game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Hollidays brush with danger brought back memories for Matheny, who got hit in the mouth with a Rich Loiselle fastball in 1998. Matheny lost most of the teeth on the left side of his mouth and said he still gets follow-up dental work, but he played the next day.I remember that well, and every few months, the dentist and I remember that particular night, Matheny said.Holliday left Thursday nights 6-5 win after Cashners fastball came high and inside and caromed off his nose in the sixth inning.Holliday got up and tried to take first base as blood poured out of his nose, but Matheny removed him in favor of pinch runner Mike Leake.The Cardinals said Hollidays nose was not fractured but that he had a facial abrasion by his nose and upper lip. Matheny said Holliday didnt have any concussion symptoms either.I hate seeing that, Matheny said Thursday night. I think we got real fortunate. Getting hit in the face -- its hard to say its fortunate, but it could have been a lot worse. His beaks a little sore right now and still had a little blood leaking out of it, but structurally, everything checked out good.Holliday, 36, is batting .244 with 17 home runs. His incident at the plate came one day after Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez required on-field medical attention because of a bloody nose, which he attributed to the extreme heat wave in St. Louis. O. J. Simpson Youth Jersey ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. Doug Flutie Youth Jersey . Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day. http://www.authenticbillsfanaticfootball.com/authentic-devin-singletary-bills-jersey/ . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger. LeSean McCoy Jersey . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Tremaine Edmunds Bills Jersey .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. DETROIT -- Anibal Sanchez is heading back to the bullpen for the Detroit Tigers.Manager Brad Ausmus says the Tigers will use Sanchez in relief after he returned to the rotation for one start. The right-hander allowed four runs in five innings in a loss to Cleveland on Saturday.Sanchez is 4-8 with a 6.06 ERA this season. Saturday was his first start since May 31, but he was solid out of the bullpen in between.The 32-year-old SSanchez is in the second-to-last season of his $80 million, five-year deal.dddddddddddd Detroit also has a team option to bring him back for 2018.The Tigers are going with youngsters Michael Fulmer and Daniel Norris in their rotation, along with Justin Verlander, Jordan Zimmermann and Mike Pelfrey. ' ' '