LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers activated catcher A.
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.J. Ellis from the 15-day disabled list Friday and optioned catcher
Tim Federowicz to Triple-A Albuquerque.
The 33-year-old Ellis sprained his right ankle when he stepped on
teammate Drew Buteras catchers mask while celebrating Josh Becketts
no-hitter against Philadelphia on May 25.
The Dodgers announced that right-hander Chad Billingsley has a partial
tear of his right flexor tendon.
No timetable was announced for how long the injury will sideline him.
Ellis has been limited to 15 games this season because of the sprained
ankle and a left knee injury that required surgery. He is hitting .170
with one RBI.
Ellis was in the starting lineup for Fridays game against Arizona.
Federowicz hit .131 with one homer and five RBIs in 18 games for the
Dodgers.
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The Oilers will try to get back in the win column on Monday when they
continue a four-game road trip with a battle against the Buffalo Sabres.
Edmonton won its third straight game last Wednesday against visiting San
Jose, beating the Sharks 3-0 as Scrivens stopped 59 shots to set an NHL
record for saves in a regular-season shutout.
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.That sight softened the blow of what ended up as a 4-3 shootout loss
to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.Knowing their teammate was
fine after a scary headfirst fall in the opening minute of the game
helped calm the Maple Leafs.Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) -
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic,
reigning titlist Stan Wawrinka and Japanese star Kei Nishikori
highlighted
Mondays fourth-round winners at the Australian Open.
The world No. 1 Djokovic got past Luxembourg left-hander Gilles Muller
6-4, 7-5, 7-5 in Mondays nightcap at Laver Arena to reach his 23rd
consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion and reigning Wimbledon titlist is
seeking
his fourth Aussie championship in five years, having captured three
straight
of his four Melbourne crowns from 2011-13.
Up next for the great Djokovic, who has yet to drop a set through four
matches here, will be eighth-seeded big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic,
who is
0-4 lifetime against the Serb.
Meanwhile, the fourth-seeded Swiss slugger Wawrinka pulled out a 7-6
(7-2),
6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10-8) victory over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Garcia-Lopez won the first five points of the fourth-set tiebreak and
had five
chances to force a fifth set at Melbourne Park, but Wawrinka saved all
five
before moving on.
Garcia-Lopez stunned Wawrinka in the first round at last years French
Open.
Wawrinkas quarterfinal opponent on Wednesday will be the fifth-seeded
U.S.
Open runner-up Nishikori, who handled ninth-seeded former French Open
finalist
David Ferrer of Spain 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Day 8 of the fortnight.
Looking ahead to his clash with Wawrinka, Nishikori said, Its going to
be a
really tough match because I have seen him play on TV a couple of
matches.
Even today he was playing really good. He can hit balls forehand,
backhand --
great backhand actually. He can hit from anywhere at the back. Its
going to
be a tough match. But obviously Im in the quarterfinals, so no easy
matches
comingg up.
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For sure it gives me confidence that I beat him in the U.S. Open. Its not
like I cant beat him. Its going to be a fun match for sure.
Nishikori made history as he became the first Asian man to contest a Grand
Slam final last year when he defeated three Top-10 players, including Wawrinka
in five sets in the quarters, to reach the U.S. Open final.
The aforementioned Raonic had to outlast 12th-seeded Spanish lefty Feliciano
Lopez, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, to reach the round of eight.
Raonic became the first Canadian man in the Open Era to reach the Aussie
Open quarters and is also the second Canadian man in history to reach three
major quarterfinals, following in the footsteps of Robert Powell at Wimbledon
in 1908, 10 and 12.
Its great to be doing what Im doing and that it is making a difference,
said Raonic. It is, I guess, part of some history, if you look really deep.
But at the end of the day, at the same time, Im always pushing myself for
what I want to achieve. Im always sort of looking in the mirror and saying,
Thats who I have to compare myself to: to myself.
The quarterfinals will commence Tuesday, as third-seeded former world No. 1
Rafael Nadal will take on seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych and sixth-seeded Andy
Murray will battle heavy Aussie crowd favorite Nick Kyrgios. Nadal beat
Berdych in the 2010 Wimbledon final and is 18-3 lifetime against the big
Czech.
The reigning French Open king Nadal is a 14-time Grand Slam champ, including
an Aussie title in 2009. Hes also a two-time runner-up in Melbourne,
including last year when he was stunned by Wawrinka in the final.
Murray is a two-time major titlist whos lost in three Aussie Open finals.
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