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PORTLAND, Ore. Roddy White Womens Jersey . - LaMarcus Aldridge will keep the words he had with Minnesotas Kevin Love to himself. The two All-Stars jawed at times on Sunday night, when both scored 26 points but Aldridges Trail Blazers came out on top, 119-106. "It was just two guys going hard," the diplomatic Aldridge said. Love also had nine rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have dropped eight of their last 10 games. He also brushed off the back-and-forth with Aldridge, explaining it was probably something the Blazers star did to "get his team going, get the fans into it." Nicolas Batum added 24 points for the Blazers, who like the Timberwolves are fighting to stay in the playoff picture. Portland continues to adjusting to the dismissal of coach Nate McMillan and the trade of starters Marcus Camby and Gerald Wallace at the deadline. Portland is now 5-5 under interim head coach Caleb Canales, who has been juggling with his roster. On Sunday, the Blazers started J.J. Hickson, who was picked up on March 21 after he was waived by Sacramento. "We played a good game, played sound defence, we controlled the rebounds," Batum said. "And we controlled Kevin Love." The Timberwolves used nine players as they battle injuries, including the loss of rookie Ricky Rubio for the season. Minnesota guard J.J. Barea was out for the fifth straight game with a bruised right quadriceps and forward Michael Beasley missed his third game with a sprained big toe on his left foot. Centre Nikola Pekovic, who has missed six games with bone spurs in his right ankle, was with the team on it short two-game road trip to Portland and Sacramento, but coach Rick Adelman said before the game that he would not play. "Losing Ricky was obviously the toughest thing for us. We were able to grind out games and get wins, but then Pek went down, J.J. continued to be hurt and Michael just added firepower," Love said. "All four of those guys added something special to this team. When we were rolling we had everyone together." Aldridge, who had eight rebounds, was back with the Blazers after missing Friday nights loss to the Clippers with a sore left elbow. "I just blocked it out," he said. "When Im out there Im going to play." The game was tied at 27 at the end of the first quarter, but when Love rested early in the second, Portland took a 37-31 lead on Jamal Crawfords pull-up jumper. Portland stretched the lead to 49-42 on another Crawford jumper and the Blazers led 57-50 at the half. Batums 3-pointer and free throw gave the Blazers a 79-68 lead with 4:13 left. Batum blocked Luke Ridnour on the other end to pave the way for Aldridges fast-break dunk, giving Portland its biggest lead of the game to that point. Ridnour made a 3 to narrow it to 86-82 for the Timberwolves late in the third quarter, but Luke Babbitt made a layup at the buzzer. Crawfords long jumper put the Blazers up 105-89 midway through the final quarter. Ridnour and Derrick Williams each finished with 21 points for the Timberwolves. Hickson finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Raymond Felton had 10 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Blazers. Portland was without centre Joel Przybilla, who has a right knee sprain, an absence that paved the way for Hickson to start. It isnt clear if the injury will keep Przybilla out of Monday nights game against the Utah Jazz. In the Timberwolves previous visit to the Rose Garden on March 3, Love finished with 42 points, one shy of his career high, and Minnesota won 122-110. Love grew up just south of Portland in Lake Oswego. He was half of a spectacular prep class in the state of Oregon with Kyle Singler of Medford. Love went on to play at UCLA while Singler played at Duke. Loves performance in March was helping preserve the Timberwolves playoff aspirations. He averaged a league-best 30.7 points, 13.9 rebounds and shot 48 per cent from 3-point range. But Love cant carry the Timberwolves alone. "Weve got to win almost every game now," he said. "So its still there for us, but we need a tremendous amount of luck on our side as well." NOTES: Before the game the Blazers honoured longtime broadcaster and Portland native Steve "Snapper" Jones. "Im just here feeling the love," said Jones, 70. ... Both teams were also coming off losses. The Timberwolves fell 100-79 at home to the Celtics on Friday, while Portland lost 98-97 to the Clippers in Los Angeles the same night. ... Batum made a layup at the final buzzer that he felt bad about, because he didnt want it to look like he was disrespecting the Timberwolves. "No really, sorry," he said. Matt Ryan Youth Jersey . The two-time Cy Young Award winner is still expected to miss between six to eight weeks because of a strained latissimus dorsi muscle on the right side of his back. 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"Great teams -- and organizations -- use disappointment as a motivation for future improvements and success," he said. HOUSTON -- Philadelphias recent surge was slowed by an unlikely foe. Pinch-hitter Jed Lowrie delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning and the lowly Houston Astros stung Philadelphia, rallying for a 6-4 victory Thursday night that ended the Phillies seven-game winning streak. That run had pushed the Phillies within three games of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot. "The percentages in baseball, sooner or later you are going to get beat," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said. "At the same time, I didnt mean for it to happen tonight. We had a chance to win the game, it was sitting right in front of us. The bottom line is that we didnt add on runs, but we didnt execute either." Philadelphia couldnt hold an early 4-0 lead. Lowries two-out hit put the Astros ahead 5-4. "We had opportunities and Lowrie got a big hit for him," Philadelphias Ryan Howard said. Matt Dominguez hit a three-run homer for Houston, which has the worst record in the majors. Philadelphias bullpen had pitched four scoreless innings after an early exit by starter Tyler Cloyd before running into trouble in the eighth. Phillippe Aumont (0-1) took over in the eighth with a 4-3 lead and walked Jason Castro with one out. Pinch-runner Jordan Schafer was caught stealing on a strong throw by catcher Erik Kratz from his knees. But Aumont walked Dominguez and plunked pinch-hitter Scott Moore on the foot. Aumont pitched in both games of a doubleheader on Sunday and in each of the last three games. "That is a lot of pitching for him, and I did feel like he was out of gas," Manuel said. "The more he stayed out there, you could see that he didnt have the stuff he had yesterday." Jake Diekman, the fifth Phillies reliever of the game, gave up Lowries hit that stopped a string of 21 consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Philadelphias bullpen. Brandon Barnes pushed the lead to 6-4 with an RBI single. Wesley Wright (1-2) got the last two outs of the eighth for the win. Wilton Lopez allowed a hit in a scoreless ninth for his fifth save. For the Astros, it was a bright spot in this mostly dreadful season. "Theres a lot of satisfaction in that," Wright said of beating a team in post-season contention. "They come with a lot on the line and we have a chance to kind of derail that and fiinish the season on a positive note. Matt Ryan Authentic Jersey. So its a good victory all the way around." Kratz broke an 0-for-16 skid with an RBI double to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the second. The Phillies scored three times in the third. Juan Pierre and Chase Utley hit consecutive one-out singles and Howard had a sacrifice fly. John Mayberry Jr. and Kevin Frandsen added RBI singles. Justin Maxwell and Castro hit consecutive singles in the fourth before Dominguezs shot. The drive broke an 0-for-13 streak for Dominguez and was his third three-run homer in the last seven games. Houston starter Lucas Harrell allowed seven hits and four runs in 5 2-3 innings to remain winless since Aug. 14. Pinch-hitter Pete Orr singled with two outs in the sixth and Harrell issued consecutive walks to load the bases. Harrell was lifted after the second walk, and jawed at plate umpire Bill Miller on his way to the dugout and was ejected. "The competitiveness of wanting to win kind of got a hold of me today and I let my emotions run a little bit," Harrell said, adding that he thought he pitched "horrible." He was replaced by Xavier Cedeno, who retired Utley to end the threat. Cloyd yielded five hits and three runs in three-plus innings. Cloyd retired his first six batters before Jimmy Paredes singled to start the third. Jose Altuve hit a two-out single and Cloyd hit Fernando Martinez with a pitch to load the bases before getting Brett Wallace on a grounder. It was the second tough start for Cloyd, who had his contract purchased from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Aug. 29. He allowed eight hits and four runs in four innings of his last start, but received a no-decision. NOTES: Frandsen was back in the lineup after missing seven starts with a sore left ankle. ... Houstons Bud Norris was scratched from Fridays start because of a blister on the index finger of his pitching hand. The Astros have a six-man rotation, so each pitcher will simply be moved up a game. RHP Edgar Gonzalez will start on Friday against Philadelphia LHP Cole Hamels. ... Astros reliever Mickey Storey was OK a day after being hit on the side of the face by a line drive which glanced off his hand and shoulder before striking him in the face. He said before the game that hes a bit sore but feels lucky that the injury wasnt worse. ' ' '