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MIAMI -- Former All-Star third baseman Placido Polanco agreed to a $2. Randy Moss Elite Jersey .75 million, one-year contract Thursday with the Miami Marlins, plugging the final hole in the teams projected lineup following a payroll purge. The 37-year-old, who can earn an additional $250,000 in performance bonuses, battled injuries this year and hit .257 with two home runs and 19 RBIs in 90 games with the Philadelphia Phillies. The 15-year veteran is a career .299 hitter with 103 homers. Other projected starters include Logan Morrison at first base, Donovan Solano at second, Adeiny Hechavarria at shortstop, Jeff Brantly at catcher, Giancarlo Stanton in right field, Justin Ruggiano in centre field and Juan Pierre in left field. Hanley Ramirez played 90 games at third this year for Miami before being traded in July. That was part of the salary purge by the Marlins, who pared $146.5 million in future payroll when they swung a trade last month that sent former NL batting champion Jose Reyes, former NL ERA leader Josh Johnson and left-hander Mark Buehrle to Toronto. The Marlins have a projected 2013 payroll of about $45.75 million. Their payroll on opening day this year was $112 million, not including money received in the Carlos Zambrano trade, but the team finished last in the NL East and drew smaller crowds than expected in its new ballpark. Polanco was chosen to start in the All-Star game for the second time in 2011, but went only 10 for 58 (.172) after June 30 this year. The Phillies declined a $5.5 million option on Polanco after the season, and he received a $1 million buyout. Polanco was the 2006 AL championship series MVP for Detroit, and he also played for St. Louis. He has 2,044 hits, and he has won two Gold Gloves at second base and one at third. 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Mike Iupati Jersey . Louis Rams with a concussion. Smith scrambled and started to slide before turning his back late, and linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar barrelled into his neck area with 1:10 left in the first quarter Sunday. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- David West follows a simple offensive approach, and its been working quite well lately. West had 31 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers edge the Sacramento Kings 97-92 on Friday night. The forward was 13 for 20 from the field and 5 for 7 at the line in his season-best scoring performance. He is averaging 23 points over the last five games, four of them Indiana victories. "Im just trying to continue to build on every game and get a good comfort level," said West, who also had two assists and blocked two shots against the Kings. "I only take shots I practice and that Im comfortable with. I felt a rhythm tonight and I got it going early." West has become the Pacers go-to guy in the absence of Danny Granger, who is out with an ailing left knee and might not be back until February. "David is veteran savvy, and has all the moves, all the tricks," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "Hes a horse. Last year he came to us and had a fit-in mentality. He does whatever it takes to win. With Danny (Granger) out we need him to score and thats what hes been doing." George Hill had 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Pacers, and reserve Sam Young scored 12. "Im getting better as a point guard, but its still a work in progress," Hill said. "I had been struggling with my shot, but my teammates said to keep shooting. Tonight I was being aggressive and the shots were falling." It was a much more difficult night for DeMarcus Cousins, who had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Kings despite a lacklustre shooting performance. Cousins repeatedly passed up perimeter shots and drove to the basket against towering Pacers centre Roy Hibbert. Cousins was 5 for 17 from the field and has struggled in two games this season against Hibbert. "Yes, he forced too many shots tonight," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to start taking those shots that are available. Thats what David West does. West takes the open shots." Marcus Thornton scored 15 points, and reserves Jimmer Fredette and Francisco Garcia each had 12 for the Kings (4-11), who have dropped two in a row and own the worst record in the Western Conference. Thornton missed a long 3-pointer that would have tied it with 5 seconds left. Hill secured the rebound and was fouled. He made both free throws with 2.9 seconds left, giving Indiana a 97-92 lead. "It felt good going up, but I just missed the shot," Thornton said. Dwight Clark Jersey. . "My teammates and coaches had confidence to get the ball in my hands. I wish I could have it back." Sacramento used Thorntons two free throws to pull within two with 11.5 seconds left. After a timeout, Hill was fouled on the inbounds play and made one of two foul shots for a 95-92 lead. The Kings played without Tyreke Evans, their leading scorer over the past five games. Evans, who leads the team in assists and is the second-leading scorer, missed his first game of the season due to a bruised left knee. Cousins tried to rally Sacramento to a victory. He hit four straight free throws and John Salmons added two more, trimming Indianas lead to 88-84 with 3:04 left. The Pacers responded with six straight points. West scored, Young made a corner jumper, and West followed with a 15-footer to make it 94-88 with 56 seconds remaining. It was a frustrating game for Jason Thompson, who got into foul trouble guarding West and finished with three points, three rebounds and four fouls in 22 minutes. "Unfortunately for me, I got in foul trouble and couldnt put my presence on him like Ive done in the past," Thompson said. "But he was making shots even though they were tough shots. When you got it going like that everything you shoot is going to go in." West scored 15 in the first half to help Indiana take a narrow 43-40 lead into the break. Using a variety of moves in the paint, he added 10 more points and five rebounds in the third quarter. The Kings used consecutive 3s from Thornton and Brooks, followed by a Cousins basket, to grab a 61-58 lead midway through the period. Following a timeout, West had a three-point play and DJ Augustine made a corner 3 to give the Pacers a 64-61 advantage. Indiana led by five after three, and Hill and Young connected on back-to-back 3-pointers to extend the advantage to 80-71 at the 8:29 mark in the fourth. NOTES: The Kings missed 14 of their first 17 shots. Fredette came in and scored six points in the final 36 seconds to get the Kings within three at 20-17 heading into the second quarter. ... Receiving some rare playing time, Garcia made his first two shots and scored nine points in the second quarter. He entered the game shooting 23 per cent (4 of 17). ... In two games this season matched up against Hibbert, Cousins has missed 30 of 44 shots. The Pacers won the first game Nov. 3 in double overtime. ' ' '