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Toronto Blue Jays reliever Joaquin Benoit suffered a torn left calf and will miss at least the rest of the regular season after he tripped coming out of the bullpen during one of two benches-clearing incidents against the New York Yankees on Monday night.Manager John Gibbons made the announcement Tuesday and added that Blue Jays?second baseman Devon Travis also was hurt in one of the two benches-clearing incidents in the second inning. Travis aggravated an injury to his left shoulder and is day-to-day, Gibbons said.Benoit expects to be out for at least two to three weeks, meaning he likely wont pitch again unless the Blue Jays make a deep playoff run.It felt like something hit me, he said. I wont be able to get on the mound anytime soon, so personally this is really disappointing.Benoit was acquired by the Blue Jays from the Seattle Mariners on July 26. Since joining Toronto he has a 0.38 ERA in 23? innings and is 2-0 with one save.Its a big loss, no doubt about it, Gibbons said. Hes been so good.Left-hander Brett Cecil and right-handed rookie Joe Biagini will see time in Benoits seventh-inning role, Gibbons said.Travis acknowledged Tuesday that he aggravated his injury during one of the two incidents Monday. He left Monday nights game during his next at-bat.?He had an X-ray Tuesday to confirm that screws in his shoulder were not displaced during the brawl.I aggravated it, initially, during that little scrum, Travis told reporters. I probably should have used my right arm and not my left.The Blue Jays (86-70) lead the American League wild-card standings entering Tuesdays games. Travis wont play in Tuesdays pivotal game against the?Baltimore Orioles, who are second in the AL wild-card race.The first incident Monday night was precipitated by Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ hitting the Yankees Chase Headley on the hip with his second pitch of the second inning after narrowly missing him with his first. The Yankees appeared to think this was retaliation for?Luis Severino?grazing Josh Donaldson on the elbow pad with a pitch in the first inning.Things got much more heated in the bottom of the inning when Severino nailed Justin Smoak in the leg with his second pitch of the inning after narrowly missing him with his first.Benoit was injured during the second incident.Yankees manager Joe Girardi and starting pitcher Severino were ejected, as were New York pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bench coach Rob Thomson. No one from the Toronto side was ejected.Gibbons said the incidents, which came in the final regular-season meeting between the teams, wasnt a knee-jerk reaction.Teams pitch us inside, no doubt about that, Gibbons said. Weve had some close calls. Sometimes youve got to deal with things. One thing thats key to the success of a team is that they stick together. Thats all Im going to say on that.Toronto pitcher Marcus Stroman was more vocal than his manager, firing back at Headley over accusations that Stroman had yelled obscenities at Yankees batters after striking them out in Saturdays Toronto victory.I couldnt care less what other teams think of me or my team, Stroman said. We play with a lot of passion. We play with a lot of heart and were not boring. Boring people have problems with that.ESPNs Wallace Matthews and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Zapatillas Saucony Outlet . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. Zapatillas Saucony Baratas . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. http://www.baratassaucony.es/ . PETERSBURG, Fla. Venta Zapatillas Saucony . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. Zapatillas Saucony España . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Heading into this weekends game against the Giants, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford isnt the only one dealing with an injury.Put New York playmaker Odell Beckham Jr. in the club, even if he is not listed on the injury report like Stafford, who has a damaged middle finger on this throwing hand.The Giants big-play receiver had been bothered by a sore thumb for weeks. It hurts when he catches the ball the wrong way, and he admits he has altered how he catches passes.You look at it differently, Beckham said Wednesday when asked about the adjustments. You try and find the spiral and just place your hands around it the best way you can without having to go through that contact. Its something that crosses your mind, but certain times it crosses your mind more than others when youre going to make a catch.Beckhams statistics say the thumb isnt a big problem. He is tied for fourth in the NFL with 79 catches for 1,109 yards and nine touchdowns, including a game-winning 61-yard catch and run in the Giants 10-7 win over Dallas on Sunday night.Still, Beckham had two drops in the game, and that didnt sit well with him. He dropped a deep pass early and let a wet ball slip through his hands when he seemingly tried to make a play before having the rock.I have trouble just moving on, Beckham said. Im pretty obsessive over, at least, that area of the game. It definitely bothers me, whenever I drop a pass. It sure wont be the first and it sure wont be the last.After the game, Beckham said he would catch balls from a JUGS machine, and he had done that, to a point.Its just tough, the third-year receiver said. Its a line between wanting to get better and also trying to protect that thumb for right now because you cant keep taking too much contact to it forr right now until its game time.dddddddddddd Just trying to find a way.Beckham said the thumb bothers him most when there is contact or he tries to grab someone.Its not like its a regular finger, its your thumb, he said. Its the most important one you have. Its definitely difficult but Ive dealt with it before and Im sure it will happen again. You just have to play through it and rub some dirt on it.The attitude is something Eli Manning likes.Odell, hes a tremendous athlete and does a great job just making big plays, Manning said in a telephone interview with Detroit writers. You never know when its going to come up, just hey, throw a slant, throw something short and he can break the big ones. So you know, hes done a great job just in his route-running, his technique, and he does a great job getting open. And then once he gets the ball in his hands, thats when things can happen.Game notes LB Keenan Robinson missed practice with a chronic shoulder injury. LB Mark Herzlich, S Nat Berhe and RB Shane Vereen were no-contact in practice because of concussions. LS Zak DeOssie (hamstring), DT Johnathan Hankins (shoulder), DE Owa Odighizuwa (knee) and G Justin Pugh (knee) were limited. ... P Brad Wing was the NFC special teams player of the week. He punted nine times against Dallas with a 42.9-yard net average and five kicks downed inside the 20-yard line. ... Giants co-owner Steve Tisch was selected to the NFL Foundation board of directors. The non-profit supports the health, safety and wellness of athletes, youth football and the communities which support the game.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '