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SAO PAULO -- The return of Lionel Messi to an under-pressure Argentina team has finally paid off.After a lackluster performance last week against Brazil last week, the five-time FIFA player of the year winner inspired a 3-0 victory over Colombia for the South American World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. He scored the first with a breathtaking free kick, gave two assists, dribbled through Colombias defense several times and coordinated his teammates on the pitch.Argentina is now in fifth position with 19 points after 12 games, with six games to go. Colombia dropped to sixth with 18 points.The first four in South American qualifiers have automatic qualifying positions for the next World Cup and the fifth will be in an international playoff for a spot.The home victory eased some of the pressure on coach Edgardo Bauza, who received the dreaded vote of support from Argentinas football association during the week.In Santiago, Alexis Sanchez scored twice after returning from injury to give Chile a 3-1 win over Uruguay.Chile is now fourth, with 20 points, and Uruguay remained second with 23.Later on Tuesday leaders Brazil will play eighth place Peru.Elsewhere, third-placed Ecuador beat bottom-of-the -roup Venezuela 3-0 at home and now has 20 points. Venezuela was stuck on five.Ninth-placed Bolivia had a 1-0 victory over seventh place Paraguay and now has seven points. Paraguay is on 15.The 13th round of South American World Cup qualifiers will be played in March 2017.ARGENTINA 3-0 COLOMBIAMessi opened the score with a perfect free kick to the left of Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina, on 9 minutes.Only 13 minutes later, Messi managed to dribble through the Colombian defense and cross to striker Lucas Pratto, a contentious choice by coach Bauza ahead of Juventus targetman Gonzalo Higuain.Argentina could have scored many more goals in the second half, with Messi still leading the efforts. The third only came at 83 minutes after the Barcelona star began a play with a backheel kick. Seconds later he stole the ball from a Colombia defender, cut into the penalty area and put in a smooth low cross he found Angel Di Maria, who effortlessly scored.Colombias coach Jose Pekerman said his team clearly felt the absence of two key defenders: suspended Oscar Murillo and injured Yerry Mina.After the defeat against Brazil, Messi openly said he was disappointed with Argentinas performance, and used an expletive to say the team needed to improve to qualify for Russia 2018. On Tuesday he led by example rather than words, with an increased box-to-box awareness throughout the match. Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero barely had to move during the entire match.We found our game style, Romero said after the match. It was key to win today and thats all that matters.-----CHILE 3-1 URUGUAYUruguay scored first against Chile, through South American qualifiers top goalscorer Edinson Cavani, at 16 minutes.But Chile, the Copa America champions, responded to pull one of their best wins in the tournament so far. That was largely thanks to a superb performance by Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez, who returned from injury, scored a brace and is now just one goal short of Marcelo Salas as the top goalscorer ever for La Roja.The beginning of the turnaround began with striker Eduardo Vargas nodding a cross from the left to level the score in the dying moments of the first half. At 60 minutes Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera failed to save a powerful shot by Sanchez from the edge of the box. At 75, Sanchez scored again, in a smooth finish in front of Muslera.Uruguay had a chance to make it 3-2, but Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo stopped a penalty taken by striker Luis Suarez.Chile and Uruguay will each carry a major problem for their next match in South American qualifiers, which could be critical to both. Chile will not have midfielder Arturo Vidal against Argentina and Uruguay will miss Suarez against Brazil.Larry Fitzgerald Color Rush Jersey . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. 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Arizona Cardinals Jerseys Cheap .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch.DENVER -- Kenta Maeda will try to continue his dominance against Colorado and his mastery at Coors Field when he starts Monday against the Rockies for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Maeda is 13-7 with a 3.37 ERA this season. In his past six starts, hes 5-0 with a 3.74 ERA while limiting opposing hitters to a .226 average with 30 strikeouts and seven walks in 33 2/3 innings.In his last outing Tuesday, Maeda picked up the win in a 9-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants. He threw 103 pitches in five innings and gave up three runs, six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.In three starts against the Rockies, Maeda is 2-1 with a 1.45 ERA (18 2/3 innings, three earned runs) with two walks and 22 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings. Rockies hitters are averaging .179 (12-for-67) against Maeda.In two starts at Coors Field, Maeda is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, issuing one walk in 12 innings with 13 strikeouts.Kenta is good at Coors Field because he keeps the ball down, he executes his pitches, and regardless of what team or ballpark he plays in, Kenta doesnt concern himself with that, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. I think that sometimes pitchers worry about pitching in Coors Field, but I think Kenta is not worried about that. Mentally, he accepts that challenge.The Dodgers are 31-31 on the road. They will go out and back to Colorado for three games, as was the case when they dropped two of three games at Coors Field from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, salvaging the final game to avoid being swept.The Dodgers, who lead the San Francisco Giants by two games in the National League West, took two of three from the Chicago Cubs during the weekend and improved to 13-5 in series rubber games on Sunday while winning for the sixth time in eight games. Los Angeles is 7-5 against the Rockies this season and 3-3 at Coors Field.Rockies starter Jon Gray, who is 8-6 with a 4.61 ERA, rebounded in his last outing on Tuesday at Milwaukee. He entered that game 0-2 witth a 12.dddddddddddd46 ERA (13 innings, 18 earned runs) in his previous three starts but held the Brewers to four hits and two runs in six innings with three walks and 10 strikeouts.It was Grays fourth game this season with at least 10 strikeouts. The Rockies were leading 4-2 when Gray left but lost 6-4.Gray is 1-2 with a 4.35 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers. Three of those starts have come this season, and Gray is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in those games.Gray, whose 142 strikeouts are a record for a Rockies rookie, is 5-1 in 11 starts this season at Coors Field with a 5.11 ERA in 61 2/3 innings.A win in the rubber game of the series on Sunday at Washington enabled the Rockies to go 3-3 on a road trip that began dismally in Milwaukee.The series with the Dodgers will kick off a 10-day, nine-game homestand for the Rockies. They have won four of their past five games at Coors Field -- against the Nationals and Cubs -- to improve their home record to 32-31. The Rockies went 4-2 against both the Nationals and Cubs this season.When we play the best teams, we take it to another notch, Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado said. Its good to know if we put it all together how dangerous we can be. We have to be able to maintain it.Arenado finished a double shy of the cycle Sunday while going 4-for-4 with his 35th homer of the season, tying him with Chicagos Kris Bryant for the NL lead, and three RBI, increasing his major-league leading RBI total to 111.In his past seven games, Arenado is 16-for-29 (.552) with one double, one triple, five homers, 13 RBI and seven runs scored and has raised his average 16 points to .291, the highest it has been since he was hitting .291 on July 2.With 32 RBI this month, Arenado is one shy of the club record for RBI in August set by Andres Galarraga with 33 RBI in 1993. ' ' '