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(Sports Network) - Kyle Drabek will be looking for more success against the Baltimore Orioles tonight as the Blue Jays try to square their series at Camden Yards. Marques Colston White Jersey . Drabek beat Baltimore on Apr. 15, scattering six hits and allowing a single earned run in 7 1/3 innings of a 9-2 triumph. He picked up a win and a no-decision in his other two starts and has allowed five runs and 13 hits in 18 overall innings of three outings, in which the Blue Jays are 3-0. Drabek has split a pair of lifetime decisions against the Orioles in three meetings, posting a 2.51 ERA in 14 1/3 innings. Jason Hammel, whos 2-0 in three starts thus far in 2012, starts for the Orioles and follows up a sterling effort from teammate Tommy Hunter, who tossed six innings of one-run ball in the Orioles 2-1 victory in Tuesdays series opener. Hunter (2-1) surrendered just three hits and three walks while striking out three and Pedro Strop worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to record his first career save. "(Hunter) seemed to attack the strike zone a little more," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "I was really proud that he got to the sixth inning with the pitch count he had. Hes going to keep firing bullets." Hector Alvarez (0-2) was charged with both runs on five hits and two walks over seven innings for Toronto. Eric Thames had two hits, including a solo homer for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a four-game sweep of Kansas City. Hammel, 28, is 3-0 in nine career appearances against the Blue Jays with a 4.25 earned run average, including a five-inning stint on April 14 that yielded a no-decision after he allowed two runs in five innings. Hes won his other two starts of the early schedule, defeating Minnesota and Chicago while giving up three runs on eight hits in 14 innings. 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The Heat answered. Then again. And again. Eventually, Rondo missed, one of the rare times he didnt deliver on an unforgettable night. Jimmy Graham Jersey . Cornish ran for a career-best 185 yards and a touchdown as the Stampeders beat the Eskimos 20-18 on Friday and moved into second place in the CFL West. The New Westminster, B. EDMONTON -- The NHL players union says the argument is simple: Alberta labour laws apply to the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames. The NHL Players Association was in Edmonton on Friday to try to get the Alberta Labour Relations Board to declare the current lockout illegal. NHLPA lawyer Bob Blair told the panel that the teams are Alberta businesses, so provincial labour laws have to be followed. "No one gets to choose what labour laws apply to them in this province," Blair said. "The law is the law is the law." He argued that players from the Oilers and Flames have never agreed to forgo their rights under the Alberta Labour Code. "It applies to every employer and employee. That is the starting point." A lawyer for the NHL argued that its impossible for a league spanning two countries to operate under different laws for each franchise. Peter Gall pointed out that 23 of the 30 teams are in the United States, where labour laws are federally regulated. The league has always operated under U.S. labour law, he said. The board heard U.S. Federal Court is the final arbiter of any grievances under the contract. "So all of the players on all of the teams have been included in one bargaining unit," Gall said. "The NHLPA has never bargained with individual teams. It has only bargained with the NHL." The labour board deferred a decision on the hearing to a later date. Bill Daly, the leagues deputy commissioner, told the panel that theres never been any individual bargaining between players and their teams. He said its important that all teams operate under the same rules. Blair countered by saying the way the league and union have operated in the past is irrelevant. Blair also pointed out that the NHL had itself applied for a mediator under Alberta labour over the summer in order to ensure it complied with the letter of the provinces law. Daly responded the league wasnt certain as to its legal position in the province. Although it applied for a mediator, it said in its application that it didnt think meetings would have to be held. "You didnt want to meet with him," said BBlair. Marques Colston Jersey. "You just wanted him in and out." "Thats not how I would necessarily read it," said Daly. "We were going through an Alberta Labour Code process at the time." Alberta law specifies a mediator must be appointed and given 14 days to work before a lockout vote can be held. The NHLPA argues the league pulled the plug on the talks after only three days. Its unclear what might follow if the board were to rule in favour of the NHLPAs request, but Daly said he couldnt imagine the fallout if that were to happen. "It would be extremely destabilizing to how we do business and how we conduct this sports league," he said. "I dont know how we would proceed in the face of separate units in Alberta." About half a dozen players attended the hearing, including Oilers forward Sam Gagner, goaltender Devan Dubnyk and veteran Ryan Smyth. Last week, players from the Montreal Canadiens launched a similar case in Quebec and the labour relations board there turned down their request for a temporary injunction against the lockout. But it also ruled that more hearings are needed to make a final decision on the application. No date for those hearings has been set. The lockout is nearly a week old and there have been no formal talks between the two sides since Sept. 12. Training camps were to have opened Friday. The league has already cancelled pre-season games through Sept. 30 and several players have signed with teams in Europe. The two sides remain far apart on key economic issues. The NHL believes too much money is being paid out in salaries and has proposed a system to address it. Their most recent offer called for the players share in revenue to be set at 49 per cent next season -- down from 57 per cent in the deal that expired last weekend -- and proposed that it drops to 47 per cent by the end of the six-year deal. The union tabled an offer where the salary cap would be set to fixed increases of two per cent, four per cent and six per cent over the next three years. The system would then revert to a percentage-based system for the final two years. ' ' '
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