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HOUSTON -- Taijuan Walker left a start early for the third time this season with the same foot problem on Tuesday night against the Houston Astros, leaving the Seattle Mariners searching for how to eliminate the issue.Luis Valbuena hit a solo homer and Colby Rasmus and rookie A.J. Reed added two-run shots in the fourth inning to back up a solid start by Dallas Keuchel and give the Astros a 5-2 victory.Walker (4-7) yielded five hits and five runs before leaving after four innings with discomfort in his right foot. He also left early on June 14 and June 19 because of his foot.Taijuan obviously still isnt quite right, manager Scott Servais said. He struggled, and hes trying to pitch through it, but we probably have to re-evaluate where we are at here. We will have it looked at again.Walker is frustrated that this has lingered for so long.I feel like I just havent had my best stuff, Walker said. My (velocitys) down. My change-up isnt as sharp. Nothing is really as sharp just because I cant get into my legs and get after it. Its probably not best for me to go out there and pitch because I cant give it 100 percent.Keuchel (6-9), last years AL Cy Young Award winner who has struggled this season, allowed five hits and two runs in six innings for his season-high third straight win. Will Harris, who was named to his first All-Star team on Tuesday, pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save.The Astros trailed by one in the fourth inning when Rasmus launched his homer off Walker (4-7) to the bullpen in right-center field to make it 3-2. Valbuena drew a walk before, with two outs and two strikes, Reed hit his second career homer to left-center to extend it to 5-2.First two innings, was good. I was able to drive, Walker said. After the second inning, I had no legs. Everything was up. Everything was running back to the plate. I just couldnt drive it in there.Nelson Cruz homered for the Mariners, who dropped their second straight to Houston.The three home runs Walker allowed tied a career-high and all were by left-handers. Hes been plagued by homers by lefties this season and 13 of the 18 homers he has allowed have been to them.Dae-Ho Lee singled with one out in the second before a double by Kyle Seager. The Mariners took a 1-0 lead on an RBI groundout by Chris Iannetta.Valbuenas homer, which landed in the second deck in right field, came with two outs in the bottom of the inning to tie it at 1-all.Cruzs 22nd home run gave Seattle a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.He was shaken up in the sixth inning when he fouled a ball off his left foot and leg. He limped around the plate for a couple of minutes while talking to Servais and a trainer before staying in the game to finish his at-bat.Hes sore. I expect that he will be in there (Wednesday), Servais said. He is going to be a little bit sore no doubt. He smoked the ball off the top of his foot.HOT IN HEREThe air conditioning in Minute Maid Park was off for about three innings on Tuesday night because of a power outage outside of the building. It had been off for a bit when the teams official Twitter account announced the problem at about 9 p.m. with the temperature outside the ballpark a balmy 86 degrees. Many people could be seen fanning themselves with their hands or pieces of paper as the temperature in the domed ballpark began to rise. Another tweet came in the eighth inning saying the problem was fixed and the air conditioning was back on.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: RHP Felix Hernandez will throw a simulated game Wednesday. Servais said Hernandez will throw 45 pitches. Hernandez has been on the DL with a strained right calf since June 1.UP NEXTMariners: Wade LeBlanc (1-0, 1.50) will make his third start of the season on Wednesday. LeBlanc allowed three hits and two runs in six innings of a 5-2 win over Baltimore in his last start.Astros: Mike Fiers (6-3, 4.12) is scheduled to start for Houston on Wednesday. Fiers has won three straight and has pitched 14 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings at home.Fake Air Max 90 For Sale . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Wholesale Air Max 90 Black .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. http://www.outletairmax90cheap.com/outlet-air-max-90-womens-cheap.html .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play. 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He won nine of the final 11 games.Theres different balls here, and thats something thats not easy for a tennis player, and you have to be careful with that, Murray said. It totally changes how it feels on the racket and how it feels through your body, as well. I served better in the second set. Its just at the start, it was a bit sore. Ive played a lot of tennis, but its also the ball change.On Sunday in Rio, Murray beat Argentinas Juan Martin del Potro in four sets in the final.Murray won the hard-court event in 2008 and 2011 and has reached the quarterfinals in eight of his previous 11 appearances in Cincinnati.Earlier, Rafael Nadal defeated Uruguays Pablo Cuevas 6-1, 7-6 (4).Nadal, the third-seeded Spanish star who won the tournament in 2013, also was coming off the Olympics, where he teamed with Marc Lopez to win the doubles title and lost in the bronze-medal singles match. Before that, the 30-year-old Nadal had missed two months with an injured left wrist.I think I played well, Nadal said. I think I played a good match against a tough opponent in the first round for me for sure. After coming from Rio and after the marathon that I had, its a very important victory for me. So Im very happy.Nadal avenged a loss to Cuevas in February in Rio de Janeiro in a clay-court event to set up a third-round match against Croatias Borna Coric, a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (6) winner over 14th-seeded Nick Kyrgios of Australia.Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland also advanced, beating American Jared Donaldson 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.Also, fourth-seeded Miloss Raonic of Canada outlasted American John Isner 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5); fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori?of Japan topped Russias Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2; sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic beat Spains Marcel Granollers 6-3, 7-6 (4); and seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France edged American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).ddddddddddddDefending champion Roger Federer and top-ranked Novak Djokovic are sidelined by injuries.In womens second-round play, second-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Frances Kristina Mladenovic 6-0, 7-5; third-seeded Simona Halep of Romania edged Germanys Annika Beck 6-3, 6-1; and fourth-seeded Garbine Muguruza of Spain topped American Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (4), 6-2.With two-time defending champion Serena Williams forced to withdraw because of an inflamed shoulder, Kerber is in position to take the top spot in the rankings with a tournament victory. Williams has been in the top spot for 183 consecutive weeks.Its not on my mind, Kerber said. If the time is ready and I can reach the No. 1, of course,it will be amazing. Still, its for me still a long, long way to get there.Halep has won 11 straight matches and her last two tournaments at Bucharest and Montreal.I feel confident. I had pretty good tournaments before coming here, and I feel my game, Halep said. I was a little bit nervous before the match, because I had two weeks after without matches. Like everyone says, its tough, the first match of the tournament. Now Im more relaxed and Im looking already forward to the next one.Rain delayed the start of play for 90 minutes. The tournament had 39 singles matches scheduled for Wednesday, making up for weather delays over the first two full days of play. There were eight matches either suspended or postponed from Tuesday that were completed on Wednesday. All eight winners played second matches in the evening. ' ' '