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TORONTO -- Canada is turning to Carey Price to start the World Cup of Hockey.Coach Mike Babcock designated Price as Canadas starter Saturday night against the Czech Republic .Price has always been the presumed No. 1 for Team Canada. The lone question was the 29-year-olds readiness after a long layoff. He started and completed two of Canadas three exhibition games, including his first game action in nearly 10 months last week.He looked predictably rusty in that 4-2 loss to the Americans, allowing three goals on 24 shots. Babcock said the performance wasnt Carey-like for obvious reasons: Price hadnt played since late November after a knee injury cost him nearly all of last season with the Montreal Canadiens.Babcock was satisfied with Prices second start, against Russia. The 2015 Vezina Trophy winner stopped 24 shots in a 3-2 overtime victory.Its just about getting minutes played and getting a few shots and getting the tempo of the game going, Price said Friday.His backup for the opener will be Corey Crawford, and not Braden Holtby, the 2016 Vezina Trophy winner.More pressing for Babcock in the waning minutes of training camp, however, were matters up front and on the power play.Babcock was happy with how John Tavares looked alongside Ryan Getzlaf during training camp, but was still debating whether Steven Stamkos or Corey Perry was a better fit at right wing. A prospective top unit of Sidney Crosby, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand looked good in exhibition play, as did the pairing of Jonathan Toews and Logan Couture.The Canadians looked dominant in winning two of their three tournament exhibition games. They had a 129-74 shots edge, including 99-52 at even strength. Canada fired more than 40 shots twice, including a 48-shot barrage against Russia in the pre-tournament finale.Still, the games were tight and Babcock said he believes that is how the tournament will be, too.Weve got nothing to lose, Czech forward Michael Frolik said. Just play hard, make sure were ready and go after them.Canada is seeking its second straight World Cup title, albeit 12 years after the last one in 2004.Tomas Plekanec led the Czechs with three goals in three pre-tournament games. Ondrej Palat, Michal Kempny and Ales Hemsky each had three points.With Canada there is going to be lots of pressure on them for sure, defenseman Roman Polak said. Home building and everything, in Toronto. Theyre going to be desperate to win. If (we) have a good start and maybe we score a goal (early), it could be a different story.Jaromir Jagr declined an invitation and Tomas Hertl and David Krejci are sidelined by injuries.Were more confident than we were at the beginning when everybody was saying that were underdogs, Polak said. We could be a good surprise in the tournament and we can start tomorrow against Canada.Game notes Canadian defenseman Shea Weber sat out the final practice Friday but is expected to play against the Czechs. ... Czech forward Vladimir Sobotka was expected to be available after injuring his shoulder in a loss to Russia in the pre-tournament opener. Alex Stalock Jersey . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Mikael Granlund Jersey . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. 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TORONTO -- The Cleveland Indians hoped a strong outing from Corey Kluber could help them start a new winning streak.Instead, the ace right-hander suffered through one of his worst starts of the season.Troy Tulowitzki had three hits on his bobblehead day, including a three-run homer, Russell Martin homered and drove in five runs and the Blue Jays routed Kluber and the Indians 17-1 Sunday.Cleveland lost its second straight after a franchise-record 14-game winning streak.Kluber (8-8) gave up five runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings, his second-shortest outing this season.All day it was just a fight for him, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Kluber came in having won his previous two starts, including a three-hit shutout over Tampa Bay on June 21, but struggled to find the strike zone against Toronto.I commanded the ball terribly, Kluber said. It all starts with fastball command and I didnt command my fastball.Catcher Chris Gimenez pitched two innings for the Indians, becoming the third position player to take the mound this series. Toronto used infielders Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney in Fridays 19-inning loss.Josh Donaldson had four hits and scored four times for the Blue Jays, whose eight-run sixth was their highest-scoring inning this season. Edwin Encarnacion had four RBI, raising his major league-leading total to 77.Toronto scored its most runs since beating Tampa Bay 17-11 on Aug. 7, 2010, and the Blue Jays matched their season high with 18 hits.The boys came out swinging today, left-hander J.A. Happ said. That was great.Happ (11-3) won his fifth straight start, striking out a season-high 11 while allowing one run and five hits in seven innings.It seems like he has another gear on that fastball, Francona said of Happ. The ball has such good finish through the plate.With 45,962 on hand, Tulowitzki singled in the first and third innings, hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth and homered off Tom Gorzelanny in the sixth. The homer was his second in two games.Tulowitzki had a chance for a second three-run shot in the 13-batter inning but fouled out against Tommy Hunter.Gorzelanny had not allowed a run in six pprevious appearances this season, but saw his ERA rise to 21.dddddddddddd.00 after allowing seven runs in one-third of an inning.Gimenez worked a 1-2-3 seventh, the second scoreless inning of his career. He also pitched for Texas against the Angels on July 10, 2014.Things didnt go so well for Gimenez in the eighth, when Donaldson and Encarnacion hit back-to-back doubles, Martin hit an RBI single and Justin Smoak a two-run homer.Unfortunately my career ERA of zero skyrocketed a little bit today, Gimenez said.Martin hit a three-run drive in the first, walked and scored in the fifth and hit RBI singles in the sixth and eighth.BACK IN THE FOLDIndians outfielder Abraham Almonte made his first start of the season after being activated off the restricted list. Almonte was suspended in February for 80 games after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance. He went 0-for-3 and struck out looking twice.ROSTER REPORTCleveland optioned LHP Shawn Morimando to Triple-A Columbus and moved outfielder Michael Brantley (right shoulder) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: 3B Juan Uribe (right hand) was scratched from the lineup. Uribe left Saturdays 9-6 loss after he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. Jose Ramirez moved from second to third and Jason Kipnis started at second.Blue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada was scheduled to undergo an MRI on his sore lower back Sunday. Estrada, who left Saturdays game after five innings, may skip his final turn before the All-Star break.UP NEXTIndians: RHP Danny Salazar (10-3) is to start the opener of a three-game series against Detroit on Monday night. Salazar boasts the lowest ERA in the AL and the fourth-lowest in the majors. LHP Daniel Norris (1-0) starts for the Tigers.Blue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez (8-1) starts the opener of the three-game series against Kansas City Monday night, a rematch of last years AL Championship Series. RHP Edinson Volquez (7-7) starts for the Royals, who beat Toronto is six games last October. 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