Blackburn doubled their lead after 18 minutes, Roberts scrambling home from close range after Brett Emerton's cross rebounded into his path off Ryan Shawcross.

BBC: Blackburn 3-0 Stoke

Shortly before the hour mark, the Wildcats could not stop Faiumu plunging over the line from close range and Brett Hodgson added his third conversion to give the Giants a little breathing space.

BBC: Huddersfield 30-14 Wakefield

Rovers took an early lead when Jason Roberts tucked away Brett Emerton's right-wing cross from close range.

BBC: West Ham 1-1 Blackburn

Wells batted sixth and started in left, part of a lineup that Yankees manager Joe Girardi said could be close to the regular season setup: Brett Gardner, Ichiro Suzuki, Robinson Cano, Kevin Youkilis, Travis Hafner, Wells, Juan Rivera, Eduardo Nunez and Chris Stewart.

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Mounir El Hamdaoui scored AZ's first goal in the competition from close range in the 48th minute after collecting Brett Holman's pass.

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If you divide individual rate by league rate, though, it comes out that he's striking out a third more hitters than average impressive, but no better than what Brett Myers did with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005, and nothing close to what Gooden did at 19, when his K-rate was more than twice as high as the league's.

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Bradford came close to pulling back a try 12 minutes minutes from time when Brett Kearney went over in the left corner.

BBC: Bradford 0-19 Crusaders

Michael Chopra and Joe Ledley twice put Cardiff ahead with crisp strikes but a Charlie Adam free-kick and a close-range finish from Gary Taylor-Fletcher drew the Lancashire side level on each occasion - before Brett Ormerod struck the winner shortly before the interval with a low strike.

BBC: Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff