GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Coyotes have assigned defenseman Jamie McBain to the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL.The club announced the move on Tuesday.The 28-year-old McBain signed a one-year contract with the Coyotes during the offseason after two seasons with the Los Angeles Kings. He played three games with the Coyotes this season.McBain has 19 goals and 56 assists in 206 career NHL games, with stops in Buffalo and Carolina. Stan Smith Scontate . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Stan Smith Offerta . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. http://www.stansmithscontate.it/ . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. Scarpe Stan Smith Outlet . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. Stan Smith Uomo Saldi . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. LOS ANGELES -- Needing a win to stave off elimination, the Los Angeles Dodgers are giving the ball to ace Clayton Kershaw on short rest Tuesday to face the Washington Nationals in Game 4 of their NL Division Series.The Dodgers lost 8-3 Monday and trail 2-1 in the best-of-five matchup.Kershaw won Game 1 last Friday, although the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner allowed three runs and eight hits while throwing 101 pitches over five innings.Still, rookie manager Dave Roberts was undeterred.One, Clayton gives us the best chance to win, and number two, he gives us the best chance to go deeper into a game, Roberts said before the game.Kershaw said once the series began that he wanted to pitch Game 4, according to Roberts.He wasnt as sharp as I had seen him, but hes still Clayton Kershaw, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said of Kershaws Game 1 performance. He kept them in the game, whether he was sharp or not. Hes one of the best around, if not the best.The left-hander has pitched on short rest in each of the previous three years. Kershaw is 1-1 with a 1.89 ERA in that span, striking out 23 and walking four.ddddddddddddClayton, he is an outlier in all of major league baseball, Roberts said. We feel very comfortable and confident with him going on short rest, and I think, so far as the arm usage, 100 percent. There was a lot of conversations with the docs and the trainers as far as the back, and also obviously talking to Clayton, most importantly, thats not an issue.Kershaw missed 2+ months with a mildly herniated disk in his back before returning in September.Rookie left-hander Julio Urias had been the projected starter for Game 4. Instead, he will be available out of the bullpen. The Dodgers used all seven of their relievers on the NLDS roster in Mondays loss, including closer Kenley Jansen, who gave up four runs in the ninth inning.If the Dodgers force a deciding Game 5 in Washington on Thursday, Urias or left-hander Rich Hill are possibilities to start.The Nationals will start right-hander Joe Ross in Game 4. ' ' '