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India had ended day one of the Sabina Park Test 126 for 1 in reply to West Indies 196. They had scored at a run rate of 3.40 per over. On day two, India added 232 to their overnight total, at a scoring rate of 2.64 an over, to go to stumps 162 ahead with five wickets in hand. KL Rahul, who went on to score a career-best 158, reckoned that West Indies bowling discipline on day two had made it difficult for Indias batsmen to score quickly.Well look, you probably have to give a little credit to the West Indies bowlers as well, he said. They came in with a set plan this morning, to keep it tight and not give away easy runs. They tried to bowl the fourth-fifth stump channel. The wicket obviously isnt the easiest to bat on. It is a little spongy sometimes, and two-paced. So you couldnt play through the line or go after the bowlers when they bowled those channels.Its a Test match, you have all the time in the world. We have bundled them out for 180 (196), and we still had four days to go. We were in no hurry, so we could take our time and wait for the loose balls. I think we played really well in the first session. We gave the West Indies bowlers and the lengths and lines they were bowling the respect it demanded. At the end of the day, we have still gotten the amount of runs we wanted to get. We are very happy as a batting unit.In the first session, Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara scored 59 runs at 2.27 an over, and denied West Indies the early breakthroughs they must have hoped to make. Having moved to 46, Pujara was run out in the tenth over after lunch, continuing a sequence of innings in which he has failed to convert starts into bigger scores. Rahul said Pujara was doing all the processes right, and was confident a big innings was around the corner.I think hes batting really, really well, Rahul said. I think his judgment outside the off stump was fabulous and his discipline was really good. When the bowler keeps bowling the fourth-fifth stump channel, the easiest thing to do is to try and place down to third man or try and go over cover or point. You may connect one or two, but you could give a catch to the slips.He did the hard thing [by leaving as many balls as he could]. He did the hard yards, but unfortunately he got out at the wrong time. Had he stayed till the end, he would have scored 100 more runs in the next two sessions. Its unfortunate, but I think hell be happy that he is doing his processes right. The outcome is sometimes not in our hands.We know how much of a run-hungry guy he is and it will make him hungrier and Im sure big runs are coming his way in the third and fourth Tests.Rahuls hundred was his third in Test cricket, and had come in only his sixth match. He has had to wait for his opportunities, with M Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan established as Indias first-choice opening combination, but he came into the match with form behind him, in the shape of a breakthrough IPL season and an ODI hundred on debut.The last couple of months, Ive been performing well, he said. Ive been consistent in all the three formats and thats what I want to do as a cricketer, to be consistent in all the three formats. Go out there, and play to the best of my abilities, and play my roles and responsibilities for the team.Right now Im in a good space. Im only watching the ball and trying to judge the ball and if I think the ball is there to be hit, Im hitting the ball. That doesnt change. Thats the only thing that doesnt change with T20, one-day or four-day cricket - when the ball is there to be hit, you hit the ball. Thats the only thing that runs in my mind. Im very happy with the space Im in and the focus levels have been great. 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New York Mets Store . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- One of the New York Yankees breakout Baby Bombers had another solid start Sunday. He didnt get much support, though, and one of baseballs most decorated active veterans ruined the kids bid for a sweep.Chad Green limited the Angels to one run and five hits in six innings, but Albert Pujols had three hits and scored twice to lead Los Angeles over the Yankees 2-0.Green (2-3) followed up his 11-strikeout performance on Monday in Toronto with five strikeouts and one walk while matching his career high for innings. Yankees manager Joe Girardi called it a solid performance from the 25-year-old, even though he was missing a key pitch.He didnt have his cutter today, Girardi said. But he still found a way to get through it all and give up one run. He was a little bit different today, but the good thing was that he found a way to get through it.After winning the first two games of the series, New York entered four games over .500 at 63-59 but for the fourth time failed to move five games over, putting an added emphasis on winning the next series in Seattle.I think its really important, Girardi said. If pitchers get on a roll, a lot of things can happen. You can put really good streaks together and thats really important now.Jhoulys Chacin (4-8) allowed six hits over 5 2/3 innings, struck out four and walked one in his first scoreless start since April 12.It felt good, not just for me, but for the team, too, Chacin said. I wasnt trying to do too much. I was just trying to throw strikes.Pujols scored both runs on singles by Andrelton Simmons. That was enough offense for Chacin, who had been 0-4 in five starts and eight reliief appearances since beating Minnesota on June 14.ddddddddddddDeolis Guerra, JC Ramirez and Fernando Salas followed with hitless relief. Salas pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.Pujols had his seventh three-hit game this year. Aggressive baserunning allowed him to score from second on Simmons first single. Pujols went from first to third on C.J. Crons single and scored on Simmons two-out single just beyond the reach of second baseman Starlin Castro.Something thats lost in everything is Albert going first to third in the eighth inning, Scioscia said. That opened up a hole there at second base where Castro was playing.One night after tying former St. Louis teammate Mark McGwire for 10th on the career home run list at 583, Pujols nearly surpassed his close friend. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury made a leaping catch at the wall in the fifth to deny Pujols a two-run homer.New York was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Mark Teixeira hit an inning-ending flyout to leave the bases loaded in the fourth. After the Yankees put two on with one out in the eighth, Ramirez struck out Didi Gregorius and retired Castro on a groundout.Our opportunities, we have to take advantage of them when we get them, Girardi said. We werent able to do that today.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10) will pitch on an extra day of rest Monday when the Yankees open a series at Seattle, his former team. Pineda pitched five scoreless innings against Toronto in his last outing and has won five of his last six starts. ' ' '