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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Mike McCarthy dreads this time of year. The Green Bay Packers roster must be trimmed to the 53-man limit by Saturday. One of the most important decisions for McCarthy is whether to go with Matt Flynn or Scott Tolzien as the backup to starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers. He might even keep both with the way Flynn and Tolzien played in the 34-14 win Thursday night over the Kansas City Chiefs to wrap up the preseason. Flynn and Tolzien each threw for two touchdowns against a defence that looked lost at times in a game played mostly by reserves. "I think Matt and Scott have both championed the case to be on our football team," McCarthy said. Flynn threw for 102 yards and Tolzien had 139 in splitting reps by quarter in the evenings most closely watched position battle. They both made solid cases to be the insurance policy at quarterback a season after Rodgers missed seven weeks with a collarbone injury. McCarthy has said he doesnt wants to overreact to what happened the previous year, and that Flynn and Tolzien are competing with everyone else on the roster. "I would obviously love" if McCarthy kept three quarterbacks, Tolzien said. "But I dont know whats going to happen. Hopefully well keep three." McCarthy loves how his team got better through the preseason. It will also make for a nerve-wracking few days with cuts looming. "Weve hit the targets. Now weve got the next 48 hours ... the worst part of our jobs," McCarthy said. Chiefs third-string quarterback Tyler Bray threw for 116 yards and a touchdown on 8-of-15 passing. Joe McKnight added 50 yards and a score on 10 carries in vying for the third-string running back job. But the Chiefs were maligned by 14 penalties, seven in a first half that ended with Green Bay up by 13. "Youre always going to have penalties, but we have to try to learn from them and not shoot ourselves in the foot," Bray said. Chiefs receiver A.J. Jenkins made one of the most impressive plays of the night with a diving 45-yard catch. Third-string quarterback Tyler Bray followed on the next play with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Richard Gordon late in the second quarter. A receiving corps already dented by injuries to Dwayne Bowe and Junior Hemingway took more hits Thursday night. Jenkins later left with a concussion, while Kyle Williams departed in the first quarter with a sprained shoulder. Bowe has a groin injury, and the Chiefs already know their No. 1 receiver will miss the opener because a suspension for an arrest in November. Still, Reid said he thought his teams depth at receiver would be fine. "Its good to get the preseason over and get on with the regular season," Reid said. Otherwise, the Packers (3-1) set the tone early and were never threatened. They look to be in good shape heading into next weeks season opener at the Super Bowl champion Seahawks. Flynn hit rookie Davante Adams on play-action for a 22-yard touchdown on the Packers opening drive. On his first drive in the second quarter, Tolzien hit rookie receiver Jeff Janis for a 33-yard touchdown near the front corner of the end zone. Janis beat cornerback Phillips Gaines, who was also whistled for illegal contact and holding penalties in the game. Janis, a seventh-round pick, also had a 62-yard kickoff return that set up Tolziens second touchdown pass. Janis looks to be a lock to make the roster now. "I know Ive got a lot more work to do and a lot more things that I need to work on. So, youve just got to hope for the best," Janis said. Flynn said he planned to go home and spend time with his wife and dogs the next few days "and go about normal everyday life and hope you dont get a call." Packers undrafted free agent Jayrone Elliott also bolstered his underdog bid to make the roster with his fifth sack, beating Chiefs first-string tackle Donald Stephenson. 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With the bases loaded, hes 6 for 9 with 12 RBIs for the Red Sox. "Kind of like (David) Ortiz," Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. "I dont know if they share tips with each other, but when he sees guys on base he just drives them in." Toronto, which lost outfielder Melky Cabrera to a season-ending pinkie injury, took an 8-6 lead in the top of the 10th. The first run scored on Dioner Navarros infield single that followed a single by Edwin Encarnacion and a double by John Mayberry Jr. Danny Valencia then hit a deep fly to right fielder Allen Craig, who caught what he thought was the third out. By the time he realized it wasnt, Mayberry was on his way to scoring all the way from second on Valencias unusual sacrifice fly. "You score those two runs in the top of the 10th there, so youre feeling really good and then bam, bam, bam, bam," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "Nine times out of 10 we win that game." In the bottom of the inning, Boston loaded the bases with none out against Casey Janssen (3-3) on singles by Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts, and a bunt single by Christian Vazquez. Will Middlebrooks singled in Betts, and Boston tied it on Dustin Pedroias sacrifice fly. Ortiz hit a soft grounder to second baseman Steve Tolleson, but his toss too second hit Middlebrooks for an error that left the bases loaded.dddddddddddd Cespedes then connected and Weeks, who ran for Vazquez, scored easily. "I felt great," Janssen said. "I truly believed I was going to get out of it." Tommy Layne (2-1) got the win. "If you look at the last three innings, it was a wild stretch of the game," Farrell said. "More importantly is how we continued to respond." Bostons first three-run comeback tied it 6-all in the eighth after Jose Bautista and Encarnacion each reached the 30-homer mark with a two-run shot. Bautistas made it 4-3 in the sixth, and Encarnacions gave Toronto a 6-3 lead in the eighth. TRAINERS ROOM Blue Jays: Cabrera will undergo season-ending surgery next week for a broken right pinkie. He left in the sixth inning for X-rays. He appeared to injure his finger in the third when he dove back into first base while being picked off. "I wanted to finish strong and help the team get to the playoffs," he said. Red Sox: Pedroia returned to his usual No. 2 spot in the lineup after missing five games with a concussion. ... 3B Brock Holt was replaced in the top of the 10th by Middlebrooks after feeling dizzy. UP NEXT J.A. Happ (9-8) pitches for Toronto against Boston RHP Clay Buchholz (6-8) in the second game of the three-game series Saturday night. They faced each other in Toronto on Aug. 25, when Buchholz went 8 1-3 innings and Boston won 4-3 in 10 after allowing the Blue Jays to tie with three runs in the ninth. Buchholzs 10 career wins against Toronto are his most against any opponent. YOUNG BATS Red Sox rookies Betts, Bogaerts and Vazquez were 7 for 13 with four RBIs from the last three spots in the order. "We got three young guys to start something going and Im glad all of us got something done so the other guys could drive us in," Bogaerts said. LOSING LEADS Toronto led 2-0 on Adam Linds two-run single in the first and then fell behind 3-2 as Boston scored a run in each of the first three innings. Then came Bostons two three-run rallies late in the game. "We didnt give up," Bogaerts said. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '