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BALTIMORE -- The Cleveland Indians and outfielder Michael Brantley finally have reason to be optimistic about his return this season.Brantley has responded favorably to a medical procedure on his ailing shoulder and expects to resume baseball activities next week.Brantley was placed on the 15-day disabled list in the middle of May with right shoulder inflammation. He had played in only 11 games this season, going 9 for 39 (.231) with two doubles and seven RBI.He recently experienced soreness in front of his shoulder and was shut down in the middle of a rehabilitation assignment.Brantley subsequently had a needle inserted in his shoulder to relieve scar tissue buildup located along the biceps tendon.He felt significantly better after it, head trainer James Quinlan said Friday before the Indians faced the Orioles. A couple more days and he can get back onto a swinging program.Indians manager Terry Francona was greatly concerned after Brantley headed into yet another medical procedure.The fear is when you get tested that extensively you can almost find something on anybody, Francona said. So the fact that they really didnt was great news. Now its just going to be a matter of days before he starts again.Now in his eighth season with Cleveland, the 29-year-old Brantley made the All-Star team in 2014 and totaled 181 RBI in 2014 and 2015.The Indians entered the weekend in first place in the AL Central, but theyd love to have Brantley back in the lineup. For now, he could be on course for an August return.The doctors were encouraged about what they found with the labrum, Quinlan said. It still looks good.In other injury news, Cleveland placed right-handed reliever Joe Colon on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and recalled right-hander Cody Anderson from Triple-A Columbus.Francona said Colon was examined in Cleveland on Thursday. The pitcher will be shut down for several days, but Francona says the injury is nothing structurally or anything. Cheap Mariners Jerseys . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Seattle Mariners Shirts . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. https://www.cheapmariners.com/ .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Wholesale Mariners Jerseys . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. Seattle Mariners Store . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. Daniel Ricciardo is confident his Red Bull can challenge Mercedes for victory in Formula Ones season finale in Abu Dhabi, after qualifying third fastest.For the third consecutive year the Silver Arrows locked out the front row at Yas Marina, with Lewis Hamilton -- whos attempting to overhaul a 12-point deficit to teammate Nico Rosberg for the world championship -- on pole position.While Ricciardo is not shocked to see Mercedes dominate qualifying, he does believe he could spring a surprise in the race, taking a lot of comfort from his competitive long-runs on Friday.I sort of predicted that Mercedes would pull a little bit more out today in qualifying, but well see how the race comes back to us, Ricciardo said.Yesterdays long-runs looked good so its going to be fun tomorrow, obviously theres the title on the linee with these guys here so its going to be interesting.ddddddddddddDespite his positive outlook, the Australian admits starting on the supersoft tyre is a gamble that will determine how successful his race is.Both Ricciardo and teammate Max Verstappen will start on the harder tyre compound - something that has seldom been the faster strategy.If we are in the position to qualify on a different tyre then well try and see if it gives us an opportunity. So well see what it does tomorrow, Ricciardo said.Hopefully it puts us in the fight. We have got to try something. It seems to be a bit of the trend this year.Third was the target and hopefully we can be somewhere up here tomorrow as well. ' ' '