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LOS ANGELES -- For the second time in five days, one of the Los Angeles Dodgers veteran starting pitchers will return to the rotation after spending more than a year recuperating from surgery.Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will make his first start in nearly two years Thursday night when the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres begin a four-game series at Dodger Stadium.He thought he could help us win a ballgame on Thursday, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. He was open to whatever we felt. But we wanted to have the conversation with him about his comfort level and how he felt physically and mentally. He was really certain and excited about making a start with us.Ryu had not pitched since Oct. 6, 2014, when he held the St. Louis Cardinals to one run in six innings during the third game of the National League Division Series. During spring training the following year, Ryu felt shoulder pain after two starts. Doctors diagnosed him with a torn labrum, and he had surgery in May 2015.The 29-year-old Korean made a total of eight rehab starts this year for Class A Rancho Cucamonga and Triple-A Oklahoma City despite having his program interrupted twice: once in April because of a strained groin and again in May when his shoulder continued to bother him.In his final rehab outing, Friday for Rancho Cucamonga, Ryu allowed two runs on five hits in six innings and struck out three while issuing no walks. He threw 84 pitches and averaged 86 mph on his fastball, which reached 90 mph.What I have accomplished as far as my rehab goals, gaining all my pitches in quite a few outings, I think Im pretty much ready to go, Ryu said through an interpreter.Ryu rejoins a Dodgers rotation that just got back right-hander Brandon McCarthy, who underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2015. McCarthy conceded just two hits and one walk while amassing eight strikeouts in five shutout innings to earn a 4-1 victory Sunday over the Colorado Rockies.Ryus arrival, combined with McCarthys, comes at a pivotal juncture. The Dodgers are trying to erode the San Francisco Giants lead in the National League West with three starting pitchers still on the disabled list, including ace Clayton Kershaw.Before missing all of last year, Ryu compiled a 28-15 record and a 3.17 ERA in two seasons with the Dodgers.Opposing Ryu will be left-hander Drew Pomeranz, the Padres ace who already established personal records with seven victories and 109 strikeouts and is on pace for career highs in starts and innings pitched.Pomeranz (7-7) leads San Diego not only in those categories but also owns the lowest ERA (2.65) and the lowest opponents batting average (.191) among the Padres starters.Everything lines up with top-of-the-rotation guys, San Diego manager Andy Green told MLB.com in describing Pomeranzs statistics. Hes pitched like an ace.Against the Dodgers, Pomeranz seeks his third consecutive winning decision. He has thrown three successive quality starts. 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Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night.Leicestershire 407 and 172 for 2 (Horton 75*, Cosgrove 58*) lead Worcestershire 349 (Leach 90, Fell 61, Mitchell 52, McKay 4-59) by 230 runsScorecard Opener Paul Horton and skipper Mark Cosgrove helped Leicestershire establish a position to push strongly for a revenge victory on the final day of the Specsavers County Championship encounter with Worcestershire at New Road.Horton has encountered a lean time with scores of two, nine, 19, 15, five and three in Championship cricket since scoring 89 in the defeat against their opponents at Grace Road last month - when they were bowled out for 43 in their second innings.But the former Lancashire player made a timely return to form after his side had been held up by all-rounder Joe Leach and the lower Worcestershire order during the first half of the day.He was well supported by Cosgrove as the duo brought up a century stand for the third wicket in exactly 28 overs. Horton brought up his fifth score of 50 or more of the campaign off 103 balls with seven fours while Cosgroves half century came from 98 deliveries and contained nine boundaries.By the close the Foxes had moved onto 172-2 with Horton on 75 and Cosgrove 58 - a lead of 230.Leicestershire had obtained a first innings lead of 58 and would have hoped for considerably more when Worcestershire resumed on 193-7 - still needing a further 65 to avoid the possibility of being asked to follow on.But the first part of the day had been dominated by Leach who fell 10 short of his first Championship century since his maiden ton against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham three years ago.ddddddddddddeach was at that time regarded as a batting all-rounder and since then his bowling skills have come to the fore with 121 wickets in the competition since the start of the 2014 campaign.He has dropped down the order but the ability to bale out the side when in a sticky situation has materialised on more than one occasion and this was the latest example.Leach was given excellent support by former England Under-19 all-rounder Ed Barnard. The eighth wicket pair added 100 in 21.4 overs and the home side ended up with three batting points which had appeared unlikely at the start of the day.Cosgrove broke the stand when Barnard (42) was caught at mid wicket off a low full toss. But Leach continued to attack and until he flicked a Clint McKay delivery straight into the hands of deep fine leg. His 104 ball knock contained 13 boundaries.McKay finished with 4-52 after he wrapped up the innings by having Kyle Abbott caught at slip.Leachs excellent day continued at the start of the Leicestershire innings when Angus Robson (15) slashed a delivery to point and Neil Dexter (2) was brilliantly stumped by Ben Cox.But then Robson and Cosgrove established a firm control for the visitors to push for a third Championship win of the campaign tomorrow. ' ' '