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Los Angeles quarterback Jared Goff makes his highly anticipated debut when the Rams host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at the Los Angeles Coliseum.The Rams fan base has not-so-patiently awaited this moment, but the time has come for the No. 1 pick in this springs NFL draft out of the University of California.I felt like this was the best time to go ahead and turn the keys over to Jared, Los Angeles coach Jeff Fisher said. Were excited for him. He had a good day (at practice). Hes into the plan, hes really excited.The position is not easy to play, as weve seen around the league. A lot of good quarterbacks took their lumps last weekend, but we got confidence in him, as the offense does. Well get him prepared to play.Goff replaces Case Keenum, who has not played well for most of the season as the offense scored 10 points or fewer in five games. The Rams (4-5) were held without an offensive touchdown for the third time this season in a 9-6 victory over the Jets in New York last week.Los Angeles ranks last in scoring at 15.4 points per game and the Keenum-led offense is 31st in total offense with an average of 308 yards.Goff makes his debut at home before the Rams play at New Orleans and at New England in Weeks 12 and 13.The Dolphins (5-4) made Southern California their home this week instead of flying back and forth across the country after defeating the San Diego Chargers 31-24. Miami practiced in north San Diego County.The Rams halted a four-game losing streak by defeating the Jets while the Dolphins are winners of four straight.Miamis offense is finally hitting on all cylinders under first-year head coach Adam Gase but faces a tough challenge from the Los Angeles defense. The Gregg Williams-led unit ranks seventh in the NFL in total yards allowed at 327 per contest and 10th in points allowed at 19.2.Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill has played some of the best football of his career during the winning streak and has thrown 109 consecutive passes without an interception. The former Texas A&M star also has four touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 103.6 passer rating during the run. Tannehills success has his coach raving about him.Said Gase: The guy (Tannehill) is a beast. He just stands back there. There was one of them he threw, I thought he was pressured a little bit, and he got rid of the ball and he comes in and he says, I have to stay in there. He just has some kind of toughness where he just is going to stand in there. He takes a shot. He takes care of his body and hes able to bounce back up.At the start of the 2016 season, no one except perhaps Dolphins running back Jay Ajayis family members believed hed be ranked sixth in the NFL in rushing and outgaining Rams running back Todd Gurley by 210 yards.Ajayi averages 5.7 yards per carrry, good for 725 yards this season. Gurleys average is 3.1 yards. The going could be tough for Ajayi this week with left tackle (wrist) out and center Mike Puncey (hip) doubtful. Gurler has been bothered by a thigh injury.While Ajayi has been a godsend to a Dolphins offense that lost Arian Foster to injury, then retirement, Gurley and the Rams rushing attack has been a disappointment to the team and Rams fans alike.There may be hope for Gurley this week, though. The Dolphins are 30th in the NFL in rushing yards allowed at 128.8 per contest and with a rookie quarterback getting his first NFL start, the Rams hope Gurley can take advantage. Air Max 97 Kaufen Schweiz . PAUL, Minn. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Whether the motivation came from within or from a challenge from his manager, Tommy Joseph certainly has responded.Joseph homered, doubled and drove in three runs Wednesday night, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Chicago White Sox 8-3.Earlier this month, Joseph was struggling and found himself on the bench. Since then, hes hit .480 in his last seven games.Josephs homer off White Sox ace Chris Sale was his 21st of the season, third-best among big league rookies.Manager Pete Mackanin had stated Joseph needed to be better at the plate. Joseph said a self-assessment is what helped him break out.The challenge came from within myself, Joseph said. When it comes from Pete, it gets out there publicly.Joseph hit an RBI double in the first inning. He connected for a two-run homer off Sale (16-9) in the third.I was just trying to attack strikes, Joseph said. Hes a good enough pitcher where if he gets ahead of you, hes going to make you pay. So that was our collective game plan as a team, to capitalize on his mistake early in the count.Cameron Rupp, Maikel Franco and Cesar Hernandez all had two-hit games for the Phillies. Hernandez hit his 10th triple of the season, tied for second best in the majors, and has reached base safely in 26 consecutive games.Philadelphia has won four of five. The White Sox have lost five in a row.It was the second-shortest outing of the season for Sale, and it snapped his run of six consecutive starts of at least eight innings. In four starts this season against NL teams, Sale is 0-4 with an 8.72 ERA.Jerad Eickhoff (11-13) pitched seven innings and gave up six hits, including three solo home runs, while striking out six.Eickhoff was relieved to get some offense from his teammates as he entered the game with the third-worst run supporrt in the NL.ddddddddddddo get that run support is huge off a guy like Sale, Eickhoff said. Its just awesome. These guys are battling, fighting their way through each at-bat. We just found ways to put runners on base and get guys home.Adam Eaton led off the game with a home run Todd Frazier hit his 38th in the seventh and Alex Avila followed with a drive in the seventh.Phillies outfielder Tyler Goeddel had to leave the game in the sixth after being hit in the head by reliever Chris Beck.Goeddel was the fourth Philadelphia player to be hit in the game, tying a franchise record that last occurred in 1960. Sale hit three batters.Everyone is entitled to have a bad night and tonight was mine, unfortunately. It would have been nice to sneak out of here with a win but I was just awful tonight, Sale said.ODDITYEickhoff has allowed seven home runs in his last two starts, but only six earned runs. Six of the seven homers have been solo shots. The seventh was a three-run homer, but all three runs were unearned because of an earlier error. Eickhoff has given up 29 homers this season, tying Brandon Finnegan of Cincinnati for the most in the NL.THIS AND THATEatons homer led off the game. It was the fifth time hes done that this season and ninth time in his career. ... Phillies OF Roman Quinn reached base four times without a hit (two walks, twice hit by a pitch).UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (4-7, 3.83) faces Indians RHP Trevor Bauer (11-8, 4.24) in the opener of a three-game series in Cleveland on Friday night.Phillies: LHP Adam Morgan (2-10, 5.49) take on Mets RHP Seth Lugo (4-2, 2.35) in the opener of a four-game series in New York on Thursday night. ' ' '