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MILAN -- Roma forward Edin Dzeko has a point to prove. Trevor Cahill Angels Jersey .He wasnt the striker Roma hoped for after it signed him from Manchester City in August 2015. Last season was full of disappointment.But hes finally showing his ruthlessness, with two more goals as Roma beat Napoli 3-1 on Saturday in a top-of-the-Serie A clash.Dzeko, who also scored twice for Bosnia and Herzegovina midweek, has seven goals in eight league appearances this season -- just one less than he scored in 31 appearances in his debut Serie A campaign.He tops the scoring charts, one ahead of Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain, Inter Milans Mauro Icardi, and AC Milans Carlos Bacca.Ive had preseason with the squad, I feel good, I feel everyones confidence in me, Dzeko said when asked what had changed from last season. Im happy for myself and for the team which won a difficult match.The criticism was normal, it wasnt my best year. For that reason I wanted to do better this season and at the moment its going good.Dzeko netted his first goal two minutes from halftime when Mohamed Salah stole the ball off Kalidou Koulibaly at the byline and swung in a cross for Dzeko to volley home.He doubled his tally nine minutes after the interval, placing a header into the bottom left corner from Alessandro Florenzis free kick.Koulibaly atoned for his earlier error by rising highest at the near post to head in a corner off the opposite upright, and getting Napoli straight back into the game.But Salah sealed matters four minutes from time, beating the offside trap to race forward and fire in off the base of the left post.It was Romas first away win of the season, and the capital club leapfrogged Napoli into second spot, five points behind Juventus.Napoli is two points further back after its first league defeat at Stadio San Paolo since May 2015. It was clearly missing striker Arkadiusz Milik, who has had a great start to the season but was ruled out for six months after tearing a ligament on international duty.It was also the first time Napoli has lost two successive league matches under Maurizio Sarri.The positive thing is that the team didnt give me the feeling that they are spent and dead, Sarri said. Its clearly a difficult period but we have to remain calm.Napoli hosts Besiktas in the Champions League on Wednesday, a day after Juventus visits Lyon.---JUVENTUS 2, UDINESE 1In contrast to Dzeko, Paulo Dybala had a great debut season at Juventus but struggled at the start of the current campaign.However, he scored for the third successive match, in all competitions, netting twice as his side fought back from surprisingly going a goal down.Luckily I managed to score the second goal too. Im happy for myself and for the team, but we still have to improve, Dybala said.We have to think about ourselves and continue like this, without worrying about the other teams. Plus we still have to play Roma and Napoli, so well wait and see.Dybala equalized two minutes from halftime, curling a delightful free kick into the top right corner, and scored what was to prove the winner from the penalty spot in the 51st after Rodrigo De Paul tripped Alex Sandro.It was former Juventus coach Luigi Delneris first match in charge of Udinese after replacing Giuseppe Iachini during the international break.Udinese, which is one point above the relegation zone, stunned the Juventus Stadium into silence on the half-hour following a series of errors by the hosts. Hernanes failed to control a poor pass from Patrice Evra and Jakub Janktos effort slipped through Gianluigi Buffons hands.Buffon also made a rare error last week, when playing for Italy, almost costing his team the match before Daniele De Rossis late penalty rescued a 1-1 draw against Spain in their World Cup qualifier.---PESCARA 1, SAMPDORIA 1Pescara played half the match with 10 men but managed to cling on for a valuable point and could even have won had Gianluca Caprari not had a penalty saved by Sampdoria goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano.Pescara defender Andrea Coda was sent off in the final minute of the first half following a second yellow card, with the score at 1-1 after teammate Hugo Campagnaro struck at both ends.Pescara moved a point off the relegation zone ahead of the rest of the weekends matches. Sampdoria is two points above the bottom three. Rod Carew Jersey . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. Fred Lynn Jersey . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . http://www.baseballangelslockroom.com/da...-angels-jersey/ .ca! Hi Kerry, Heres an interesting one. I know its common knowledge that all players are responsible for their sticks. We witnessed that when Zack Kassian hit Edmontons Sam Gagner in the face after a missed check. TAMPA, Fla. -- The Columbus Blue Jackets started and finished fast against the Tampa Bay Lightning.Brandon Saad broke a tie with at 4:34 of the third period and Cam Atkinson added a short-handed goal to lift the Blue Jackets to 5-3 victory over a team that had beaten them in six of their preceding seven meetings.I liked all parts of our game other than the final 3-4 minutes of the second period, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. I thought we played a complete game.Early goals by Alexander Wennberg and Nick Foligno put the Blue Jackets (11-5-3) ahead for the entire game except for a 57-second stretch of the final period. The loss was only the second for the Lightning (13-8-1) in their last seven games.We play 82 games, chalk one up to a stinker, said Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. We got taught a lesson tonight by a team that worked way harder than us. I know it was 3-3, but the right team won the hockey game.Wennbergs fourth goal of the season was assisted by Saad and Jack Johnson. Foligno made it 2-0 with his team-leading eighth goal on a power play just 8:35 into the game.Columbus dominated the first period, taking 10 shots to the Lightnings four and nearly taking a 3-0 lead when a shot by Johnson went off Ben Bishops shoulder and deflected off the post in the 14th minute.We played really good in the first period, and I think they wanted to come back so they got some momentum, Wennberg said. But I felt like we didnt give them too many chances. Zack Cozart Jersey. The Lightning didnt get a power-play opportunity until the middle of the third period and were outshot, 38-28.Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, his 11th goal of the season, with 12:33 left in the second period, but Josh Anderson answered quickly to regain a 3-1 Columbus lead.After Josh Garrison made it 3-2 with 1:32 left in the second, Ondrej Palat tied it 3-3 with a delayed-penalty goal with 16:23 left. But Saad regained the lead for Columbus with 15:26 remaining, and Atkinson scored his short-handed goal with 8:47 left.Game notes Columbus entered the game with the NHLs best power play, scoring 28.6 percent of the time. . . . Kucherov, who scored his first career goal against Philadelphia on Wednesday night, has now scored goals against every team in the NHL except the Lightning. . . . Columbus placed LW Matt Calvert (upper body) on injured reserve . . . The Blue Jackets called up C Justin Scott from Cleveland of the American Hockey League. ...D Anton Stralman (upper body) and RW J.T. Brown (upper body) did not play for the Lightning.UP NEXTColumbus: The Blue Jackets play their third game in four nights at Florida on Saturday night.Tampa Bay: The Lightning play Sunday at Boston before traveling to Columbus for a rematch Tuesday night. ' ' '