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GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- Loui Eriksson and Patric Hornqvist scored twice each to lead Sweden past Finland 6-3 in the Scandinavian rivals second warmup game for the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday. Flames Jerseys China .On Thursday, Finland won 3-2 in Helsinki in overtime.Rasmus Ristolainen and captain Mikko Koivu scored 3:05 apart in the middle period for Finland to cut the Swedish lead to 3-2 after Eriksson netted his two in the opening period and Hornqvist added one in the second.Nicklas Backstrom, Hornqvist, and Filip Forsberg sealed the Swedish victory with goals in the final period.Erik Haula scored the third for Finland.The tournament opens next weekend in Toronto.Finland faces the United States in its final warmup on Tuesday, while Sweden meets Team Europe on Wednesday. Stitched Flames Jerseys .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. Calgary Flames Shirts . The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Lions have not announced the hiring, which was first reported by ESPN. Lombardi, the grandson of former Green Bay Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi, has been an offensive assistant on Sean Paytons New Orleans staff since 2007. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . PAUL, Minn. BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles will try to end the first half of their season on a good note and win the series with the Los Angeles Angels when they meet Sunday afternoon.Baltimore comes into the last game before the All-Star break leading the American League East by two games. The Orioles (50-36) hold a two-game edge over Toronto (50-40) and Boston (48-38), and manager Buck Showalter is looking forward to the brief break.Obviously, its the end game were after but reality, it comes back to you that if the season were to end today three teams from the American League East are in, Showalter said. And two of them are a streak away from being right back in it. But we have to be ready tomorrow. Id like to get a win before a well-deserved break for these guys.Chris Tillman, who did not make the All-Star team despite having an 11-2 record with a 3.55 ERA, starts the last game of the series. The Baltimore right-hander struggled a bit in recent starts but threw seven solid innings in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.Tillman won nine in a row and now is 10-1 after a 1-1 start. He stopped the Orioles five-game losing streak with the victory over the Dodgers.Tim Lincecum (1-1, 7.50) starts for the Angels as he continues to attempt to restart his career with Los Angeles. The right-hander has a 1-0 career record against the Orioles, having beaten them in 2010 while pitching for the San Francisco Giants.He got a no-decision in his last start, on Tuesday in Tampa Bay. Lincecum gave up five earned runs and 10 hits in five innings.Thhe Orioles are hoping Tillman can take some pressure off the overworked bullpen. Wholesale Flames Jerseys. He has been the best member of the starting rotation at going deep into games.Baltimore still has no timetable set for the return of setup man Darren ODay. He has been out since June 3 with a right hamstring strain, and Showalter said the team simply isnt sure yet when ODay will return.The Orioles also could be losing right-hander Mychal Givens from the bullpen any minute as his wife is due to have a baby this week. But theyre also hoping to finish on a positive note on Sunday as a win will give them two victories in the three-game series with the Angels.Weve just got to finish strong (Sunday), said second baseman Jonathan Schoop, who got the winning single in Saturdays 3-2 victory over the Angels. Then (we can) get three days rest and come back stronger.For the Angels, the loss of C.J. Cron will hurt. He suffered a broken hand on Friday night when hit by a Mike Wright pitch and sees a specialist Monday for another look at the injury.Cron was hitting .387 on the road trip with five homers and 15 RBI in seven games, including two multi-homer games.The Angels led 2-1 in Saturdays game before Joe Smiths balk tied the score. One inning later, Smith allowed Schoops decisive single.Were getting ready and hopefully (will) get the game on our terms and do a little better job of holding the lead, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ' ' '