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CHICAGO -- From the infield to the outfield, the Chicago White Sox are playing much better defence than they did during their listless start. And its no coincidence that the wins are coming in bunches now. Dayan Viciedo and Alex Rios each threw out a runner at the plate, and the White Sox beat Alex Sanabia and the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Sunday to sweep their weekend series. "Ive just always believed youve got to be able to play defence so you dont have those things happen," manager Robin Ventura said. "You know the game changes and guys are still on base, youre still down an out, so we just like our guys to stay with it." The White Sox have won five of six and nine of 12 to climb back to .500 for the first time since they were 4-4 through April 10. Dylan Axelrod (3-3) benefited from a two-run homer by Adam Dunn and a tiebreaking two-run double from Alejandro De Aza while earning his third consecutive victory. It was the first three-game series sweep for Chicago since it won three in a row at Minnesota in September. "Every win is very important. Every win means a lot," Rios said. "Sweeping teams like this, you have to do it. You have to sweep teams like this and keep it going for the next games." Sanabia returned to the mound for the first time since cameras caught him spitting on the ball during a start against Philadelphia last Monday. He said he didnt know it was illegal, and it looks as if Major League Baseball has no plans to discipline the 24-year-old right-hander. Sanabia (3-7) pitched into the seventh inning against the Phillies to end a personal five-game losing streak. But he was unable to sustain that success against Chicago (24-24). Then he said after the game that he was headed to the disabled list with a right groin problem. "As of right now there is no point to continue to pitch or what not," he said. "It is only getting weaker. I dont want to make it worst and be something serious instead of something minor." Sanabia also said the spitting incident had no effect on his performance. "I didnt think about it," he said. "To me it wasnt anything serious." Dunn drove the first pitch he saw in the first inning over the wall in left for an opposite-field shot that snapped an 0-for-17 rut. The big slugger, who is playing through a back issue, has six homers in his last 12 games and 12 overall this season. De Aza came up with a two-out drive into the gap in left-centre in the second, lifting the White Sox to a 4-2 lead. Marcell Ozuna, Justin Ruggiano and Nick Green each had two hits and an RBI for Miami, which has dropped five straight and 12 of 14. At 13-37, the Marlins are off to the worst 50-game start in franchise history and the poorest in the majors since the 2006 Kansas City Royals had the same record, according to STATS. No NL team has started this slowly since the 1987 San Diego Padres were 11-39. Sanabia allowed four runs and six hits in four innings. Ozuna, Chris Coghlan and Ruggiano started the second with consecutive singles to bring home one run, but Coghlan was easily cut down by Viciedo while trying to score on Ruggianos base hit into left field. The throw beat Coghlan to the plate, and Hector Gimenez held on when the centre fielder made an attempt to dislodge the ball. Rios bobbled Ruggianos single to right in the sixth, then recovered in time to throw out Ozuna in a close play at home. Marlins manager Mike Redmond came out for a brief argument before returning to the dugout. "The second one, we have to do a better job of running the bases," Redmond said. "If we were a little more aggressive rounding third that shouldnt even been a play so then you leave it up to the mercy of the umpire on bang-bang play." Rios tacked on an RBI single in the eighth to extend Chicagos lead to 5-3, giving the White Sox some momentum going into four straight games against the crosstown Cubs beginning Monday night. "I definitely dont think weve played our best baseball," Dunn said, "and if people think that we have I think theyre crazy because we started out playing terrible defence. Offensively, we just havent really got it going, but yet, were right in the middle of it." Axelrod was charged with three runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings. Matt Lindstrom, Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain then combined to get the ball to Addison Reed, who worked the ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances. Crain pitched a perfect eighth to run his scoreless streak to 20 consecutive outings covering 18 1-3 innings. Reed has converted his last seven save opportunities. NOTES: Marlins reliever Wade LeBlanc pitched three perfect innings. ... 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Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. NEW YORK -- Derrick Rose is fewer than 20 games into his tenure with the New York Knicks, but he already envisions a long-term future with the club.Rose, a free agent this summer, said in a recent interview, Of course I want to play the rest of my life [in New York].Rose expressed that sentiment when discussing his overall experience with the Knicks in an interview Thursday with Slam magazine.Were building the culture, Rose said in the interview. Were building the foundation now. Im under a one-year contract so of course I want to play the rest of my life here. But it takes time, it takes patience to figure out how every one is going to fit, if it is going to fit and going from there.The point guard expanded on his thoughts about a possible future with the Knicks after Fridays 118-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.I love the atmosphere (in New York), I love the environment, I love the staff here, I love the team, he said. ... My job is to come out here and play as hard as I can and try to win every game while Im on the floor. But as far as my future and everything, who knows? Ill have to wait until the end of this year and figure things out but I would love to be here, though.Rose has played well for New York thus far, averaging 16.8 points, 4.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds through 19 games. Its unclear at this point if the Knicks view Rose as a long-term answer at point guard.Phil Jackson traded starting center Robin Lopez and backup guard Jerian Grant to the Chicago Bulls for Rose in June. He has said that he felt that trading for Rose with one year left on his contract was a better option than pursuing some of the top free-agent point guards.Mike Conley was the best choice ass a free agent, but hes making $30 million a year.dddddddddddd Thats almost insane. We saw that was going to happen. We had the opportunity to play with Derrick and see if he does have enough left in the tank -- hes 27 years old -- before we have to get into that [free-agent] market again, Jackson told ESPNs Jackie MacMullan in an interview last month.In addition to re-signing Rose in free agency, the Knicks have the option to offer him a three-year extension worth around $75 million. They can offer that extension between Dec. 22 -- the six-month anniversary of the trade -- and the end of the season.The three-year extension would be worth significantly less than the max contract that Rose can earn on the open market, which under the current collective bargaining agreement would be worth approximately $175 million over five years.Health likely will be a factor for any team that considers signing Rose to a long-term contract. Rose played in just 40 percent of his games over the past four seasons due to several major knee injuries but has remained healthy through his first month as a Knick. Hes also said that he enjoys the anonymity of living in New York after playing under the microscope of fan and media attention in his hometown of Chicago for his first seven seasons.If the Knicks decline to offer Rose an extension before June 30, they will head into free agency with several potential options at point guard. Chris Paul, Kyle Lowry, George Hill, Jeff Teague, Jrue Holiday and current Knick Brandon Jennings are all expected to test free agency this summer. ' ' '