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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rallying from 18 down in the third quarter is big in any game. Doing it in the Olympics is pretty special. Guard Kia Nurse put on an impressive show to spark Canadas comeback in womens basketball on Monday, showing she is nearly completely healthy in just her fifth game back from surgery.Very healthy indeed.She scored 25 points off Canadas bench as the Canadians rallied to stun Serbia 71-67. Nurse, who had sports hernia surgery after helping the UConn Huskies win a fourth straight national title in April, came through with the Canadians needing someone to start making shots.I said after the game, `Welcome back, Canada coach Lisa Thomaidis said. Tremendous effort. Shes such a competitor, theres no one tougher out there. When the games on the line when your team needs someone shes going to step it up and you certainly saw that today.The Canadians (2-0) needed Nurse, a guard who will be a junior in coach Geno Auriemmas UConn program this fall. She had 10 points in the first half, and added nine more in the third to start the scoring for the Canadians with 5:52 left in the third and her team trailing 52-34.Nurse said she feels really good with the pain in her groin all gone. That allowed her to attack the basket and knock down a handful of jumpers.This was a game we really wanted to win, Nurse said. When we play in desperation mode, which we were playing in today, were really, really good.Nayo Raincock-Ekunwes three-point play put Canada ahead to stay, 68-67 with 48.4 seconds left, to finish off the amazing rally. With fans chanting Ca-na-da through much of the fourth quarter as Canada simply smothered and outscored Serbia 26-10 in the fourth quarter.Thomaidis called it a massive win coming against last years European champion.Really proud of this team, the Canadian coach said. We knew the game plan. We didnt execute it in the first half. We got back to it in the second half a little bit more. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Archer and Brad Miller did nearly all the work while the Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight.Archer struck out nine in 7 1/3 innings, Miller hit his third homer in two days and Tampa Bay beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.That was outstanding, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Archer (7-16) allowed four hits and a walk. Hes at risk of becoming the majors first 20-game loser since Detroits Mike Maroth (21) in 2003, but also leads the AL with 186 strikeouts.Baseballs a game where youve got to be on top of your game no matter what the score is, Archer said.Miller hit his 25h homer in the first inning after going deep twice in a 15-1 rout Tuesday night. He has 11 home runs since the All-Star break.Alex Colome got the final four outs for his 28th save. He escaped a two-on, no-out jam in the ninth.Christian Friedrich (4-9) allowed two runs and six hits for the Padres, who have lost five straight and eight of 10. The left-hander is 0-7 over his last nine starts.Padres slugger Wil Myers struck out in all four at-bats. He also fanned in his final three plate appearances Tuesday.It comes down to me, Myers said. I havent done anything to really get the offense going. ... Ive been not just bad but terrible this last two weeks.Nick Franklin was hit in the head on deck by a teammates bat but drew a walk and scored in the first inning before leaving the game with a head bruise.Kevin Kiermaier smacked the back of Franklins head with a bat when Franklin bent to grab pine tar in the on-deck circle prior to leading off the first inning. Kiermaier was stretching a few feet in front of Franklin, swinging the bat with a weight on it over his head with one arm. Franklin was wearing a helmet.Right when it first happened, I felt a little bit dazed, said FFranklin, who passed a concussion protocol test.dddddddddddd Partially it was my fault. I saw him there, I thought I was out of the way and next thing you know I got whacked.Franklins head and vision were checked by Rays athletic trainer Ron Porterfield. Franklin scored on Millers two-run homer, but was taken out after the inning.Tampa Bay became the majors last team to reach one million in home attendance this season with an announced crowd of 10,251.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: OF Jabari Blash (sore knuckle) got the day off. ... OF Alex Dickerson (general soreness) was the designated hitter for the second straight game.Rays: SS Matt Duffy didnt play after leaving three innings into Tuesdays game due to mild left Achilles tendon soreness. Duffy returned Aug. 12 after missing two months with a strain in the same tendon. Im not concerned at all, he said. Be smart about it. ... 2B Logan Forsythe (back spasms) missed his second straight game.LONGOS LINE3B Evan Longoria played in his 1,236th game with the Rays to pass Carl Crawford for the most in team history. 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