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LOS ANGELES -- Carlos Ruiz got a rude welcome to working with Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, whose cutter proved too much of a moving target to catch.Ruiz couldnt handle Jansens wild pitch that led to the Cubs tying the game in the ninth. He didnt have much time to study Jansen after being acquired Thursday from the Phillies for popular catcher A.J. Ellis.I have no excuse, Ruiz said. His ball was moving real good and it surprised me. Definitely have to go watch some more video and see how everybody likes to work.Kris Bryant hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning to go with an earlier solo shot, lifting the Cubs to a 6-4 victory Friday night in the series opener between NL division leaders.Ruiz went 1 for 3 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in his first at-bat with his new team.Chicago tied the game 4-all in the ninth after Jansens wild pitch allowed Jayson Heyward, who led off with a double, to score from third.Hes probably going to catch me more often so hell get comfortable, Jansen said of Ruiz. We will get used to each other.Bryants 35th homer capped a comeback from an earlier two-run deficit and extended the Cubs winning streak to four games. Chicago fans chanted MVP! MVP! as Bryant scored behind Dexter Fowler, who singled leading off.Chicago improved to 19-4 in August while earning its major league-leading 82nd victory.Travis Wood (4-0) got the victory with one inning of relief. Aroldis Chapman struck out two in the 10th to earn his 10th save.Adam Liberatore (2-1) took the loss, allowing two runs and four hits in one inning.Bryants first homer leading off the eighth pulled the Cubs to 4-3.The Dodgers took a 4-2 lead on Adrian Gonzalezs homer leading off the seventh.The Dodgers led 3-1 in the fourth when a run scored when Howie Kendrick grounded into a double play. They got runs in the third on Justin Turners RBI groundout and another by Chase Utley in the second.The Cubs closed to 3-2 in the fifth on Anthony Rizzos RBI single with two outs.Utley made a diving stop on Ben Zobrist in the fifth, when he threw on his back to Gonzalez for an inning-ending out that stranded two runners.Dodgers starter Bud Norris allowed two runs and three hits in five innings, struck out six and walked four.Cubs starter Mike Montgomery gave up three runs and six hits in five innings, struck out five and walked four.MAKING MOVESThe Dodgers recalled pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A Oklahoma City. The 24-year-old right-hander has appeared in three games (two starts) with the team this season, going 0-2 with an 11.25 ERA. He is a combined 9-3 with a 1.68 ERA in 20 minor league starts with three different teams, including Oklahoma City. 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A month since the Abhinav Bindra-led National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) review panel submitted its recommendations seeking a systemic overhaul following Indian shooters underwhelming show at the Rio Olympics, little has changed. The coaching staff remains unchanged, while Nationals continue to be conducted the way they have always been. While NRAI chief Raninder Singh had suggested the setting up of a second panel within 48 hours of the report submission to oversee the implementation of the proposals, details of both the panel and the intent of execution remain sketchy. Its not that theres a compulsion to have a second panel, Raninder says. Its just that we think it would be a good idea. Our silence should not be misinterpreted as inaction. In its report, the review panel noted that the Nationals should be seen as an aspirational event and to ensure better quality, the present qualification cutoff score should be upwardly revised.The recommendation, though, is yet to make it beyond paper. Participating in the recently-concluded shotgun Nationals in Jaipur, Raninder finished with silver in the mens trap event behind four-time Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu. While the willingness to introspect and allow criticism on part of the federation must be appreciated, the fact remains that little has been done so far to implement the suggested changes, says Manisha Malhotra, who was part of the four-member review panel chaired by Abhinav Bindra.Citing the instance of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Manisha added that if the cricket body does eventually implement the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha panel to overhaul its structure, it would set a much-needed precedent for other national sport federations.When I spoke to the NRAI president two weeks ago, he assured me that details of the panel which is to oversee implementation would be announced shortly, but there has been no word on that front yet, she added. Among the gamut of changes proposed by the panel, include the appointment of a high performance manager, not part of the NRAI, who would coordinate between the shoooters, coaches, NRAI and SAI and a committee of experts for picking national coaches.dddddddddddd Clarifying the NRAIs stance, Raninder told ESPN that some of the measures would require a considerable amount of time for implementation.The process for change in coaching staff has begun but it will take time to reach where we desire to arrive. After all, top coaches are hardly available a dime a dozen both domestically and internationally. As far as the appointment of a high performance manager is concerned, the job description has been finalised and we will be advertising for the position shortly. Raninders observation with regard to the difficult task of finding quality coaches at this time though is not too far from the truth. Almost all the top international coaches have possibly been signed up by other countries ahead of the Olympics, since the usual practice is to keep close tabs on contracts of high-profile coaches, initiating negotiations with them a few months before their existing contract with a particular national federation is to end with the Games. The introduction of mixed-gender events has also put the federation in a bit of a pickle, suggests Raninder, adding that they are still awaiting answers from the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).We would have to revise our calendar of trials and camps given the new mixed events and were still unsure as to how long the three events (double trap men, 50m prone men and 50m pistol men) which have been dropped can continue for, he said. In the aftermath of Indias below-par show at the Rio Games, the NRAI was, in fact, the only national sports federation to set up a panel to help look into the reasons for its athletes far from flattering performance.The second panel, which would oversee the implementation of the recommendations, Raninder assures, would be nominated after the national squad is constituted following the Nationals.The Nationals (rifle & pistol) are scheduled to be held in Pune from December 12-26. ' ' '