RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil and Uruguay each play away on Tuesday in a round of South American World Cup qualifiers that could see first place in the table change hands.Leader Uruguay will travel to Barranquilla to face fourth-place Colombia while Brazil visits Merida to challenge bottom Venezuela. If Brazil wins and Uruguay fails to, the five-time world champions will go from sixth place to first in only four matches under new manager Adenor Bacchi, universally known as Tite.Weeks ago, Brazil wasnt even among the top four in South Americas standings, which award automatic places at the World Cup in Russia. Now Brazil has 18 points, one behind Uruguay.Although Venezuela has only two points in nine matches, Tite recognized it will be a key match for Brazil. That is because Barcelona star Neymar wont be available for him for the first time due to a suspension. Under former coach Dunga, Brazil won 85 percent of the time with Neymar on the pitch and only 50 percent without him.Tite said the match against Venezuela would be important to show that the team has to be strong without Neymar and, when with him, become even stronger.Practice sessions in sunny Natal, in Brazils Northeast, showed Chelseas Willian in the starting lineup as a replacement for Neymar. Guangzhou Evergrandes midfielder Paulinho also seemed set to claim back his position -- he was suspended in the 5-0 thrashing of Bolivia on Thursday.Uruguay, who beat Venezuela 3-0 in Montevideo in the previous round, will have a much trickier challenge against a rising Colombia team.It will be the fifth time coach Oscar Tabarez Uruguay plays against Jose Pekermans Colombia. So far, each has won two.---ARGENTINAFifth-place Argentina has massive problems as it prepares to host sixth-place Paraguay on Tuesday: superstar Lionel Messi is still injured, its defense has been dismantled with the absence of three players and the team is getting farther and farther from the leaders.With 16 points alongside Ecuador and Colombia, but behind on goal difference, Argentina holds its worst position in qualifiers since the current system was implemented for the 1998 World Cup in France.Messi also missed successive 2-2 draws against Venezuela and Peru in the previous qualifiers. In its opening nine qualifiers, Argentina won the three in which Messi was involved and collected only seven points from the other six games.We cant always depend on Messi, we have to do something to get ahead so his absence is not noted, Juventus striker Paulo Dybala said.Besides Messi, Argentina is without defenders Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolas Otamendi and Ramiro Funes Mori.Paraguay, with 12 points, lost to Colombia at home 1-0 in the previous round and needs a win to keep alive its hopes of qualification for Russia.---CHILECopa America winner Chile will play perhaps the most attractive match of the week in Santiago against Peru. Lagging in seventh place with 11 points, Chile risks not qualifying for the World Cup if it doesnt beat its Andean rival. After losing 3-0 to Ecuador, Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi is under heavy pressure. He blamed the altitude for the bad result in Quito and promised a different attitude before the home fans.It will be different on Tuesday, Pizzi said. Three months ago we won Copa America Centenario with those players and these tactics. Then we played three games and our line was always the same, except for the match against Ecuador. We will insist with things that gave us good results.Eighth-place Peru, with eight points, has limited hopes of qualification.Elsewhere, ninth-place Bolivia hosts third-place Ecuador.Steve Yzerman Red Wings Jersey . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. Dylan Larkin Jersey .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. http://www.redwingshockeyauthentic.com/jonathan-ericsson-jersey/ .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team. Nicklas Lidstrom Jersey . 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He has tossed 14 spotless innings against them, but given up 54 runs over 91 1/3 innings in his other 17 starts.Theres always a little bit more competitiveness, for sure, Santiago said.You want to get back at them, get yourself to another level against your old team. When they come in, theres no doubt that I kind of step my game up.The left-hander did exactly that once again, striking out seven without issuing a walk Friday. Los Angeles supported him with two runs in the second and five in the seventh.Santiago (7-4) has been pitching particularly well of late. He has not allowed an earned run in his last 22 innings.Chicagos offense has been going in the opposite direction. The White Sox have not scored in their last 23 innings, and they were shut out in consecutive games for the first time this season.We didnt swing, and we didnt play that good of defense, either, but I thought (Santiago) threw well, too, manager Robin Ventura. You tip your cap.Coming back from the break, you expect the guys to swing a little bit better. Its just one day.The Angels are 38-52 on the season, 15 1/2 games back of first-place Texas in the AL West. They are expected to deal veterans before the trade deadline, and Santiagos name has been prominently mentioned.Santiago insisted he shrugs it all off.Thats what you have to do, he said. You cant control that part of the game. You just come out here and try to throw the ball well. Hopefully you can be here all year with guys you grinded through all spring and all season.I just try to sit back, have fun, come out here and do my job every day, and whatever happens, happens.The first five Angels hitters in the seventhh scored against four different White Sox pitchers.dddddddddddde just kept pounding the ball in that seventh inning, Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. Good situational hitting. Guys put the ball in play, used the whole field, good job with runners in scoring position, and ran the bases aggressively.Four of the Angels nine hits were doubles, one each by Kole Calhoun, Geovany Soto, Daniel Nava and Jefry Marte. Andrelton Simmons also singled in the seventh to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.The Angels have won five of their last seven games.Four runs came against Chicago right-hander Miguel Gonzalez (2-5), though only two were earned. Rookie shortstop Tim Anderson committed two errors.I thought he threw well enough to win a game, but we didnt swing very well, Ventura said. (Santiago) coming off the break was sharp.Gonzalez has not won a road game since beating Tampa Bay on July 25, 2015. He tossed seven shutout innings against the Yankees in his previous start.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: 1B Justin Morneau was called up from his rehab stint at Triple-A and added to the roster. The 35-year-old Morneau had offseason surgery to repair the primary flexor in his right elbow. Chicago signed him June 9 to a one-year contract.Angels: Despite a brilliant outing Thursday for Triple-A Salt Lake (seven scoreless innings, one hit, 14 strikeouts), LHP Tyler Skaggs (Tommy John surgery, shoulder tightness) will make at least one additional rehab start before joining the rotation, Scioscia said. ... LHP C.J. Wilson had surgery to repair fraying within his labrum and rotator cuff, the team said.UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP James Shields (4-10) is scheduled to make his eighth start Saturday night since coming to Chicago in a June 4 trade with the Padres. He is 2/3 with a 7.68 ERA for the White Sox, but 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA in his last three starts.Angels: RHP Matt Shoemaker (4-9) is 2-4 with a 2.67 ERA in his last 10 starts. ' ' '