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North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says showing Brent Harvey and three other veterans the door was the hardest day of his AFL coaching career.The Kangaroos have dropped a bombshell on the eve of the finals, announcing Harvey, Drew Petrie, Michael Firrito and Nick Dal Santo will not be offered contracts for 2017.Its a heartbreaking decision ... easily the hardest day in my coaching career, Scott said on Wednesday morning.The coach addressed a media conference at Arden Street shortly after the shock announcement, telling reporters the decision had been made with the clubs long-term future in mind.He also defended the timing of the announcement, adding it was possible Saturday nights clash with Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium will be the last opportunity for Victorian fans to farewell the champion quartet.The Roos were on top of the AFL ladder after 12 rounds but will play off in an elimination final after dropping to eighth with one round left in the home-and-away season.Depending on Round 23 results, Norths 2016 campaign could end with an away elimination final loss to Adelaide, the Giants or West Coast.Harvey passed Hawthorn great Michael Tuck in Round 19 to become the AFLs all-time games record holder and had expressed a strong desire to play on.The 38-year-olds form has not waned in his 21st season but Petrie and Dal Santo have endured inconsistent campaigns, with Petrie in particular, considered lucky not to be dropped.Fake Balenciaga Shoes . 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It is what it is.Rain and hail came down on Coors Field in a fierce, hour-long downpour, leading to heavy runoff into the Rockies dugout and clubhouse tunnel that caused some flooding. Grounds crew workers were able to clear the water away by sandbagging the tunnel entrance and clearing debris over the drains, allowing the pooled water to dissipate.Shovels, squeegees, brushes and an air blower were used to prepare the field, and the first pitch came at 9:21 p.m., after a delay of 2 hours, 41 minutes.I had some doubts, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. It looked pretty bad out there with all the hail and there was a lot of water. The field drains well, weve seen that in the past and our grounds crew is really good.Both teams came out swinging, combining for 32 hits and 23 runs.Josh Donaldson had a bases-loaded triple in the fourth for Toronto, which had lost all seven of its previous games at Colorado. Kevin Pillar had a two-run double in the Blue Jays three-run sixth.We kept plugging away and had some big innings, Tulowitzki said. It was a good win. Hopefully, it can be a series win, but its nice to celebrate with the guys on the field and give some high-fives.J.A. Happ (10-3) won his fourth straight, allowing five runs in five innings.Carlos Gonzalez had four hits, including a home run, and 5 RBI for the Rockies, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped.Trailing 4-1, Toronto broke through in the fourth, starting with TTulowitzkis drive off Eddie Butler leading off the inning.dddddddddddd Butler (2-5) gave up an RBI single to Ezequiel Carrera and was relieved by Yohan Flande, who surrendered a single to the first batter he faced, Devon Travis, to load the bases ahead of Donaldsons three-run, go-ahead triple. The Blue Jays sixth run of the inning scored on a throwing error by Flande.With Cristhian Adames and Nolan Arenado aboard in the third, Gonzalez fell behind 0-2 in the count before getting hold of Happs pitch and driving it over the right field wall for his 18th home run of the season and second in as many nights.CARGOS HIT PARADEGonzalezs four hits represented his fourth consecutive multihit effort and boosted his total with the Rockies to 1,002. Hes the sixth player in team history to have 1,000 hits for the Rockies.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: An MRI on RHP Gavin Floyd showed he has a tear of his right lat muscle and will be out eight to 12 weeks. Floyd came out of a relief appearance Saturday after facing two batters.Rockies: LF Ryan Raburn was a late scratch from the starting lineup because of illness. ... SS Trevor Story returned to the lineup after missing Mondays game with a finger injury. He was struck on the right middle finger by a ninth-inning pitch during Sundays game against Arizona. ... 2B D.J. LeMahieu, who was also injured Sunday, returned to action as a defensive replacement in the eighth inning. LeMahieu had suffered a left knee bruise during Sundays game against Arizona when he dove to try to stop Paul Goldschmidts single up the middle.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez (7-1) has allowed two or fewer earned runs in four of his last five starts.Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson again tries for his first major league win when he starts Wednesdays interleague series finale. Hes 0-1 in his first three career starts with a 2.55 ERA. ' ' '