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BERLIN - Thomas Mueller scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich won 4-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt to increase its overnight lead in the Bundesliga to seven points on Saturday.Franck Ribery set up Muellers first two, crossing for the World Cup winner to open the scoring in the 22nd minute and then again to finish a counterattack in the 64th. Mueller completed his hat trick three minutes later and Xherdan Shaqiri completed the scoring in the 86th.Were not playing badly at the moment. Were playing to a particular concept, no matter whos playing. We have talent coming off the bench, Mueller said. We also have excellent individual players who can make the difference.Bayern is unbeaten, with eight wins from 11 games, 27 goals scored and just three conceded.We now have a few days time to analyze calmly and see what we can improve, said Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, referring to the upcoming international break.The defending champions closest rivals, Wolfsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach, were both playing their 11th-round games on Sunday.Elsewhere Saturday, Schalke disappointed in a 2-0 defeat at Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen was held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by visiting Mainz, Augsburg beat promoted Paderborn 3-0 and Cologne won 4-3 at Hoffenheim.Werder Bremen defeated fellow struggler Stuttgart 2-0 in the late game. Sebastian Proedls 30th-minute header was followed by a wonderful strike in off the post by Fin Bartels in the 58th.Bremen kept a clean sheet for the first time in the league this season and moved out of the bottom place now occupied by Borussia Dortmund ahead of its game Sunday against Moenchengladbach.Frankfurt made an encouraging start against the league leader but Bayerns sheer quality ensured what transpired to be a comfortable victory.The whole world is finding it tough to get something from Bayern, Frankfurt midfielder Marco Russ said.Ribery played a one-two with Robert Lewandowski before cutting the ball back for Mueller, who scored at the second attempt, with his right knee, after his initial effort was blocked on the line by Bastian Oczipka.Mueller thought hed scored again shortly afterward, only for the effort to be pulled back for offside.Frankfurt finished the first half strongly and Alexander Meier forced a good save from Manuel Neuer in the 41st.The home side also started the second half courageously, but any hopes of a comeback were dashed when Mueller claimed his second. Philipp Lahm played the ball over the top and Ribery squared it for Mueller to shoot inside the far post.He completed his hat trick minutes later, when Mario Goetze helped the ball on after a Ribery throw in.Bayerns three substitutes were all involved in the last goal. Arjen Robben ran at the home defence and was thwarted by Frankfurt keeper Felix Wiedwald before he played it back to Sebastian Rode. Shaqiri then deflected Rodes effort past the helpless goalkeeper.The fans were with us and we delivered a good game. Its a shame that the score was so high, Frankfurts U.S. international defender Timmy Chandler said.It was Frankfurts fourth league loss in a row and its fifth including the German Cup. Tough games await with Gladbach and then Dortmund the next opponents.Freiburg followed up its first win of the season last weekend by claiming a deserved second against Schalke.Christian Guenter opened the scoring in the 22nd after Sidney Sam lost the ball in midfield, and Jonathan Schmid capitalized on a poor clearance from Dennis Aogo to make it 2-0 in the 68th.Mainz goalkeeper Loris Karius made a number of saves to deny Leverkusen, which had 24 efforts at goal, a Bundesliga high this season.Were playing well in the Champions League and were well positioned there, Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt said. Were playing well in the Bundesliga but were not well positioned there. We need to change that.In Augsburg, Tobias Werner scored in the seventh minute and he made it 2-0 against Paderborn with a diving header early in the second half. The midfielder also created his sides third, with a free kick for Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker to score with a header in the 68th.Hoffenheim got off to a flying start against Cologne when Adam Szalai scored early, only for Pawel Olkowski to equalize three minutes later.Matthias Lehmann then put the visitors ahead seven minutes after that with a free kick inside the right post, and Anthony Ujah made it 3-1 after a strong run in the 35th.Roberto Firmino pulled one back for Hoffenheim four minutes later and the Brazilian equalized with a header before halftime.However, Olkowski scored Colognes winner with his second in the 83rd. John Franklin-Myers Rams Jersey . - A pitch clock will be used this season during minor league games at Triple-A and Double-A, but it has been ruled out for the major leagues this year. Custom Los Angeles Rams Jerseys .5 million contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. 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OReilly scored twice, including the game-winner with 7:16 to play, and the Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Saturday night. Gabriel Landeskog and Maxime Talbot also scored for Colorado, winners in five of seven. OReilly had his first two-goal game of the season. "Its a big win for us. This is not an easy barn to play in. They play a consistent game and do a great job. Theyre very detailed and they make you play tough," OReilly said. Colorado finished a season-high seven-game homestand Friday with a 4-1-2 record to strengthen its hold on third place in the Central Division behind St. Louis and Chicago. "Tonight meant a lot of confidence for us and two points are big when were going to an even tougher barn in Chicago (on Tuesday)," OReilly added. Charlie Coyle had his first career two-goal game for Minnesota, which lost for the first time in five games, and is eight points behind the Avalanche. "Its not like we played terrible that game," Coyle said. "We can learn from stuff, carry it over to tomorrow night and go from there." Minnesota visits Nashville on Sunday. Tied 2-2, and after Ryan Suters uncharacteristic turnover in the Wild end, OReilly sent a pass to Matt Duchene in the right corner. Duchene sent the puck back to OReilly who lifted a backhand over the left shoulder of Niklas Backstrom from below the right circle. OReilly was back in the lineup after missing two games with a bruised shoulder. "Everything was possible in the third," Colorado coach Patrick Roy said. "It was just a matter of sticking to what we were doing and playing hard. Both teams didnt want to lose that game. Both teams wanted to be patient, nobody wanted to make the mistake that could be costly for your team, and I thought we took advantage of it." Talbot added an empty-netter with 1:10 to play Colorados Semyon Varlamov, 8-0-5 in his last 14 games (13 starts), made 25 saves in the win. "Hes probably been our rock all year and hes been a treat to play in front of. Weve got a lot of confidence when hes in the net. When we blew that two-goal lead, he hung in there and calmed us down," defenceman Erik Johnson said. LLandeskog gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead midway through the second with a display of precision passing.dddddddddddd The Colorado captain gathered a loose puck in the Avalanche end and carried into the Minnesota zone. Just across the blue line, he sent a pass to his left for Talbot who quickly passed to Paul Stastny near the right circle. His saucer pass found Landeskog in front just in time for him to cut across the crease and tuck the puck past a downed Niklas Backstrom. OReilly made it 2-0 at 13:25 when he took a pass from John Mitchell low in the right circle and fired a quick shot that Backstrom got a piece of before the puck trickled between his pads and across the line. Minnesota, again playing without injured stars Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu, had just one shot until the 14-minute mark of the period, but Coyle scored twice in the ensuing minute. First, he and Dany Heatley executed a textbook give-and-go with Coyle getting behind a Colorado defenceman and sliding the puck through the pads of Varlamov as he faked a deke. Forty seconds later, Heatley took a pass from Nate Prosser below the goal line and centred for Coyle, whose shot from low in the right circle beat Varlamov on the stick side. His span between goals set a franchise record for fastest two goals by a Wild player at home. "Certainly, that was a great shift," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We need guys to step up. Its got to be different guys every night. Despite that we have guys out, we have guys that are capable." Each goalie was rarely tested in the first period -- the teams combined for just five shots in the opening 15 minutes -- until Varlamov made a pair of quality saves to stop Kyle Brodziak and Matt Cooke from in front as the Wild had a flurry late in the frame. NOTES: Stastny left the game with a leg injury. Roy said he is day-to-day.... Heatleys multi-point game was his first since Nov. 20. ... Colorado D Karl Stollery made his NHL debut. He was recalled from AHL Lake Erie Friday to replace D Nate Guenin, who was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. ... The Wild wore camouflage jerseys during warmup that will be auctioned off to benefit the teams foundation and Defending The Blue Line, which helps military families with hockey costs. 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