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As Antonio Conte prepares to make his coaching debut for Chelsea, perhaps no other manager in the Premier League is feeling the kind of pressure the Italian carries on his shoulders.The scrutiny from Chelsea fans and ownership begins Monday night when they host West Ham United to conclude the first week of league play.With spirits high and a desire to repeat their 2014-15 top-flight crown the goal, Chelsea endured the worst title defence in Premier League history by going 12-14-12 to finish 10th. The tumultuous season included the sacking of enigmatic coach José Mourinho and nothing short of a player revolt during one stretch.Conte, the former Juventus and Italian national team boss, agreed to take the Chelsea job in April amidst the clubs stretch of two wins over the final 10 fixtures. With more than 180 coaching victories and winning percentage above 55.0, Conte has a track record of success but knows wins will come with cohesion and that he might have little room for error under impatient owner Roman Abramovich.My target is to become a team, he told Chelseas official website. My experience as a player and a manager teaches me if you want to fight for the title you must be a team inside and outside of the pitch. Its important to understand this and transfer this thought on to the players.We must become as a family. This is the key to switch from last season. If we dont understand this it is no good.The Blues were more of a dysfunctional family in 2015-16, but seem poised to forget about the past and live for the present.At the moment its very difficult and dangerous to say anything about the future because we know how difficult the league is, defender Branislav Ivanovic said. We can promise to give everything in each game, we can improve and we will improve.How far can we go? I think we need to take it step by step.After scoring 20 league goals a season earlier, Diego Costa managed 12 while Eden Hazard seemed uninterested most of the way while registering just four -- 10 fewer than in 14-15. Getting more out of Hazard and fellow veteran Cesc Fabregas will be imperative.Improving a backfield that contributed to the sides 53 goals allowed last season is a must, but those responsible for most of the shortcomings -- Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, Gary Cahill and Ivanovic- appear set to be grouped again. Terry (head), however, seems doubtful for the opener.Chelsea was unable to nab talented defender John Stones from Everton, instead moving to Manchester City.Adding midfielder NGolo Kante from defending champion Leicester City for around ￡30 million was a nice addition and they continue to pursue Everton star Romelu Lukaku.Now its time to focus on West Ham, Azpilicueta said. We are excited.So too should West Ham, who has a busy start to the season with this contest, a date with Astra Giurgiu in an Europa League first-leg match Thursday and the opening of their new home at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 21 against Bournemouth.The Hammers enjoyed a strong 15-16 campaign, finishing seventh with 62 points and earning that aforementioned Europa qualifying berth.We want to start the season really well, but we know it is going to be a difficult game, newcomer Andre Ayew told West Hams official website. We are playing away from home but it is not impossible for us to get a good result.This club has a lot of ambition and I want to be a part of that.Coming off a 12-goal season for Swansea City, Ayew and his team-record ￡20 million signing joins an east London squad that ranked among the league leaders with 65 goals.I am really happy to be at West Ham, Ayew said. I had a discussion with the manager and he made me understand why he wanted me. I spoke to a few players already here who had great things to say about the manager.That manager, Slaven Bili?, hopes Ayew can take some of the offencive pressure off Andy Carroll, who tied for the team lead with nine league goals.West Ham went 7-7-5 away from their final season at Upton Park, and drew Chelsea 2-2 at the Bridge on March 19. Fabregas scored twice while Carroll netted one for the Hammers, who are 0-3-7 in their last 10 at Chelsea. 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Following Saturdays 5-0 loss to Cleveland -- a game that began 10 hours following Friday nights game that ended at 2:53 a.m. because of three rain delays -- a strong team performance proved Maddon right in an 11-3 win. Evan Longoria and Yunel Escobar hit two-run homers, James Loney added a two-run double and Jeremy Hellickson picked up the victory as Tampa Bay rebounded a day after its six-game winning streak ended. Everything went the Rays way Sunday. Sam Fuld wound up with a triple in the fourth when his drive down the right field line bounced off a ball boy. Fridays game, scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m., was delayed a total of 4 hours and 49 minutes. That left a short turnaround time for Saturdays 1:05 p.m. game in which the Rays managed four hits. Maddon wasnt surprised about how his team responded in Sundays win. "Its a great group of guys," he said. "I can read them pretty well when they walk in the door or in the dugout during the game. (Saturday) was difficult. It just was. Theres no way getting around it. Its not an excuse. Were not making excuses. I felt we were a little fatigued. They came back and did a great job. I trust them. Theyre professional." Indians manager Terry Francona was ejected in the fifth inning by plate umpire Bill Welke for arguing a strike call with Nick Swisher batting. It was his first ejection as Clevelands manager. "I thought his strike zone was inconsistent all day, not just on that one pitch," Francona said. "After the game, I told Bill, In fairness to you, I went back and looked at all the pitches, and I feel stronger now than I did when I was yelling at you from the dugout. " Francona then broke into a small smile and added of the postgame conversation, "I may have cursed." Francona was tossed with the Indians trailing 5-3 after Welke called a strike to Swisher on a 1-0 pitch. Francona, thinking the pitch was low and outside, yelled from the dugout and was quickly ejected. He came on the field and argued with Welke, holding his hands a couple of feet apart, apparently to show how far he thought the pitch was out of the strike zone. Francona fired his gum to the ground before leaving the field and yelled again at Welke when he returned to the dugout. Francona also argued with Welke about a call on the bases in the early hours of Saturday morning. Fuld led off the Rays fourth with a hit down the line in right field. The ball bounced off a ball boy, who atttempted to get out of the way as Fuld raced around the bases before finally stopping at third.dddddddddddd Francona talked it over with first base umpire Adrian Johnson and second base umpire Fieldin Culbreth, saying Fuld should have been sent back to second. The ruling, however was that the ball boy was in play and didnt intentionally interfere with the ball, and the triple stood. The play brought a chuckle from Maddon. "The ball could have gone farther down," he said. "It could have been a triple either way. Fortunately, Sammy was heads-up enough to keep going." Francona failed to see the humour in the play. "I was agitated because it was explained to me two different ways," he said. "The first time was completely screwed up, which is why I was so worked up. Cubby (Culbreth) let me vent a little bit after that, which I appreciated." Hellickson (3-2) allowed three runs in five innings. "I made a lot of good pitches," he said. "I was right where I wanted to be. Theyre a good hitting team." Zach McAllister (4-5) lasted only 4 1-3 innings -- his shortest start of the season -- and gave up five runs. Escobars homer in the sixth pushed the Rays lead to 7-3. Longoria drove in three runs. He homered to cap a four-run eighth and connected off Matt Langwell, who was facing his first hitter in his major league debut. Loneys double in the first put Tampa Bay ahead. Longoria added an RBI single in the third and Jose Lobatons infield hit made it 4-0 in the fourth. The Indians scored three times with two outs in the fourth. Yan Gomes RBI double and Mike Aviles two-run single cut the lead to 4-3. NOTES: LHP Matt Moore, tied for the AL lead with eight wins, will start Tuesday when the Rays open a three-game series in Detroit. .... RHP Alex Cobb, who missed his last start because of a cut finger, will start Wednesday for the Rays. ... Indians RHP Chris Perez (sore shoulder) has been cleared to resume throwing on Wednesday. Hes been on the 15-day disabled list since May 27. ... The Indians begin a nine-game road trip Monday against the Yankees. Cleveland RHP Justin Masterson (8-3) faces New York LHP Andy Pettitte (4-3) in the opener of the three-game series. ... Indians SS Asdrubal Cabrera got the day off. ... Cleveland OF Drew Stubbs is in a 0-for-16 slump. ... Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry threw out the ceremonial first pitch, then autographed the ball for Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr., who served as his catcher. Perry pitched for the Indians from 1972-75. ' ' '