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NRL referees boss Tony Archer has hit back at his predecessor Bill Harrigan, throwing his support behind his whistleblowers for their performance in State of Origin III.Harrigan slammed the performance of referee Gerard Sutton in Wednesday nights dead rubber at ANZ Stadium, saying he wouldnt have selected him.Sixteen penalties were blown in the match, the equal-second most in an Origin match since 1996.Twelve of those were given in favour of NSW in their 18-14 win - coincidentally the same number Queensland received when winning last years series decider by a blowout margin.The penalty count was 9-1 in the Blues favour at halftime after the Maroons copped a string of them for infringements while desperately defending their line.However Archer not only said his refs were correct in penalising the Maroons for their repeated infringements in the first half, he said they performed well across the whole series.Going into game two, I reminded the referees that if there were infringements in the ruck or on the 10 metres, my expectation is that they are penalised to ensure a flow to the game, Archer said.There was a period where NSW were in a strong attacking position, theres four penalties in about seven or eight minutes.I expected the referees to penalise those that infringe and was comfortable with what they did in that period of the game.Harrigan said Sutton didnt get a feel for Wednesdays clash and Gavin Badger - who played no part in the series - should have been one of the two referees.When you get into a State of Origin youve got to have a feel for the game and an empathy for the game, Harrigan, who refereed 21 Origins, told Triple M.And I just think that Gerry didnt have that feel last night.If youre going to blow a penalty its got to have impact and have the desired affect that youre after ... and when he gave some of the penalties that werent needed to be given.Harrigan, who publicly backed Sutton after the opening game of the series, thought he should have made way for Badger in Wednesday nights clash.I would take Gerry out, I wouldnt have had them for Game III, Harrigan said.I thought (Gavin) Badger deserves his go. 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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cole Hamels gets to go home for the All-Star Game, a much-deserved honor for the Texas Rangers left-hander despite his struggles in consecutive games against the Minnesota Twins.Hamels matched a career high with six walks while throwing 109 pitches in 4 1/3 innings, but Rougned Odor and Elvis Andrus had RBI triples as the Rangers rallied for a 6-5 victory Friday night.When you walk the amount of guys that I walked today, its nothing that I take very lightly, its something thats very frustrating, said Hamels, who was trailing when he left the game but had a no-decision. I just wasnt really getting ahead of hitters early and making them uncomfortable.Still, Hamels and center fielder Ian Desmond will represent the Rangers in the All-Star Game in San Diego next week.Hamels, who lost with just four innings of work last Sunday at Minnesota, isnt the only Texas starter to struggle lately. The Rangers extended their club record to seven straight games when their starter didnt pitch at least five innings.Coles a great pitcher. There are stretches in any one season that for any starter, they go through things like this. Coles going to be able to work through it, manager Jeff Banister said. Hell find the rhythm, find the release point, and hell be back to the Cole Hamels that we know that he is.Texas twice blew two-run leads before finally going ahead for good in the sixth. Nomar Mazara had a leadoff double against reliever Ryan Pressly (2-5) before Andrus tripled and scored the go-ahead run on Bobby Wilsons sacrifice fly.Tony Barnette (6-3) threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Hamels. Sam Dyson worked a perfect ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances.Odor had an RBI triple in the first inning before Prince Fielders single made it 2-0. Odor, who leads the Rangers with 16 homers, had three hits and was only a long ball short of the cycle.Miguel Sano hit a three-run homer, his 14th, to put the Twins up 5-4 in the fifth. Hamels faced only three more batters after that, walking the last two.We made Hamels work. I dont think hell say he was as sharp as hes been the last couple starts, but you get a guy up that high in pitch count through five, you did a nice job, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.The TTwins have the ALs worst record at 30-56.dddddddddddd The Rangers are the ALs top team at 54-34 even after winning for only the third time in a 10-game stretch that included three straight losses to Minnesota.Minnesota got even at 2-all in the second when All-Star third baseman Eduardo Nunez was credited with an RBI infield single. Hamels came off the mound to field the high chopper, but when he turned to throw to first nobody was there after novice first baseman Jurickson Profar had also gone after the ball.Shin-Soo Choo and Desmond had consecutive two-out RBI singles in the fourth to make it 4-2.SHORT HOPSTwins starter Kyle Gibson struck out six but allowed four runs in five innings, his shortest outing in his last six starts. ... Hamels had six walks for the third time in his career. The last had been in April 2013. ... Texas optioned Chi Chi Gonzalez to Triple-A Round Rock a day after he threw 124 pitches in 4 2/3 innings against the Twins. Left-hander Alex Claudio was recalled from that Triple-A team.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: CF Byron Buxton left the game with a bruised right knee after crashing into the outfield wall in the first inning when going after Odors triple. Buxton was taken off the field on a motorized cart. The Twins said hes day-to-day. ... SS Eduardo Escobar hasnt started since last Saturday because of a sore left hamstring. Manager Paul Molitor wants to get him in a game this weekend before the All-Star break.Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish (right shoulder) will make his next rehab start Sunday night for Double-A Frisco. ... RHP Keone Kela (right elbow) is scheduled to pitch in consecutive games for Frisco on Sunday and Monday. He hopes to rejoin the Rangers after the All-Star break.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Ricky Nolasco (3-7) makes his team-leading 18th start.Rangers: Kyle Lohse, a 37-year-old right-hander who signed a minor league deal with the Rangers on May 14, will be called up from Triple-A Round Rock to start. The Rangers announced after Friday nights game that Nick Martinez (1-2) had been optioned to Double-A Frisco and will start for the RoughRiders instead Saturday night. ' ' '