JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The Lions won back their place in Super Rugby despite losing 23-18 to the Southern Kings in the second leg of their South African promotion-relegation playoff on Saturday. The Kings dropped out of the southern hemisphere rugby competition after just one season and following a stirring comeback to win away at Ellis Park. Agonizingly for the Kings, it just wasnt by enough points. Both teams finished level on log points following the two-game series having won one game each and both taken a bonus point from their loss, eventually leaving the Lions to prevail on points difference. The Johannesburg-based Lions took the first leg at the Port Elizabeth-based Kings Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium by 26-19 last week for an overall points total of 44 in the two-game series. The Kings finished with 42 points and had needed just one more score of any kind in the final six minutes of Saturdays game to retain their place in Super Rugby. The Lions will be South Africas fifth team in the 2014 season and rejoin the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Cheetahs having been dropped from the competition last year for the Kings without a playoff. The Kings faced the promotion-relegation contest as the last-placed South African team in the seasons standings. They will have to play another season back in domestic competitions before getting another chance at Super Rugby in a playoff against South Africas bottom-placed team next year. Both teams scored two tries on Saturday, with flankers Derick Minnie and Jaco Kriel going over for the Lions to help them to a healthy 18-9 lead with around 15 minutes to play. The Kings were revived by the sin-binning of Lions centre Stokkies Hanekom in the 66th and surged back into contention when prop Schalk Ferreira bashed over near the posts two minutes after Hanekom left the field. Wing Scott van Breda finished off a sweeping counter that started inside their own 22-meter area for the Kings second try and converted his score for an 18-point haul and a 23-18 lead for the visitors with four minutes to go. The Kings needed one more score to take their overall points total above the Lions, but couldnt find another opportunity as the Lions accepted the loss and held on to possession for the final minutes. Khalen Saunders Jersey . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. Joe Montana Youth Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. http://www.prochiefsauthentic.com/Youth-Frank-Clark-Elite-Jersey/ . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. 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Venables third game-ending hit scored Chris Denorfia from third to complete an improbable comeback after Padres batters struggled mightily through the first eight innings. It also allowed Stults to smile after a career-high, 12-strikeout performance where he allowed one run and three hits over eight dominant innings. "The numbers were great, but the win was the important thing," Stults said. "The end result is all that matters and Im proud of how we rallied late and were able to finish this game on top." Kyle Blanks forced extra innings in the bottom of the ninth with a one-out sacrifice fly off Mariners closer Tom Wilhemsen, who blew his second save in 13 tries by allowing just his second earned run in 23 innings. The dramatic finish followed a home run from Jason Bay off Padres closer Huston Street that gave Seattle a 2-1 lead in the ninth. Street has given up seven home runs in 20 1-3 innings this season. Stults, by contrast, was on point. "Eric pitched brilliantly," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Stults has pitched some very good games for us, but I dont know how you throw any better. All four pitches were effective and were thrown with excellent command. That was impressive." The left-hander struck out hitters in bunches, including two stretches of four straight. Stults previous strikeout best was nine, set on Aug. 17, 2007, while pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Colorado Rockies. "Im not really a strikeout guy," Stults said. "I normally pitch to contact, but I felt like I could attack their aggressiveness and use all my pitches to get them out. I was able to throw off-speed pitches low in the zone, and I believed I could make them swing and miss with that game plan." The Mariners were frustrated all night by a pitcher who doesnt throw fastballs above 90 mph and has a curveball 20 mph slower. Theyve lost seven straight on the road, and have struggled to score runs during a brutal 2-10 stretch. 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Saunders did so, but the Padres wore on the Mariners bullpen in the eighth and ninth before breaking through in the 10th inning. The Padres got to Seattle reliever Yoervis Medina (1-1) to win it in the 10th. Denorfia legged out an infield hit and advanced to third on Everth Cabreras seeing-eye bloop single near second base. Headley was intentionally walked before Venables game-winner. "I was really comfortable up there," Venable said. "I got a decent pitch to hit and was able to find a spot where they couldnt make a play. Its nice to win one like that. It shows great resolve all around." Luke Gregerson (3-2) pitched a scoreless 10th to earn the win. NOTES: Padres C Yasmani Grandal didnt shed much light on his use of performance-enhancing drugs on Wednesday in his first press conference with home media since testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone in November. He did say that he took an illegal substance in order to stay healthy, not to sustain an edge over the competition. He didnt divulge further details about PED use, citing an open MLB investigation surrounding the issue. . Mariners OF Michael Morse remained in Seattle when the team left for Wednesdays game at San Diego due to a quadriceps strain suffered on Tuesday. He was examined on Wednesday, and Mariners manager Eric Wedge said he believed Morses would gone 3-5 days and that he could catch up with the team during a weekend series at Minnesota. . 1B Justin Smoak, out since Saturday with a strained oblique muscle, took batting practice and pinch hit in the eighth inning. . Padres INF Logan Forsythe, on the 60-day disabled list with plantar fasciitis, moved his minor-league rehab assignment from extended spring training to Triple-A Tucson. . Seattle 2B got his first major-league hit in the fifth inning. ' ' '