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WINNIPEG -- Justin Goltz says his acting career in commercials is a nice little off-season perk but hes looking for a far more prominent role with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Goltz can be seen, briefly, in a Snickers TV commercial featuring comedian Robin Williams. "Throughout the audition process I had lines, I thought I was going to be a big guy," he said with a chuckle Wednesday of a role that would make spotting him hard for his family. But now hes auditioning for a much bigger part, looking to move from No. 4 on last seasons depth chart to No. 2 behind starting quarterback Buck Pierce. Thats where he sat as rookie camp started Wednesday, but he knows he has to prove himself to stay there with newcomers Max Hall and Chase Clement waiting in the wings. "I wouldnt expect anything else. I havent been given anything in my tenure as a professional football player and I wouldnt expect to be handed the position." Goltz, at six foot five and 210 pounds, has an easy athletic grace that has always impressed Bomber coaches. Hes also the youngest of the three at 25 -- Hall has almost two years on him and Clement one -- and is a new dad as well. He left a three-week-old son at home in San Diego to report to the Bombers and admits that was hard. This will be his fourth season with the Bombers (although he joined very late in 2010) and he has so far thrown just seven completed passes. He took a back seat to Alex Brink and Joey Elliott last season as Pierce went down with a series of injuries and missed 11 games. But Brink and Elliott didnt deliver what the Bombers wanted and both were cut in the off-season, leaving only Goltz. "I look at it as more of a compliment than being the next man in line or last man standing," he says. "I think when I have got an opportunity Ive done some things that have maybe turned a few heads and given me an opportunity to stay here." Those seven completed passes, plus eight carries and 43 yards rushing, still add up to a lot more CFL experience than Hall or Clement can claim. Both have either NFL or United Football League credentials after college -- Hall played six games for the Arizona Cardinals in 2010. Clement also was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2009 but decided Canada wasnt for him and left after one practice. The Bombers are making no bones about how important increasing depth at quarterback is for the team this season. Burke says much of training camp will be focused on sorting out the pecking order of the three pivots. Pierce says theres nothing much he can say to answer critics who worry about his durability, even though they praise what he does on the field when hes healthy. "Talk to me after this year." He stayed in Winnipeg in the off-season to train and has done what he can to prepare. "Last year was humbling in a lot of ways. 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"He came out throwing the ball really well, obviously with a lot of conviction and velocity from the get-go, 92-93 mph cutters as well as his fastball at 96," Sveum said. "Thats kind of the guy we want to go out there all the time, the 86-87 mph sliders and velocity from the get-go and see what happens from there." Jacksons stellar effort wasnt the only one wasted. So too was Wellington Castillos two-run homer in the top of the second that had staked Jackson to a 2-0 lead. "At the end of the day, all that matters is to keep playing, to have the opportunity to be here and to be in the lineup tomorrow," Castillo said. Jackson (1-8) had come into the game with losses in seven of his eight decisions this season. With the way he started Tuesday, he felt he was on his way to finally breaking out of his slump. "I felt pretty good tonigght, pretty loose from the beginning," Jackson said.dddddddddddd "I felt like I could come out and attacked the strike zone hard and down." Perhaps the only player on either team to benefit from the rainout was White Sox starter Chris Sale (5-2). The hard-throwing lefty had a streak of 23 scoreless innings coming in. Castros homer snapped it but the rainout restored the spurt. Sale, who missed his last start due to tendonitis in his left posterior shoulder, felt good even with the short work and reported no issues. "I pretty much look at this as kind of an extended bullpen," Sale said. "I dont think I threw but 40 (37 to be exact) pitches. I should be able to bounce back pretty quick." Sveum said his team had been looking forward to facing Sale Tuesday. "You hate to waste any time when you get up 2-0 against a pitcher like Sale and hopefully you hang on. If you score two and hopefully a couple more like that, then youve done your share off a guy like that. Its too bad the game had to be cancelled that quick, but we knew that rain was coming." The series shifts to Wrigley Field for a pair of afternoon games (1:20 p.m.) on Wednesday and Thursday. The scheduled pitchers remain the same for Wednesdays game, right-hander Scott Feldman (4-4, 2.80) for the Cubs vs. lefty John Danks (0-0, 4.50). NOTES: The White Sox have won eight of the last 12 meetings with the Cubs, and lead the overall series 49-42. . Coming into Tuesdays game, Cubs pitchers were leading the Major Leagues in a unique category: RBIs, with 15. . The game was cancelled so quickly that an official attendance number was never announced. ' ' '