PITTSBURGH -- Gerrit Cole never obsessed about pitching a complete game, but was
happy to get his first one.
Fred Lynn Angels Jersey .Cole pitched a
three-hitter and slumping Andrew McCutchen had a three-run home run among his
three hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Seattle
Mariners on Wednesday night.It was good, a really good feeling, Cole said. You
try to do it every time out but its not something I had been dwelling on. There
are lot of variables that can leak into any start and throw you astray, so you
just focus on the things you can control like your delivery and making quality
pitches.Making the 88th start of his four-year career, Cole (6-6) struck six and
walked one while winning for the first time since May 20. He had gone six starts
without a victory while also spending nearly five weeks on the disabled list
with strained right triceps from June 11-July 16.Cole threw 94 pitches, 70 for
strikes, against a Mariners lineup stacked with seven left-handed hitters and a
switch-hitter while becoming the first Pirates pitcher to complete a game with
fewer than 100 pitches since Francisco Liriano, who also needed just 94 at St.
Louis on Aug. 14, 2013.He put his foot down and pitched, Pirates manager Clint
Hurdle said. Thats as efficient as Ive seen him since hes been here. Twenty
pitches the first inning, 74 for the other eight. Really good outing.McCutchens
three-run blast off David Rollins came in the eighth inning and capped the
scoring. His 15th home run of the season pushed the nine-year veterans career
total to 166, tying Dave Parker for fifth on the Pirates all-time
list.McCutchen, who also doubled, had gone 4 for 29 with eight strikeouts in his
previous seven games, dropping the 2013 NL MVPs batting average to .241.I felt
something (good), thats for sure, McCutchen said. Im just going to stick with
this and keep going. It was a good day for me as far as the feel goes, and had
the results with it. Hopefully, it can propel me into these last couple of
months of the season.McCutchen and Jung Ho Kang, who hit a three-run double to
finish a four-run seventh inning, each had four RBI to help the Pirates win for
the sixth time in nine games. Jordy Mercer also had three of the Pirates 14 hits
and David Freese and Starling Marte added two each as the top four in the order
went a combined 10 for 17.Kang greeted reliever Nathan Karns with his double
that pushed the Pirates lead to 7-1.Kang also earlier hit a sacrifice fly off
James Paxton (3-5) to finish a three-run third inning that broke a scoreless
tie.Paxton gave up three runs and six hits in five innings, striking out six and
walking one.Drew Storen made his Mariners debut and was charged with four runs
in a 1 1/3 innings a night after being acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in a
trade for fellow reliever Joaquin Benoit.Norichika Aoki hit a pair of doubles
and scored the Mariners lone run in the sixth inning on Robinson Canos sacrifice
fly. Seattle had won five of its previous seven games.Cole threw the ball really
well, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. Tip your hat to him.TRAINERS
ROOMMariners: DH/OF Nelson Cruz was not in the lineup after fouling a ball off
his left foot Tuesday night, though manager Scott Servais said he held the
slugger out primarily because the designated hitter rule was not in effect in an
NL park. ... RHP Taijuan Walker (right foot tendinitis) pitched a three-inning
simulated game Wednesday, the first time he had faced hitters since going on the
disabled list July 6, and will likely make a minor league rehab start this
weekend. ... RHP Nick Vincent (mid-back strain), on the DL since June 27, will
throw off a mound for the first time Friday since being injured and is likely to
go on a rehab assignment next week.Pirates: RHP Tyler Glasnow (shoulder
inflammation), who was placed on the disabled list Sunday, is expected to begin
playing catch this weekend. ... C Chris Stewart (left knee discomfort) ran the
bases Wednesday for the first since going on the DL on July 2 and could go on a
rehab assignment by the middle of next week. ... RHP Ryan Vogelsong (facial
fractures) made what was scheduled to be the last of two rehab starts for
Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday night and allowed two runs on five hits in
seven innings against Gwinett with one walk and two strikeouts in the
International League. He also started twice for Double-A Altoona.UP
NEXTMariners: Open a three-game series against the Cubs at Chicago on Friday
with RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6, 3.96 ERA) looking to win his sixth straight
start as he faces LHP Jon Lester (10-4, 3.09).Pirates: Begin a three-game series
Friday night at Milwaukee with LHP Steven Brault (0-1, 2.25) expected to be
recalled from Indianapolis and make his second major league start, opposing
Brewers RHP Junior Guerra (6-2, 2.85).
Cody Allen Angels Jersey . Zvonareva, who won
the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in
only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva
made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but
lost her first matches at both tournaments.
Justin Upton Angels Jersey . It was the
second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason
games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and
Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17
points in the second half.
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. Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since
winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes
with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th
after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Carl Valeri turned 31 last week
but Juventus visit to Melbourne has him feeling 20 years younger.The Melbourne
Victory club captain says theres a buzz around the team leading up to their date
with the Italian giants on Saturday night at the MCG.Valeri is no stranger to
the Serie A giants, having spent a decade in Italy, travelling to Turin to play
the countrys biggest club once.He was left on the bench that day, making
Saturday night the first time hes played the Old Lady.And hes even more familiar
with coach Massimiliano Allegri, having spent time under his tutelage.Valeri
overlapped with Allegri, who has won the Italian league three times in the last
six seasons, at lower-league clubs SPAL and Grosseto more than a decade ago.The
former Socceroo has nothing but good words to say about Allegri.Hes just grown
since then and done some amazing things, Valeri said on Tuesday.I was coached by
Allegri for about three years back when I was first starting out in the Serie C,
Serie D.
Shohei Ohtani Jersey. He was great at getting
everyone to play for him. He was great at managing individual players and
getting the group together.Juventus has left 13 senior players behind as they
recover from a gruelling season of club and international football but Valeri
said that wouldnt reduce the spectacle.Juventus B-team is still pretty good, he
said.Theyre missing their European stars and fair enough, they deserve a
break.Im excited for it. Theres a certain buzz about it.I feel like a kid. Im
going to be a 30-year-old kid.Not many kids can say theyve played against
Juventus.Valeri wasnt buying into the idea that Victory would feel like the away
team at the MCG, given many thousands of Melburnians with Italian heritage.The
31-year-old Victory captain is one of them.I think we might get up on the fans,
he said.I support Victory so why cant they? ' ' '
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