导出博客文章ST. LOUIS -- It was strictly business when the St. Louis Cardinals parted ways
with Eric Fryer.Their former backup catcher could not deny the extra buzz facing
his old team for the first time since resurfacing.Fryer had two hits and three
RBIs in his first game with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 5-2 victory Tuesday
night.I mean, I was amped up to play, Fryer said. The familiarity of the team,
the atmosphere I was in kind of made it a little easier to kind of harness it
back and let the game come to me a little bit.The Cardinals released Fryer when
backup catcher Brayan Pena came off the 15-day disabled list and the Pirates,
with whom he played in the minors, claimed him off waivers on Sunday. He batted
.368 with St. Louis with five RBIs in 38 at-bats behind seven-time All-Star
Yadier Molina but Pena has a two-year, $5 million contract.Fryer said Cardinals
manager Mike Matheny told him its just one of those things that had to work out
this way.It was nice for him to say it like that, but Im on to Pittsburgh, I
guess, Fryer said.The Pittsburgh bullpen worked five scoreless innings in
support of lefty?Steven Brault, who allowed one earned run in four innings while
throwing 82 pitches and adding a single in his debut.Brault learned he would be
making the start two days earlier and remembered everything except his glove,
which should arrive Wednesday from Indianapolis. He borrowed Jeff Lockes and
lived up to expectations.I am forgetful at times and I had a little bit of
nerves going, Ill use that as an excuse, Brault said. Overall, I think I reacted
well and just tried to keep doing what Ive been doing.The 24-year-old Brault
pitched in place of fellow rookie Jameson Taillon, placed on the DL on Sunday
with shoulder fatigue. Brault didnt know if he would start Sunday against the
Chicago Cubs in the final game before the All-Star break.Juan Nicasio (7-6)
worked two scoreless innings and Mark Melancon finished for his 21st consecutive
save and 25th in 26 chances.Josh Harrison and David Freese added RBIs for the
Pirates, who have taken the first two games of a four-game set and are 7-4 in
the season series, closing within one-half game of the second-place Cardinals in
the NL Central.Mike Leake (5-7) gave up five runs in six innings for the
Cardinals, who got RBIs from Jedd Gyorko and Matt Holliday. Leake has lost his
last three outings with a 6.06 ERA.Freese was me missing location but Fryer did
a good job of putting the ball in play, Leake said. They werent terribly located
balls, but not the best.Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang, under investigation
by Chicago police on an allegation of sexual assault, singled pinch-hitting to
open the ninth. Manager Clint Hurdle declined comment after the game.HOT
BOXHarrison stayed alive in a rundown between third and home long enough for the
hitter and runner to take two bases in the fifth. The Cardinals finally got him
out on a play scored 3-2-5-3-6-4.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong
(facial fracture) threw 61 pitches in a four-inning simulated game. ... RHP
Gerrit Cole (biceps) struck out six and allowed two hits for Triple-A
Indianapolis to begin a rehab start.Cardinals: SS Jhonny Peralta was taken out
after three innings with discomfort in his left thumb. The team said it was
unrelated to the surgery for a torn thumb ligament in March.SLUMPINGMatt Adams,
who replaced Peralta in the lineup, is in an 0-for-31 slump.UP NEXTPirates:
Locke (8-5, 5.13) has won his last three starts with a 1.93 ERA and bested
Oakland ace Sonny Gray his last time out.Cardinals: Jaime Garcia (6-6, 3.84)
allowed one run in eight innings against the Brewers his last time out. He has a
0.57 ERA against Pittsburgh in six games, four starts.
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par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole
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stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. AMSTERDAM -- Less than two
years after an anti-doping test showed he had cancer, Thomas van der Plaetsen is
heading to the Olympics -- as European decathlon champion.First the Belgian had
to suffer through the ignominy of being tainted a drug cheat, while the test in
October 2014 in fact showed he had testicular cancer. Then came the operation,
followed by chemotherapy. When he became bald because of the treatment, he
looked half the decathlete he once was.On Thursday he put all of this behind him
and hung on in the concluding 1,500 meters to win the European title with 8,218
points ahead of Czech Adam Helcelet with 8,157.It is difficult to say if this is
my greatest win ever, but it is definitely the one I cherish the most, he
said.Many had ruled out a return to the top, especially in a discipline with 10
events spread over two days. After everything that happened last year, that is
why this has so much significance. A fantastic comeback, he said. The result
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Sweden by 4 centimeters.It turned into a double golden evening for Britain. In
the absence of world champion Dafne Schippers, 20-year-old Dina Asher-Smith of
Britain won the 200 ahead of Bulgarian Ivet Lalova-Collio. Schippers will
compete in the 100 and relays over the next three days and therefore chose not
to defend her title.In the mens 100 meters, Churandy Martina upset the odds for
gold, finishing in 10.07 seconds, the same time as Jak Ali Harvey of Tukry. It
was the first gold for the host nation. Jimmy Vicaut of France, the overwhelming
favorite only came in third, .01 seconds behind.In the high jump, Ruth Beita of
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jump title, scaling 1.98 meters, holding a edge of 2 centimeters over Bulgarian
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