CINCINNATI - Travis Snider felt for Jay Bruce.
[b]Gerard Pique Jersey[/b] . He also was happy to see the ball go to the wall.Sniders scorching liner got past Bruce for a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Friday night to keep the pressure on NL Central-leading St. Louis.Every once in a while, you hit one on the screws, and it has that knuckleball effect, said Snider, who started in right for the Pirates. Its a tough play for an outfielder. As an outfielder, youre going to see balls like that. Ive hit a few.The Pirates have won five of six and 17 of 21 overall. They have already clinched a wild card and remained one game back of the Cardinals, who won 7-6 at Arizona in 10 innings.Josh Harrison was aboard after a two-out single against Pedro Villareal (0-2) when Snider followed with a drive to right that Bruce overran, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. Andrew McCutchen then doubled into the gap in left-centre.Like a lot of times this year, I just whiffed, Bruce said. He hit it hard, and its not the first ball that knuckled, but as I planted to redirect, I slipped.Jared Hughes (7-5) got the final two outs of the seventh for the win. Tony Watson pitched the eighth, and Mark Melancon finished for his 33rd save.Mike Leake struck out eight in seven solid innings in his last start of the season for Cincinnati. The right-hander allowed one run a€” Gaby Sanchezs homer on the first pitch of the fifth a€” and three hits with two walks.Leake also helped himself in the fifth. He doubled with two out and then ran through third base coach Steve Smiths stop sign on Kristopher Negrons single to centre, beating McCutchens throw with a slide that made it 1-1.Leake is not sneaking up on anybody in the league, Reds manager Bryan Price said. Hes always ready to compete.Sanchezs drive to left-centre field was his seventh homer of the season and first since August 14.Pirates starter Vance Worley surrendered nine hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out four and walked none while throwing 74 pitches.HOT HARRISONHarrison extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games. The Cincinnati native set his previous career high of 13 earlier this season.ON A ROLLThe Pirates are a season-high 16 games over .500 at 88-72.DOUBLE DOWNMcCutchens double was his 38th, tying the career high he set last season, and the 200th of his career.STREAKING LEAKELeakes double was his career-high fifth of the season and his run was his career-high ninth.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Manager Clint Hurdles lineup was delayed while he awaited an update on the condition of first baseman Ike Davis. He has flu-like symptoms that are more than flu-like, Hurdle said. Davis did not play.Reds: LHP Aroldis Chapman was day to day after he had trouble getting loose while logging his 35th save on Thursday, Price said.ON DECKPirates: LHP Francisco Liriano tries Saturday for his first career win in nine regular-season starts against Cincinnati. He is 0-5.Reds: RHP Alfredo Simon tries to improve to 3-1 in four starts against Pittsburgh this season.
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[b]Sergi Roberto Jersey[/b] . The same for both the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers.NEWPORT, R.I. -- Lindsay Davenport remembers picking up a tennis racket as a child and the feeling that came with the ease of a powerful return. After giving up on two other sports, she found something she liked. On Saturday, she reached her sports highest honour, with her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Davenport spent 98 weeks ranked No. 1. She won the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Australian Open and 1996 Olympic gold medal to go with three major doubles titles. She finished the end of four years ranked No. 1. Chris Evert was among those at the ceremony. The tennis great described Davenports game as "so loud, so strong and aggressive." Davenport entered the hall with five-time Paralympic medallist Chantal Vandierendonck in the recent player category, coach Nick Bollettieri, executive Jane Brown Grimes, and broadcaster John Barrett in the contributor category. "Hitting the ball and making contact was always something that came very natural to me," Davenport said. "It was a blessing. It happened at a very young age. I didnt realize that it was that hard to do and I had a special talent, and it took a long time to put that altogether. "Thats what made it so fun to me, the sound, and what I could do witth the shots, and see how hard I could hit them.
[b]Jordi Alba Jersey[/b]. Everything else about the game took work and was a struggle, but that was something and that was the reason why I fell in love with it." She was presented by friend and former ATP pro Justin Gimelstob, who played against her at a clinic. The 82-year old Bollettieri has coached 10 players to the No. 1 ranking, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles and Boris Becker. In 1978, he founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, the first full-time tennis boarding school in the U.S. "The older you get, its not the (age), but what you have here," he said, touching his chest near his heart. Vandierendonck was a top Dutch player before she was injured in a car accident in 1983. Shes the first woman wheelchair player inducted. Brown Grimes is a former managing director of the Womens Professional Tennis Council (now known as the WTA Board), president of the U.S. Tennis Association, and president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Barrett was the "Voice of Wimbledon" on the BBC from 1971-2006. His wife, former top-ranked player Angela Mortimer Barrett, was inducted into the hall in 1993. Agassi and Steffi Graf are the only other married couple in the hall.
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