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9 Jul 2018 at 05:13

MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburghs Jameson Taillon remembers Hernan Perez from their days opposing each other in the minors. Nike Epic React Flyknit Rosa . The rookie right-hander would just as soon forget about him now.Perez drove in three runs with a two-run homer and an RBI single, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers over the Pirates 5-3 on Saturday night after Pittsburgh dealt closer Mark Melancon to Washington.Shifted to third in the batting order because Ryan Braun was sidelined by with right-side tightness, Perez hit a two-run homer in the first off rookie Taillon (2-2).I actually played him coming up with the Tigers in Double-A and Triple-A, Taillon said about Perezs time with Detroit. Im pretty confident I owned him in the minor leagues.Not anymore.Now is when it counts, Taillon said. Hes got me a couple of times.Moved up in the order on Thursday because of Brauns injury, Perez hit a two-run homer off Arizonas Robbie Ray. Perez has seven home runs this season; he had one in 156 games before this year.I feel good right now at the plate, Perez said. I am taking good pitches to swing. Put a good swing on the ball and good things happen.Taillon said that the pitch Perez hit for the home run didnt go where he wanted it.It was a two-seamer that was supposed to run in on his hands, Taillon said. It didnt do too much.With the trading of third baseman Aaron Hill to Boston on July 7, Perez has been playing more often, usually at third, but he has gotten time at short and right field.I feel good right now, getting good pitches to swing at, Perez said. Im putting good swings on the ball and making something happen.Perez is batting .360 with nine runs, three doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI since the All-Star break.Brewers manager Craig Counsell likes what he sees from Perez.Hes the definition of an improving player for me, Counsell said. Being able to slip into that spot and still produce, that says something for sure.Chase Anderson (6-10) gave up an unearned run and four hits in five innings, striking out a season-high seven. Jeremy Jeffress pitched the ninth for his 26th save in 27 chances, allowing Jordy Mercers RBI single.Milwaukee has won eight straight home games against the Pirates and kept two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy on the bench as the Brewers considered trade possibilities.Jung Ho Kangs RBI single in the fourth cut the gap, but Milwaukee opened a 4-1 lead against reliever Jonathan Niese with two outs in the seventh when Scooter Gennett had a run-scoring bloop single and Perezs third hit of the game drove in another run.Gregory Polanco hit his 14th homer, an eighth-inning drive off Will Smith. Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered against Neftali Feliz in the bottom half.Nieuwenhuis saved a run in the fourth with a long throw from right that catcher Martin Maldonado caught on the fly. Kang missed the plate with his slide and Maldonado missed his first tag attempt, the tagged a lunging Maldonado for the inning-ending out.FREESE OUTDavid Freese was ejected by plate umpire Marty Foster for arguing balls and strikes before the Brewers came to bat in the fifth. Freese had just struck out swinging. John Jaso replaced Freese at first base.TAILLON DENIEDNieuwenhuis charged Taillons one-hop line drive in the fifth and fired a strike to first baseman Chris Carter to just get Taillon. That would have been the rookies first hit in 12 at-bats.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Melancon was traded for reliever Felipe Rivero and pitching prospect Taylor Hearn. I get the business side of it, Melancon said. It is what it is. I am just happy I was part of this organization. . C Francisco Cervelli was back in the starting lineup after being helped off the field in the eighth inning of Friday nights game. Gennett was hit by a pitch, and the ball ended up catching Cervelli on his inside right foot. I feel better, Cervelli said. I did a lot of treatment last night. In the moment, I thought it was broke. It was hard. It was the same spot I got hit in Miami.Brewers: Milwaukee C Jonathan Lucroy was not in the starting lineup for Saturday nights game against the Pirates as the Brewers considered trade possibilities. ... Braun, a late scratch, missed his third consecutive game.UP NEXTPirates: LHP Francisco Liriano (6-10) makes his second start this season against the Brewers. He struck out 13 over 6 2/3 innings and won 5-3 on July 21. He struck out 13 over 6 2/3 innings and won 5-3 on July 21. He needs two strikeouts for 1500 in his career. He has lost four of his last five road decisions.Brewers: RHP Matt Garza (1-4, 5.74) makes his ninth start of the season and second against the Pirates since being reinstated from the 60-day disabled list on June 14 with a right lat strain. He allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings in the 5-3 loss to Liriano and the Pirates. Air Max Scontate Uomo . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Donne Nike VaporMax Moc Flyknit Multicolore Nere & Hot Punch AA4155-003 Vendita Online . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. www.airmaxshopitalia.it/air-max-270-scontate.html .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. The Hurricanes and the Lions both turned up for the Super Rugby final, and the New Zealanders had to work for their success. The Lions forward pack brought it to the table, and I just think some experience, call it sleight of hand, by some of the older boys in the Hurricanes side made the difference.Cory Jane missing out on the first try but making no mistake with his perseverance to claim the second was one example, but above all else it was the forwards who came through.I thought the telling moment came when the Hurricanes were back on their own line but turned the tails on the Lions scrum; they just grew in confidence from that. It was an important moment in the game.And the Hurricanes defence was immense, and the key point of difference between the sides on the night. The effort they put in was typified to me by Brad Shields, who was outstanding. He had a huge game. Some of the big hits he was putting in, and then just getting up and making double tackles, saw him really leading the charge. He put his hand up and said, Dont forget about me to the All Blacks selectors.The Hurricanes have adopted that rush style defence, and perfected it; you just dont have any time and space when that defence is in your face, and the Hurricanes shut down all the Lions time and space and suffocated them. It says everything about how well the Hurricanes have applied the system that no-one managed to score a try against them in their three play-off games.Defence of that quality comes from trust; trust in the guys inside you and outside. It typifies Team. In a team you can get individual brilliance that creates things, and you can score tries from having big, powerful runners; but people are going to score against you if you havent got the defence that requires 100 percent team buy-in.Its successful implementation showed that Chris Boyd and John Plumtree have really got the mix right, and the team are playing for each other. And it was great to see the stories like Victor Vito signing off and Dane Coles going through and showing his courageous effort; it was everybody putting their bodies on the line. They are deserved winners, and it was a really good night of rugby in spite of the conditions.I do think the travel factor reared its head for the Lions. The final proved one game too much for them, but looking at it purely from the New Zealand side of things I think the Hurricanes have grown and learned from all the shortfalls they have had in recent times, especially from the 2015 final loss at home to the Highlanders.In the process they have some players who have reached a new level, and I think the All Blacks can take a lot out of that. The Hurricanes defensive style, also, is something the All Blacks will have to look at. It is high-risk, high-reward sort of stuff but if you can perfect it and get it right -- which the Hurricanes did -- you succeed.However, if you dont get it rright and you dont fly up as a team you create gaps and they get through. Air Max Shop Italia. You have to have 100 percent trust to be able to do that.The All Blacks will be looking at that, and they will be looking also at certain players in that Lions side and expecting them to feature in the Rugby Championship. Both New Zealand and South Africa will take a lot out of the game.You have to tip your hat to the way the Lions have played this year; its great to see, and they are in good stead if they keep building on Johan Ackermanns approach to the game and his outlook. They are at a position much like where the Hurricanes were 12 months ago, and look where they the New Zealanders are now.Will the rest of South Africa follow suit?Thats the big question.If South Africa are to play Elton Jantjies at five-eighth, they need to adopt the Lions style of play with the speed of their half-back, Faf de Klerk. They dont have five-eighths Patrick Lambie or Handre Pollard to call on at the moment, while Morne Steyn is the only other specialist fly-half named in the squad. So it might be expecting too much to think the Springboks will move far from their traditional game in the Rugby Championship.The All Blacks can look at some of the form players from the Hurricanes side, and the selection for the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup opener against Australia in Sydney will be very interesting.It is hard to see how anyone other than Beauden Barrett can start wearing No. 10; youd put money on that. Hes stepped up to a whole new level and would add real flair. It will be interesting to see if Dane Coles has knocked himself back a bit with his rib heroics a week or so before All Blacks selection. The attitude of the coaches was interesting. Boyd and Plumtree got the result they desired with Coles starting the game while the All Blacks might not have been so happy.But if you dont play in those circumstances, or dont leave it all on the field in a final, what are you saving yourself for? Youre always just one injury from spending a lot of time on the sideline so you go out there and play with the same mentality. You dont get many opportunities at finals rugby, and some guys never get a crack at it at Super Rugby level and Saturday will be a moment that those guys involved will never forget in their careers.Now that its all over we can talk about the effect of the new schedule and I have to say that it didnt create the interest throughout, especially during the middle part of the season. There wasnt quite the same desperation of looking at the points table and working out who you needed to beat, and what you needed to do, to qualify for the playoffs.When everyone plays everyone, you have rightfully got everyone who should be there at the end. It needs to change. Wholesale NFL Autographed Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Outlet NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys NFL Cheap ' ' ' 



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