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PITTSBURGH -- The Chicago Cubs will attempt to salvage a game against the charging Pittsburgh Pirates when they meet for the final time before the All-Star break at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon. Nike Air Vapormax Plus Womens White .Chicago (52-35) dropped the series first two games and has lost five straight entering Sunday. Pittsburgh (46-42) is heading in the opposite direction with nine wins in its past 10 games.Pirates manager Clint Hurdle is attempting to keep his teams success in perspective.I think we keep things in the right place, Hurdle said. We werent walking away with our head down and feeling sorry for ourselves after getting beat through June. Were not going to do backflips now. Were going to keep playing. The goal is to meet the demands of the game and play baseball at a very high level. Just take care of things one day at a time.If the Cubs hope to settle themselves before the break, it will have to be against left-handed pitcher Jonathan Niese, who is coming off his best start in about a month, a 4-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Independence Day. He had lost his previous four starts and allowed at least four earned runs in each since pitching seven shutout innings in a 6-2 win against the New York Mets on June 7.Despite the improved performance in his last outing, Niese still has work to do in one area. He would do well to go further into Sundays game than he has since that June outing against New York, since hes failed to go more than six innings in each of his past five starts.The Pirates have surged in recent weeks thanks in large part to their resurgent bullpen, which has been taxed by short outings from the starters. Hurdle realizes that and would like to alleviate some of that pressure with solid, lengthy starts.The upcoming All-Star break should also help the bullpen, but Niese could provide it a bit of extra rest with a strong outing against Chicago.Each teams pitching depth will be tested Sunday after heavily exercising their bullpens Saturday. Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl went just 2 1/3 innings in his third major league start Saturday and Cubs veteran left-hander Jon Lester didnt manage to go much longer, lasting three complete innings.Chicago will counter Niese with left-handed pitcher John Lackey, who has struggled lately, just as the rest of the Cubs have. He allowed six runs, five earned, in a 9-5 loss, his fourth straight, in his last start against the Cincinnati Reds on July 5.Lackey, who has yet to face Pittsburgh this season, went 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts against the Pirates last season.Cubs manager Joe Maddon is hoping Lackey can propel Chicago to a win before the break for the sake of confidence.Itd be nice, Maddon said. Unfortunately, Ive been part of this before. We lost seven in a row before the All-Star break (with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008) and went to the World Series. Ive lived it. Its never any fun. I get it. Itd be wonderful to do that. Every game, every day is the most important game of the year. Air Max 270 Hot Punch Black . Still, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thought taking him out before the fifth inning was an unusual move. "Im looking up at the board and hes got two hits given up and one run, and Im taking him out after the fourth inning," Roenicke said. 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Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has dismissed suggestions Travis Cloke will play his last AFL game for the Magpies this weekend.Cloke will return to the side to face Hawthorn at the MCG on Sunday afternoon after his third spell back in the VFL this season.Speculation is rife that the out-of-favour 29-year-old is set to seek a trade to another club after a difficult season, but Buckley is adamant he will see out the final year of his current contract.It will be Traviss last game for 2016, Buckley replied when asked if Cloke was about to play his last match for the club.Thats an external story, its not ours.We dont take into account any of the external stuff. He has a contract for next year, hes next-best suited to the role that we need played on Sunday. We want to win a game of footy ... thats where our entire focus is.Buckley said he is in constant dialogue with all his players, including Cloke, aboout their futures and he has no reason to believe the veteran forward is looking for a fresh start. Nike Off White Vapormax 2018. Cloke has been preferred ahead of American tall Mason Cox to replace young star Darcy Moore, who injured a hamstring in last weeks big win over Gold Coast.The Pies are 12th on the ladder with nine wins as they prepare for their final game of a disappointing season, but Buckley is intent on finishing strongly.We made a commitment after the bye that we were going to have a crack at it, he said.Weve had a pretty tough draw in that back half (of the season) but weve played some of our better footy for the year and we want to see more of it on Sunday.Were 5-4 from (the past) nine games and weve taken some good scalps and been competitive, but were still not satisfied. 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