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CINCINNATI -- With Mike Leake on the disabled list with shingles, rookie right-hander Alex Reyes is getting an opportunity to start for the St. Max Scharping Jersey . Louis Cardinals, who are chasing a National-League wild-card spot.Reyes will make his second career start on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.Rated by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in the Cardinals organization, Reyes has shown good stuff, but command has been lacking at times.In 14 career innings, Reyes has allowed just one run while striking out 17. He has also walked eight, including four in his last outing.Theres a lot of room to grow, said manager Mike Matheny of Reyes. Most of it is going to be with fastball command, and fastball movement. Comes through struggles, trying to overthrow. Hell progress.Reyes faced the Reds once so far: a scoreless inning in relief on August 9.St. Louis enters this series having set a new franchise record with homers in 20 straight games. The Cardinals might add more offensive firepower on Friday when first baseman Matt Adams is expected to return. Adams who owns a 1.016 OPS against the Reds and has homered seven times at Great American Ball Park, missed the past 19 games with shoulder inflammation.Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani will make his 16th start of the season for the Reds on Friday. This will be DeSclafanis sixth career appearance and fifth start against the Cardinals, and second start of the season.DeSclafani is coming off his finest outing of the season on Saturday when he tossed a complete game, giving up only four hits with nine strikeouts in a 13-0 win at Arizona.It was his 11th quality start in 15 outings since coming off the disabled list on June 10.DeSclafani was the first Reds pitcher to produce at least six wins without a loss over his first nine starts to begin a season since Paul Wilson went 6-0 in his first nine starts in 2004.Cincinnati scored only four runs total while being swept in a three-game series at Anaheim, after averaging 5.7 runs per game in August going into the series.Its certainly a step back from where weve been, but its the ebb and flow of the season, Reds manager Bryan Price said. We had a few tough starts, short starts, had to go to the bullpen early and werent able to get back into those games. That hadnt been the recipe to our success in July and the better part of August.Despite being swept, Cincinnati has played better since the All-Star break. A big reason why is the hot bat of first baseman Joey Votto, who batted .394 in August after a .419 clip in July. He just missed becoming the first major league player since Josh Hamilton in 2010 to bat .400 or better in consecutive months.Also hot for Cincinnati since being recalled from Triple-A is Jose Peraza, whos been getting regular time at shortstop with Zack Cozart out recently with an injury. Peraza is batting .463 since coming back.The normally vacant lockers in both clubhouses at Great American Ball Park likely will be occupied beginning Friday after the rosters expanded to 40 on Thursday.St. Louis has won seven of 12 meetings against the Reds this season. The teams have split six games at Great American Ball Park. Max Scharping Youth Jersey . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p. Cullen Gillaspia Womens Jersey . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. http://www.texansrookiestore.com/Texans-Arian-Foster-Jersey/ . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Jim McElwain insists he has no problem with anything star cornerback Jalen Tabor says off the field, even if its a little controversial.What Tabor does on the field is a different story.McElwain suspended Tabor and tight end Cyontai Lewis on Wednesday for fighting in practice. McElwain said neither will play in the teams Sept. 3 opener against UMass.McElwain did not disclose the reason for the penalties, but Tabor posted on his Twitter page that Scuffles happen in football all the time, just didnt kno you could get suspended for it lol. Tabor also said he accepts his punishment and that God has a way of humbling us all.Both Cyontai and Jalen will not be involved with the team or practice due to behavior that is not acceptable, McElwain said in a statement. By no means are these bad guys and yet consequences have been handed down. We will not look the other way when it comes to breaking of team policies. I want to echo what I said earlier: these are both fine young men who will learn and be stronger from their actions.They will also be suspended for the first game. There are life lessons in everything we do. We will be better because of it and no one person is bigger than the Florida Gators.Tabor was suspended one game last season for violating University Athletic Association policy. He openly criticized the UAA on Twitter for its decision and later apologized.Im me, Tabor said at Floridas media day earlier this month. Im going to be honest. Arian Foster Youth Jersey. What you see is what you get. Sometimes (it gets me in trouble). If you aint being you ... if you aint living for nothing, youll die for anything. Thats how I see it.Tabor raised eyebrows again last week when he predicted on national television that the Gators would beat Tennessee for the 11th consecutive time next month.I love the guy, McElwain said the following day. Hes a guy who cares. Hes a guy who has really invested in himself. I think hes grown up immensely as far as how hes going about his business.McElwain said he didnt see Tabors interview with ESPNs Paul Finebaum. When told what Tabor said, McElwain defended his player even further.I like the aggressive attitude, McElwain said. In fact, I wish our whole team in some spots had that same self-confidence because of their work. And hes put in the work. ... It will make for a good read, it will give you guys something to write about. At the end of the day, thats so far down the road, well jump that when we get there.Im not into censorship, OK? At the same time, Im not into giving guys bulletin-board material, but you can take that statement however you choose to take it. Im sure theyll put it up and blast it all over the world. Way to go. Theres a pretty good chance well show up in Knoxville.---Online: AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '