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Pakistanis 261 for 3 dec (Azhar 81, Masood 67) drew with Worcestershire 260 for 6 dec (Kohler-Cadmore 73, Clarke 58)Scorecard All Pakistans bowlers were made to work hard for their success on the second day against Worcestershire as Joe Clarke, the highly-rated 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, and Tom Kohler-Cadmore struck half-centuries at New Road. San Francisco Giants Store .Rahat Ali, an incumbent in the Test side, finished with 2 for 29 but both he and Wahab Riaz, who has also played the opening two Tests, could find themselves vulnerable if Pakistan opt to change the balance of their attack for Edgbaston.Imran Khan and Sohail Khan, both right-arm quicks, were given the most work by Azhar Ali but only managed a wicket apiece in their 19 overs.Worcestershires openers, Daryl Mitchell and Tom Fell, provided a solid start with a stand of 77 which was broken when Rahat removed Fell. Mitchell was yorked on the stroke of lunch by Sohail, one short of his fifty, and the early part of the afternoon was dominated by two of Worcestershires talented young batsmen.Clarke is firmly on Englands radar - he was part of the recent England Lions squad - and brought up his fifty, which included a six of Zulfiqar Babar, off 68 balls before being caught behind off Rahat.Kohler-Cadmore, 21, also took Zulfiqar for a six on his way to bringing up fifty off 96 deliveries. He was the last wicket to fall before the draw was called when he picked out Imran in the deep.Before then, Wahab and Imran had each struck to make inroads into the middle order. But there was no chance for Pakistan to bat again in the two-day fixture which would appear to make it unlikely they will make changes to their top order for the third Test which starts on August 3. San Francisco Giants Shirts . 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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates play their final home game of the season Thursday, and its a proposition welcomed by them only because they wont play the Chicago Cubs again until 2017.For the first time since 2012, there will be no autumnal postseason baseball in Pittsburgh that Pirates fans like to refer to as Buctober, and the Cubs are greatly the reason why.The Pirates will wrap up an unsatisfying 2016 season at PNC Park, where they are 38-42, including a 5-17 record in their last 22 home games. Its been quite the turnaround, given that the Pirates (192 home wins since 2013) trail only the Los Angeles Dodgers (200) and St. Louis Cardinals (194) in home wins since the 2013 season.This season, its the Cubs whove made themselves at home, winning a major league-leading 57 games at home -- the kind of mastery they hope to carry into the postseason next week, with home field advantage through the NL playoffs. Theyve also gone 14-4 against the Pirates, despite losing 8-4 Wednesday as Pirates first baseman John Jaso became the first player to hit for the cycle in PNC Park.First, though, theyve got to wrap up their best regular season since 1910 with the game in Pittsburgh and three more in Cincinnati this weekend. And that means continuing to give at-bats to their key regulars -- six of their eight position player starters Wednesday night were starters -- and to give a glance or two to some prospects.That includes rookie left-hander Rob Zastryzny, their second round pick in 2013 whos off to a promising start with a 1-0 record and 1.46 ERA in seven relief appearances. Hell make his major league starting debut Thursday night, opposing veteran Pirates right-hander Ivan Nova (12-8, 4.37 ERA).Zastryzny has an interesting background. He was born in Edmonton before moving at age 1 to Dallas where, true to his Canadian roots, he excelled inn youth hockey before switching to baseball. San Francisco Giants Pro Shop. I had it (hockey) in my blood, he told the Chicago Tribune. But, after playing in a tournament against Canadian players in which he realized he might not be as good as he initially thought, his parents told him, You know what? Heres a baseball, try that.Cubs manager Joe Maddon likes what he sees of Zastryzny so far, even thought the left-hander has appeared in only three games this month.His stuff is good and hes a strike thrower, and I love strike throwers, Maddon said.This will be Novas 11th start since the Pirates acquired him from the New York Yankees on Aug. 1, and so far hes been exactly what Jonathon Niese, Francisco Liriano and Juan Nicasio werent to Pittsburgh -- an effective starter. He is 5-2 with a 3.49 ERA, 47 strikeouts and only three walks with the Pirates, one reason why they want to bring him back next season if they can afford him.Hes been a really good get for us, and thats an understatement, manager Clint Hurdle told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.However, Nova has been less effective lately, giving up 18 hits and nine earned runs in seven innings over his last two starts after going 5-0 in his first eight Pirates starts. He lasted four innings during a 6-1 loss to the Washington Nationals, giving up eight hits and five earned runs.The past three seasons, the Pirates were gearing up for the postseason -- they lost to the Cardinals in a five-game NLDS in 2013, and to the Giants (2014) and the Cubs and Arrieta (2015) in the NL wild card game at PNC Park the previous two seasons.Now, theyre gearing up for the offseason.Ill finally get to sleep in my own bed for the first time in eight months, Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon said. ' ' ' hian State on Saturday and an ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup with Michigan State on Nov. 29.Rhode Island: The Rams are off until Friday when they host Belmont.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---This story has been corrected to show that Jefferson had 15 rebounds instead of 11. ' ' '