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SAN FRANCISCO -- The New York Mets will send ace Noah Syndergaard to the mound on Sunday in an attempt to split their four-game series with the San Francisco Giants. Adidas Nmd r2 Dame .The Giants will counter with 10-game winner Jeff Samardzija in the game that has been picked to be televised nationally by ESPN on Sunday night.The Mets had lost four of five on their trip and were experiencing pitching issues before veteran Bartolo Colon helped turn things around with 6 1/3 strong innings in Saturdays 9-5 win.The Giants had opened the series with 10-7 and 8-1 wins.But that was before Yoenis Cespedes got his power swing working again.After a 15-day stint on the disabled list and a one-hit return on Thursday, the slugger bombed a pair of home runs to highlight Saturdays win.The first of the two home runs went 457 feet, one foot shy of the being the longest hit at AT&T Park this season.He makes such a big difference, Mets manager Terry Collins gushed after Saturdays win. Its nice to have him back.The Mets had three home runs in the game, giving them 29 in their last 20 contests. The Giants, meanwhile, have allowed 47 homers in their 33 games since the All-Star break, the second-most in the National League.Neither starting pitcher in the series finale has had any success against Sundays opponent in his career.Syndergaard has faced the Giants twice and lost both games, allowing eight runs in 11 2/3 innings. Neither of those outings were at AT&T Park, site of Sundays start.The 6.17 ERA is Syndergaards highest among teams against which hes started at least twice.The second-year standout can expect the Giants to attack him where hes weakest -- holding baserunners.The Giants have gotten back in a base-stealing mode since acquiring Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline. San Francisco has 11 steals in 15 attempts in August after totaling nine all of last month.Syndergaard is on pace to challenge the all-time record for most steals allowed in a season. Hes allowed a major-league-high 40, which is two-thirds of the way to Dwight Goodens record of 60, set in 1990.The Giants probably will go Sunday without their hottest hitter, and one of their best base-stealers, Angel Pagan. The ex-Met experienced tightness in his right groin while chasing a fly ball in Saturdays game and had to be pulled in the fourth inning.We had it checked out and hes fine, Giants manager Bruce Bochy reported after the game. Hes probably going to need a day (off), and we think hell be OK.Samardzija has struggled even more against the Mets than Syndergaard has against San Francisco. He has faced New York nine times in his career, three times as a starter, and has come away with an 0-3 record and 8.72 ERA.The record is Samardzijas worst against all opponents; the ERA is his second-highest among clubs against which he has started two more times. Adidas Nmd Danmark .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. Adidas Nmd Herre Tilbud . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. http:///...-danmark/nmd-r1.html . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." A decision has seemingly been made - Sundays Group B-deciding tilt against Finland ahead - but it could not have been an easy one. Price opened the tournament with a sturdy 19-save performance against the Norwegians, yielding just one goal.Rangers will again be without Martyn Waghorn for the match against Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena on Tuesday. Waghorn had been hoping to make his return for the match against the struggling Championship side but is now likely to feature in the final league game of the season against St Mirren next weekend. Rangers manager Mark Warburton insists he isnt worried about having time off between the Scottish Championship season ending on May 1, and the cup final The former Wigan and Sunderland striker has been out of action since suffering a knee injury at Kilmarnock in February and will require some game time if he is to play in the Scottish Cup final against Hibernian on May 21. And there is no place in the team for midfielder Harry Forrester who continues to recover from a broken leg and is unlikely to feature again this season for Mark Warburtons side. Rangers head to the Tony Macaroni Arena on back of receiving Scottish Championshhip trophy Speaking ahead of the match, which was rescheduled following Rangers involvement in the Scottish Cup, Warburton revealed his side will play a friendly against English opposition before the Hampden showpiece against Hibs. Adidas Nmd Tilbud. The champions league season ends with the game in Paisley - while Alan Stubbs Hibees will be involved in the end-of-season play-offs - and Warburton is keen to strike a work-rest balance between the matches. Warburton believes Rangers are moving in the right direction following their promotion back to the Scottish Premiership - but insists theres still plenty of work to do Were going to have a game in the middle of that period, said the former City trader. We play St Mirren on the first, we have a game on the 11th down south then we come back into normal training.Were happy with that. The players will have four days off which we think is the right amount. Any more than that and its too easy to step into holiday mode.Subconsciously, five, six, seven days off is too long but four days off gives them a chance to rest with their families, recharge, then come back into a training routine. ' ' ' n the press box, Braun was indeed listed third -- his regular position in the batting order -- and Lucroy was fourth. But apparently that was not the case on the card handed to the umpires before the game.Braun grounded out leading off the second inning. ' ' '