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CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros will conclude their four-game series Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field. Houston won the first two games, but Cleveland won the third game Wednesday.The end of Wednesdays game was a closers nightmare. With the Indians clinging to a 6-5 lead, Houston had the tying run at first base, two outs in the top of the ninth inning, and Jose Altuve at the plate. But Indians closer Cody Allen rose to the challenge, striking out the leagues leading hitter to end the game.We were hoping Altuve wouldnt come to the plate, but it figures, said Indians manager Terry Francona.Said Allen: Those are situations, you dont like them, but in hindsight you enjoy them. Its competition at its best. Game on the line. Hes one of the best hitters in the game.The Indians are 7-2 on the 10-game homestand that concludes Thursday. The pitching matchup will be Trevor Bauer (10-6, 3.70) for the Indians vs. Astros right-hander David Paulino, who will be making his major league debut.Bauer comes into the game on a roll. In his last six starts Bauer is 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA while holding opposing batters to a .215 batting average. This will be Bauers second start against Houston. In his first start, on May 10, he was outstanding. In a 4-0 victory Bauer pitched seven scoreless innings on three hits with seven strikeouts.Houston is one of Bauers preferred opponents. In four career starts against the Astros he is 4-0 with a 0.67 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 27 innings.Paulino is ranked as the No.4 prospect in the Houston organization and No.76 in all of baseball by MLB.com. He pitched at three levels this year, Class-A Gulf Coast Astros, Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Fresno. In a combined 20 appearances, 15 starts he was 5-4 with a 2.00 ERA. In 90 innings he gave up 72 hits with 106 strikeouts and 19 walks.The Astros will play the game without shortstop Carlos Correa, who also missed Wednesdays game. Correa has an inflamed left shoulder and was sent back to Houston for further tests.Manger A.J. Hinch said he expects Correa to be able to play Friday, when the Astros open a homestand against the Cubs.Carlos is a little beat up, Hinch said. We sent him to see our doctors. We felt it was the right decision.Alex Bregman, who was drafted as a shortstop last year, but has played mostly third base since joining the Astros, started at short on Wednesday, and is expected to be there again on Thursday.Correa struck out three times in Tuesdays game, but has a 12-game hitting streak. Correa is hitting .274 with 90 RBI, 87 of them as a shortstop, which broke the Astros record for most RBI by a shortstop, which was 86, by Miguel Tejada in 2009.The series between the Indians and Astros has been very competitive, and with good reason. Houston is battling for the second wildcard spot in the American League and the Indians, who lead the AL Central by 5 1/2 games, are trying to hold off second place Detroit to win the division for the first time since 2007.Teams are chasing us. We have to play good baseball, Allen said. We want to win on a daily basis, because as long as we continue to win, they cant catch us. Hank Aaron Jersey . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Freddy Peralta Jersey . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. https://www.cheapbrewers.com/1589y-brandon-woodruff-jersey-brewers.html . 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The Indiana Fever enter the second half of the WNBA season on the fringe of a playoff spot.That is not great news as Indiana tries to get forward Tamika Catchings into the postseason in her 16th and final season in the league.The worse news: Indiana has yet to play the Los Angeles Sparks.The Sparks (16-1) and Fever (7-10) will play the first of three meetings this season Wednesday night in Los Angeles.Just focus on the Fever, focusing on those details, Indiana guard Shenise Johnson told WNBA.com about the matchup. If we do that, we should take care of business.Easier said than done against the Sparks, who shoot league highs from the field (49.1 percent) and 3-point range (39 percent), while holding opponents to a league-low 72.5 points per game.While the Fever battle for one of eight spots in the 12-team league, the Sparks sit at the top, having tied the 1998 Houston Comets for the best 17-game start in league history.Los Angeles is coming off a 77-67 home victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday. Forward Nneka Ogwumike continued to make her MVP case with 22 points, 15 rebounds and three blockedd shots in the battle of conference leaders.ddddddddddddOgwumike is averaging 18.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting 69.9 percent from the field.The Sparks have a second MVP candidate in center Candace Parker (16.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game). Guard Kristi Toliver has the best assist-to-turnover ratio in the league (3.7-to-1) on a well-balanced team.Indiana, which is starting a three-game road trip, is led in scoring by Catchings at 13.7 points per game. Guard Tiffany Mitchell is averaging 11.2 points per game. Center Erlana Larkins is coming off a 16-point, 17-rebound performance in the teams 87-85 overtime loss to San Antonio on Friday night.Indiana has re-signed guard Jeanette Pohlen, who was waived in camp. Pohlen, who had been with the Fever since coming out of Stanford in 2011, could add an outside threat to a team that shoots 28.5 percent behind the arc, 11th in the WNBA.Pohlen is a career 42.5 percent shooter on 3-point attempts. ' ' '