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Connacht ground Edinburgh into submission to win 28-15 at the Sportsground to pick up their first points in this seasons Guinness PRO12.Tries from Niyi Adeolokun and Quinn Roux helped the hosts lead 18-10 at half-time in soggy conditions, with captain Grant Gilchrist touching down for Edinburgh.The Scots, whose head coach Alan Solomons stepped down after three years on Wednesday, failed to take anything from the game despite Mike Allens 70th-minute try. Connacht ended up as bonus point winners with Peter Robb crossing to add to Cian Kellehers 45th-minute score.Connacht lost Matt Healy early on to an arm injury and Jason Tovey knocked over a central penalty in the fifth minute.But a fine break by Adeolokun from the 10-metre line saw him cross for his third try of campaign, converted by Jack Carty, and further surges from Kieran Marmion and powerful centre Robb kept the hosts on the front foot.Cartys opening penalty put Connacht in double figures before Sean Kennedy sent second row Gilchrist over for a levelling seven-pointer.Connachts scrum, including impressive new tighthead Conor Carey, got on top, winning one against the head, and Edinburghs resistance eventually broke in the 36th minute.Tiernan OHalloran and Kelleher punched holes with a series of direct runs, and Jake Heenans excellent flick pass put Roux over in the right corner for his first ever score for the westerners.Carty unlocked the Edinburgh defence just five minutes after the restart, outfoxing the covering Glenn Bryce with a superb offload out the tackle that put replacement Kelleher cantering clear for try number three.Acting head coach Duncan Hodge would have been pleased with Edinburghs response, however they failed to turn initial breaks from Damien Hoyland and Tovey into points with handling proving increasingly difficult.Connacht dealt with the forward pressure too, man-of-the-match Heenan and Tom McCartney leading a resilient home defence. That was until winger Allen was freed up to score in the left corner, profiting from full-back Bryces instinctive between-the-legs pass.Toveys conversion attempt came back off the post, however, and Connacht sealed this much-needed bonus point success just two minutes later. Robb used his strength to slip out of Hoylands attempted tackle and raid in from the Scots 22-metre line. Buy Nike React .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. Nike React Cheap China .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. http://www.cheapnikereact.net/ . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. 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Lester, who has three wins and two no-decisions in his last five outings, faces St. Louis for the first time this season .Just before the All-Star break the Cubs were mired in a 6-15 slump while the Cardinals had closed to within seven games of the division leaders. And with 10 head-to-head games ahead in the second half, St. Louis was thinking about a potential run.The Cubs have a great team and it would still be a big challenge to catch them if their lead was four games instead of seven, Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter told reporters in mid-July. Its not going to be easy -- but it does at least seem more realistic than it did a few weeks ago.That was then.Three-plus weeks later Chicago owns a 12-game lead on second-place St. Louis. The Cubs have gone 19-6 since a victory just before the All-Star break and now have won nine straight.The Cardinals (60-54) are 4-6 in their last 10 games after Wednesdays 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, but lost first baseman Matt Adams to the disabled list before Thursdays game.The Cardinals come into the series four games beehind Los Angeles for the top wild card spot and tied with Miami for the second.ddddddddddddEvery game for us now is important., said Jhonny Peralta on Wednesday. Today was a big win. Miami lost and we won, so we are good to go. Now we go out there and try to win another game.The Cubs became the first big league team to 70 wins with Tuesdays 5-1 victory over the Angels. They maintain baseballs best record and are on track for 102 wins.Chicago is -- as pitcher Jake Arrieta put it last week -- operating on all cylinders. Among the differences over the last 24 games entering Wednesday was better performances and consistency from Arrieta and other pitchers.Cubs pitchers had a collective 2.37 ERA in that span, including a 2.61 ERA from starters and a 1.76 ERA from relievers. In 24 games prior, the Cubs had a 5.17 ERA.Adams was replaced on the active roster by outfielder Randal Grichuk, who is promoted from Triple-A with a .216 batting average this season and a miserable 1-for-17 five-game stretch at Memphis.Not even a soap opera involving bench player Tommy La Stella and his refusal to report to Triple-A Iowa has distracted the Cubs.The left-handed hitting infielder was sent down to Iowa 12 days ago but was reported to be instead working out at his New Jersey home and Cubs brass put La Stella on the inactive list on Tuesday.Hes a 27-year-old kid and hes working through some stuff and were trying to give him time to work through those things, Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said this week. Weve had a lot of contact with him and well continue to do that. ' ' '