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PHILADELPHIA -- Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said after Tuesdays game that he might be onto something.This came after he was reminded that Tuesdays ejection was the 51st of his career and sixth of 2016.Whatever he was trying to do -- whether he was really mad at first base umpire Alan Porter or trying to ignite a team that had lost 12 of 14 -- it worked.The Pirates won when trailing after eight innings for the first time since July 12, 2014 -- a stretch of 140 games.Sean Rodriguezs three-run, go-ahead home run gave Pittsburgh a 5-3 win over the Phillies.The win came at a much-needed time. Theyre not mathematically out of the playoffs just yet, though it would take an awful lot for them to catch the New York Mets or St. Louis Cardinals at this point. They entered Monday six games out of the final wild-card spot.They left Monday with -- finally -- a little bit of momentum.Weve been scratching and clawing every game, Hurdle said. If youre not in the dugout, you dont feel the angst sometimes. When your offense is scratching to score runs, they take the at-bats personal. They try to keep it professional, but they take them personal.For us to battle back like that, it just goes to show you the guys are still going to play, theyre still going to fight.The same can be said of the Phillies starting pitching staff. The offense has put up the lowest run totals in the league, but the organization has to be happy about the young starting pitchers as 2016 winds down.The bullpen, not so much. Jeanmar Gomezs blown save Tuesday was his fifth of the year and he now has a 5.21 ERA in 19 save situations at home this season. The bullpen was a strong suit earlier in the year. But the starters have been hung out to dry lately.Our entire bullpen hasnt really hung in there that well, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. Im excited about the starting pitching.Alec Asher delivered the 11th consecutive start of Phillies starting pitching allowing three runs or less. The last time a Phillies staff did that was in 2011, when the team boasted the likes of Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt. During the streak, Phillies starters have the best ERA in the league.Wednesday night will feature young righty Jake Thompson, who has lately been a much better pitcher after struggling in his first four starts. Thompson (1-5, 6.05 ERA) faces Pittsburgh left-hander Steven Brault (0-2, 3.38) when the four-game series continues in Philadelphia on Wednesday night (7:05 p.m. EST). Mariano Rivera Yankees Jersey . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. Aroldis Chapman Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. https://www.cheapyankees.com/2161g-clint-frazier-jersey-yankees.html . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. Breyvic Valera Yankees Jersey .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Breyvic Valera Jersey . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. STILLWATER, Okla. -- Texas athletic director Mike Perrin says he would be evaluating all facets of the football program following Saturdays 49-31 loss at Oklahoma State.Perrin reportedly told Orangebloods.com, when asked about coach Charlie Strongs future, that We need to evaluate what happened here.Pressed by ESPN to expound on his comment, Perrin said, Im not evaluating Charlie, per se. Im evaluating everything.Longhorns spokesman John Bianco later said Perrins comments were about the coaching staff needing to evaluate the game and the issues the team had on the field.After starting the season 2-0, the Longhorns have lost ttwo straight -- to Cal and Oklahoma State -- giving up 99 total points in the two losses.ddddddddddddYou cant play the way we played in the first half and expect to win a football game, especially in a tough environment like this, Strong said; the Longhorns trailed 37-25 at the half.Texas also had three extra points blocked Saturday, one of which the Cowboys returned for a two-point conversion.The Longhorns face rival Oklahoma in Dallas next weekend.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '