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MIAMI -- An NL All-Star jersey was draped over the chair at Giancarlo Stantons locker Sunday, and lately its looking like a better fit.The $325 million slugger ended a slump-marred first half of the season Sunday with a homer that put the Miami Marlins ahead to stay, and they completed their first series sweep of Cincinnati since 2003 by winning 7-3.Stanton didnt make the All-Star team but will compete in the Home Run Derby. He goes into the break with 20 home runs and 50 RBI, even though his play was nothing special for a prolonged stretch.You could have picked anyone in the stands and put them in right field a month ago, he said. Its pretty good now. There have been good strides.Stanton was batting .193 on June 15 but has raised his average to .233. His latest hit was a two-run homer in the fifth inning that gave Miami a 4-3 lead.How will he do in the Derby in San Diego on Monday?Well see, he said. Youre going to have to watch. I look forward to it a lot.I hope he hits some monumental ones, manager Don Mattingly said. Theres a building out there in left field down the line -- I think he can clear that.Thanks to three consecutive wins over Cincinnati, and despite Stantons struggles, the Marlins (47-41) have their best record at the All-Star break since 1997.Its time to press on the gas, man, Stanton said. We can peel off with everyone or we can keep going. No one is going to remember the halftime record.The last-place Reds, swept in Miami for the first time since 1996, were again hurt by a succession of baserunning mistakes and defensive lapses.We were awful today defensively, manager Bryan Price said.Miamis Adeiny Hechavarria scored from second base on a passed ball, a franchise first. All-Star center fielder Marcell Ozuna threw out Brandon Phillips on the bases for the second game in a row.Four Marlins relievers combined to allow two baserunners over the final five innings. Mike Dunn (1-1) pitched a perfect fifth to break the franchise record for career pitching appearances with his 369th.Reds rookie Cody Reed (0-4) allowed three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings to remain winless in five career starts.I just made that one bad pitch -- to Stanton, Reed said. The guy is getting paid 300-something-million to hit home runs; he does that from time to time.Reds starters have an ERA of 5.86 this month. Miami improved to 15-6 against left-handers.BAD DEFENSESloppy fielding hurt Cincinnati in the second inning, when Miami scored twice. Miguel Rojas doubled and took advantage of All-Star right fielder Jay Bruces poor throw to score on a single by Hechavarria, who took second on the play.A pitch by Reed then caromed off catcher Tucker Barnharts shin guard, and when the ball rolled behind the first-base coaching box, first baseman Joey Votto was slow to react, giving Hechavarria time to score easily.Miami also scored on a passed ball in Saturdays win.SUZUKI UPDATEMarlins pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki crumpled to the dirt when hit on the left knee by a pitch from Raisel Iglesias in the seventh inning, but he stayed in the game. He needs 10 hits for 3,000.REVERSALSUmpire Mike Estabrook twice called Marlins out on plays at first base, and both rulings were quickly overturned by replay reviews. The second reversal gave Miguel Rojas an infield single, and he later scored on Realmutos two-out single in the sixth.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: 1B Justin Bour (sprained ankle) is expected to return soon after the All-Star break.Reds: RHP Homer Bailey (elbow surgery), who made a rehab start Thursday at Triple-A Louisville, is expected to pitch again July 15 and July 20 before potentially returning to the Reds, manager Bryan Price said.UP NEXTWhen the Marlins visit the St. Louis Cardinals for three games beginning Friday, the starters are expected to be Wei-Yin Chen, Adam Conley and Koehler, with All-Star Jose Fernandez skipping a turn to help limit his innings pitched.After the break, the Reds return home to face the Milwaukee Brewers for a weekend series that begins Friday. The Reds plan to start, in order, Anthony DeSclafani, John Lamb and Dan Straily. Brandon Finnegan and Reed are scheduled to start the first two games of the following series against Atlanta. Cheap Shoes Black Friday . 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On June 12, just as the sun sets on the magnificent historical city of Sao Paulo the inventors, innovators and purveyors of “joga bonitowill” open their campaign. The opponent, Croatia and all its football might and will. As opposites do attract we are set for a corker of an opener.Paris, France (Sports Network) - Reigning champion Maria Sharapova, fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and former winner Li Na posted first-round victories Monday at the French Open. The second-seeded former world No. 1 Sharapova dismantled Taiwans Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2, 6-1 in a mere 54 minutes on Court Lenglen. Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam by capturing Roland Garros last year, beating Sara Errani in the final. Up next for the Russian superstar, whos a solid 31-4 this season, will be rising 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, a 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) victor against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova on Day 2. The 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska cruised past Shahar Peer of Israel by a 6-1, 6-1 margin in 57 minutes on the famed red clay. Radwanska has never advanced beyond the fourth round in Paris and was a third-round upset victim here last year. Up next for the crafty Pole will be Croat Donna Vekic. The sixth-seeded Li, the 2011 French Open champ and this years Australian Open runner-up, moved on with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain. The Chinese star will encounter American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the round of 64. Meanwhile, eighth-seeded German left-hander Angelique Kerber downed German Mona Barthel 7-66 (8-6), 6-2 and 10th-seeded former world No.dddddddddddd1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark picked up her first win since early last month with a 6-3, 6-2 handling of British lefty Laura Robson. Seventeenth-seeded American Sloane Stephens moved on by besting Italian Karin Knapp 6-2, 7-5, while former French Open and U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova ousted 22nd-seeded fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-2. The young American Stephens, who reached the semifinals at the Australian Open in January, will face fellow countrywoman Vania King in her next outing. Fifteenth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci routed Frances Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-3, 6-0; 20th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro overcame Romanian Simona Halep, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Slovak Zuzana Kucova took out 24th-seeded German Julia Goerges 7-6 (10-8), 6-0; American Melanie Oudin dismissed 28th-seeded Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-4, 6-3; and 29th-seeded American Varvara Lepchenko leveled Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-1, 6-2. 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