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CHICAGO - The hard-hit grounder went right to shortstop Starlin Castro, and he made a strong throw to first. It was just too late to get Gregory Polanco. The play proved costly when Josh Harrison followed with a two-run homer, sending Castro and the Chicago Cubs to a rain-delayed 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. "It was a bad bounce," Castro said. "I had to turn around. It was really hard, too, and the guy run pretty hard from home plate, thats why I didnt get him." Jordy Mercer went deep for the second straight day and Andrew McCutchen had a tiebreaking RBI single for Pittsburgh, which had lost four of five. Vance Worley (1-0) pitched into the seventh inning for his first win with the Pirates. Harrisons fifth homer with two out in the seventh made it 5-2 and came after Polanco was the beneficiary of baseballs replay system. He was originally called out by umpire James Hoye in a close play at first after he hustled down the line on his sharp grounder. "The play was a hard-hit ball to Starlin, who came up slower than he probably should have," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "Polanco is busting his rear end down the line." The review also extended Polancos hit streak to 11 games, making him the first NL player to begin his major league career with such a streak since Juan Pierre hit in 16 straight games for Colorado in 2000. "He looked safe, so you go out and you have your people run the replay," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "As sure as you are, you dont know until you know. It turned out to play very big for us." Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which had won four of five. Eli Whiteside doubled home Darwin Barney in the seventh. "The guys keep battling, they keep playing," Renteria said. The start of the game was delayed for 2 hours, 1 minute while a storm passed through the area. Rizzos 15th homer, a drive to the bleachers in right in the fourth, gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead. The big first baseman, making a case for a spot on the NL All-Star team, is batting .318 (27 for 85) with seven homers and 19 RBIs in his last 23 games. Pittsburgh responded in the fifth. With two outs and runners on first and second, Harrison and McCutchen each singled back up the middle to put the Pirates back in front. Brian Schlitter then replaced Travis Wood with runners on the corners and retired Russell Martin on a bouncer to third for the final out. Wood (7-6) allowed four hits, walked three and struck out four. The left-hander had won each of his last two starts, including a season-high eight innings of three-hit ball in a 3-0 victory at Philadelphia in his previous outing. "We got a little wild for a little bit, brought the ball up a little bit where they could find some holes and put some runs on the board," Wood said. Worley gave up three runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. The righty, who was acquired in a March 25 trade with Minnesota, pitched seven shutout innings in his first start of the season last Sunday at Miami. "Used all his pitches, pounded the strike zone, gave us a real good effort," Hurdle said. Jared Hughes got the final out of the seventh, Tony Watson tossed a perfect eighth and Mark Melancon struck out the side for his 11th save in 14 chances. It was Melancons first opportunity since Hurdle announced on Friday he was removing struggling righty Jason Grilli from the closer role. The Pirates played without speedy outfielder Starling Marte, who left the team to attend to a personal matter in his native Dominican Republic. Jose Tabata got the start in left and went 0 for 3 with a walk. Hurdle said he thinks Marte will be back in time for Monday nights game at Tampa Bay. NOTES: Cubs C Welington Castillo (rib injury) went 1 for 5 and drove in a run in his first rehab game with Triple-A Iowa on Friday. 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Jim Leyland, in his eighth playoffs, has never had a starting rotation he trusts as much as the grouping of Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister. Nike Womens Shoes Australia .J. -- The New York Jets have promoted Tony Sparano Jr.MONTREAL - Goaltender Carey Price produced a 36-save gem in his return from an injury for the Montreal Canadiens.Price, who is headed to the all-star game this week in Columbus, saw his team outshot 25-4 through the first 30 minutes only to bounce back with a strong second half and pull out a 2-1 overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.You dont want to be looking up at the scoreboard halfway through the game and seeing four shots on net, said Price, who returned after missing two games with an upper-body injury. But we wound up with 27 shots, so we started getting pucks on net. I think we grabbed more momentum after that.Alex Galchenyuk tied the game in the third period and P.K. Subban got the winner 4:09 into overtime, both on the power play, as Montreal (29-13-3) won a second game in a row and a third in its last four.Mike Ribeiro finally beat Price on Nashvilles 26th shot of the game at 12:10 of the second period, but Montreal then turned the tables to get the win. Final shots were 37-27 for Nashville, who were without injured star goalie Pekka Rinne for a third game.Were not going to play perfect every game, said Price. As long as we can rope-a-dope a bit when were not playing well and stay in the game, at least we give ourselves a chance to get that big goal and start grabbing momentum. Weve been able to do that this year.It was the first time in 14 occasions this season that the Central Division leading Predators failed to win coming off a defeat. They lost 5-2 to Detroit in their previous outing on Saturday.The first half of the game belonged to the Predators, said Montreal coach Michel Therrien. They played well and showed why theyre a top team in the west.I dont think we started the game with the right attitude, but we regrouped well. Thats whats important.Nashville scored just after Ribeiro missed an open side after a perfect feed from Filip Forsberg. Price lost his stick on the play, and was beaten by a point shot from Seth Jones that Ribeiro deflected in front of the net.The Canadiens tieed it with Craig Smith sitting out holding call at 2:02 of the third when Subban, a moment after hitting a goalpost, fed Galchenyuk for a re-direct from the edge of the crease past Carter Hutton.ddddddddddddt was Smith again who was sent off for tripping in overtime, and Subban ended it with a blast from the point for his 11th goal of the season. It was Montreals seventh power-play goal in its last four games.Every game is different, said Subban. You have to know there are going to be tough games where you dont have your legs and youre not first on the puck all the time.So you have to be smart and put the puck in the right places and support each other. Its a long season, but these games mean something for team morale.It was a big game for Subban, who had a goal and an assist and led his team with 22:51 of ice time.P.K. took charge tonight, said Therrien. He was a big leader for us. It was the last game for both teams before the all-star game on Sunday in Columbus.Price said he is looking forward to the weekend and meeting up with friends from past all-star games. That includes members of Canadas gold-medal winning team at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, starting with Predators defenceman Shea Weber.Itll be fun, said Price, who will be accompanied by rookie teammate Jiri Sekac. Obviously, going to a golf course in Florida would be nice, but at the same time, its a privilege to represent my team at an all-star game and Im happy to go.The Canadiens got a break midway through the second when one official called Andrei Markov for high-sticking, only to rule there was no penalty after a linesman informed him that Olli Jokinen had been hit above the left eye by a puck, not a stick. The Bell Centre crowd had roared in disapproval when the replay was shown on the scoreboard.Notes — Ribeiro, who began his NHL career in Montreal, has 12 points in 10 games against the Canadiens. . . Tom Gilbert returned after sitting out one game, while Mike Weaver was scratched. . . Forward Taylor Beck sat out for Nashville. ' ' '