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Adelaides small defenders Rory Laird and Luke Brown are pressing for selection as the Crows seek to end their Geelong hoodoo.Laird (hip) and Brown (groin) are likely inclusions for Adelaides away trip to play in Geelong, where they havent won since 2003.We havent had success down there as a club for a while and well be out to hopefully change that this week, ruckman Sam Jacobs said of an eight-game losing stretch in Geelong.Jacobs said there was a reason for the poor record in Geelong: the Cats are a great side.That is pretty much the simplicity of it, he said.They have obviously been a great team for a long period of time now.But we go down there with full confidence that were in good enough form that we feel we can get the win.Adelaide are on an eight-winning streak which has taken them to second spot - their last loss was round eight, against Geelong.In that fixture, the Cats restricted Adelaide to a season-low 72 points - in every other game, the Crows have kicked 97 points or more.They defended us really well. We had a look at that straight after the game so Im sure (coach Don Pyke) Pykey will touch on that going forward this week, Jacobs said.They have obviously got a really experienced half-backline ... we will change a few things this week and hopefully it works.We always go into the game confident we can get the job done but I guess recent results suggest that we are in pretty good form.Evan Longoria Rays Jersey . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. Nate Lowe Rays Jersey . -- Stanfords Kevin Danser knelt on one knee and hardly moved on the sideline as Michigan State celebrated its Rose Bowl victory and his Cardinal teammates made their way to the locker room. https://www.cheapraysonline.com/446i-evan-longoria-jersey-rays.html .com) - Richie Incognito has reportedly been admitted to a psychiatric care unit in Arizona. 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A sweep by the Cubs would have them spraying champagne at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.The Cubs arrive in town with a magic number of five after the Cardinals 2-1 loss to the Brewers on Sunday and their 9-5 win Sunday night in Houston.You never want anyone celebrating on your home field, even if they are not division rivals or anything, said Cardinals pitcher Lance Lynn, who has not pitched this year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. You dont want anybody to clinch here. Thats definitely something you dont want to see.In recent years, the Cardinals have been the ones doing the celebrating. They have been to the postseason five consecutive years, and as the season winds down, know they will have to qualify as a wild-card team if they are going to extend that streak to six years.The loss to the Brewers, which came on a ninth-inning home run by Ryan Braun off Kevin Siegrist, dropped the Cardinals a half game out of the second wild-card spot because of the Mets 10-3 win over the Braves.Mike Leake will get the starting assignment for Monday nights game, which begins a stretch that will see the CCardinals play the Cubs and the Giants, who currently are in the first wild-card spot, in 10 of their next 13 games.ddddddddddddKyle Hendricks, who leads the NL with a 2.07 ERA, will start for the Cubs.Facing Hendricks will present the newest challenge for the Cardinals, who did not hit a home run on Saturday or Sunday, the first time they have gone two consecutive games without hitting a homer since Aug. 7-8. They lead the NL with 204 homers.Weve got to figure out how to score more runs, said manager Mike Matheny. We squared up two balls that almost all year have been gone. The ball wasnt jumping.Playing, and winning, at home has been a problem for the Cardinals this season. Their loss Sunday was the 39th at home, the most since they moved into the current Busch Stadium in 2006. They have 10 games left at home in the regular season.Last year, it was the Cardinals who won the division title, then saw their season end when they lost to the wild-card Cubs in the Division Series. The Cubs just want to win the division, then worry about the playoffs later.Were probably anxious to clinch as soon as possible, catcher Miguel Montero told the Chicago Sun-Times. That gives you the extra excitement to just try to do too much, to try to win games and get the lead even bigger, and clinch, on this road trip. ' ' '