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A look at whats happening all around the majors on Thursday.---BIG ONE BEFORE THE BREAKThe NL East-leading Nationals begin a four-game series to end the first half of the season against the second-place Mets with four games separating the teams. Washingtons offense broke out Wednesday in a 7-4 win over Milwaukee, with Bryce Harper hitting the Nats first homer in three games. The Mets, meanwhile, have won six of seven . Youngster Lucas Giolito (0-0, 0.00) makes his second ML start for the Nationals and will face 43-year-old Bartolo Colon (7-4, 2.87) in the opener.BAD NEWS BEARSThe struggling Cubs host the Braves for one game to make up a rainout from April 30. Chicago is coming off a lost series vs. Cincinnati and has dropped 12 of its past 17 games. I cant connect a bunch of negative dots. It just happened, said manager Joe Maddon, who believes this poor stretch is more a snapshot than a sign of bigger problems. Jason Hammel (7-5, 3.45) of the Cubs takes on Lucas Harrell (1-0, 1.50), who is coming off his first major league start in more than two years.RYU RETURNSDodgers right-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu makes his season debut and his first start since the 2014 playoffs when L.A. faces San Diego. He had shoulder surgery in May 2015 after going 14-7 with a 3.38 ERA in 2014. The Padres counter with Drew Pomeranz (7-7, 2.65).BUC UPHard-throwing pitching prospect Tyler Glasnow will make his major league debut for Pittsburgh against St. Louis. The 6-foot-8 right-hander has a 1.78 ERA in 96 innings at Triple-A Indianapolis, runs his fastball up to 99 mph and also throws an impressive curveball. He was a fifth-round draft pick in 2011 and has ranked among the Pirates top prospects since breaking out in Class-A in 2013. Its a downhill angle, manager Clint Hurdle said. Its firm. Its hard. The curveball plays. The changeup hell use aggressively as well. Hes shown the ability to throw those secondary pitches in offensive counts. Adam Wainwright (7-5, 4.70) -- another tall right-hander with an exceptional curveball -- is up for the Cardinals.BAUER POWERIndians right-hander Trevor Bauer (7-2, 3.02) tries to extend a dominant stretch when he faces the Yankees. Bauers overpowering stuff is finally translating into outstanding results -- he has a 1.81 ERA over his past seven appearances (six starts) and hasnt lost since May 21. Ivan Nova (5-5, 5.06) is up for the Yankees.Cheap Freddy Peralta Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Cheap Gio Gonzalez Jersey . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. 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The Browns coaching search remains incomplete.North Melbournes best form had better be in front of them, because their AFL season of great expectations has ground to a halt.Kangaroos coach Brad Scott remained upbeat about their prospects after Sundays 32-point loss to West Coast at Subiaco.It meant they have lost five of their last six games and plummeted from top spot on the AFL ladder to eighth.Scott said they had to rediscover their best form and regain players from injury.Our best footy is in front of us, he said.We have played some really good football this year and we have had some challenges put in front of us. Some challenges we havent been able to overcome.We have played four pretty good teams in the past month (Geelong, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Eagles) and really I didnt walk away discouraged that our best wasnt good enough to win those games.Indeed, their situation is not catastrophic - yet.Norths nine-game winning streak at the start of the season means they are only one game plus percentage outside the top four.And the Kangaroos have a three-game buffer over Port Adelaide, Collingwood Melbourne and St Kilda, who will need a lot to go right if any of them are to push for the finals.But of Norths 10 wins this season, only two have been against other teams currently in the top eight.Their form slump makes next Saturdays home game against the resurgent Power a big clash.The Eagles 16.8 (104) to 11.6 (72) win was their first thiis year against another top eight team.ddddddddddddWest Coast improved from eighth to fifth, leaving them just one win adrift of second.Also on Sunday, Adelaide extended their winning streak to seven with a regulation 10-goal win over Carlton at the MCG.The 16.11 (107) to 7.5 (47) win sent the Crows rocketing from fifth to third.Across town, St Kildas four-goal run in the last quarter meant they survived a scare against lowly Essendon and won by 11 points.Jack Steven was supreme for the Saints in the 17.7 (109) to 14.14 (98) win.Geelong and GWS were the big losers in round 16, with the Cats falling at home to Sydney on Friday night by 38 points.As Geelong dropped out of the top four, Sydney replaced them in second spot and set up a ripping clash next Thursday night against top side Hawthorn at the SCG.The Giants were also ordinary at home, falling to the Magpies by 32 points to drop from third to seventh.Richmond gave the Western Bulldogs an almighty scare on Saturday night, but the Dogs won ugly by 10 points to improve from sixth to fourth.Only two games separate top side Hawthorn from North in eighth.The Hawks beat Port Adelaide on Thursday night by 22 points in a rugged clash.Melbourne beat Fremantle in Darwin and Gold Coast won the Q Clash over Brisbane. 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