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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sunday’s game between the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates was cancelled more than four hours before its scheduled 1:35 p.m. ET start time because of heavy rain that was expected to continue into the evening.The game was rescheduled for Oct. 1 Chris Rusin Jersey , the day after the regular season is scheduled to end. It was not immediately clear if the game will be played if it does not impact the postseason race.The Pirates entered Sunday seven games out of the second NL wild card while the Marlins have already been eliminated.The Pirates wound up sweeping the shortened two-game series and went 5-0 on a homestand that included three games against the Cincinnati Reds. The Marlins have lost three of four games.Pittsburgh will play the rest of the season without right fielder Gregory Polanco, who has a bone bruise in his left knee. Polanco leads team with 21 home runs, 83 RBIs and 61 extra-base hits while batting .254 in 130 games.Polanco was injured Friday night and left the Pirates’ 5-3 win over the Miami Marlins in the sixth inning when he slid awkwardly into second base on a double. He also strained his left shoulder.In his last 17 games, Polanco hit .348.“He had made great strides,” Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. “I really thought the improvement and the maturity — and that’s the word I’ll continue to use — he showed throughout the season, being an anchor in the lineup, continuing to work on his defense, stealing bases even in the month of September. He was intentional with all his work across the board.”Pittsburgh has evened its record at 71-71 with their winning streak.Rebuilding Miami is 56-85 after trading such lineup stalwarts as 2017 NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna, Dee Gordon and Justin Bour. The Marlins need to win six of their last 20 games to avoid what would be the third 100-loss season in the franchise’s 25-year history.One of the Marlins’ building blocks, rookie center fielder Lewis Brinson, is starting to turn his rookie season around since coming off the disabled list Sept. 1. He has gone 11 for 26 (.423) to raise his average to .206 in 91 games.Brinson http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-wade-davis-jersey , who missed nearly two months with right hip inflammation, was one of four prospects acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers for Yelich in January.“I want to just kind of be the player that I know that I’m supposed to be, and that I can be,” Brinson said. “Kind of just trying to finish up strong, have a strong end of the season and help this team win as many games as possible in September.”UP NEXTMarlins: RHP Jeff Brigham (0-1, 9.00 ERA) will make his second start Monday night, facing Mets LHP Jason Vargas (5-9, 6.75) in the opener of a four-game series at New York. Brigham gave up three runs in three innings against Toronto in his major league debut Sept. 2.Pirates: RHP Trevor Williams (12-9, 3.15) is scheduled to pitch against Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright (1-3, 4.00) in the first game of a three-game series at St. Louis on Monday night. Williams is 6-2 with a 0.66 ERA in his last nine starts, allowing just four runs in 54 2/3 innings. BOSTON — It was hyped as a big series — even though it’s still only August.Monday night, the first contest of a four-game set between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox — the first of seven regular-season games between the likely postseason entrants, lived up to the billing.In short Jon Gray Jersey , it was a playoff-type atmosphere that came down to the tying run dying on second base in the ninth inning. Article continues below ...Tuesday night, Nathan Eovaldi, who tossed 15 shutout innings in his first two starts with the Red Sox before a rocky road outing, faces rookie Shane Bieber on Tuesday night.“It’s my favorite road city to play in,” Michael Brantley said on television after hitting one of three Cleveland home runs in a 5-4 decision. ” … It’s a great atmosphere that they (the fans) bring every single time and it’s fun to be part of.”Asked what this type of game can mean for a kid such as teammate Greg Allen, who also homered, Brantley said: “It’s a little taste of the postseason, especially in the ninth inning like that, adrenaline gets going … it’s fun.”It wasn’t fun for the Red Sox, who have lost two straight and seen their lead atop the American League East shrink from 10 1/2 to a still-whopping nine games over the idle New York Yankees. Boston (88-36) has lost three games in a row once this season, in late April.The Indians spotted the Red Sox three runs but roared back on a home run by each of the three outfielders.“You look at them, they look like us over there,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Very dynamic Adam Ottavino Jersey , they can hit the ball out of the ballpark, they can come back like we do. You have to earn all 27 outs.”The Indians (72-52) moved to within three games of the Houston Astros for the No. 2 seed in the postseason.“I think a lot of people are making a big deal of it,” Corey Kluber said after earning his 16th win. “We’re both leading our division right now, stuff like that, but I think we’re kind of taking it as another series.“There’s no guarantee that the two of us will end up playing each other again down the road in the postseason, so …”Allen extended his hitting streak to 13 straight games (.383) while Brantley has batted .344 with two homers and 10 RBIs in August.Rick Porcello gave up the home runs and blamed himself on the third one.“Not trying to take anything away from him (Allen) but I think even I could have even hit that one pretty hard,” he said. “That was not a good pitch and it came at the worst possible time.”Bieber (6-2, 4.37 ERA) is 1-0 with a 3.52 ERA over his last four starts and has 71 strikeouts in 68 innings on the season. He began the season winning his first four decisions and is 2-2 since.This will be his first appearance against Boston.Eovaldi (5-4, 3.62 ERA) is 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA lifetime against the Indians, but the current Cleveland roster is batting a cumulative .324 gainst him. Yan Gomes is 4-for-8, Melky Cabrera (who also homered Monday) is 3-for-7 and Yonder Alonso 3-for-10.Boston’s Eduardo Rodriguez (ankle) made his first rehab start Monday night in Double A and the reports were positive. He is due to make one more rehab start, which would likely bring him back after Aug. 31. He would still be eligible for the postseason if he’s on the disabled list Sept. 1.