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Somerset 250 for 9 (Allenby 69, Jayawardene 55) beat Hampshire 245 (Smith 59, Adams 50, Groenewald 3-56) by five runsScorecard Mahela Jayawardene and Jim Allenby both scored half-centuries to set Somerset up for a five run victory, knocking Hampshire out of the Royal London Cup in the process. Somerset already had their South Group top spot guaranteed with Essexs washed out game at Gloucestershire and will face Worcestershire in the quarter finals.Hampshire went into the final over needing 14 to win with two wickets in hand but Gareth Andrew fell to Tim Groenewalds first ball, via a steepling catch. Mason Crane and Brad Wheal scampered nine off the next four deliveries but Groenewald sealed victory with a catch off his own bowling.Two wickets a piece from Lewis Gregory, Roelof van der Merwe and Max Waller helped complete the victory in tense circumstances.Jayawardene and Allenby, who had won the toss and batted in gloomy conditions, appeared in little trouble as they put on 108 for the first wicket. Former Sri Lanka international Jayawardene was the first to reach fifty, from 54 balls, before he was followed to the milestone by Allenby, who had earlier passed his 2500 List A runs, in 62 deliveries.But the partnership, which had come in little over 20 overs, ended when Jayawardene slogged Crane to Jimmy Adams at long on, who slipped but held the catch. Allenby departed nine overs later spooning a catch to Gareth Berg at short fine leg, to start a regular fall of wickets for the visitors.Tom Abell was bowled round his legs by Crane and Peter Trego caught on the fine leg boundary ropes by the spinner after an industrious 31, including two huge sixes over the leg side.Hildreth was unlucky with his dismissal as Andrew produced an outrageous one-handed catch at backward point before Gregory was bowled by Liam Dawson. Ryan Davies was caught by long-on Will Smith, Groenewald was on the wrong end of a fleet-handed stumping and van der Merwe was the last man back in the shed but the visitors reached 250 for 9.Adams and Tom Alsop attempted to follow the example set of Allenby and Jayawardene by steadily accumulating runs in the chase but could not have the same effect as Alsop was lbw to Gregory after a stand of 49. Adams, reached 3500 career format runs, on his way to his 27th limited-overs half-century off 58 balls but after facing just one more ball was trapped leg before by van der Merwe.Adam Wheater was also adjudged lbw to the slow left-armer before stand-in skipper Liam Dawson and Smith added 30 for the fourth wicket to keep the score ticking. But Dawson became the fourth player to fall leg before as Hampshire felt the squeeze, the run rate dropping to three an over.A frustrated Ryan McLaren was bowled trying to give himself more space, while Smith reached fifty in 77 balls.Hampshire needed 83 from the final 10 overs, and lost the important Smith when he was caught behind and Gareth Berg was run out attempting an over throw. 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PITTSBURGH -- The Cincinnati Reds play the Pirates in Pittsburgh on Friday night in the start of a weekend series between clubs in contention for a wildcard playoff spot, but the clubs stories lately have not been all that similar.The Reds have won all six of their series since the All-Star break, each time by taking two of three games. It is their first streak of six straight series wins since 1999.Including a series win against Chicago followed by getting swept by the Marlins just before the All-Star game, Cincinnati has won seven of its past eight series.Its been a good run really since Chicago before the break, with that little hiccup in Miami, Reds manager Bryan Price said, according to mlb.com. Since then, its been winning series and playing good ball, playing better defense, pitchers throwing strikes, a little bit deeper with some of our starts, which really helps the bullpen, and getting healthier. A lot of good things are happening.The Reds beat St. Louis 7-0 Thursday to take that series -- you guessed it -- 2-1. It was their fourth shutout this season, second in their past six games and third in their past 16 games.The Pirates, meanwhile, are 2-3-1 in series since the break, including getting swept in Milwaukee and dropping two of three to Atlanta, the worst team in the league, this week.They are trying to find the right combinations and parts, something that has been ongoing all season. Pittsburgh this week not only made a few moves at the trade deadline -- right-hander Ivan Nova will start Saturday in his Pirates debut -- but manager Clint Hurdle also made a noteworthy move seemingly born of frustration and desperation.Hurdle benched center fielder and former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen for the full three games of the series at Atlanta that ended Thursday night with a 5-2 loss.The hope was that McCutchen would benefit from taking a step back, not picking up a bat or taking the field for a few days. He is batting a career-low .241, including a current 5-for-27 showing, and has gotten just five of his 43 RBI since July 15.Hes tried a lot of things, Hurdle told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. This mans fought. Hes done eaarly work, late work, side work, video work.dddddddddddd Nothings worked.McCutchen, who presumably will be back in the lineup Friday against Cincinnati, wasnt thrilled with the tactic, but he did not want to make waves.If I had my choice, Id be in there, McCutchen told the Tribune-Review. But Im all for my team, all for my teammates, so thats the reason Im not going to mope about it.McCutchen also was one of the players left reeling by moves Pittsburgh made that were broadly interpreted as being rooted in financial concerns rather than boosting the clubs postseason chances this year. Among other things, the Pirates shipped Mark Melancon, one of the sports top closers, to Washington.There is some confusion, McCutchen told the Tribune-Review. Some things that feel like, Why? What was the reasoning behind some of our moves? Thats the biggest thing.We understand (management) is not our job. We understand its not what we do. We play. But there are some things that Im sure for all of us, kind of blew us away. Where we are (mentally) is just like, Dang. Wow. Thats crazy. You know?In addition, the Pittsburgh rotation has been in some disarray beyond the trades, partly because of injuries but also because of shaky performances that have led to skipped starts and stretches in the bullpen by starters. One, Jeff Locke, spoke out about a lack of consistency with his role after he spent more than a week in the bullpen.Friday, rookie right-hander Jameson Taillon (2-2, 3.52 ERA) will make his ninth major league start, first against the Reds. He has had a couple of hiccups that might be expected of a young pitcher, but overall has shown promise when healthy. He has not allowed a walk in his past four appearances and has been charged with seven earned runs in those 24 innings. Pittsburgh has won four his past five starts.Taillons counterpart Friday will be Reds right-hander Anthony DeSclafani (6-0, 2.93 ERA), who has eight quality starts in 10 appearances, including a six-inning, one-run performance Saturday against San Diego. ' ' '