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SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeff Samardzija hopes to relive his glory days against the Pittsburgh Pirates when he faces his old National League Central rival for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.The former Chicago Cubs ace was once known as a Pirate killer, having won his first four career decisions against them in dominating fashion.Samardzija allowed only five runs in his first 41 1/3 innings (1.09 ERA) against the Pirates.But the right-handers most recent 45 2/3 innings against Pittsburgh have been a different story, one hed like to rewrite. The Pirates have scorched him for 22 runs over that stretch (4.34 ERA), evening their career record against Samardzija at 4-4.These days, the 31-year-old is seen as a guy who hasnt beaten the Pirates since 2013.Thats the same year Tuesdays starter for the Pirates, right-hander Jameson Taillon, was pitching for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic at age 21 with no major league experience.Now two years removed from Tommy John surgery, the rookie has been unleashed by the Pirates, and the results have been impressive.After two months in which he was allowed to pitch into the seventh inning just once, Taillon has gone over 100 pitches for the first two times in his career in 3-2 and 4-0 wins over the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres in his last two starts.The former No. 2 overall pick of the 2010 draft has limited the Reds and Padres to a total of one run and nine hits over 14 innings.Incrementally, hes just working to get a little bit better, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle assessed after the San Diego game last week. Hes a good student of the game.Taillon has never faced the Giants.The club hell see Tuesday has been hitting well the last two days, but with no win to show for it.After the Giants blew a 7-1 lead in an 8-7 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, they pounded out 12 hits on Monday night, only to lose 8-5 to old pal Ryan Vogelsong and the Pirates.The Giants have had backup Trevor Brown behind the plate in both those games, with Buster Posey nursing a sore lower back.Giants manager Bruce Bochy hopes to have his All-Star back for Tuesdays contest.Its better, Bochy reported of Poseys back before Mondays game. But we think were better off giving him another day and getting this cleared up so it doesnt linger.Left fielder Angel Pagan has been the Giants offensive leader of late. He extended his hitting streak to 13 games in Mondays loss, using a double to keep the streak alive for the third consecutive day.He went 2-for-5 in the game, raising his average at home this season to .327 (52-for-159).The Pirates got left fielder Starling Marte back from a back ailment similar to Poseys on Monday night and he contributed both offensively and defensively to the win.Marte had a single and an RBI double in Pittsburghs 12-hit attack, and denied the Giants a second-inning run with a strike to home plate that nailed a sliding Brown by an eyelash.The outfield assist was a National League-leading 14th for Marte. Mike Muscala Jersey . They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation. Shawn Kemp Jersey . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. https://www.cheapthunder.com/ . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19. The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city. Derrick McKey Jersey .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Rashard Lewis Jersey . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. The Golden State Warriors havent lost a game since Nov. 4, but point guard Stephen Curry lost a bet on Sunday when the Oakland Raiders defeated his hometown Carolina Panthers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.According to ESPNs Marc J. Spears, ?Kris Stone of Under Armour gave Curry a Derek Carr jersey to wear if the Raiders won. Curry, who grew up in Charlotte, has a partnership with Under Armour. Stone is an Oakland native.After the game, which the Raiders won 35-32, Spears snapped a photo of Curry wearing the Raiders jersey.The Raiders official Twitter account later retweeted the photo and added the captioon Everything looks better in Silver and Black.ddddddddddddCurry has publicly supported Carolina in the past, and even received the honor of beating the Panthers drum prior to Super Bowl 50 at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara last February.The two-time defending NBA MVP watched Sundays game from a suite behind the Carolina bench, per Spears. Curry is averaging 26.7 points and 6.1 assists per game for the league-leading Warriors, who entered the week with a 15-2 record.-- Nick Ostiller ' ' '