ace in a shallow league right now: Anthony Duclair, Boone Jenner, Justin Willia

OAKLAND, Calif. -- This time, Adam Wainwright left little doubt he should stay on the mound and keep pitching. Mike Matheny let him go, even when things became a bit dicey in the eighth. Wainwright tossed a five-hitter to become the NLs second 11-game winner, Matt Adams had his first two-homer game, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday. Wainwright (11-5) tied Washingtons Jordan Zimmerman for most wins in the NL. He struck out eight and walked two in a 112-pitch performance for his fourth complete game this year and 15th of his career. "I came out very focused and executed my plan for the most part," he said. "I had the two late walks that kind of chapped me. Any time youre going late in the game like that giving yourself a chance to win, your team a chance to win, thats what you want. Every starters goal is when you start the game to throw the last pitch of the game, too." Wainwright appeared to have no issues Saturday after objecting to manager Mike Mathenys decision to pull him after 6 2-3 innings in a loss to Texas last Sunday. When Wainwright got into an eighth-inning jam and gave up Josh Reddicks RBI single, Matheny stuck with him -- and might have still if another batter had reached. They would have at least had a conversation about it. "He was labouring from the first, and you can tell him I said that," Matheny joked Saturday, repeating his words from last week that fired up the pitcher. To which Wainwright offered: "Yeah, I was labouring. Laboring means working, right? I was working." Wainwright knew how well the As have been playing at home, and became determined to slow down the reigning AL West champions. With his signature, moving curveball, he kept them off-balance all day. "He had everything," Matheny said. "Mainly, he was very good at locating the fastball and using the curveball in different ways, different speeds, different breaks and making big pitches when he needed to." What appeared a pitchers duel in the making changed quickly when As starter Jarrod Parker left in the fourth inning with tightness in his right hamstring on an unusually hot Bay Area afternoon. Parker will be re-evaluated Sunday. "He wanted to try to finish the inning but he still felt it," manager Bob Melvin said. "Its not a prudent thing to do. The unfortunate thing was that might have been as good as stuff as hes had all year. Had a great changeup, had great velocity on the fastball, good movement, good slider. We might have been here a while had that not happened." Adams hit a three-run homer to highlight a four-run sixth and a solo shot in the eighth. Matheny describes his unique "lofting power." "I just use my size and leverage," said Adams, who is 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds. "I dont swing too hard. I get in trouble if I over-swing." Daniel Descalso broke a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, and the Cardinals gave Wainwright plenty of support to take sole possession of the team lead in wins ahead of Lance Lynns 10. After a 1-2-3 first inning on nine pitches, Wainwright was on his way. As No. 9 hitter Derek Norris singled with two outs in the third for the first hit off Wainwright, who snapped a two-start skid. Wainwright got through the seventh on seven pitches. The right-hander faced the As for just the second time in his career after beating Oakland on June 19, 2010, in St. Louis while allowing one earned run in eight innings. He had a career-high five complete games in 2010, and is now one away from that. A sold-out Coliseum crowd of 35,067 braved the hot temperatures to watch Wainwright keep the As batters off balance -- they didnt get a three-ball count until Coco Crisp walked in the eighth as the 28th hitter of the game. Wainwright threw 21 of his pitches that inning. While the first-pitch temperature was an As season-high 84 degrees, Matheny is loving the lively atmosphere this series. "It reminds me of the Dominican and Puerto Rico, a lot of drums and excitement," he said. Parker went down after grabbing his right hamstring and stretching for several minutes with athletic trainer Nick Paparesta before throwing some warmup pitches. Jesse Chavez relieved. "Tomorrow will be a better idea of what Ive got," Parker said. "Ive just been building on outings prior, and today everything was working good early." Chavez (1-2), who pitched 5 2-3 scoreless innings of relief for victory in an 18-inning win against the Yankees on June 13, was done after 1 1-3 innings this time. Carlos Beltran doubled starting the sixth, and Allen Craig followed with a single to chase Chavez. Jerry Blevins surrendered an RBI single to Matt Holliday, then Adams first-pitch homer that broke open the game. Holliday faced repeated boos while in left field and at the plate from his former fans. He briefly played for the As in 2009, all of 93 games. NOTES: The Cardinals are sticking with rookie Shelby Miller on schedule despite his struggles. "Hes going to go back out there and do what he was doing," Matheny said. ... As C John Jaso missed his seventh straight start with a cut on his left hand. ... As C Stephen Vogt received 100-plus text messages in addition to greetings on Facebook and Twitter after his first major league hit -- and home run -- Friday night ended an 0-for-33 start. "Its really neat to get everybodys support," he said. ... Umpires received water between innings. ... Wainwright is 8-5 in interleague play. ... LHP Tommy Milone looks to snap a four-start winless stretch with his first win since June 3 in Sundays finale against St. Louis RHP Jake Westbrook.Mariners Jerseys China . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. Fake Mariners Jerseys . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? Eller puts the puck on net and the on ice ruling from the ref behind the net is a Montreal goal. https://www.cheapmariners.com/ . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. Custom Seattle Mariners Jerseys . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Seattle Mariners Gear . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead.Carey Price, Cory Schneider and Martin Jones are all doing what fantasy owners paid on draft day for them to do. Weve had some nice surprises such as Cam Talbot, and what looks like a nice rebound from Sergei Bobrovsky.But not all goaltending stories at this point in the season have been positive ones. Just ask Jonathan Quick owners how they are feeling. Heres four guys who were picked in most fantasy leagues and have not offered their owners much in the way of value to start the season. All four are currently ranked No. 39 or worse on the ESPN Player Rater among goaltenders.Corey Crawford, G, Chicago Blackhawks: Why were concerned: A .897 save percentage and only one win in five chances this season. Is the concern legit?: Not at all. The Blackhawks have a horrific and insanely bad penalty kill to begin the season, but they are too good not to fix it soon. Of goaltenders with three or more starts this season, Crawford actually has the best even-strength save percentage in the NHL, at .973. The problem is solely the 12 power-play goals against and .647 save percentage when the Hawks are down a man. Crawford is a great buy-low target.Pekka Rinne, G, Nashville Predators: Why were concerned: An atrocious 3.25 goals-against average and only one win in five starts. Is the concern legit?: Its certainly a fair concern, as there is nothing to suggest Rinne has been given a raw deal in the crease like Crawford. In fact, some of the goals against Rinne have been downright ugly, including a couple where he allowed the Anaheim Ducks to beat him right under his glove on Thursday. This is compounded by the fact that Rinne was not roster-worthy on the whole of last season for fantasy leagues. We were hoping for a bounce-back this season, but he needed a stronger start than this to install confidence. Meanwhile, Juuse Saros is mopping the floor with the AHL and stymied the Pittsburgh Penguins in his one NHL appearance this season.Brian Elliott, G, Calgary Flames: Why were concerned: Fourteen goals allowed in his first three games and a decent showing by Chad Johnson in three games. Is the concern legit?: Were chalking this up to an acclimation period. Fantasys third-best goaltender last season has looked just fine in his last two outings while defeating the elite offenses of the Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues. There is some special teams damage at work here, too, as Elliott has allowed six power-play goals in five games. At even strength, hes allowed the same number of goals per game as Roberto Luongo, Bobrovsky and Henrik Lundqvist, who have all been No. 1 fantasy goaltenders this season.Steve Mason, G, Philadelphia Flyers: Why were concerned: Only three teams have allowed more goals per game than the Flyers this season. Is the concern legit?: Poor Mason has had to make an appearance in every game since the season opener, coming on in relief of Michal Neuvirth twice and starting the other five games. We have to look at the defense for the Flyers here, as both Mason and Neuvirth sport sub-.900 save percentages at even strength this season. While offering some offensive upside, the defensive group for the Flyers skews young on experience. The one positive here is that if the Flyers can turn around their defensive woes, Mason has a leg up on Neuvirth on this timeshare, which could mean possible value for fantasy owners.Fantasy Forecaster: Oct. 31-Nov. 6Happy Halloween! Everyone gets a day off with no NHL games on Monday, but a balanced schedule the rest of the week means only one team is outside the usual three- or four-game week. The Minnesota Wild only have two contests. Trick!The day off and still-busy schedule means 17 teams have a back-to-back set of games during the week, which will mean some backup goaltenders popping up for both DFS and desperate traditional fantasy playeers.ddddddddddddDownload the forecaster chart PDF hereTeam notesWashington Capitals: Not getting the offense they might expect from world-class players like Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom, the Capitals have tinkered with their scoring lines. Ovechkin and Kuznetsov were joined by Andre Burakosky, while T.J. Oshie skated with Backstrom and Marcus Johansson against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. It didnt work, as the Capitals managed one goal. If the new combinations have any success on the weekend, get on board with them for next week. A home-and-home set with the Winnipeg Jets will be good for offensive confidence.New York Rangers: Pavel Buchnevich returns to the lineup on Friday and, as we mentioned earlier this week in Open Ice, the Russian rookie had great offensive numbers in his first two games of the season prior to a back injury. The Rangers are also hoping to have Chris Kreider back from a day-to-day neck injury this weekend. That bodes well for the offensive going into a four-game week with a couple of sweetheart matchups sprinkled in. Dont forget to check on Ryan McDonaghs availability in your shallower leagues. His ownership percentage is increasing quickly thanks to his role on the power play, enormous minutes and five-game point streak.Goalie notesNext week, the Montreal Canadiens face two of the three weakest offenses in the NHL so far this season. Those playing the daily game or able to stash a goalie for one start, circle Friday on the calendar for a likely Al Montoya appearance against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Player notesTroy Brouwer, Michael Frolik, Micheal Ferland, Kris Versteeg, Matthew Tkachuk and now Alex Chiasson. The Calgary Flames have played eight games and have had six different wingers try their luck as the third member of the top line with Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. If we were to rank the lottery ticket value of these players right now, wed look to Versteeg, then Brouwer, followed by Chiasson. At some point, somebody is going to stick on this line and find chemistry. You will want to own that player.Zack Kassian is starting to look intriguing. Remember that Kassian has been first and foremost a penalty minute guy for fantasy leagues. He managed 114 PIM in just 36 games last season with the Edmonton Oilers. So far this season, despite playing 12 minutes per game, Kassian has just two minutes in the sin bin. What he does have is four points in seven games and a consistent role on the Oilers second line with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Benoit Pouliot. If he starts reprising his role as an agitator/enforcer while maintaining that occasional scoring, there is some big fantasy potential here.A few players to toss if you need space in a shallow league right now: Anthony Duclair, Boone Jenner, Justin Williams and Dylan Strome. We can revisit some of them later this season, but they are just taking up space on your roster right now for no reason.A few players to pick up: Mikkel Boedker, Andrew Ladd and Derick Brassard. There hasnt been enough time to declare these guys a waste of fantasy space yet, as they continue to get used to their new surroundings and linemates. All three could potentially play a first-line role for their club for the bulk of the season. Admittedly, the clock is ticking, but we arent 10 percent of the way through the season yet.A few guys who should be owned in every single fantasy league, without exception, but arent: Jonathan Marchessault, Alexander Radulov, Artem Anisimov, Zach Werenski and Cam Fowler. While some of these guys might not be season-long contributors (Marchessault) or be on different teams next week (Fowler), they all need to be owned in your league. ' ' '