2012 » 35-0 in 2009, managed to avoid being shut out

MILWAUKEE -- After taking three of four from the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Milwaukee Brewers will look to keep their momentum going Friday when they open a three-game set with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park.The Brewers home park has been a house of horrors for the Pirates, who have dropped 61 of 78 games there since 2007. The Brewers have had their way with Pittsburgh in general, posting a 100-56 mark against the Pirates during that same stretch -- the second-highest winning percentage by one team over a divisional foe during that span.Itll be up to Junior Guerra to keep it going. The 31-year-old rookie will take the mound Friday for his 16th start of the season but in search of his first victory since July 4.Guerra pitched well in his three starts since, holding opponents to five runs with 13 strikeouts in 18 innings of work, but the Brewers have managed just eight runs in those contests.He held the Cubs to just one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings in his last start, dropping his season ERA to 2.85.I thought he was great, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. He did more of the same from him. I thought kind of early in the game he got some three-ball counts on some guys and some deeper counts on some guys. But he still really recovered from them. The four walks today was a little high for him. Maybe his stuff wasnt quite as crisp as its been in the past, and still, he did everything he possibly needed to do to have a good game.Guerra faced the Pirates twice in his brief career, including his only start against them on July 18, when he took no decision after allowing two runs on three hits and struck out six over six innings.Pittsburgh will hand the ball to rookie left-hander Steven Brault, who will return to the Pirates after a brief return to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he turned in back-to-back scoreless six-inning outings.Brault made his major league debut on July 5, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on four hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks over four innings of work. A Gregory Polanco error smeared his line score a bit and likely made his debut outing a little bit shorter than planned.I was less nervous at first than I thought. When I got into trouble, then it hit me a little bit, but overall I reacted well, Brault said after the game. I tried to keep doing what Ive been doing. With all the guys around me, its easy to feel comfortable on the mound and let my defense do the work. I tried to be myself and had a lot of fun.After the game, he was optioned back to Indianapolis, where he had gone 2/3 with a 2.31 ERA in nine starts to open the season.Fake Yeezy . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. Wholesale Fake Shoes . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. https://www.fakeshoes.net/wholesake-fake-nike-air-force-1-f199.html . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. Fake Shoes .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Replica Shoes . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse.SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dames defense got going after stuffing Nevada on a fourth-and-1 from the 17 on Nevadas first possession. The offense didnt get going until the second quarter.Nevada (1-1) was no match for the 18th-ranked Fighting Irish once they got both sides going, overpowering the Wolf Pack 39-10 on Saturday. DeShone Kizer threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, Josh Adams rushed for 106 yards on 10 carries and Notre Dames defense rebounded from a disappointing performance a week ago at Texas.Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was pleased with the defensive effort.We needed some confidence, so that fourth down was definitely a confidence-builder for our defense. I think that gave us some momentum going into the next couple of drives, he said.Linebacker James Onwualu said it was a stop the Irish (1-1) desperately needed.We never had a drive where the defense had any momentum in the Texas game, he said.Defensive lineman Jarron Jones also set up a touchdown with an interception at the 8-yard line.Kizer was 15 of 18 for 156 yards with one interception and Equanimeous St. Brown led Irish receivers with six catches for 85 yards with Torii Hunter Jr. out with a concussion sustained against Texas.Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Kizer showed more patience looking for receivers.The other thing is hes taking whats available to him instead of trying to do too much, Kelly said.Nevada coach Brian Polian, a former Notre Dame assistant under Charlie Weis, said he had no doubt about going for it on fourth down.Because field goals were not going to keep us in this game, he said.The Wolf Pack avoided the shutout when Wyatt Demps caught a 44-yard pass from Stewart in the third quarter to set up a 27-yard field goal by Brent Zuzo. Jaxson Kincaide added a 6-yard TD run against Notre Dames reserves late in the fourth quarter. Stewart was 10 of 23 passing for 113 yards and James Butler, who rushed for 1,342 yards llast season, was held to 50 yards on 17 carries.ddddddddddddI had a little bit of an off day and you cant afford to have those, Stewart said.BIG QUARTERThe Irish took control with a 25-point second quarter -- the most points in the quarter for Notre Dame since scoring 28 points against Pittsburgh in Weis debut as coach in 2005.KNUCKLEHEAD MISTAKESBoth teams struggled with mental errors, highlighted by a safety by Nevadas Ahki Muhammad being called for a safety when he caught a kickoff and carried it out of the end zone, then stepped back into the end zone and kneeled.There were some points in the game where, frankly, we made some knuckleheaded mistakes, Polian said.POLL IMPLICATIONSNOTRE DAME: The easy win over Nevada wont do much to help the Fighting Irish in The Associated Press poll, but it also wont hurt.THE TAKEAWAYNEVADA: The Wolf Pack, who lost to the Irish 35-0 in 2009, managed to avoid being shut out again, and picked up a $1 million guarantee.NOTRE DAME: The defensive performance should help allay the panic among Irish fans for at least a week after giving up 50 to Texas, but they wont truly feel good until Notre Dame shows it can slow a quality opponent.UP NEXTNEVADA: After barely beating FCS Cal Poly and being dominated by Notre Dame, the Wolf Pack will finally play another mid-major conference opponent next week in Buffalo (0-1), which is off this week, before returning to Indiana to play another Power Five foe in Purdue in two weeks.NOTRE DAME: Faces Michigan State, marking its first game against a Big Ten school since a 43-40 overtime loss to Northwestern on Nov. 15. 2014. Before last season the last time the Irish didnt play a school now in the Big Ten was 1914.---AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.org---Follow Coyne on Twitter: www.twitter.com/TomCoyneAP ' ' '