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CHICAGO -- Jason Grilli is off to a rough start for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and manager Clint Hurdle thinks he knows the best way to get the key reliever back on track. Hurdle announced Friday that Mark Melancon would close games for the Pirates in place of Grilli, who has blown four save opportunities this year after converting 33 of 35 chances last season. "Theres no safety net for a closer. There never is," Hurdle said before the opener of a weekend series against the Chicago Cubs. "So he wont have to deal with that for a while, which I think will help." Grilli allowed a tying homer to Devin Mesoraco in the ninth inning of Thursdays 4-3 victory over Cincinnati. The veteran right-hander, who made the All-Star team last year for the first time, has yielded at least one run in three of his past four outings, and his four homers allowed this season matches his total from all of last year. The 37-year-old Grilli is 0-2 with 11 saves and a 4.34 ERA in 20 games this year. He was sidelined for a month after straining his left oblique in late April. For now, Hurdle said he will use Grilli when the Pirates are trailing. "Hes all about doing whats best for the club and getting better," Hurdle said. "Well definitely need him as the season plays out." Melancon is 1-2 with 10 saves in 13 chances and a 1.89 ERA in 35 games this year. He has not allowed a run in eight games and 7 1-3 innings in June. Hurdle said he also could use Tony Watson in a save opportunity. Wholesale Pirates Jerseys . - The Minnesota Vikings have ruled Christian Ponder out for Sundays game at Baltimore, because the quarterback has not yet passed all of his post-concussion tests. Pirates Jerseys China . Crawford hit his slam off Pirates starter Edinson Volquez to give San Francisco a four run lead in the fourth and they never looked back. Brandon Belt had three runs batted in as well. Bumgarner pitched all nine innings and allowed just four hits. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/.C. - Alberta prop Andrew Tiedemann will captain Canada against Uruguay on Friday, the opening day of competition at the IRB Americas Rugby Championship. Pittsburgh Pirates Shirts .C. -- Steve Spurrier was much happier about South Carolinas improved performance than about his lastest career milestone. Cheap Pirates Jerseys . Murakami gracefully executed a double triple toe jump and a triple flip jump that put her at the top of a tightly contested race with 64.73 points, just ahead of Li Zijun of China on 62.Hard-throwing right-hander Matt Jackson didnt quite get the script right, but he still gave the Goldeyes another terrific start. As a result, the Fish won their fourth straight game, a 7-2 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries and remain a game and a half behind the Gary SouthShore RailCats in the race for the American Association wild card spot with nine games to play. Friday night in front of 4,656 spectators at Sioux Falls Stadium, Jackson pitched seven complete innings, allowing only two runs on six scattered hits as the Goldeyes built an early 5-0 lead and coasted to their 50th win of the season. It was somewhat of an anti-climactic performance by Jackson after Chris Salamida, Matt Rusch and Jason Jarvis each pitched complete game shutouts in St. Paul to give the Fish their first three victories in this four-game road winning streak. “Its been pretty much the same thing all week,” said Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea. “Get on the board early, let the starter do his thing, play good defense and pick up the win. “Jackson threw the ball well. He was able to throw his breaking ball for strikes, kept the fastball down in the zone and worked inside. He pitched great.” The Goldeyes startedd early as Tyler Graham singled, went to second on a walk to Fehlandt Lentini moved over to third on a double-steal and scored on a passed ball.dddddddddddd Lentini then scored on a sacrifice fly by Yurendell de Caster and Winnipeg had a 2-0 lead after one. Luis Alen hit a solo homer in the second to make it 3-0; Ray Sadler hit a solo homer in the third to make it 4-0; and Casey Haerther singled in the fourth and eventually scored on an RBI single by Lentini to make it 5-0. Sioux Falls scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, but the Goldeyes put it away in the sixth as Alen walked, Kevin Moesquit singled and both runners later scored on a two-run single by Lentini. Lentini, now hitting out of the No. 2 hole in the lineup, had two hits and three runs batted in to lead the Fish. Alen had two hits in three trips, scored twice and drove in a run and Sadler had a pair of hits, a run scored and an RBI. The Goldeyes finished with 10 hits on the night. Jackson (3-0, 3.31 ERA) picked up the win, while Sioux Falls starter Kyle Vazquez (2-4, 5.14 ERA) suffered the loss. The Goldeyes and Canaries will meet in Game 2 of this three-game weekend series Saturday night in Sioux Falls. The game can be heard live on TSN 1290. ' ' '