PITTSBURGH -- Jake Arrieta, last seasons NL Cy Young Award winner, goes into his final start of the regular season Wednesday night with a 2.85 ERA that would be the best of any starter on 26 other teams.With the Chicago Cubs -- owners of baseballs best record for the first time since 1945 -- he ranks only third behind Kyle Hendricks (1.99) and Jon Lester (2.28).Against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team Arrieta defeated in last seasons NL wild card game, he has certainly been the Cubs ace -- going 9-2 with a 2.44 ERA in 14 starts. The most memorable, of course, came when he threw eight shutout innings as the Cubs eliminated the Pirates from the postseason, 4-0, on Oct. 7, 2015.The atmosphere inside PNC Park wont be nearly as electric Wednesday night, when Arrieta (18-7) attempts to take a strong finish to the season into the postseason against the Pirates (77-80), who wont reach the playoffs for the first time since 2012.Arrieta is coming off one of his best starts of the season: seven scoreless innings, with 10 strikeouts and five hits allowed, in the Cubs 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.I dont need anything to convince me I can sustain this, said Arrieta, who, despite being the NLs best pitcher in 2015, figures to start the postseason behind Lester and Hendricks in the Cubs rotation.That figures to put him on the road for his first postseason start, which probably wouldnt be a bad idea given his 11-2 record and 3.11 ERA in 14 road starts this season.The Pirates dont need any convincing of how good Arrieta is, even if he hasnt been able to sustain the 1.46 ERA he had in his first 12 starts against them. In his last two starts against Pittsburgh, Arrieta is 0-1 while allowing six runs in each game.Pittsburgh starts rookie right-hander Jameson Taillon (4-4), who began the season in the minors but might end it as their top starter. The 24-year-old Taillon has a 3.00 ERA in 10 career starts at PNC Park and has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 14 of his 17 starts to date.In his most recent start, Taillon gave up three runs in five innings but didnt get the decision as the Pirates came back to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Friday. He gave up three runs and four extra-base hits in the second inning, the only inning in which he allowed any scoring.Thats a really good lineup, Taillon said of the NL East champion Nationals.Hell face another really good lineup in the Cubs (101-56), who are doing little more than counting down to October -- they have five games remaining, two in Pittsburgh and three in Cincinnati. Their first 100-win season since 1945 is partly a byproduct of their uncharacteristic domination of the Pirates.The Cubs 101 wins, including seven in their last eight games, are the franchises most since the 1910 team won 104. Of those 101 wins, 14 are against the Pirates.Their record speaks for itself, Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer said. Its pretty evident theyre one of the top teams in baseball and theyve got a chance to make a run at it. Nike Air Vapormax Goedkoop . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Vapormax Nederland . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p. http://www.airvapormaxnederland.com/ . 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Harvey took one dribble and sent a shot from 20 yards, putting a howitzer over the head of Kentucky backup keeper Ayanna Parker who was playing six yards off the line.The goal capped off a come-from-behind win for Texas A&M Aggies (8-7-1, 3-5-1 SEC) who had been snake bitten during an injury-riddled six-match winless streak.Kentucky (4-8-4, 0-6-3 SEC) claimed the lead early in the match with Zoe Swift scoring her fifth goal of the season in the third minute of action. Kaitlin Miller punched a shot toward goal from 10 yards out on the right side. Her missile was blocked by a Texas A&M defender but Swift gathered the carom and found herself unmarked in the six-yard box, putting the shot home for the 1-0 lead.The Wildcats led 1-0 at the intermission despite an evenly played first half. The shots were even at 4-4 with Texas A&M owning a 3-1 edge in shots-on-goal. Kentucky owned a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks. Texas A&Ms recent run of misfortunes appeared to be continuing early in the second half, when Kentucky was awarded a penalty kick in the 50th minute.dddddddddddd But as she has done on numerous occasions for the Aggies, senior Danielle Rice stonewalled a penalty kick. Rice guessed the correct way on Sophie Babos shot and made the save with her lower body.Rices save breathed new life into the Aggies offense and they came out with a vengeance in search of an equalizer. The flurry didnt pay dividends early as two solid scoring attempts by Pounds were squashed out by Wildcats starting goalkeeper Evangeline Soucie as the match neared the 60-minute mark.The Aggies kept chipping away and finally knotted the contest in the 74th minute. Pounds dribbled passed a Kentucky defender down the right flank. Three yards before reaching the end line, she sent a low driving cross towards the six-yard box. Soucie attempted to pounce on the pass, but it skipped under her and found the left foot of Sarah Shaw. The senior put it in the back of the net to tie the contest at 1-1.Soucie played out standing in goal for the Wildcats, making eight saves in goal before she had to leave the match with an injury with 19 seconds remaining in the second half. Texas A&M owned the advantages in shots (17-14) and shots-on-goal (11-3) for the match while Kentucky held an 8-3 edge in corner kicks.The Aggies return to action for their regular-season home finale Sunday at 5 pm against the No. 11 Auburn Tigers. ' ' '