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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Something going to have to give Saturday when Kansas Citys Ian Kennedy matches up against Texas Martin Perez.Both pitchers are having months theyd rather forget as their teams have struggled to the month. At least they have that in common.Kennedy, the subject of trade rumors, is 0-3 in July and 6.9 with a 4.41 ERA in a disappointing season for the right-hander. At least Perez (7-7) knows how Kennedy is feeling. Like Kennedy, Perez has suffered through a 0-3 July and has seen his ERA jump from 3.39 to 4.38 over his last four starts.While Kennedy may be pitching for his rotation spot and a chance to impress a possible trade partner, Perez is just trying to get back on track after having a stretch in which he went 6-0 over eight starts from May 24 until July 1.Saturday hell have a chance to give their Rangers three-consecutive wins from the rotation for the first time since he was part of a four-game rotation winning streak June 14-17.He knows what has to happen.I need to be more aggressive, said Perez, who allowed five runs (three earned) in his last start. My curveball is back. I need to try and get hitters early and start being aggressive early in the game. I need to make the hitters uncomfortable.Even though Perez is struggling this month, he has reached some milestones. Saturdays start will be his 22nd of the season, two more than hes made in any other year. Hes also thrown 125 1/3 innings, a new career high. He pitched 124 1/3 in 2013.Perez is also still tied for second on the team in quality starts with 13 in his first full season back since having Tommy John surgery in 2014. He knows how important going deep into games is for a rotation thats struggled.Last year I was coming back and I didnt throw that many innings, Perez said. This year I need to stay healthy because they believe in me, and I think its my job to help this team win games and try to go long in the games.Adding to Kennedys struggles is the fact that his name continues to pop up in trade rumors. Hes trying not to pay attention to that and focus on his job.Man I just got here, said Kennedy, who signed a five-year deal with the Royals in the offseason. I didnt hear that one (trade rumor). I did see my face on TV once, but I didnt hear what they said.Trade talk is nothing new for Kennedy. He was traded in 2009 as part of a three-team deal and then dealt again in 2013 from Arizona to San Diego.He knows trade talk goes with the territory, especially at this time of the year.Its kind of nothing, he said. Its part of the business, now especially because there are so many prospects that are really good that teams want. Yeezy 350 v2 Noir Et Blanc . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. Lee held the overnight lead but mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a 70. Yeezy 350 v2 Cloud White Pas Cher .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. http://www.pascheryeezy350v2.fr/ . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. 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I left balls over the middle.The Astros led by 1 when Mark Teixeira doubled in the second inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Didi Gregorius to tie it. Chase Headley hit an RBI single later in the inning to put New York on top.Starlin Castros run-scoring single with two outs in the third pushed the lead to 3-1.Fister plunked Brian McCann to start the fifth inning before Teixeira singled. The Astros intentionally walked Castro with one out to load the bases before McCann scored on a sacrifice fly by Headley. The first triple of the season for Aaron Hicks came next to score two more and chase Fister.They came up pretty hot with the hits, manager A.J. Hinch said. They were clearly aggressive, hes always in the strike zone, and hes pretty bullish with his fastball. He escaped it a little bit early, but then obviously, they opened it up in the fifth.CC Sabathia allowed just two runs in 6 2/3 innings to get back on track after a tough stretch and help the Yankees to the victory.Sabathia (6-8) allowed four hits and struck out five to pick up his first win since June 16 after going 0-4 and allowing 31 runs -- 29 earned -- combined in his past six starts.Things didnt look good early on Tuesday night when he allowed a solo home run to Marwin Gonzalez in the first inning. But he settled in after that, allowing only one single over the next five innings.The Yankees led by five when Evan Gattis homered to start Houstons seventh and cut it to 6-2. Sabathia was lifted after a two-out single by Carlos Gomez in that inning.Andrew Miller allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth for his second save since Aroldis Chapman was traded Monday and ninth overall.Gonzalez added a solo homer in the eighth for his first career multi-home run game. His first home run was right-handed and the second one from the left to make the switch-hitter the first Houston player to homer from both siddes in the same game since Lance Berkman did it in 2006.ddddddddddddThe Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, but Dellin Betances struck out Jason Castro on three pitches to end the threat.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Houston 3B Luis Valbuena left Tuesdays game in the second inning with a strained right hamstring. Valbuena pulled up after hitting a grounder and fell face down on to the dirt halfway between home plate and first base. Trainers looked at him for a minute before he was helped to his feet and limped off the field.A DIFFERENT PATH?NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson, who spent his entire 14-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, attended the game with some students he provided scholarships for. He lamented a baseball career that was cut short while watching batting practice.It was my favorite sport up until my senior year of high school. I played first base, pitched some, he said. (But) all through high school I grew like three inches a year so it killed my baseball career. Which now being out here Im really sad about that, but basketball turned out OK.WHOS ON FIRSTJason Castro, who was getting a day off from catching with Evan Gattis behind the plate, made his first career appearance at first base in the third inning after Valbuena left the game and Hinch moved Gonzalez from first base to third. Before Tuesday, Castro had only played catcher and been the designated hitter in his six-year career.It had been a while since Castro played there, Hinch said. Thats a lot of baseball left to play a National League game by losing the DH. Not knowing where that game was going, I felt comfortable with Castro stepping in there.UP NEXTYankees: Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 3.00) will start in the series finale on Wednesday. Tanaka, who leads the majors with a 1.50 ERA on the road this season, enters the game with an 11-inning scoreless streak.Astros: Lance McCullers (5-4, 3.33) is scheduled to start for Houston on Wednesday. McCullers allowed one run and struck out 10 in a season-high eight-plus innings in a win over the Angels in his previous start. ' ' '