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CHICAGO -- The Cleveland Indians will try to salvage a series split when they finish a four-game set against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.Cleveland (84-61) cruised to a 6-1 win over the White Sox on Wednesday after dropping the first two games of the series at U.S. Cellular Field. The Indians, winners of 11 of their past 16 games, enjoy a six-game lead over the Detroit Tigers for first place in the American League Central with less than three weeks to go.Chicago (70-75) needs a victory to secure its first series win against Cleveland since July 2015. The White Sox are 5-10 against the Indians this season.The Indians will send rookie right-hander Mike Clevinger (2-2, 5.01 ERA) to the mound for the eighth start of his career. The Los Angeles Angels selected Clevinger in the fourth round of the 2011 draft and shipped him to Cleveland three years later for right-hander Vinnie Pestano.In one start and one bullpen appearance against the White Sox, Clevinger is 0-1 with a 7.00 ERA. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound hurler has posted a 6.87 ERA in 18 1/3 innings on the road this season, compared with a 3.52 ERA in 23 innings at home.Clevinger threw 62 pitches in his most recent start Saturday at Minnesota. He allowed one run on two hits in four innings. He walked two and struck out five.Because he got lengthened out last time, and hes got a bullpen (session) now, I think youre going to start seeing more and more that the game will dictate where he exits, Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. Youre not going to see a real high (pitch-count) number, but I think the game will let us know when hes starting to tire or what the score is, and stuff like that.Its nice to go into his game knowing if hes throwing the ball OK, hes going to get to pitch for a while. Thats good.Right-hander James Shields (3-10, 7.30 ERA) is scheduled to make his 19th start for the White Sox and his 30th start of the season. The 34-year-old has struggled badly for most of his time in Chicago, where he arrived June 4 as part of a trade with the San Diego Padres. He is 0-5 with a 10.75 ERA in his past eight starts. He has allowed 41 earned runs in 34 1/3 innings during that span.Overall this year, Shields is 5-17 with a 6.01 ERA.A parade of opposing teams have roughed up Shields, and the Indians are no exception. They battered him for eight runs on seven hits in 1 2/3 innings in their last encounter June 18. During his career against Cleveland, Shields is 4-6 with a 4.17 ERA in 17 starts.Unless the White Sox shut him down early, Shields will have three or four more starts to try to shift the narrative on his career trajectory. He is due to receive $21 million next season unless he opts out of his deal. The Padres reportedly will pay $10 million of Shields salary as part of the trade terms.Chicago hopes to have designated hitter Justin Morneau back in the lineup Thursday. The 35-year-old veteran has missed the past two games because of soreness in his neck. With 17 games remaining in the season, has yet to decide whether he will keep playing next spring for a 15th year in the big leagues.Hes looking ... a little bit better, but its still a little bit of a tweak where he cant play, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said Wednesday.Vapormax Cheap Sale .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Vapormax Plus Cheap . 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Vapormax 97 Canada .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St.RIO DE JANEIRO -- U.S. swimmer Jessica Long hugged Australian Lakeisha Patterson when the womens 400 freestyle final was over and offered congratulations. Long had a medal in her fourth Paralympics, but Patterson took the gold and the world record.I wish it went a little differently, said Long, the highly decorated U.S. Paralympian who is competing in nine races at the Rio Games.I think the only hard part about that is adding time in one of my best races. But at the same time, Ive overcome some really bad shoulder injuries. So Im really proud that I finished, and even signed up for the race.Pattersons time of 4 minutes, 40.33 seconds nipped Longs previous record of 4:40.44.Jess is an amazing person and a really great, fierce competitor, Patterson said. Shes achieved so much. To be able to have my idol come up to me and say shes proud of me -- it was really quite bittersweet. And thats going to stick with me for a long time.The 24-year-old Long now has 18 medals overall, a dozen of them gold.But Patterson, a 17-year-old swimmer from Caboolture, Australia, who has cerebral palsy, steadily took control of the race after the first 100 meters. Long finished far back, in 4:47.82.Long was born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, a birth defect that left her without her fibulas, ankles, heels and most of the other bones in her feet.Shortly after being adopted at 13 monthhs old, Long went through multiple surgeries, eventually having each of her legs amputated below the knee.dddddddddddd Growing up in Baltimore, she took up swimming at age 10 and joined her first team.Two years later, she became the youngest member of the U.S. Paralympic team and went on to win three gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.Long is just the third American swimmer to appear in four Paralympics. She may be rivaled only by U.S. wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, competing in seven events from the 100 meters to the marathon in Rio, as the best-known and busiest American Paralympian.Oh my goodness, Long exclaimed when asked after her qualifying heat about how shes handling her nine-event schedule. Day by day. Literally, I cant even think about tomorrow. Just thinking about today, and basically what I can control which is today and just enjoying it. Its a lot of fun to be back.It might have been a little less fun on the medal stand, but when Patterson embraced her again, Long just smiled, accepted the hug and lifted Patterson off her feet.---Jamie Han is a journalism student at the University of Georgia. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics. ' ' '