Molinas game-winning double went on Thursday. Originally called a ground-rule double, umpire crew chief Larry Vanover called for a review, which confirmed the call.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Starling Marte (ba

DENVER -- The Denver Nuggets defense was absent for most of the night. They got a stop with the game on the line and sent Chicago to another loss in Colorado.Rookie Jamal Murray scored a season-high 24 points, Will Barton hit two free throws with 9.5 seconds left and the Nuggets beat the Bulls 110-107 on Tuesday night.It was Denvers 10th straight home win over the Bulls and its 16th in the last 17 meetings at Pepsi Center.The Nuggets survived a 35-point, eight-rebound night from Jimmy Butler to keep Chicago winless in Denver since Feb. 8, 2006. Dwyane Wade had 22 points after sitting out Sundays game against the Lakers.Butler insisted the streak wasnt weighing on the teams mind.Its a basketball court with two rims, two backboards and a ball, he said. At the end of the day put the ball in the basket, do everything you can do in every other city and win the game.Chicago had a chance to end the streak but with the game tied Barton was fouled by Wade on a drive to the basket, and he hit two free throws left to give Denver a 109-107 lead.We are going to put the ball in Will Bartons hands, let him attack downhill, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. If he draws a crowd, let him get the ball to Murray, who had been shooting the ball lights out, on the back side to make a shot.The Bulls called timeout and Fred Hoiberg drew up a play for Butler, but Denver shut it down.Kenneth Faried was standing in the paint so I didnt have nowhere to go, Butler said.Wade got the ball to Isaiah Cannon, coming around the defense but shot an airball on a 3-point attempt and the Nuggets got the ball.We got a shot from a very good 3-point shooter. Were fine with it, Wade said. We had a chance to come in and get one and we didnt.The Bulls were in control early but the Nuggets used a 22-0 run at the start of the second quarter to take a 41-31 lead. Murray had 15 of his 17 first half points in the period and Wilson Chandler scored 12 of his 16 in the second quarter.It just takes one shot to have confidence, Murray said. It doesnt take me long to get hot. I think every shot is going in. If I miss I dont worry about it.TIP-INSBulls: Butler was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week after averaging 27.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in four games. He scored a season-high 40 Sunday. ... Michael Carter-Williams is still out with a left knee bone bruise and left wrist sprain. ... Doug McDermott (concussion protocol) missed his fifth game.Nuggets: Mike Miller is away from the team for family reasons. He is expected to rejoin the team later in the week.ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAIDThe Nuggets courted Wade as a free agent this summer but he ultimately chose his hometown Bulls. He came away impressed with his meeting with Denver.Those guys, I was sold on them, Wade said. They made it a lot tougher than people think.Even though he didnt sign with the Nuggets, they felt good about the process.To have a chance to sit down with a first-ballot Hall of Famer who was giving us serious considerations showed our fans of the positive vibes about this team, around the NBA, Malone said.RESERVE CLAUSEThe Nuggets bench scored 39 of their 41 points in the second quarter and outscored the Bulls reserves 61-13 for the game. Three of Denvers double-digit scorers came off the bench.Our bench was phenomenal tonight, Malone said.UP NEXTBulls: Finish up their six-game road trip Friday in Philadelphia. 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Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season.ST. LOUIS -- Felipe Rivero thought he had strike three. Not quite.Rivero was walking toward the Pittsburgh dugout when the pitch to Jedd Gyorko was called a ball. Three pitches later, Gyorko launched a solo home run in the eighth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pirates 4-3 on Saturday.I think he had strike three and sometimes they dont get called, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. I think that was the situation that happened.Rivero (1-6) said the call by plate umpire Alfonso Marquez didnt affect his composure.Thats something you cant control, Rivero said. Youve got to focus and keep throwing strikes.The Cardinals pushed the NL wild-card race to the final day of the regular season.Jung Ho Kangs three-run homer in the first off Michael Wacha was his sixth home run against the Cardinals this season. Kangs eight career homers and 21 RBI against St. Louis are his most against any team in the majors.He swung the bat very well against St. Louis. Some of the games hes hit two, Hurdle said. We could have used another one today.Pirates starter Chad Kuhl struck out five and gave up two runs in five-plus innings. The rookie right-hander was able to slow down his pace to work out of a couple of jams in the first and second inning.He went into the four corners defense just holding the ball, and then was making quality pitches, which I do think was disrupting hitters timing, Hurdle said. We havent seen that out of him and I know they havent seen that out of him.Gyorko became the first Cardinals player to hit 30 homers in a season since Carlos Beltran in 2012, with 23 of those coming after the All-Star break..dddddddddddd.Jedds been so impressive, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. I mean 30, thats without even being in there every single day.The Cardinals tied it with a three-run sixth, highlighted by Matt Hollidays RBI pinch-hit single. Holliday homered on Friday night after the Cardinals said they wouldnt pick up his $17 million option.Kevin Siegrist (6-3) pitched a scoreless eighth. Seung Hwan Oh stranded runners at second and third for his 19th save in 22 opportunities.We had to have extra ordinary effort from our bullpen today and that was just impressive from beginning to end and all the way through, Matheny said. Just overall a great effort from the entire team.JUST MAKING SURECardinals SS Aledmys Diaz hit a ball in the bottom of the first to the same part of the left field wall where Yadier Molinas game-winning double went on Thursday. Originally called a ground-rule double, umpire crew chief Larry Vanover called for a review, which confirmed the call.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Starling Marte (back) was out of the lineup and isnt expected to play in the season finale on Sunday.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-7, 5.00 ERA) is one strikeout away from No. 900 in his career. He is 3-7 with a 6.02 ERA in 23 career appearances (12 starts) against St. Louis.Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (13-9, 4.67 ERA) has failed to make it through six innings in four of his last five starts, but he earned the win on four of them. He is 13-7 with a 4.26 ERA in 32 career appearances against Pittsburgh. ' ' '