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MILWAUKEE -- From winning a division title and a playoff series to making two All-Star teams, Jonathan Lucroy has enjoyed plenty of positive moments since debuting with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010.With Lucroy prominently mentioned in trade speculation, the 32,405 fans at Miller Park potentially provided one last memory when they gave him standing ovations before and after he flied out as a pinch hitter Sunday in a 4-2 win over Pittsburgh.It was pretty cool, a lot of fun, said Lucroy, who turned down a trade to Cleveland over the weekend. I wish I would have gotten a knock there, but we won the game, so thats all that matters.The fans have been great to me here. I couldnt ask for a better environment to grow up in if something does happen. If nothing does happen, its going to be awkward the rest of the year. Well see what happens. Its out of your control at this point, he said.Lucroy nixed that swap to the AL Central-leading Indians. But other teams want the 30-year-old catcher before Mondays deal deadline and he has a limited no-trade clause.Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage visited the mound as Lucroy walked to the plate in the eighth inning. With the crowd chanting his name, Lucroy tipped his helmet to acknowledge the cheers.With two on and two outs, Lucroy flied out. He left the field to another standing ovation.I think it all worked out the way I wanted it to, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. I dont know what is going to happen, but I thought he deserved that.I thought the fans deserved that. It worked out right. It was a really good spot for it to happen. Im glad the fans acknowledged him. I know he appreciated it, he said.Keon Broxton and Chris Carter hit solo home runs as Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep.Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison exited with discomfort in his right leg after a hard collision with Broxton on a sacrifice bunt in the sixth.Matt Garza (2-4) gave up one earned run in five innings, ending his four-game losing streak. Jeremy Jeffress earned his fourth save in as many days and his 27th of the season in 28 chances.My stuff is coming back, Garza said. Ive been kind of playing catch up from Day One. It is all coming back -- arm strength, velocity, consistency and mechanical repeatability. Im pretty pumped.Francisco Liriano (6-11) allowed four runs in five innings.The Pirates have lost nine consecutive games at Miller Park and are 17-64 in Milwaukee since 2007.We come in here, what did we get, six runs? manager Clint Hurdle said. It has been one of the challenges weve had here different times, too many strikeouts. Too many soft outs throughout the series. They pitched better, we still had pitches to hit.Gregory Polancos second home run in as many days pulled Pittsburgh to within 2-1 in the third.STILL STREAKINGBrewers 2B Scooter Gennett extended his career-high hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the first. He is batting .368 (14 for 38) during the string.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong, who has been out since May 24 with facial fractures, will come off the disabled list to start Thursday in Atlanta. Vogelsong went 1-2 with a 2.86 ERA in four minor league rehab starts.Brewers: LF Ryan Braun was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game Sunday with right side tightness. Counsell said he hopes Braun will be able to play Monday in San Diego.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Gerrit Cole (6-6, 2.78 ERA) will try to build upon his first professional complete game when he starts against Atlanta on Tuesday. Cole allowed one run over nine innings in a 10-1 win over Seattle on July 27.Brewers: RHP Jimmy Nelson (6-9, 3.42) will pitch the series opener in San Diego. Just two of the eight runs scored against Nelson in a loss to Arizona on July 27 were earned. Steven Wright Jersey .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. Jim Rice Jersey . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. http://www.theredsoxteamshop.com/Red-Sox-Rusney-Castillo-Kids-Jersey/ . The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling "puts an end to my dreams of being a top player," the 27-year-old Troicki said in a statement. "I worked my entire life for it, and it has been taken away from me in one afternoon by a doctor I didnt know," said Troicki, whose ranking peaked at No. Mitch Moreland Jersey . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Rick Porcello Jersey . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. The Bottom 10 Inspirational Thought of the Week:Its getting crowded over here ... But babe ... the wait is ova! Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win The wait is ovaFumble dont you fumble Thats a flag on the play Babe, if you dont wanna Then you dont have to wait But together we gon be taking overIts just the way the game is played Its best if you just wait your turn.Just wait your turn The wait is ova-- Wait Your Turn, RihannaHere at Bottom 10 headquarters, located in ESPNs campus next to the kiln where Joey Galloway stores his hot takes, we have a giant calendar on which we mark the dates of the games that we know will change the course of the season and perhaps even our lives. Weve had Nov. 5, 2016, circled since last Christmas.On Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, the Owl Bowl, aka the Pillow Fight of the Century (PFOC!) will take place when the Owls of Florida Atlantic take roost in the nest of the Owls of Rice. Naturally, we went to our bosses and pitched the idea of Bottom 10 GameDay, and naturally, they said no. But just imagine the scene of tens of fans standing behind a TV desk of me, Gus Frerotte, Watson Brown and Jerry Glanville. Theyd hold up signs in the background. Not clever homemade signs, because they wouldnt have even known we were going to be there. Instead, theyd simply pull random signs out of the ground that they had found nearby and hold those aloft.NO PARKING ZONE ... OPEN HOUSE 1-5 P.M. ... MAKE CONFERENCE USA GREAT AGAIN.Then, in the grandest of ESPN pregame traditions, Coach Glanville would finally reveal his pick to win the game by pulling on the mascot head of the would-be victors ... but it would be an owl, and no one would ever know which team he had actually picked.With apologies to Hedwig, Bubo and Steve Harvey, heres this weeks Bottom 10.1. FA(not I)U?(1-7)The Owls (Part 1) will have the disadvantage of going on the road, a fact not lost on ESPN Stats & Infos mysteriously conjured-up FPI formula, which gives them only a 34.4 percent chance of winning the PFOC. To you that sounds bleak. To them, its a step up. They started Saturdays game against Western Kentucky with a 9.1 percent chance of winning. That dropped to 0.4 percent by the end of the first quarter and never returned to single digits. So ... good times.2. Rice (1-7) On Sept. 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy famously threw down his moon-landing challenge during a speech at Rice declaring, And they may ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why ... fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon ... and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard! In recent days, our Bottom 10 investigative reporting unit has uncovered lost recordings of JFKs conversations with Rice administrators during the luncheon after that speech. The president can be heard whispering, Seriously, why do you play Texas? Thats freaking insane. You should look into scheduling Florida Atlantic.3. Bowling Green (1-7) Over one month, four one-win MAC teams have all played in one giant one-win round robin, and now BGSU is the last one remaining with a trip to two-win NIU on Tuesday night. Its like that elevator fight scene in Captain America: Winter Soldier if at the end, Cap had collapsed onto the floor wiith everyone else.dddddddddddd4. Fres-no State (1-8) If you took Fresno in the First FBS team to eight losses betting pool, then congratulations. Also, wed like you to read this pamphlet about gambling addiction.5. Tennessee ?(5-3) The Bottom 10 selection committee had a difficult time deciding between the Vols and the entire Big 12, so we put it out on the street via Twitter and a #Bottom10 Poll of the People. They spoke loudly, and they were singing Rocky Top. Over the last month, Tennessee has lost three times to fall out of contention for pretty much anything. On Monday morning, running back Jalen Hurd said he wants out, and Butch Jones went through his weekly news conference looking like a man who had just had a box of pushpins dumped into his shorts. It all reminds me of my dating life when I was a student there.6. Kansas Nayhawks?(1-7) My old boss used to have this weird rubber stress doll thing on his desk. To get his mind right during a tough day, hed beat the tar out of it, and it would always make him feel better. Last week, Kansas lost 56-3 to an Oklahoma team desperate to save its season. This week they get a visit from West Virginia, wholl be eager to avenge its first loss of the year. I need to go back and see if my old bosss stress doll was actually a Jayhawk.7. I-Ow!-A State?(1-7) At 36, Iowa States head coach Matt Campbell is the Power 5s youngest head coach. On Saturday, he lost to Kansas States 77-year old Bill Snyder. Afterward, Snyder tried to lift Campbells spirits by giving him a quarter and telling him to take that down to Woolworths and buy yourself some grape Nehi and a Charleston Chew.8. Marshall Blundering Herd ?(2-6)I was in West Virginia last week working on a story about the then-undefeated WVU Mountaineers (#McGeeCurse) and chatted with a group of Marshall fans at the airport. I told them that I knew they agreed with me that it was total bunk that the Herd and Eers never play. The guy in the green Chad Pennington jersey said to me, Wellllllll, actually right now were OK with that.9. UMess?(2-7) The good news? The Minutemen rolled to a 34-10 victory, their first win in six games. The bad news? It came versus Wagner, a 4-4 FCS team whose wins have come over Saint Anselm, Concordia, Sacred Heart and Central Connecticut. I wonder, does Wagner constantly practice to The Ride of the Valkyries?10. UL(not L)M ?(2-6)Perhaps the most significant byproduct of the MAC round-robin drama is that it has allowed another conference to make a late season bum rush into the Bottom 10, kind of like Monday night when I accidentally left the front door cracked open and the neighborhood kids saw the bucket of Smarties sitting in the foyer. Leading the Fun Belt charge is ULM (pronounced uhlm). The Warhawks have lost their last two games to New Mexico and Arkansas State by an average score of 55-13. Now thats scary.Waiting list: Buffalo Bulls not Bills (2-6), In a Rut-gers (2-6), Feeling Ill-inois (2-6), UTEP Minors (2-6), NI-Whew (2-6), Georgia State Not Southern (2-6), Texas State Armadillos (2-5), New Mexico State (2-6), I know Im gonna get fined but news conferences. ' ' '