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Exeter Chiefs ran in eight tries as they extended their impressive winning run against Worcester Warriors with a crushing 57-22 victory at Sandy Park.A woeful Worcester performance saw the Warriors crash to their ninth successive defeat at the hands of dominant Exeter, who also ran up a half-century of points in winning last seasons corresponding fixture.Jack Yeandle, Will Chudley, Olly Woodburn, Carl Rimmer, Thomas Waldrom, James Short and Ian Whitten all crossed for Exeter tries, while the home side were also awarded a penalty try. Gareth Steenson slotted over six conversions as well as an early penalty, with Joe Simmonds adding the extras to the final try from Whitten after taking over the kicking duties.Worcester scored three late tries, through Josh Adams, Wynand Olivier and Dewald Potgeiter, but Exeter had already run up 45 points before they got the first of them.Jamie Shillcock scored the remainder of the Warriors points with a penalty and two conversions. Shillcock actually had a chance to put Worcester ahead after Woodburn was penalised for tackling Chris Pennell in the air in the fifth minute.However, the young fly-half was off-target with his kick and the visitors never threatened again. Exeter opened the scoring in the 10th minute when Woodburn made amends for his mistake by brushing aside two weak tackles to secure his side a platform in the Worcester 22, from which Yeandle finished off a driving line-out to put Chiefs in front. Steenson converted and added a penalty as Exeter dominated the opening quarter with their opponents struggling to deal with the pace of the Chiefs game.It was only a matter of time before the home side extended their advantage and they did that when Chudley dived over from close range in the 21st minute, with Steensons conversion giving Exeter a commanding 17-0 lead.Shillcock put the Warriors on the scoreboard with a penalty but the respite was only temporary as referee Matthew OGrady, on his Premiership debut, awarded a penalty try to Exeter after the visitors dragged down a driving maul with Worcester lock Darren Barry given a yellow card for committing the offence.Exeter were unable to make the most of their numerical advantage before the break as Worcester held firm to go in 24-3 down, and the Chiefs suffered a blow when full-back Phil Dollman left the field with a leg injury to be replaced by Sam Hill.However, the momentum was still with last seasons Premiership finalists at the start of the second half and they added their fourth try three minutes in - picking up their bonus point in the process - when Woodburn finished off a flowing move.Barry returned from the sin-bin as Worcester brought on scrum-half Michael Dowsett and flanker Sam Lewis, who made his long-awaited Premiership return after being out injured for the whole of last season.But they were unable to halt Exeters onslaught and they soon conceded a fifth try when Exeter replacement Rimmer forced his way over from close range. Waldrom was next over the line before Worcester scored their first try when a well-judged kick from Shillcock was collected by Adams to score.Shorts try three minutes later took Exeter past the 50-point mark as the third quarter ended before Waldrom was yellow carded for a deliberate knock-on.Olivier and Potgieter picked up consolation tries for Worcester in the last 10 minutes, but Whitten scored Exeters eighth try in between them to help complete a miserable afternoon for the Warriors, who have now lost four on the trot in the Aviva Premiership.Cheap Pistons Jerseys China . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Cheap Detroit Pistons Jerseys . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. http://www.cheappistonsjerseys.com/ . 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Traditional contenders Brazil, Greece and Turkey drew the other three spots to complete the 24-team field for this summers tournament in Spain, basketball governing body FIBA announced Saturday at its meeting in Barcelona.CHICAGO -- Its now or never for the St. Louis Cardinals.This weeks visit to Wrigley Field for a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs may represent their last chance to start closing an imposing gap with the National League Central leaders.Or it may signal a realization that the more practical objective is an NL Wild Card berths.The series opens Thursday as the Cardinals send right-hander Carlos Martinez (10-7, 3.29 ERA) against left-hander Jon Lester (12-4, 2.93 ERA).Martinez is coming off a 13-5 loss Saturday night to Atlanta, giving up seven runs over five innings, including a pair of three-run homers. Lester, who has three wins and two no-decisions in his last five outings, faces St. Louis for the first time this season .Just before the All-Star break the Cubs were mired in a 6-15 slump while the Cardinals had closed to within seven games of the division leaders. And with 10 head-to-head games ahead in the second half, St. Louis was thinking about a potential run.The Cubs have a great team and it would still be a big challenge to catch them if their lead was four games instead of seven, Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter told reporters in mid-July. Its not going to be easy -- but it does at least seem more realistic than it did a few weeks ago.That was then.Three-plus weeks later Chicago owns a 12-game lead on second-place St. Louis. The Cubs have gone 19-6 since a victory just before the All-Star break and now have won nine straight.The Cardinals (60-54) are 4-6 in their last 10 games after Wednesdays 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, but lost first baseman Matt Adams to the disabled list before Thursdays game.The Cardinals come into the series four games beehind Los Angeles for the top wild card spot and tied with Miami for the second.ddddddddddddEvery game for us now is important., said Jhonny Peralta on Wednesday. Today was a big win. Miami lost and we won, so we are good to go. Now we go out there and try to win another game.The Cubs became the first big league team to 70 wins with Tuesdays 5-1 victory over the Angels. They maintain baseballs best record and are on track for 102 wins.Chicago is -- as pitcher Jake Arrieta put it last week -- operating on all cylinders. Among the differences over the last 24 games entering Wednesday was better performances and consistency from Arrieta and other pitchers.Cubs pitchers had a collective 2.37 ERA in that span, including a 2.61 ERA from starters and a 1.76 ERA from relievers. In 24 games prior, the Cubs had a 5.17 ERA.Adams was replaced on the active roster by outfielder Randal Grichuk, who is promoted from Triple-A with a .216 batting average this season and a miserable 1-for-17 five-game stretch at Memphis.Not even a soap opera involving bench player Tommy La Stella and his refusal to report to Triple-A Iowa has distracted the Cubs.The left-handed hitting infielder was sent down to Iowa 12 days ago but was reported to be instead working out at his New Jersey home and Cubs brass put La Stella on the inactive list on Tuesday.Hes a 27-year-old kid and hes working through some stuff and were trying to give him time to work through those things, Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said this week. 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