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By James MacSmithLast season was all about exorcising the demons of their ASADA scandal for Cronulla, according to captain Paul Gallen. This season has been about winning a premiership.The Sharks can go from wooden spooners to premiers in two seasons on Sunday if they can beat Melbourne in the NRL grand final.Gallen said winning the grand final was far from his thoughts as the club endured its darkest days during 2014 in which coach Shane Flanagan copped a 12-month suspension and 17 past and current players were banned.But those days are long gone as the Sharks zero in on their maiden premiership triumph.It is good to be here and I feel like we deserve it, Gallen said.If you had asked me two years ago, I wouldnt have known where my head was at and what I was doing.I didnt really care about a whole lot at that time - it was pretty tough.Last year we came back and we built up; we got all that crap out of our heads.Cronulla made it through to the second weekend of the finals last year after finishing the regular season in sixth. They ended South Sydneys premiership defence in a 28-12 elimination-final win, before being thumped 39-0 in the semi-final against eventual premiers North Queensland.Their road to the grand final this year has been via a 16-14 qualifying-final win over Canberra in week one after the Sharks finished third during the regular season and a 32-20 defeat of the Cowboys last week in the preliminary final.The Sharks will play on Sunday in their first grand final in a united competition for the first time since 1978.At the time in 2014, football and playing football and winning games and winning grand finals was the furtherest thing from our minds, Gallen said.But the dark days are gone - the good days are here now.Randy Johnson Diamondbacks Jersey . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. Wilmer Flores Jersey . 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They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display.PHOENIX -- Jonathon Niese, acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates at the trade deadline, will make his first start for the Mets this season and first start overall since July 10. Niese (8-6, 5.20 ERA) spent the first eight years of his career in New York, posting a 61-61 record before he was traded to Pittsburgh for Neil Walker.Niese has been working through some discomfort in his left knee since having his knee drained back in Pittsburgh but Mets manager Terry Collins said the move to the rotation might help.We just think that if we start him he wont have to deal with the wear-and-tear of getting up and down, Collins said Saturday when announcing Nieses return to the rotation, In between starts that knee will have a chance to recover.Niese is taking the turn previously held down by Logan Verrett, who was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas after consecutive rough outings.Similarly, Arizona starter Zach Godley is returning to the Diamondbacks rotation to take the place of struggling left-hander Patrick Corbin.Godley (3-2, 5.24) made five starts in July and August before moving to the bullpen. During his last three relief outings, he has held hitters to a .174 average (4 for 23) and struck out four.We dont want them to take their lumps to the point where were out of a game, Arizona manager Chip Hale said of his young staff. But you have to let them learn and try to make adjustments.The Mets offense made an appearance Tuesday night, knocking out 12 hits, includingg a pair of home runs and six extra-base hits as New York split the first two games of their current seven-game road trip.ddddddddddddEvery time I look up they (the Diamondbacks) hit a double, Collins said. Its nice that we hit some doubles for a change. The offense came around tonight.T.J. Rivera, who earned the start when Neil Walker was scratched with back tightness, went 4-for-4 to double his career hit total.One of the things they told me is he barrels the ball, Collins said. He gets the barrel on it.The Diamondbacks got an immediate boost from outfielder Mitch Haniger, who doubled, tripled and drove in three runs in his major league debut Tuesday. Haniger steps into an outfield that has struggled both with injuries and ineffectiveness outside the 23 home runs of Yasmany Tomas.Every swing he took was right on it, Hale said of Haniger, who has 24 homers in 119 games at Double- and Triple-A this season. He was just exactly as advertised by (Triple-A Reno manager) Phil Nevin and everybody in the minor leagues. He really knows how to play the game. Im excited to see him play.Arizona also has flourished on the bases against the Mets. The Diamondbacks stole four bases on Tuesday and have 19 steals against New York this season, one shy of matching the franchise record for most stolen bases against an opponent in a single season. ' ' '