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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Houston Astros were bailed out by Mother Nature on Wednesday night in what was supposed to be the third game of a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.After falling behind 5-0 through two innings, a line of strong thunderstorms delayed -- then eventually cancelled -- the game, forcing the clubs to make it up as part of a split doubleheader on Thursday.Well have a long day at the ballpark tomorrow, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. But given where we were, its obviously a decent enough outcome to start the game over.Minnesota came out flying against Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel on Wednesday. Brian Dozier led off the game with a home run and the Twins tacked on four more in the second inning to grab an early five-run lead.Moments after the top of the third began, the rain started and never let up. Twins right-hander Ervin Santana retired one batter before umpires cleared the field.The game was delayed 2 1/2 hours before Major League Baseball decided to cancel it, wiping out the Twins lead. The game will be restarted as though it never happened at 6:10 p.m. CT on Thursday.Theres not much to say. You get off to a good start against a good pitcher and you have your best guy out there and you have to wipe it off the slate like it never happened, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. We tried hard to play. We had some optimism it would stop after the delay, but it kept building.The pitching matchup for the first game on Thursday remains unchanged. Houston will send right-hander Doug Fister to the mound against Twins rookie Jose Berrios.Fister has been outstanding in two August starts, allowing one earned run while striking out 10 in 12 innings. Houston has scored just four runs total in those games, however, and Fister doesnt have a victory to show for it.Berrios has been inconsistent in six starts at the major league level, compiling a 2-2 record with a 8.31 ERA. But perhaps his best start of the season came May 2 in Houston when he allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings, picking up his first career victory.Astros right-hander Chris Devenski will start the nightcap. It will be his 31st appearance with Houston this season but just his fifth start and first since mid-May. He has been effective, racking up 66 strikeouts and a 2.51 ERA in 75 1/3 innings.Left-hander Tommy Milone will get the start in the second game for the Twins. Milone was recently demoted to the bullpen after allowing 12 runs in two late-July starts. He last pitched on Sunday, tossing an inning of scoreless relief against the Tampa Bay Rays.After the games Thursday, Minnesota will continue a seven-game homestand on Friday when they open a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Target Field. Houston will travel to Toronto to open a three-game series against the Blue Jays.Cheap Nike Vapormax Mens . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. Cheap Nike Vapormax China . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. http://www.cheapvapormax.net/ . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. 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Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury.Tiger Woods is part of the 18-player field for next months Hero World Challenge, where the 14-time major champion plans to make his long-awaited return to competitive golf.Woods pulled out of the Safeway Open three weeks ago, when he said my game is vulnerable and its not where it needs to be.At that time, he also withdrew from this weeks Turkish Airlines Open and said he hoped to play in the Hero World Challenge, which is held Dec. 1-4 at Albany in the Bahamas.Two weeks ago, while on a media tour in conjunction with the 20th anniversary celebration of his Tiger Woods Foundation, Woods said in an interview with late-night host Stephen Colbert, Ill be there. Im playing, of the?Hero World Challenge.A day earlier, in an interview with Charlie Rose, Woods said he hoped to play in the event.I am excited to make my return at the Hero World Challenge at Albany and play in this terrific tournament, Woods said in a statement released Tuesday. This is our 18th year, and every year we put together a top field that showcases the best golfers from the previous season. Albany is an outstanding setting, and I cant thank Hero MotoCorp enough for their support of the tournament and my foundation.The annual tournament will also boast three of this years major championship winners in Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Jimmy Walker, defending champion Bubba Watson and 2014 Hero Challenge winner Jordan Spieth.The field is missing No. 1-ranked Jason Day, who withdrew from his last two tourrnaments as well as the Australian Open due to back issues, as well as No.dddddddddddd 3-ranked Rory McIlroy.The tournament began in 1999 when it was known as the Williams World Challenge and was played for most of its existence in Southern California. After a one-year run at Isleworth in Orlando two years ago -- where Woods tied for last place -- it moved last year to the Bahamas, where Woods did not play. He was just six weeks removed from the second of two back procedures performed in 2015.That led to him skipping the entire 2015-16 season on the PGA Tour, including missing all four major championships.Although the World Challenge is deemed an unofficial event, it does give World Ranking points under the stipulation that all of the participants are ranked among the top 50 in the world.Last year Woods sought and received an exemption from that criteria that allows him to accept one of the tournaments two exceptions but still means the tournament can offer world ranking points. Woods has fallen to 831st in the world. He was 416th at the end of 2015 and 32nd at the end of 2014.The World Challenge invites its defending champion, the current years major championship winners, the top 11 players available from the world rankings and two sponsor exemptions -- provided they are in the top 50. The world ranking is then used to fill out the field. ' ' '