Lefty Travis Wood aims for a second win against St. Louis in 10 days on Monday night, when the Chicago Cubs visit Busch Stadium to begin a four-game series with the Cardinals. Wood picked up his second victory of the season -- and fourth of his career against the Cardinals -- on May 2, allowing two earned runs on six hits in seven innings of a 6-5 triumph. He walked none and struck out six batters in the win. In one subsequent start, however, Wood was battered for eight runs on eight hits in just four innings of an 8-3 interleague loss to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. For the Cardinals, fellow left-hander Tyler Lyons makes his fourth starting bid in search of win No. 1 for 2014. The 26-year-old Texan pitched a scoreless inning of relief against the Cubs in the aforementioned May 2 game, but did not factor in the decision. It was his lone career meeting with Chicago. Lyons pitched six strong innings and allowed four hits and a run in one outing since, getting a no-decision in the Cardinals 2-1 loss at Atlanta on Tuesday after walking one and striking out seven. On Sunday in Atlanta, Evan Gattis and Jason Heyward both homered to back a solid start from Aaron Harang, as the Braves completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs with a 5-2 triumph at Turner Field. Chicago starter Edwin Jackson (2-3) allowed three runs on six hits and two walks over six frames to absorb the loss. Nate Schierholtz smacked a two-run double for the Cubs, who have lost seven of their last eight. In Pittsburgh, Allen Craig and Yadier Molina posted a pair of hits to go with an RBI and run scored and the Cardinals hung on to beat the Pirates, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game set. Trailing by two runs going into the ninth, Pittsburgh got a run back when Neil Walker hit a double and Andrew McCutchen singled to plate him and make it 6-5. The Pirates later loaded the bases with none away, but Trevor Rosenthal got Ike Davis to pop out into foul territory and Jordy Mercer to roll into a 1-2-3 double play to end the game and give Rosenthal his 10th save of the season. Shelby Miller (5-2) allowed two runs on four hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings for the Cardinals, who avoided being swept. The Cardinals and Cubs have split six meetings this season. Ryan McDonagh Jersey .com) - The Toronto Raptors set their sights on a second straight victory with the Oklahoma City Thunder visiting the Air Canada Centre tonight riding a two game streak of their own. Martin St. Louis Jersey . I wondered how NHL coaches would feel about a playoff schedule that allowed them to open a best-of-seven series on the road, which many claim to favour, yet still gave them the precious home-ice edge for a seventh game. http://www.hockeylightning.com/authentic...ghtning-jersey/. The defending champions sent their preliminary list to FIFA on Tuesday, with coach Vicente del Bosque to announce the final 23-man squad on May 25. Costa is set to lead the attack in his native Brazil, with Atletico Madrid teammate David Villa and Chelseas Fernando Torres also included, while David de Gea replaces injured goalkeeper Victor Valdes. Nikita Kucherov Jersey . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Tampa Bay Lightning Jerseys . 3. Trevor Ariza left them talkin about 40. Ariza made eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 40 points to help the Washington Wizards win their sixth straight game, 122-103 over Philadelphia on Saturday night.Fernando Alonso reckons Sebastian Vettels current frustrations at Ferrari are worse than what he experienced during his time at the team. Vettels demeanour and relationship with team boss Maurizio Arrivabene have been the subject of growing scrutiny amid Ferraris failure to win a race this season, the Germans second at the team.The Italian media have dubbed recent months as witnessing the Alonsofication of Vettel, the Spaniards Ferrari replacement. Ferraris Sebastian Vettel became increasingly frustrated and let rip a barrage of expletive laden radio messages throughout the Mexican GP. Alonso quit the Scuderia to join McLaren at the end of 2014 with two years left on his contract, having grown tired of Ferraris inability to win the world title.Vettel v Alonso: Brazil 2012 revisitedBut having twice missed out on the championship in the final race of the season, to Vettel, during his five years in red, Alonso reckons the current situation is harder to stomach for his old rival.I didnt go through those frustrations to be honest, Alonso said in an interview with Ted Kravitz, which airs during Sky Sports F1s exclusively live Brazilian GP qualifying coverage from 3pm.I was trying to fight hard for the championship. I was leading the championship in Abu Dhabi until the last race [in 2010], I was even leading the championship here until 10 laps to the end [in 2012]. Alonso and Vettels first two years at Ferrari compared Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel Seasons 2010 and 2011 2015 and 2016 Race starts 38 37* Wins 6 3 Podiums 20 19 DNFs 3 5 Pole positions 2 1 Championship positions 2nd and 4th 3rd and 4th* *season ongoing So I think the situation is a little bit worse now.ddddddddddddAlonso has repeatedly stood by his decision to swap Ferrari for McLaren, insisting it will pay dividends in the long term despite his current teams failure to finish on the podium since their reunion with Honda.By contrast, Vettel won three races in his debut Ferrari campaign last year and the team are still set to finish third in this years Constructors Championship.Whens the Brazilian GP on Sky F1?McLaren, currently sixth in the standings, are targeting next years aerodynamic rules overhaul as their big chance to rejoin the leading runners and Alonso reckons even a title challenge cannot be ruled out at this stage.I think its possible, why not? he responded.The regulation change will give us an opportunity to catch up a little bit faster [to] Mercedes if we interpret the rules a little bit better and quicker. We are a big team, we have big resources and big talent within the team so Im confident we can do a good job on the chassis side. A look back at the 2012 Brazilian GP where Sebastian Vettel needed only to finish fourth to claim his third World Championship. And on the PU [power unit] side I think well be ok. On that Im very confident. With the step we did last year to this year we should be confident next year should be even better.The learning we have in 2016 will pay off a lot next year.Tune in to Sky F1 from 3pm on Saturday to hear more from Fernando Alonsos interview with Ted Kravitz in which the Spaniard talks about his performances this season, his famous radio messages, and what 2017 will bring for McLaren.Can Nico Rosberg clinch the title at Interlagos? 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