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A look at whats happening all around the majors Sunday:---SUNDAY SCHOOLA.J. Ellis is set to make his first start for the Phillies when he catches 24-year-old Vince Velasquez (8-6, 4.31 ERA), who is winless in seven outings since July 8. The 35-year-old Ellis, obtained Thursday from the Dodgers in a surprising trade for Carlos Ruiz, was brought in to mentor the teams young pitchers. The waves of emotion are getting farther and farther apart, which is a good thing, Ellis said. Ive started feeling re-energized, filled with a sense of purpose as to why Ive been placed here and why this is where I need to be at this time, so Im excited about that. And Ive got huge shoes to fill, I know that. Robert Gsellman makes his first major league start for the Mets. He won his debut Tuesday at St. Louis with 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief.CATCH THISOrioles center fielder Adam Jones could return to the lineup after sitting out Saturday, a day after aggravating his hamstring injury. The All-Star might even get a chance to reach over the wall at Yankee Stadium to grab a long drive by Gary Sanchez -- the New York newcomer has hit 11 home runs in just 21 games this season.VINTAGE VINCubs fans in Chicago will get a brief chance to hear famed Dodgers announcer Vin Scully wax poetic. Comcast SportsNet Chicago will carry the live audio of Scullys broadcast during the third inning of the series finale. The 88-year-old Scully is retiring at seasons end.The people in Chicago are in for a treat, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. After we get done with our games, I watch the Dodgers and listen to Vin on my iPad. Hes one of the great ones, like Red Barber, Dick Enberg and Ernie Harwell. Hes transcended the memories of baseball.ROYAL ROLLRight-hander Yordano Ventura (9-9, 4.27 ERA) goes for the red-hot Royals in a prime-time matchup at Fenway Park. Ventura has been a big part of Kansas Citys surge this month, going 3-0 with a 2.03 ERA in six starts. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez (2-5, 5.11) is expected to start for Boston for the first time since leaving his Aug. 16 start at Baltimore after four hitless innings with tightness in his left hamstring.THE ROOKIE RETURNSWashington will call up top prospect Lucas Giolito (0-0, 4.91) to make his fourth major league start in a game against Colorado. The righty hasnt pitched in the majors since July 24, and he didnt go deeper than four innings in any of his first three outings. Chad Bettis (10-7, 5.29) starts against the Nats for the second time this month -- he allowed two runs in three innings on Aug. 16.THE OMINOUS ATHLETICAndrew Triggs (0-1, 4.38) looks for a little more luck in his fifth start with the As. Triggs lost 1-0 to Cleveland despite six solid innings in his last start, and Oakland is 1-21 when the rookie has pitched this season, including 16 straight defeats. Jaime Garcia (10-9, 4.37) will pitch for St. Louis. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . 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. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- 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. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Johnny Sauter earned a spot in the Truck Series championship race with a victory Saturday at Martinsville Speedway.The win was the second of the season for Sauter and 12th of his career. He held off Chase Elliott in the closing laps to preserve the win in the Truck Series inaugural Chase.I feel like we are peaking at the right time, said Sauter. I feel like weve kind of saved some of our best bullets, so to speak, for the end, and we can go and really work hard on our Homestead piece for these next couple weeks.But Im a racer -- I think we all are -- and were not just going to hang out these next two weeks. We want to win races, but were in a luxurious spot, I guess youd call it. I want to win a championship. Ive been doing this a long time, and have won races, but a championship is something thats eluded me.Elliott, making his first Truck Series start of the season, was racing only to gain track experience for the Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday. He led a race-high 109 laps.Coming back to the checkered (flag) was probably my best opportunity to get him, but you have to be careful. Those guys are racing for a championship, Elliott said.dddddddddddd Some days its not worth wrecking a guy or whatever.I wish we could have got him, but I feel like I learned a lot to help me in Sundays race.Four of the six Chase drivers finished in the top 10. John Hunter Nemecheck, Christopher Bell and Timothy Peters rounded out the top five, while Daniel Suarez was sixth, followed by Cole Custer and William Byron.Daniel Hemric and Austin Hill rounded out the top 10.Sauter now has three career victories at Martinsville in the Truck Series.Chase driver Matt Crafton had issues with about 50 laps remaining when he developed brake problems. It led to a 17th-place finish and hes now fifth in the Chase standings.I smelled it at one point and kept feeling something going on with the brake pedal and finally it went away, Crafton said.Ben Rhodes and Ben Kennedy made contact late in the race and Kennedy wound up 18th. Hes sixth in the Chase standings, and he confronted Rhodes in the garage after the race. ' ' '