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WASHINGTON -- If the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to make a run to the postseason, they will need a strong second-half performance from Gerrit Cole.The right-hander is expected to come off the disabled list and start for the Pirates Saturday night against the Washington Nationals.Im excited to be able to play again and hopefully put ourselves in a position to win a ballgame, Cole said on the eve of his return.Im just excited to be back, compete, and just play.Cole has been on the disabled list for more than a month with a strained right triceps. He is 5-4 with a 2.77 ERA this year, but has gone seven innings only twice in 12 starts.The 25-year-old was a first-round pick by the Pirates in the 2011 draft out of UCLA, where he pitched for three years. He lives in Santa Ana, Calif., the hometown of Washington shortstop Danny Espinosa.Cole will make his first big league start since June 10 after he threw eight scoreless innings in two rehab starts with Triple-A Indianapolis, with the most recent coming last Sunday.He is 2-0 with a 1.74 ERA in three career starts against Washington.Ben Revere has hit Cole at an impressive clip throughout his career, going 7-for-12 (.582) with an RBI.Wilson Ramos (2-for-8) and Michael Taylor (1-for-4) are the only Nationals players who have taken Cole deep, and Daniel Murphy is 2-for-9 with two RBI.Murphy is dealing with left hamstring tightness and was a late scratch from the Nationals lineup Friday. Hes listed as day-to-day.Cole will be opposed by Nationals right-hander Tanner Roark. It will be the first career start for Roark against the Pirates, whom he has faced twice out of the bullpen.No active Pirates player has more than one career hit against Roark, but Andrew McCutchen (1-for-2) and Staling Marte (1-for-5) have each slugged two-run home runs off of him.John Jaso (1-for-3) also has a round-tripper against Roark.Roark is 8-5 with a 3.01 ERA this season. Max Scherzer will start Sunday after Stephen Strasburg started the opener on Friday and allowed one run over eight innings in a 5-1 win.Scherzer threw one inning in the All-Star game on Tuesday.What went into the thinking of the Nationals for their weekend rotation?Strasburg was the strongest. Scherzer was the least rested, so we decided to give him some extra days. We had to keep Tanner kind of rested, Washington manager Dusty Baker said.Baker is a former Cincinnati Reds manager who knows the Pirates well.I was in a division with the Pirates for a long time, Baker said. They have a good power and speed combination. This is the makings of a very good series.Pittsburgh and Baltimore will square off four more times this season, with a three-game series coming late in the season on Sept. 23-25.The Nationals emerged with a 4-3 edge in last seasons series with the Pirates, earning a three-game sweep in their first meeting but dropping three of four last July in Pittsburgh. Spencer Ware Jersey . Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. Matthew Adams Jersey . 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It comes after months of speculation about Massa being replaced by Jenson Button at the conclusion of his contract at the end of this year.?However, Massa confirmed he decided on his future plans before the summer break.I have known for a few months, he said at the press conference. And I did not speak to any other teams, even Williams, about 2017.Sometimes maybe when I said I want to stay, I was not lying, but it was not exactly what was happening. I wanted the opportunity to this moment that everyone remembers.Massas switch to Williams in 2014 kept him on the grid after a seven-year stint at Ferrari. Though he eventually signed with Williams Massa admitted considering calling time oon his career at the end of his spell with F1s most famous team.ddddddddddddI was thinking to do it myself three years ago. When I was sure when this was going to be the time [this year], I needed to decide and needed to be strong enough to decide things. Sometimes it can be quite difficult but its a relief.Speaking about his reasoning for announcing at Monza, Massa referred back to Michael Schumachers first announcement in 2006. That came when Schumacher was teammates with Massa but the team had already signed Kimi Raikkonen for the 2007 season.I am choosing this place, this race, because ten years ago Michael announced his retirement. The only way for me to stay in Ferrari was because he stopped, because Kimi had signed his contract before me at Ferrari. He chose to stop to give meWholesale Baseball Jerseys[/url] ' ' '