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MIAMI -- New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz will undergo surgery next week to remove bone spurs in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season.Matz, who has not pitched since Aug. 14, is expected to be ready for spring training.The news Tuesday before the Mets game at Miami was the latest blow for a team riddled this year by injuries but still in contention for an NL wild-card berth.Matzs availability for the postseason had already been doubtful because he has been sidelined for more than a month because of tightness in his left shoulder.Matz finishes the year 9-8 with a 3.40 ERA in 22 starts. Jackie Robinson Dodgers Jersey . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. Julio Urias Dodgers Jersey . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. http://www.dodgerssale.com/dodgers-mike-piazza-jersey/ . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Los Angeles Dodgers Jerseys . White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. The gold medal went to Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov. Joc Pederson Dodgers Jersey . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. The Indiana Fever enter the second half of the WNBA season on the fringe of a playoff spot.That is not great news as Indiana tries to get forward Tamika Catchings into the postseason in her 16th and final season in the league.The worse news: Indiana has yet to play the Los Angeles Sparks.The Sparks (16-1) and Fever (7-10) will play the first of three meetings this season Wednesday night in Los Angeles.Just focus on the Fever, focusing on those details, Indiana guard Shenise Johnson told WNBA.com about the matchup. If we do that, we should take care of business.Easier said than done against the Sparks, who shoot league highs from the field (49.1 percent) and 3-point range (39 percent), while holding opponents to a league-low 72.5 points per game.While the Fever battle for one of eight spots in the 12-team league, the Sparks sit at the top, having tied the 1998 Houston Comets for the best 17-game start in league history.Los Angeles is coming off a 77-67 home victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday. Forward Nneka Ogwumike continued to make her MVP case with 22 points, 15 rebounds and three blockedd shots in the battle of conference leaders.ddddddddddddOgwumike is averaging 18.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting 69.9 percent from the field.The Sparks have a second MVP candidate in center Candace Parker (16.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game). Guard Kristi Toliver has the best assist-to-turnover ratio in the league (3.7-to-1) on a well-balanced team.Indiana, which is starting a three-game road trip, is led in scoring by Catchings at 13.7 points per game. Guard Tiffany Mitchell is averaging 11.2 points per game. Center Erlana Larkins is coming off a 16-point, 17-rebound performance in the teams 87-85 overtime loss to San Antonio on Friday night.Indiana has re-signed guard Jeanette Pohlen, who was waived in camp. Pohlen, who had been with the Fever since coming out of Stanford in 2011, could add an outside threat to a team that shoots 28.5 percent behind the arc, 11th in the WNBA.Pohlen is a career 42.5 percent shooter on 3-point attempts. ' ' '