Desperate for any kind of momentum heading into the international break, Sunderland look to break their duck for the season and emerge with their first victory Saturday when they face Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium.Its becoming a historical season for all the wrong reasons for the Black Cats (0-2-8), who are rooted to the bottom of the table on two points. Theyve dropped three on the bounce in league play and four straight in all competitions following last weekends 4-1 loss to frontrunners Arsenal.There was a glimmer of hope when Jermain Defoe converted from the spot on 65 minutes to forge a 1-1 tie, but two goals in quick succession by Olivier Giroud put an end to any thoughts of Sunderland getting the better of the Gunners.We put a lot of effort into the game and we deserved better, Didier Ndong told Sunderlands official website. We were very happy to make it 1-1 but we made three or four mistakes that we could have avoided.The Black Cats are trying to avoid becoming the first Premier League team to go winless in their first 11 matches since the 2012-13 Queens Park Rangers side failed to get a victory in their first 16 matches en route to a last-place finish and relegation to the Championship. And it will be a task made all the tougher without manager David Moyes, who was given a one-match ban from the touchline by the FA for berating the fourth official in Sunderlands 1-0 League Cup defeat to Southampton on Oct. 26.Despite their struggles, goalkeeper Calvin Pickford insists the mood is upbeat in the North-east side, and hes optimistic the team can find success this weekend.Saturdays game at Bournemouth gives us a good chance to pick up three points and head into the international break on a high, he said. The mood within the camp is good but nobody likes losing games, so its up to us to get a result which would lift the fans and get a real buzz around the city ahead of the game against Hull City.We have to do our jobs against the teams around us and were fully capable of beating them, so the challenge is to take something from the game this weekend and build on it after the break.Getting anyone to provide support for Defoe would be a welcome start to that end. He has five of Sunderlands league-low seven goals, with Patrick Van Aanholt accounting for the other two.A victory here by Bournemouth (3-3-4) would go a long way toward avoiding the relegation scraps of April and May. The Cherries are currently 10th in the table ahead of reigning champions Leicester City and Stoke City on goal difference but looking to rebound from a 2-0 defeat at new boys Middlesbrough last weekend.While the Cherries had the run of play with more possession and outshot the Boor 18-11, they only put three efforts on target and failed to solve Victor Valdes.Whenever you get beaten you have to give the opposition credit, but from our perspective we certainly have to look at ourselves and take the blame, manager Eddie Howe said. We werent as we have been in recent weeks. As a collective, from start to finish, we werent where we needed to be, and that is hugely frustrating because today as a great opportunity for us.Both with and without the ball we werent great.The goals have dried up since Bournemouth smashed Hull City 6-1 on Oct. 15, though the Cherries did nick a point off Tottenham Hotspur before losing to Middlesbrough. Howe, though, thinks that lopsided victory may have provided his team some fools gold and they can go forward after those lessons came home to roost.Were not quite as good as we think we are, and we have to go back and work extremely hard to get anything in this league, the gaffer said. Its a lesson learned for us … and possibly an experience we needed to go through.Midfielder Andrew Surman is a question mark for this match after leaving last weekends loss late with a hamstring injury. Dan Gosling, who started in his place against Spurs, would likely again get the call to be in Howes starting XI if Surman could not play.Bournemouth took four of six points between the teams last season, posting a 2-0 victory in the corresponding fixture. Callum Wilson and Matt Ritchie scored in the first nine minutes for the Cherries, and their job was made easier playing the final 16 minutes with a man advantage after Younes Kaboul picked up his second yellow card.Sunderland are 3-7-14 on the road in league play since the start of last season, shipping 49 goals while posting only two clean sheets.Benito Santiago Cubs Jersey . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. Carlos Zambrano Jersey . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals. https://www.cheapcubs.com/1020t-ron-cey-jersey-cubs.html . 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Reyes signed with the Mets after being released by Colorado following a domestic violence suspension.The Mets James Loney entered the game as a defensive replacement and hit a two-run homer into the upper deck in the ninth inning.Logan Verrett and three relievers combined on a seven-hitter for the Mets. They closed within a half-game of second-place Miami in the NL East. Verrett took a shutout into the sixth for New York but departed after giving up a two-run homer to Christian Yelich, his 10th.Hansel Robles (5-3) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Jeurys Familia gave up an RBI single by pinch-hitter Martin Prado in the ninth before retiring Adeiny Hechavarria with two on for his 50th consecutive save, including 34 this season to lead the majors. David Phelps (4-5) took the loss.Floridas Ichiro Suzuki struck out on three pitches in the eighth inning as a pinch-hitter and remained four hits shy of 3,000.PADRES 5, NATIONALS 3WASHINGTON -- Matt Kemp homered twice and drove in four runs, rookie Luis Perdomo pitched seven solid innings and San Diego beat Washington to snap a four-game losing streak.Kemp hit a solo shot in the first inning and gave San Diego the lead for good with a three-run homer in the fifth. He has six homers in his last six games and the Padres have homered in 20 straight, the longest streak in the National League this season.Perdomo (4-4) gave up two first-inning runs, then limited the National to two hits over the final six innings of his longest outing. Brandon Maurer pitched 1 1/3 innings for his fourth save.Jayson Werth and Daniel Murphy homered for Washington. The Nationals have lost four of five.Tanner Roark (9-6) was the loser.CUNS 5, BREWERS 2MILWAUKEE -- Dexter Fowler led off the first with a homer and drove in three runs in his first game back from the disabled list, powering Chicago past Milwaukee.Fowler went 3 for 4 with a walk and scored twice after being sidelined more than a month with a strained right hamstring. His two-run double to left with the bases loaded in the second drew rousing cheers from the bevy of Cubs fans visiting Milwaukee.Jason Hammel (9-5) allowed four hits and two runs over five-plus innings for his second victory since the All-Star break for NL Central-leading Chicago. He never trailed after Fowler slugged a 3-1 pitch from Jimmy Nelson (6-8) over the center-field wall to lead off the game.Hector Rondon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 17th save.Hernan Perez had a run-scoring double for the Brewers, and Ryan Braun hit a solo homer.YANKEES 3, GIANTS 2NEW YORK -- San Francisco Gold Glove shortstop Brandon Crawford made three errors for the first time in his career, with his wild throw in the eighth inning helping give New York a victory that sent the Giants to their season-worst sixth straight loss.Masahiro Tanaka shut out San Francisco for six innings, giving up four singles. Giants ace Madison Bumgarner went seven innings, allowing two runs.The Giants nicked Dellin Betances in the seventh, pulling within 2-1 on a walk, a double by Denard Span and a wild pitch. That ended a streak of 31 scoreless innings by Yankees relievers. A double by Giants pinch-hitter Mac Williamson off Andrew Miller (6-1) tied it in the eighth.Chase Headley opened the eighth with a swinging bunt for a single off Josh Osich (1-2), and Mark Teixeira walked. Austin Romine followed with a grounder to Crawford, who tagged second, spun around and made a hard, high throw that glanced off first baseman Brandon Belts glove. Headley kept running and beat Belts throw home. Aroldis Chapman closed for his 20th save.ROYALS 3, RANGERS 1KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Danny Duffy scattered four hits while pitching into the seventh inning, and Kansas City scratched out three runs off Texas Yu Darvish.The only run Duffy (6-1) allowed came on Rougned Odors homer in the fourth inning. The left-hander struck out four and walked two on a steamy evening where the heat index at first pitch was 108 degrees.Luke Hochevar wiggled out of Duffys jam to end the seventh, Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect eighth and Wade Davis worked around a two-out single in the ninth for his 21st save.The victory, one day after the Royals (48-47) visited the White House to celebrate their World Series title, kept them frrom dropping below .dddddddddddd500 for the first time since beating Boston on May 17.Darvish (2-2) was making his third start off the disabled list. He allowed single runs in each of the first three innings, struck out 11 and made only one big mistake -- Cheslor Cuthberts home run.ORIOLES 5, INDIANS 1BALTIMORE -- Mark Trumbo hit a three-run homer, Manny Machado added a solo shot and Baltimore beat Cleveland for rookie Dylan Bundys first major league victory as a starter.Trumbo launched his 29th home run in the first inning and Machado made it 5-0 in the third. Both drives came off Trevor Bauer (7-4).Bundy (3-2) allowed five hits and an unearned run in five innings. Odrisamer Despaigne followed Bundy with 3 2/3 innings of three-hit ball before Zach Britton got the final out for his 31st save.The game had a scary moment in the seventh inning when Despaignes fastball struck Juan Uribe in the batting helmet around the left ear. Uribe stood bent over near the plate for several minutes before leaving. The team said Uribe had a head contusion.ASTROS 2, ANGELS 1HOUSTON -- Lance McCullers struck out 10 in eight-plus solid innings and Will Harris finished off the ninth to lead Houston past Los Angeles.McCullers was lifted for Harris after walking Kole Calhoun and Mike Trout with no outs in the ninth. Carlos Correa saved a run when he dived to stop a grounder hit by Daniel Nava and tossed the ball to second for a force for the second out. An RBI single by Andrelton Simmons came next to get the Angels within one, but Harris struck out Ji-Man Choi for his 10th save.McCullers (5-4) allowed four hits, his 10 strikeouts tied a season-high and he fanned Trout three times in his longest outing of the season.Matt Shoemaker (5-10) took the loss. Los Angeles had won a season-high six straight.MARINERS 2, BLUE JAYS 1TORONTO -- James Paxton pitched seven strong innings to win for the first time in three starts, Seth Smith doubled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and Seattle beat Toronto.Seattle won consecutive games for the first time since a four-game run from June 30 to July 3. The Mariners have won five straight and 14 of 20 against AL East opponents this season.Paxton (3-4) allowed one run and three hits. He walked one and struck out nine. Edwin Diaz worked the eighth,and Steve Cishek finished for his 23rd save.Paxton retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced. The only blemish was Michael Saunderss one-out homer in the second.PHILLIES 4, PIRATES 0PITTSBURGH -- Zach Eflin pitched his first major league shutout in his eighth start and Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh.Eflin (3-3) had six strikeouts, allowed three hits and did not walk a batter as he threw 100 pitches for his second complete game this month. In the majors for just 39 days, the 22-year-old is one of only seven pitchers to have multiple complete games this season.Cameron Rupp had a home run and three RBI, and Odubel Herrera had three hits and scored twice for the Phillies, who entered having lost four of five.Gerrit Cole (5-6) was the loser.REDS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2CINCINNATI -- Joey Votto extended his post-All Star break surge with a three-run homer, and Dan Straily pitched six innings in Cincinnatis victory over Arizona.Votto connected in the first inning off Archie Bradley (3-6). Votto has hit safely in all seven games since the All-Star break, going 12 for 23 with a double, three homers, eight RBI and seven walks.Tucker Barnhart added a solo homer in the sixth off Randall Delgado. Brandon Phillips later singled home a run, extending his hitting streak to 10 games.Straily (5-6) gave up five hits in six innings.The The Diamondbacks began the day with second-year manager Chip Hale hearing reports that the team had considered changing managers. Arizona has dropped 16 of 20.TWINS 2, RED SOX 1BOSTON -- Kyle Gibson put an end to Bostons two-game hitting outburst, allowing just a pair of hits in the first inning and none over the next seven in Minnesotas victory.Brian Dozier hit a solo home run for the Twins in the second inning and Miguel Sano added an RBI single in the sixth. It was all the scoring Minnesota needed for Gibson (3-6).The Red Sox got a leadoff homer from Mookie Betts and a one-out single by Xander Bogaerts in the first, then went hitless until the bottom of the ninth against closer Brandon Kintzler. Kintzler got his seventh save, preserving the lead in a wild bottom half of the ninth.Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4) took the loss. ' ' '