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ST. LOUIS - Carlos Martinez gets a spot start in place of Adam Wainwright for St. Louis tonight when the Cardinals begin a three-game set with the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. You can watch all the action on TSN and TSN GO beginning at 8pm et/5pm pt. Wainwright was scratched from his scheduled start because of tendinitis in his elbow, although he expects to be able to pitch Saturday against the Phillies when his turn comes around again. Martinez is 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA in 30 relief appearances. Hell be limited to 50-60 pitches in his second career big league start. "I think its part of keeping to our word," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "Weve had other opportunities that didnt seem quite right, where the role he was filling in the bullpen didnt really allow this opportunity to bounce him into a start. "We told him to keep working and he was going to get a chance. He still has a big role for us in the bullpen, but this is an opportunity that is also a necessity. We need somebody to step up and be able to take this start for Adam. We believe Carlos can do a good job of that." In a corresponding roster move, the Cardinals called up reliever Nick Greenwood from Triple-A Memphis on Saturday. Hell provide some bullpen depth with Martinez on a pitch count. For New York, rookie Jacob deGrom remains winless through six starts despite a 3.44 ERA and 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings. He gave up a career-high nine hits in 5 2/3 innings against Milwaukee his last time out, as he yielded three earned runs and was charged with the loss. New York took two of three from the San Diego Padres this weekend, although the team enters this series with an overtaxed bullpen. On Sunday, the Mets claimed a 3-1 victory as Carlos Torres, Vic Black and Jenrry Mejia combined to throw eight innings of one-run ball after starter Daisuke Matsuzaka exited after just one inning with a severe upset stomach. Curtis Granderson led off the bottom of the first with a home run, as the Mets built a 3-1 lead after two innings and made it stick. However, the Mets went just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, an area where the team has continued to struggle. "We had opportunities to blow this game open," manager Terry Collins said. "We have to start blowing some games open because its going to take a lot of pressure off a lot of people." The Cardinals are off to a 3-0 start in their 10-game homestand after sweeping Washington over the weekend. The pitching staff combined to allow a total of only three runs for the series. Jaime Garcia allowed just one run in five innings while striking out six in Sundays 5-2 victory. Matt Adams homered in all three games of the weekend series after spending the previous 13 games on the disabled list with tightness in his left calf. Adams, who is hitting at a .412 clip over his last 15 games, is trying to become the first Cardinals player to homer in four straight games since Albert Pujols from June 3-7, 2011. The Mets won three of four against St. Louis when these teams met up at Citi Field from April 21-24. .com) - Avery Bradley scored 21 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets, 89-81. . Messier, who had been a special assistant to Rangers general manager Glen Sather, announced Thursday in a statement that he is resigning in order to "expand the game of hockey in the New York area by developing the Kingsbridge National Ice Center. http://www.nationalfrancesoccer.com/ste ... ce-jersey/. Iwakuma pitched seven strong innings to stay unbeaten in road games since last July, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. . Re-signed by the club to a one-year, two-way (NHL/AHL) contract on July 5, Bass appeared in three preseason games with Columbus prior to breaking a bone in his hand on Sept. . Webb birdied the 18th hole to take the outright lead, then watched as Choi, who shot a course-record 62 on Saturday to take a share of the third-round lead, pushed a 10-foot putt wide of the hole at 18 to miss the chance for a playoff.Rome, Italy (SportsNetwork.com) - Juventus will shoot for a fourth consecutive win across all competitions on Saturday when the three-time defending Serie A champions return to league play to face Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in a top-five clash. The Old Lady enters Saturdays clash on top of the Serie A table with 28 points, three clear of second-place Roma, and coming off a 7-0 drubbing of Parma in league play prior to the international break. The Bianconeri opened the scoring against Parma after just 23 minutes through Fernando Llorente and Stephan Lichtsteiner doubled the advantage six minutes later. Llorente completed his brace in the 36th minute to give Juve the comfortable 3-0 lead at the intermission. The second half was more Juve as Carlos Tevez found the back of the net in the 50th and 58th minutes to make it a 5-0 game. Youngster Alvaro Morata put the exclamation point on the rout with goals in the 76th and 88th minutes to complete the drubbing and send Parma to its seventh defeat in the last eight matches. Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri urged his team to focus solely on the task at hand and not look ahead to Wednesdays Champions League clash against Malmo. Its our duty to focus solely on tomorrows game, Allegri said. We didnt get out of the blocks after Octobers international break, so we must take heed of that and burst out of the traps right away tomorrow, enabling us to be ready for Wednesdays match. Do we have the potential to get into Europe?s top eight? Yes, but now the aim is to get through the group stages. Let?s get six points and win the group before speaking about anything else. Lazio, meanwhile, enters the clash in fifth place in Serie A with 19 points hoping to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Empoli in league play prior to the international break. Afteer a scoreless opening half, Lazio fell behind in the 52nd minute thanks to a goal from Federico Barba and Massimo Maccarone doubled the lead for Empoli three minutes later.dddddddddddd. Lazio pulled one back in the 66th minute through Filip Dordevic, but it wasnt enough and Empoli held on for all three points. Despite the setback, Lazio head coach Stefano Pioli implored his club to play without fear against the defending champions on home soil. We want to win and the desire to bring home three points needs to be greater than the fear of losing. It will be a useful yardstick which will tell us how far weve come, Pioli said. Our clear goal is to get back into Europe and I keep reiterating my belief that this team is capable of doing so. It will be a tough fight and if we want to keep improving our standing each week we also need to make the most of tomorrows opportunity. Also in Serie A on Saturday, Atalanta welcomes Roma to the Stadio Atleti Azzurri dItalia. Sundays marquee contest pits AC Milan against Inter Milan in the latest installment of the Milan derby. Both clubs come into the derby fixture in need of three points as AC Milan is coming off a 2-2 draw with Sampdoria, while Inter is also coming off a stalemate against Hellas Verona. Also on Sunday, Torino welcomes Sassuolo to the Stadio Olimpico di Torino, while Cesena hosts Sampdoria at the Stadio Dino Manuzzi. Hellas Verona returns to Serie A play hoping to snap a string of three straight draws with a win over Fiorentina at the Stadio M.A. Bentegodi, while Parma hosts Empoli at the Stadio Ennio Tardini. Napoli welcomes Cagliari to the Stadio San Paolo and Udinese hosts Chievo at the Stadio Friuli. Mondays match sees Genoa, winners of three of their last four matches, face Palermo at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. ' ' '