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HOUSTON -- Prized prospect Starling Marte homered on his first major league pitch and the Pittsburgh Pirates jumped out to an early lead before holding on for a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night. wholesale nfl jerseys . A.J. Burnett (12-3) shut out the Astros for seven innings before Chris Johnson and Carlos Corporan connected for solo homers in the eighth to cut the lead to 5-2, bringing Brad Lincoln out of the bullpen with one out. Johnson hit a two-out RBI single off Joel Hanrahan in the ninth, but Hanrahan struck out Brian Bogusevic for his 30th save. Pirates fans couldnt wait for Marte, who was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis, to reach the majors and he didnt disappoint, taking rookie Dallas Keuchels first pitch for a leadoff home run to left-centre. Marte was promoted to improve the Pirates production in left field, where Alex Presley and Drew Sutton have previously manned the position. Garrett Jones added a two-run homer later in the first inning, and former Astro Clint Barmes had a two-run shot in the second to extend Pittsburghs lead to 5-0. The loss extends Houstons skid to a season-worst 10 games and the Astros, who own the leagues worst record, have dropped 23 of their last 25 games. Burnett allowed four hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings to improve to 11-1 since a loss on May 2. The 23-year-old Martes second hit came on a single to left field in the fifth inning. He hit .286 with 12 homers and 61 RBIs in 98 games this season for Indianapolis. He said before the game that when his minor league manager called him into the office Wednesday to inform him of his call-up, he tricked him by saying that he didnt run hard enough on a double that day and so he wasnt going to play him in the next game. He then quickly ended the joke by telling him hed be playing for the Pirates instead. Marte, who stole 21 bases this season in the minors, was caught stealing to end the fifth inning. Keuchel (1-3) settled down after the first two innings, allowing just one hit and walking one in his last four innings. He gave up five hits and five runs in six innings. Burnett didnt allow a hit until Corporan singled to left field with one out in the third. He walked Johnson with one out in the fifth, but didnt allow another hit until Scott Moore singled with one out in the seventh. Burnett still faced the minimum in that inning after J.D. Martinez grounded into a double play. NOTES: LHP Wandy Rodriguez, who was traded to Pittsburgh from Houston on Tuesday, will start against his former team Saturday. The Pirates moved starter Kevin Correia to the bullpen to make room in the rotation for Rodriguez. ... Pirates OF Gorkys Hernandez was optioned to Indianapolis to make room on the roster for Marte. ... The teams continue the series on Friday when Pittsburghs Jeff Karstens opposes Jordan Lyles. cheap jerseys from china . In a match between two of the top teams in Serie A, Federico Peluso put Juventus ahead with a header following a free kick in the 63rd minute. Juventus had chances to double its lead, including a shot off the post from Arturo Vidal in the 72nd, and paid the price when Stefano Mauri equalized for Lazio in the 86th. nfl jerseys china . The Canadians insist theyre not paranoid, but recent revelations that teammate Olivier Jeans skate was sabotaged by a competitor has opened the uncomfortable possibility of tampering in their world.BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Jack McInerney had a goal and an assist to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. Gabriel Gomez and Antoine Hoppenot also scored to help Philadelphia (9-15-6) win for the second time in three games after an eight-game winless streak. With head coach Frank Klopas serving a one-game suspension, the Fire were coached by assistants Mike Matkovich and Leo Percovich. Dominic Oduro scored for Chicago (16-10-5), which lost its second straight and remained tied with New York for second place in the Eastern Conference, five points behind Kansas City with three matches remainning. cheap jerseys. Philadelphia opened the scoring in the 7th minute as McInerney took a pass from Danny Cruz, split defenders Jalil Anibaba and Arne Friedrich, and hammered the ball behind goalkeeper Sean Johnson. McInerney set up Gomez for the second goal in the 67th minute as Gomezs kick flew into the upper far corner of the net as Chicago defender Austin Berry partially screened Johnson. Chicago pulled to 2-1 two minutes later when Dominic Oduros slow shot caught Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath away from the right post, and rolled into the net. Hoppenot beat Johnson with a deflection at the 87-minute mark. cheap jerseys from china ' ' '