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Striker Roy ODonovan can see another Central Coast win on the horizon but has implored his A-League side to cork their chronically loose defence.ODonovan can see marked improvements as the Mariners gradually adjust to the philosophy of new coach Paul Okon, evidenced by a strong first half against Newcastle last weekend.Yet the Gosford-based side have retained their tendency for silly errors as they hunt for a second win this campaign - and a first clean sheet since April 2015.ODonovan was perplexed by elements of the clubs off-season recruitment prior to Tony Walmsleys sacking, namely the decision to sign just one experienced defender in Jacques Faty after conceding 70 goals on their way to last seasons wooden spoon.Were still making the same mistakes by and large as last season as a team, ODonovan told AAP.Defensively, we tend to give away goals pretty easily every week - we havent kept a clean sheet in a long time.Thats a really big problem, something that wasnt dealt with last year at the end of the season with the signings that were made.We conceded 70 goals last year yet we only signed Jacques Faty as a defensive replacement.Jacques is a good player, but one player doesnt make a defence.That, for me, was very strange.But weve had new coaches come in and theyve changed things around defensively to make (the whole team) more of a solid unit.But at this moment in time, its still not perfect.The Mariners will be short in central defence against Perth on Thursday night, with Liam Rose suspended and both Faty and Jacob Poscoliero injured, meaning captain Nick Montgomery could be shifted back.In attack, Connor Pain, Fabio Ferreira and Blake Powell have pace to burn and ODonovan described the front third as the last piece of the puzzle..In the final pass, the final cross, we havent been as fluent as we can be, he said.Were only seven games in but hopefully it clicks sooner rather than later and some team gets a real taste of what were all about.The other side of the coin is were seven games in and weve only had one home game.Im not going to count Canberra (2-0 loss to Wellington) as a home game because it never felt like one.Six away games and six points - its not a bad starting point. 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The Astros will place Fister on paternity leave once the babys birth is imminent and at that time could add an extra player to alleviate the bench shortage.They had another setback Friday night when first baseman Marwin Gonzalez had to come out in the seventh due to right hand soreness. If Gonzalez, who is listed as day-to-day, cant play for a game or two, that would leave Houston with just its backup catcher as its reserve.Gomez suffered a mild hamstring pull Wednesday and Friday said he hoped to be able to play Sunday.I dont want to put a date on it, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. Hes got to run first.Houston added infielder Tyler White when it placed Luis Valbuena on the 15-day disabled list but that still left the club with just catcher Jason Castro and outfielder Preston Tucker as useable reserves and it had to hold Castro in reserve Friday in case something happened to starter Evan Gattis.We had to make a move, Hinch said. Were pretty banged up.Houston is facing Detroits best pitcher over the last decade, Verlander, on Saturday night. Verlander is going for his 11th win after earning his 10th on Monday in Boston.Verlander (10-6, 3.64 ERA) is 3-0 with a 1.60 ERA for July entering his final start of the month and will be looking to pitch Detroit to its fifth straight win after Tyler Collins, Justin Upton and James McCann homered in Fridays 14-6 win after the Tigers fell behind in the first inning.Once wee scored two, its a fresh game, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said.ddddddddddddLooking at it from the opponents point of view the last thing you want to do and weve done it, is when you score runs, you dont want to give up runs the next half-inning.But when youre in our situation, down a couple runs, best thing you can do is score a couple runs, get back in it, tie it, or even score more, take the lead. But it basically reset the game.Over his career, Verlander is 3-0 with a 2.06 ERA against the Astros in six starts.In Fiers, Detroit will be facing a pitcher who is 1-0 against it in three career starts. He beat the Tigers earlier this season in Houston. His career ERA against the Tigers is 3.24.Fiers (7-4, 4.69 ERA) won his last start, allowing three runs in seven innings to the Los Angeles Angels.The Tigers brought lefty Daniel Norris back to Detroit following his second rehab start (three runs, six innings) but Ausmus declined to reveal exactly when he gets plugged back into the rotation next week.Rookie Michael Fulmer has his next start pushed back because Detroit has two days off between them. But exactly when he starts again is partially contingent on when Norris and the other Tigers starter on a rehab assignment, Jordan Zimmermann, get slotted back into the rotation.Norris worked Thursday so he could be dropped back into the rotation Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox. 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