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Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade is expecting more attempts from Brisbane to agitate his players, foreshadowing another spiteful Q-Clash this weekend.The Suns, fresh from a drought-breaking win over St Kilda, host the Lions at Metricon Stadium on Saturday afternoon.It will be their first meeting since round four at the Gabba, when Steven May delivered his now-infamous head-high bump on Brisbane ruckman Stefan Martin - the moment that crystallised the burgeoning rivalry between the two battling sides.Eade reckons the Lions were the aggressors on that occasion and will be again.Last time they tried to agitate some players and thats fine, thats part of the game and weve got to be able to cope with that, he told reporters on Friday.We expect it to be physical, especially early, but thats good for our players.Theres an edge to it because theyre the people up the road... whether as a club weve focused on it as much as they seem to have in the past, Im not too sure.Weve spoken about round four and weve mentioned the opposition, but our main focus has been to back up what weve been able to progress the last three or four weeks.Brisbane won the last encounter - their only victory of the year to date - while the Suns, who had won all three of their games beforehand, went on a massive losing streak that only ended with a 40-point win over the Saints on Saturday.Eade said they had learned a valuable lesson.Preparation, theres no doubt. I think any young team that wins three in a row probably thinks it will keep rolling on, he said.As you can see a loss, injuries and a whole range of things, it can turn around pretty quickly.Thats why weve just got to focus on the job at hand and back up.Eade said Jaeger OMeara has pulled up well after impressing in his first official run since suffering a major knee injury in April last year.Off-contract midfielder OMeara played the first half of Gold Coasts NEAFL match against Southport last weekend and will play three quarters with the reserves team against Brisbane in the Q-Clash curtain-raiser.He played up to half-time, thats 45 per cent of game time. This week hell play to three quarter-time, Eade said.He had a sore spot here or there, but nothing major, so itll be a step up again time-wise and then hell play a full game the week after. Alex Delvecchio Jersey . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. 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PHOENIX -- Aaron Hill was held out of the starting lineup the past two games, a batting slump the main reason for his temporary benching. The reserve role must have helped the second baseman, who drove in two runs with a homer and a double in the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night. "I didnt expect two days in a row," Hill said of manager Kirk Gibsons decision to rest him. "Im not going to fight him. He was going to give me two days and thats fine. "You still do your work, and hopefully it works out the next day whenever youre in there," Hill added. "He jokingly, he gave me the ball (after the game) and said hes going to give me two days off." The game took a back seat to the impending trade of Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano, who was taken out of the original lineup because a deal with the New York Yankees was being finalized Thursday. Soriano, who is batting .254 with 17 home runs and 51 RBIs in his seventh season with the Cubs, had yet to be dealt by the conclusion of the game, though he missed his second straight game while the club continued to work out the deal. Soriano was scheduled for a redeye flight to New York, however, and said goodbye to his teammates in the visiting clubhouse after the game. He spoke with his agent and was told he could go to New York and wait for the trade to be made official there. "I dont know what the Cubs get, but Im happy and think they are happy, too," Soriano said. "They are getting something back and I am happy going back to New York, where I started my career. "The thing that was more difficult for me was leaving my teammates, my family." Hills first-inning double into the left-field corner plated Adam Eaton from first base with the Diamondbacks first run. He hit his fifth home run of the season in the fifth, leading off the inning with a blast to left field. Hill entered the game in a 4-for-31 slump over his previous eight games. Wade Miley (7-8) worked 7 2-3 innings and didnt give up a run until the seventh. He allowed only five hits and struck out four despite being hit in his right knee with a batted ball in the third inning. "You got adrenaline. You dont really feel it too much out there," Miley said. "I was just trying to go after guys and keep us in the ballgame.dddddddddddd" Miley forced two broken bats in his last inning. He left to a standing ovation with a runner on third base in the top of the eighth. "We needed that," Gibson said. "Helped us rest the bullpen." Back-to-back, ground-rule doubles by Wil Nieves and Cliff Pennington gave Arizona a 2-0 lead. Penningtons hit was just out of the reach of Cole Gillespie, Sorianos replacement in left field. Without Soriano, the Cubs lineup lacked punch. Chicago scored its only run when Wellington Castillo doubled in Gillespie. "You just dont fill that void," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "I know it impacted a lot of people on that field." Diamondbacks third baseman Martin Prado was shaken up when slid headfirst into second base on a hustle double. Cubs shortstop Starlin Castros leg jostled Prados head as Castro came down from midair. Prado remained in the game. Brad Ziegler, who only since the All-Star break has been the Diamondbacks regular closer, picked up his fifth save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning. But that inning included a ground-rule double for Nate Schierholtz after a fan reached over the yellow line above centre field and caught the ball. Fan interference was called, and the Cubs couldnt push across any runs. "Youve got to win close games, too," Gibson said. "Its good when your bullpen comes in and does the job." Carlos Villanueva (2-7) took the loss after lasting five innings and allowing three runs and six hits. NOTES: Diamondbacks C Miguel Montero missed his third straight game, but medical tests revealed only an inflammation in his lower back and nothing more serious. Hes day-to-day. ---- Ziegler has held opponents scoreless in 11 straight home games since May 27 and is 3-0 with four saves. ---- Diamondbacks OF Adam Eaton ran through the stop sign from third base coach Matt Williams when he scored. "It wasnt a very smart play but we got away with one there," Gibson said. ---- Cubs OF Junior Lake has 15 hits through his first seven games as a major leaguer after an infield hit in the sixth. That hit total is the most by any Cubs player in that amount of games of a debut since at least 1916. ' ' '