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CINCINNATI -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny isnt ready to concede the National League Central title to the Chicago Cubs even though the magic number is dwindling by the day.Not backing off that, Matheny said.Still, the Cardinals are very much in the thick of the playoff chase, holding a two-game lead over the New York Mets for the second NL wild-card spot entering Saturday.Despite the Cardinals rash of key injuries, Matheny is pleased with his teams position despite the outside noise to the contrary.It does feel like were a last-place team with some of the stuff you hear, Matheny said. We have high expectations from our fan base, our organization, and for ourselves. Sometimes it gets a little out of sight how well these guys are doing.St. Louis wraps up a three-game series in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon.Right-hander Carlos Martinez will start Sundays series finale against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. In two starts this season against Cincinnati, Martinez is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in seven innings. In his career, Martinez is 4-1 with a 2.72 ERA in four starts against the Reds.Martinez struck out a career-high 13 batters through six innings in his last start on Aug. 29 at Milwaukee. He has given up one run in each of his last three outings.Cincinnati will counter with right-hander Tim Adleman, who will make his eighth career start on Sunday and first against the Cardinals.Adleman is 1-1 with a 3.94 ERA in three starts since being recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Aug. 16.Adleman is in his second stint with the Reds this season, going 1-1 with a 3.72 ERA in his first four career starts before suffering a strained left oblique that landed him on the disabled list. Hes one of 11 Reds players this season to make their majorleague debut.The Cardinals hope to have Mike Leake back with the ballclub Sunday. Leake has been on the disabled list following a bout with shingles. The infection is gone, but the right-hander is working to regain his strength. Leake, a former Red, is expected to arrive in Cincinnati by Sunday morning and throw a bullpen before the game.Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was given a day off Saturday, so Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton will have to wait until Sunday to resume wreaking havoc on the veteran backstop. Coming into Sunday, Hamilton is 23 of 25 on stolen base attempts against Molina. His 23 steals are the most by any player against Molina. Hamilton began his career 10-for-10 against him.Cincinnati hopes to have second baseman Brandon Phillips back in the lineup. He missed Saturdays game after fouling a pitch off his left foot. Its yet another in a series of injuries suffered this season by the Reds second baseman.Despite a 9-1 loss on Saturday, the Cardinals have won 19 of the past 25 series between the clubs. 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Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race.BOSTON -- Boston Colleges postseason hopes will live on for another week.Patrick Towles passed for 183 yards and a touchdown in his final home game, Davon Jones added a rushing score and Boston College defeated UConn 30-0 on Saturday.Eagles senior linebacker Matt Milano added a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.Boston College (5-6) can become bowl-eligible with a victory in its regular-season finale at Wake Forest next week.It felt great to be in the locker room with them after they won this game, Eagles coach Steve Addazio said. Im looking forward to having an opportunity to win one more and get six.Neither team entered Saturday having produced much on offense in recent weeks.The Huskies (3-8) started freshman Donovan Williams at quarterback for the second straight game in an attempt to jumpstart an offense that entered the day averaging an FBS-worst 16.5 points per game. But UConn managed just 121 yards of offense, with Williams throwing three interceptions.A disappointing loss, UConn coach Bob Diaco said. Hard to win. When you dont have production on one side of the ball it becomes impossible. Itll be fixed. I know what the issues are and theyre going to be fixed -- and thats why were disappointed.The Eagles, whose offense came in averaging an FBS-worst 295.5 yards per game, had better luck.Towles had struggled throwing the ball this season, but found a groove in the third quarter completing 5 of 6 passes in the Eagles first drive out of halftime. The series ended with his 10-yard touchdown pass to Michael Walker that put BC in front 17-0.We talked all week -- weve got two games to make this season special. Check one, right? Towles said. Weve got a one-game season left.THE TAKEAWAYUCONN: The Huskies have tried to shake things up offensively in their past two games, but they havent moved the needle much. It was a particularly rough day for Williams, but all the experience is good for the young quarterback going forward.BOSTON COLLEGE: The stridess the Eagles made offensively come at the right time.dddddddddddd They will need it in their finale next week if theyre going to earn their third bowl berth under coach Steve Addazio.TURNOVER BATTLEBCs defense forced a season-high four turnovers (three INTs, fumble recovery). It was the most since the Eagles had five against Notre Dame on Nov. 21, 2015.SERIES DOMINANCEThe Eagles earned their 10th straight victory in their series with the Huskies. BC has outscored the Huskies in those games 297-59.SHUTOUT WINSThe victory was Boston Colleges first shutout win since a 76-0 win over Howard on Sept. 12, 2015. It was the first November shutout for the Eagles since a 17-0 win over Notre Dame on Nov. 8, 2008.HONORING RYANBC retired the jersey of former quarterback Matt Ryan at halftime Saturday.Ryan passed for 56 TDs and more than 9,000 yards at BC, and capped off his career by being selected third overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2008 NFL draft. He remains the schools highest draft pick in any sport. Among those in attendance for the ceremony was former BC coach Tom OBrien.Im really honored to have my jersey hanging up there, and very proud, Ryan told the crowd after his jersey was unveiled. It joined the previously retired jerseys of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie, Outland Trophy winner Mike Ruth, and nine other former Eagles.Ryan was visible throughout the day. It included him leading the team in the pregame Eagle Walk through campus and into Alumni Stadium, a game-day tradition started when coach Steve Addazio arrived in 2013.UP NEXTUCONN: Returns home to host Tulane in its season finale.BOSTON COLLEGE: Hits the road for its conference and regular-season finale at Wake Forest.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25.---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower ' ' '