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NEW YORK -- Francisco Liriano is set to come off the disabled list and make his Pittsburgh Pirates debut Saturday against the New York Mets. The left-hander has been sidelined all season while recovering from a broken right arm. He made five minor league rehab starts -- three for Triple-A Indianapolis -- and struck out 33 with four walks in 21 2-3 innings. He was 2-1 with a 4.15 ERA. Pittsburgh planned to clear a roster spot after Friday nights game or early Saturday. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said the 29-year-old Liriano wont be on a strict pitch count after throwing 98 on Sunday in his third outing for Indianapolis. "Were looking forward to getting him on a mound and see what the major league hitters tell us, him getting back in this environment, and see where it goes," Hurdle said. The team hopes Liriano can help fortify a rotation minus injured James McDonald and left-hander Jonathan Sanchez, who was released Wednesday. Liriano and the Pirates agreed on a $12.75 million, two-year contract in December. But on Christmas, the day before he was supposed to fly to Pittsburgh and sign the deal, he broke his arm at home in the Dominican Republic. Liriano said he was injured when he slapped a door in his house. The club revised its offer to Liriano and also signed Sanchez and Jeff Karstens to compete for jobs in the starting rotation. A restructured contract was completed in February that guaranteed Liriano $1 million this year. But he was given the opportunity to earn $13.75 million plus award bonuses over two seasons in an incentive-laden deal. Liriano has never pitched in the National League. He went a combined 6-12 with a 5.34 ERA for the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox last season. He was an All-Star for the Twins in 2006, when he finished third in AL Rookie of the Year voting, but hasnt been quite the same since undergoing Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow in November 2006. Liriano won 14 games and the AL comeback player of the year award in 2010 before throwing a no-hitter for Minnesota in May 2011, but hes been hampered by control problems. "All the information we were able to gather, we felt this was a very good opportunity for him and for us," Hurdle said. "We believe hes in a very good point in time in his career to have a big bounce-back." Texas Rangers Shirts . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. Steve Buechele Rangers Jersey . William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. https://www.cheaprangersbaseball.com/232h-mike-hargrove-jersey-rangers.html .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Joe Palumbo Rangers Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Texas Rangers Store . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne.On this week’s show we have some brilliant ping-pong super skills with world champion Andrew Baggaley in the studio plus there’s a Game Changers trophy up for grabs! From stacking cups to speedy snap, we put the top netball players in the country to the test in a Superleague of our own!Game Changers News has all your latest sports headlines and a look at some of the Sky Scholars ggetting ready for Rio.ddddddddddddThe ball pit and sticky wall are ready! Its time for Kenilworth Primary to take on the All-Rounder.AND theres still time to enter our awesome rugby competition to win a ball signed by some top Super League players.You can catch Game Changers here this week:Friday 5pm Sky Sports 3Saturday 8am Sky Sports 1 & Sky 1Search Game Changers On Demand ' ' '