NEW YORK -- A good ending to a long road trip kept the New York Mets talking in the present tense for at least a little while longer. The Philadelphia Phillies, meanwhile, will arrive in New York on Friday having taken another step toward their future.The Mets host the Phillies in the opener of a three-game series Friday night at Citi Field. New York (64-63) edged closer to the pack in the National League wild card race Thursday night by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5.The win gave the Mets a series win in the three-game set against the Cardinals and pulled them within 3 1/2 games of St. Louis for the second wild card. New York went 5-5 on a 10-game road trip but ended the three-city trek with four wins in five games against the San Francisco Giants, who are currently the first wild card, and the Cardinals.The Mets two wins against the Cardinals came in games in which starter Jonathon Niese lasted just one out before exiting due to a knee injury and in which rookie Seth Lugo threw five shutout innings in place of left-hander Steven Matz, who is on the disabled list with a shoulder injury.I dont care who were playing. weve got to put some wins on the board, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Weve got to get some streaks going, get back in the hunt here. Hopefully we get our pitching straightened away here in the next couple days where, going into that last month of the season, well know who is going to be out there.The Mets will send their one sure thing -- 43-year-old Bartolo Colon -- to the mound in Fridays series opener. Colon, the oldest player in baseball, will be making his team-high 26th start and will be looking for his 12th win, which would break a tie for the team lead with Noah Syndergaard. If he lasts at least 3 2/3 innings Friday, Colon will also surge past Syndergaard for the Mets lead in innings pitched.While the ageless Colon pitches for the Mets, the Phillies youth movement will be on full display with their battery. Adam Morgan, a 26-year-old left-hander, will make his 15th start of the season and the 30th of his career for Philadelphia (59-68), which is headed for its fifth straight non-winning season.Morgan may be throwing to rookie catcher Jorge Alfaro, who is expected to be promoted following Thursdays trade that sent 37-year-old catcher Carlos Ruiz to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for fellow aging backstop A.J. Ellis, minor league pitcher Tommy Bergjans and a player to be named later.With Ruiz gone, the only member of the Phillies 2008 World Series-winning squad still wearing a Philadelphia uniform is first baseman Ryan Howard, who is sure to depart following the season. While general manager Matt Klentak said the organization was glad to give Ruiz a chance at pursuing another ring, he acknowledged the trade will leave a big hole to fill for a rebuilding club.Carlos has been such an important leader for so long, we knew we had to fill a role on and off the field, Klentak told CSNPhilly.com. There is a reasonably good chance one of our young catching prospects will be in the big leagues before the season is over. Destockage Air Jordan . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. 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"Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Air Jordan France En Ligne . -- Ty Montgomery had 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and fifth-ranked Stanford held on to beat No. SPIELBERG, Austria -- Lewis Hamilton clinched the pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix in a qualifying session marked by a heavy crash and a rain delay on Saturday.Mercedes teammate and Formula One leader Nico Rosberg was second, but he will be dropped five places on the starting grid in Sundays race because of an unscheduled gearbox change after crashing in the final practice hours earlier.It was a real fun session, Hamilton said.Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was third, followed by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, Jenson Button of McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, and Valtteri Bottas of Williams.Vettel will also drop five slots because of a gearbox change.Daniil Kvyat crashed heavily, causing a 16-minute red flag, and then the second Toro Rosso driven by Carlos Sainz blew its engine in the first of the three qualifying sessions.With the penalties considered, Hamilton and Hulkenberg will be in the front row; Button and Raikkonen on the second; Ricciardo and Bottas on the third, Rosberg and Max Verstappen on the fourth, and Vettel and Felipe Massa on the fifth.A rain shower sent the cars into the pits late in the second session and the biggest action came right at the end of the third session, after the track dried and the cars switched to softer, faster tires.F1 defending champion Hamilton gained his third straight pole in Austria. But the first two races on the Red Bull Ring went to Rosberg, who will have a much tougher time from the back.I was chipping away where I was losing time, and eventually I finally got into the position to go for pole and then the rain came, Hamilton said after clinching his fifth pole of the season and the 54th of his career.Its incredible how fast it dries up here, its like driving throughh fog.dddddddddddd It was very, very slippery, but it was drying up corner by corner. At the end it was just about getting that last lap. Im very happy.Rosberg was lucky just to get on the track after a crash in the morning practice left his car badly damaged, including a broken suspension, a common problem over the past two days.Even Lewis mechanics worked on my car and we got it ready 11 minutes before qualifying, said Rosberg, who holds a 24-point lead over Hamilton in the series standings as he looks for his first championship. He has five wins this season.Its unbelievable how the track got dry so quickly and we were able to get on softs in the end, Rosberg said. The five-place penalty will be very costly tomorrow but Ill try to make the best of it.Rosberg crashed after hitting a curb, although it wasnt over the new yellow ones. But Hamilton was critical of the curbs nevertheless.For me, those yellow curbs are quite dangerous, weve seen a couple of incidents already. I dont know how many more its going to take before a car ends up in the wall and perhaps someone gets hurt, he said.The idea is good because they definitely dont want us running wide and using the outside of the circuit, but perhaps another solution is going to be needed.Four-time champion Vettel said he should have taken more risks.In the end it was a bit of a gamble -- the later you ran the better, he said. But equally I could and should have taken more risks.There was more pace in the car for sure. 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