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CINCINNATI -- Derek Holland is expected to be reinstated from the disabled list on Tuesday and start for the Texas Rangers that night when they begin a two-game interleague series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.Holland has been on the disabled list since June 22 with left shoulder inflammation and hasnt pitched for the Rangers since June 20. He made three rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock and had a bullpen session on Saturday.Were hopeful hell be ready to go, but when a guy has worked his way back from the disabled list you dont know whats going to happen until you get through it, said manager Jeff Banister. Its a much different pace pitching back in a major league game.Holland will be facing the Reds for the first time in his career. With Holland going on Tuesday, Yu Darvish will start Wednesdays series finale for Texas on six days rest.The American League West-leading Rangers lost two of three at Tampa Bay over the weekend but remain in control of the division.Cincinnati split a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers that concluded on Monday afternoon.Texas is below .500 this season against teams with a losing record. Cincinnati (53-71) isnt the typical losing team, at least not at the moment.Since the All-Star break the Reds are 21-14 and have won eight of 11 series.I just think that part of it is one of those stats you can look at and scratch your head at, said Banister of the poor mark against losing clubs. But I dont think there is any merit to saying we dont play as hard or we let down, were not focused. No thats not the case.The Rangers will be facing one of Cincinnatis most consistent starting pitchers in right-hander Dan Straily, who was a member of three teams during spring training before finally sticking with the Reds.Straily is no stranger to facing the Rangers, having made 11 career appearances against them, including 10 starts.In seven starts since the All-Star break, Straily is 5-0 with a 2.25 ERA. Opponents are batting .217 against him and he hasnt allowed more than two runs in any of his starts since the break.Control has been the key for Straily, who hasnt walked a batter in 22 2/3 innings. He leads the Reds pitching staff in wins, innings, strikeouts and quality starts.This after being traded, waived and eventually claimed by the Reds prior to Opening Day.I didnt know where I was going to be, Straily said. I just wanted to keep that carrot out there.Texas and Cincinnati enter this weeks series tied 7-7 and one series apiece in their interleague matchups. The teams split a two-game series at Globe Life Park in Arlington in June.Cincinnati will try to rebound from a rough 18-9 loss to the Dodgers on Monday.Its a loss, said Reds manager Bryan Price. It was uglier and took a lot longer than 1-0 or 4-3. We just didnt have an answer for their offense. We had a lot of hits and scored some runs. Thats what you take out of it. You move on. Its one ballgame. You start fresh tomorrow. MLB Jerseys 2020 Online . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. Nike MLB Jerseys For Sale . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. https://www.mlbjerseys2020.com/ . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. Cheap MLB Jerseys From China . 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You cannot be in a position where at the international level, you play with a particular ball but then at franchise level, where you are selecting from, the guys are not.While Australia, India, England, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Indies have all introduced some pink-ball matches into their domestic competitions, South Africas only first-class experience with it was four years ago in a match between franchise team Knights and provincial side North-West. The only member of the current South Africa squad who played in that match was Rilee Rossouw. Rossouw made 21 and 2 in the drawn game, during which issues were raised about the quality of the ball.The pink ball was used again during the group stages of the inaugural Africa T20 Cup in 2015 - a season-opening tournament played between the provincial semi-professional sides alongside a team each from Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia. After feedback from players, match officials and the host broadcaster, it was decided that white balls would be used for the knockout round. This years Africa T20 did not feature pink balls at all.South Africa have also not been tempted to experiment with it in a franchise match. It was only when they agreed to play a day-night Test on this Australia tour that their international players were exposed to the pink ball. South Africa A toured Australia in winter and sent opening batsmen Stephen Cook and Dean Elgar, middle-order man Temba Bavuma and opening bowler Vernon Philander to gain experience with the pink ball. Initially, Philander expressed concerns about the softness of the baall.ddddddddddddHe has since returned with the Test squad, who played in a pink-ball warm-up match in Adelaide before the series. There, Quinton de Kock downplayed the hype over the pink ball, saying he found it no different from any other colour ball because it was tricky to face upfront and then became easier.Kyle Abbott had similar views after the Hobart Test. It is not that much different to a red ball, or a white ball really for us. It is either going to swing or seam, he said. It all depends on the surface. It might nip. Under lights it did seem to nip a bit, but well just have to see when we get there because I think the conditions will be a little bit different.The Adelaide pitch is expected to have a fair amount of grass - a means of delaying the aging of the ball - which hints at an advantage for bowlers. South Africa, though, cant be too sure because their experience with the pink ball is limited to the matches they have played in Australia. Only Rossouw knows otherwise, although Zondi is hopeful that will change in future.The key is that within the franchise, within our structure, sooner or later it will be an idea to also make sure all those guys where we pick from are using the pink ball, Zondi said. Im not quite sure when it will happen because thats a different pipeline in terms of the guys who are dealing with it but we hope it will happen.While all major franchise grounds have the facilities for day-night first-class cricket, a potentially prohibitive cost will be that of turning the lights on. Electricity prices in South Africa have risen 10% in 2016 alone and most stadiums spend hundreds of thousands of Rands to use floodlights. The franchises and provinces are heavily funded by CSA so if domestic pink-ball cricket is to become a reality, the finances will need to be carefully assessed. ' ' '