MILWAUKEE -- Starling Martes return didnt last long. The Pittsburgh Pirates stay in the NL wild-card race may not last too much longer.Chris Carter hit his 37th home run, matching his career high, and Scooter Gennett sliced an opposite-field, two-run homer to help the Brewers avoid another sweep at Miller Park by the Pirates with a 3-1 win Thursday night.Chase Anderson (9-11) allowed four hits in 5 2/3 innings, including a fifth-inning home run by Francisco Cervelli, his first since last Sept. 30.Marte grabbed his lower back after fouling off a pitch in the third and left the game with what the team called back tightness. He had singled in the first inning after missing 16 consecutive games because of low back discomfort.If you saw the game, you saw the swings in the middle of the at-bat, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said in describing Martes two plate appearances. Those swings just arent going to play.Pittsburgh trails the Mets and Giants by 4 1/2 games for the NL wild-card spots.Minimal opportunities tonight, Hurdle said. We hit some balls hard, much like they did last night. We hit some balls hard, and they were in front of them.Pittsburgh had won six straight at Milwaukee, including the first two games of the series.Anderson improved to 3-1 in five starts this season against the Pirates.Anderson has been on a good little run, Hurdle said. Weve been able to win a couple of games, but hes been pitching probably as good as he has in his career.Gennett homered to left field in the first against Ryan Vogelsong (3-6), who gave up two hits in four innings, struck out seven and walked twoI thought I threw a pretty good curveball there, Vogelsong said of the pitch Gennett hit. He stayed behind it and hit it the other way.Vogelsong had won his previous four starts against the Brewers.McCUTCHEN STAYS HOTMcCutchen has hit safely in 11 straight games against the Brewers and is batting .404 (19 for 47) with five runs, four doubles, three times, eight RBI and three walks in that span.McCutchen singled in the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 10 games, then doubled in the sixth to chase Anderson.PIRATES ACQUIRE COKEPittsburgh acquired left-hander Phil Coke from the New York Yankees for $1. The 34-year-old reliever made three appearances in the middle of May before the Yankees designated him for assignment on May 17. He then went 5-3 with a 2.96 ERA in 20 regular-season appearances for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, including 11 starts.In the last two weeks, hes started two times, said. Theres volume there. Theres experience out of the bullpen.Coke, who is expected to join the team in Pittsburgh on Friday, gives Hurdle a healthy arm in the bullpen.(A.J.) Schugel is down, (Neftali) Perez is down and (Jeff) Locke just returned to pitch Wednesday, Hurdle said. He (Coke) might have an inning in him to get him initially involved.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: SS Jody Mercer wasnt in the starting lineup due to right forearm discomfort but pinch hit for Vogelsong in the fifth and grounded out.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Jameson Taillon (4-4) is to starts Fridays opener of a three-game series against visiting Washington, his first outing against the Nationals.Cheap Custom Jerseys . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Wholesale Custom Jerseys . 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Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services.A cricket club in South London has launched an appeal to save one of their youth team players, an Afghan refugee, from deportation.Ashoquolla Sultankhil, affectionally known by his team-mates as Shuk, arrived in the UK as a 14-year-old in 2014 following a perilous journey via Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungry, Serbia, Italy, and France.At the age of 10, Shuks mother and elder brother had been killed in a Taliban attack, and so he made the brave decision to follow in the footsteps of his father, with whom he has never had any contact, who left Afghanistan to seek work in Europe when Shuk was a baby.Despite an initial language barrier, Shuk successfully claimed asylum and was placed in Foster care in Eltham with a school place at Woolwich Poly. His passion, however, was cricket, and having researched the local clubs, he arrived at BHCC at the end of the 2014 season.Shuk turned up at the club speaking very little English, though hhe was able to make his point quite clearly, said Michael Barker, the clubs second-team captain.dddddddddddd He loved cricket and wanted to play and we welcomed him with open arms.Shuk joined the Under 15s colts side in 2015, and went on to be selected for The Bexley District Academy. Educationally he managed to pass five GCSEs this year, including a C in English Language, the result of many hours spent learning in the local library.However, he recently failed in an application to remain in the UK and is now on his final appeal to stay in the country.All of us down at The Heath are desperate to have Shuk stay in his new home here in the UK, added Barker. He is a smashing, polite, friendly, hard-working lad who has quite simply become part of our family.A petition has been launched which you can sign here. ' ' '