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PITTSBURGH -- Cincinnati Reds rookie right-hander Tim Adleman and Pittsburgh Pirates rookie left-hander Steven Brault have a combined 14 major league appearances between them entering their matchup Friday night at PNC Park.They also have only two wins between them -- both by Adleman. And as his first stint in the majors wind down, Brault still wants to get that elusive first victory before the season ends, and possibly a few more.The Pirates earned their second win in a row Thursday after dropping eight straight. Pittsburgh turned three runs in the first inning against Reds starter Dan Straily into a 4-1 victory in the series opener, with Ivan Nova throwing a six-hitter to improve to 5-0 with the Pirates.Pittsburgh is 7-5 against the Reds this season, with three more games left in this series and four more still to come in Cincinnati next weekend.Brault could be facing the Reds in each of his next two starts -- which would be his fifth and sixth in the majors. He is 0-2 with a 3.32 ERA so far, giving up one run in five innings Sunday in his last start, what turned out to be a 10-0 Pirates loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. In his first four starts, he has received only three runs of support while he was on the mound.The Pirates have loaded up their rotation with rookies in the second half of the season, but two of them -- right-handers Jameson Taillon and Chad Kuhl -- will skip a start to keep from building up their innings.Taillon, who did not pitch the last two seasons following Tommy John surgery, has pitched 149 2/3 innings in the majors and minors this season, and Kuhl has pitched 134 1/3 innings. Right-hander Drew Hutchison will start Saturday in Kuhls spot, and right-hander Gerrit Cole will come off the disabled list to start Monday in Philadelphia.Its basically the innings, just modifying and taking care of the innings pitched, said manager Clint Hurdle, who got his 500th win with the Pirates on Thursday.Hurdle certainly liked the innings Nova through in pitching his second complete game in his last four starts.It was a really nice mix of pitches and pitching, the manager said of Nova, who needed only 95 pitches. No walks again. Its the manual there of how you want to get it done in a quick and efficient way.Adleman is one of the 12 Reds rookies to make their debuts this season. He will make his ninth career start Friday, and his fifth since his Aug. 16 promotion from the minors. The Pirates will be the first team he faces twice.Adleman (2-3, 4.02 ERA) made his major league debut May 1 at PNC Park, a 6-5 Pirates victory in 11 innings. He limited Pittsburgh to two runs on three hits in six innings. Adleman is 1-2 with a 5.63 ERA in his past three starts. He took a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, allowing three runs in five innings.The Reds again will be missing center fielder Billy Hamilton, who didnt make the trip to Pittsburgh due to an oblique strain. Cincinnati could have used him in the first inning Thursday, when Jung Ho Kangs two-run double sailed over the head of center fielder Jose Peraza on a ball that Hamilton might have had a chance to run down.I dont spend a lot of time with the what-if game -- this game drives you crazy enough as it is, to try to find different ways to go nuts before your time, Reds manager Bryan Price said. So I dont spend any time thinking what would happen if Billy was here, simply because hes not and Jose covers a lot of ground in center. Wholesale Cardinals Jerseys . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Colin Kaepernick is keeping his starting job after getting benched during one of the worst performances of his career.Niners offensive coordinator Curtis Modkins said Tuesday that the embattled quarterback will start when San Francisco (1-11) hosts the Jets (3-9) on Sunday. Kaepernick completed just one pass in three quarters in a 26-6 loss to the Bears on Sunday.Kaepernick was removed from the game for Blaine Gabbert in the fourth quarter after taking five sacks and completing one pass, which came midway through the second quarter.We just decided during the game to try to see if Blaine could give us a spark and Kaps been the starter, Modkins said. Its nothing other than that.San Francisco finished with just six net yards passing after the weather dictated a heavy reliance on the running game. Gabbert completed four of his 10 attempts for 35 yards and took a safety after the game was out of hand.I was just watching how the ball was coming off (Kaepernicks) hands and what our chances were of completing it, 49ers coach Chip Kelly said afterward.San Francisco was able to run effectively for the majority of the afternoon, with 141 of the 49ers 147 total yards coming on the ground. But Chicago scored three straight touchdowns and the 49ers needed to pass to get back into the game.It was Kaepernicks first game in the snow of his careerr.dddddddddddd The 49ers spent the week practicing in Orlando to save on travel time after a road loss in Miami. Kaepernick never appeared comfortable in the freezing temperatures while San Francisco extended is franchise-worst losing streak to 11.Elements always play a factor, Kaepernick said, but you have to be able to handle the elements. Thats part of football, thats part of what we get paid to do and we have to do a better job with that.Kaepernicks struggles in Chicago came as a surprise after he appeared to be turning a corner over the last month. Kaepernick threw for 1,110 yards in his previous four games since the bye week, the most of any four-game stretch of his career. He threw eight touchdowns and two interceptions, good for a passer rating of 96.0, with 223 yards rushing.But the Bears made sure to limit Kaepernicks legs, allowing just 20 yards on six runs. Kaepernick is second in the NFL in yards rushing by a quarterback behind Buffalos Tyrod Taylor.Sunday was a step backwards. We have to get on track this week, Kaepernick said. 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