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LAS VEGAS -- Junior welterweight titleholders Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol both appeared ripped and ready as they made weight Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of their world title unification fight Saturday.Postol weighed in first and was 139? pounds, a half-pound under the division limit. Crawford, with hundreds of fans who made the trip from his native Omaha, Nebraska, cheering him on, was 140 for the fight, which will headline Top Ranks HBO PPV card (9 p.m. ET) and crown the No. 1 junior welterweight in the world.After the fighters faced off and posed for pictures -- no trash-talking, as has been the case throughout the promotion -- Crawford thanked his hometown fans for making the trip.Im ready to put on a show [Saturday] night, Crawford told them. Its going to be action all night. Two top fighters, two world champions, two undefeated fighters in the primes. Im ready. Dont blink. Thats all I have to say.Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs), the 28-year-old former lightweight world champion and 2014 fighter of the year, will be making the third defense of his junior welterweight belt. Postol, 32, who knocked out Lucas Matthysse in the 10th round to win a vacant title in a big upset in October, will be making his first defense.On Saturday I will prove that I am not an underdog once and for all, Postol said through translator and manager Vadim Kornilov.Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) heads into the fight with a sense of relief after his wife, Olga, gave birth to twin boys, Lukian and Timofey, on Tuesday in Ukraine. He said he wants to win so he can bring home a world title belt for each baby.Obviously, it takes some pressure off, Postol said about his wife delivering healthy babies while he is away. I thank my wife for doing it without me.Featherweight Oscar Valdez (19-0, 17 KOs), Mexicos only two-time Olympic boxer, will face Argentinas Matias Adrian Rueda (26-0, 23 KOs) for a vacant world title. Valdez was on the division limit of 126 pounds, and Rueda was 125.Welterweight Jose Benavidez Jr. (24-0, 16 KOs) weighed 146? for his fight with Francisco Chia Santana (24-4-1, 12 KOs), who was 148 pounds, the contract limit for the nontitle bout.During an intense staredown, Benavidez made a throat-slash gesture toward Santana as they were nose-to-nose. Santana simply stared straight ahead until they were separated.Light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (10-0, 10 KOs), a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist from Ukraine and one of the top prospects in boxing, was at the division limit of 175 pounds, and opponent Tommy Karpency (26-5-1, 15 KOs) was 174? .The Nevada State Athletic Commission also released the purses for the card. Crawford will earn $1.3 million. Postols official purse is $250,000, but he is guaranteed $675,000 due to money being paid in Ukraine.Valdez will earn $140,000, and Ruedas purse is $30,000, although he, too, will earn more from revenue in Argentina. Benavidez and Santana will be paid $50,000 apiece. Gvozdyks purse is $30,000, and Karpency, a former world title challenger, will earn $50,000. Balenciaga Shoes Online Australia . According to a report from the Vancouver Province, the Lions are expected to replace former DC Rich Stubler with defensive backs coach Mark Washington. Balenciaga Sneakers Sale Australia . Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front. http://www.wholesalebalenciagaaustralia.com/ . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Balenciaga Sneakers Online Shop . 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Though Hernandez (5-4) never retired the Pirates in order, he found a way to get through six innings while giving his teammates enough time to get going at the plate.Were certainly looking for crisper, sharper stuff than what he showed early in the game, Servais said. To his credit, he hung in there. He gave us a chance, kept it right there, and then our offense was the story.Kyle Seagers three hits for Seattle included his 20th home run, and Franklin Gutierrez added his 10th off Liriano (6-10) as the Mariners began a rare trip to Pittsburgh by overcoming a three-run deficit and holding on late.The Pirates brought the tying run to the plate in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings but failed to get even one man across the plate. Seattles only perfect inning came in the ninth, when Steve Cishek picked up his 24th save.Gregory Polanco collected four hits, including his 13th homer, but Pittsburgh left nine men on base and went 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position.I liked the game plan throughout the game, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. We pushed him every inning. We were able to score but he kept us off the board late.Hernandez spent nearly two months on the disabled list and hardly looked like his dominant self while slogging through 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision against the Chicago White Sox last Wednesday.It looked like more of the same early. Polancos shot to center field just cleared the wall in the first. Starling Marte drilled an RBI triple off the wall in right and Jung Ho Kang added a run-scoring groundout to stake Liriano to a quick 3-0 lead.When Liriano sent a Hernandez offering into the bushes beyond center in the second, the Pirates appeared to be in command with a 4-1 advantage.I didnt have good mechanics, Hernandez said. I was missinng a lot of pitches in the middle of the plate.dddddddddddd . Thats what you get when youve been out for a long time. Ive got to have better mechanics.But Hernandez eventually settled down and his teammates went after Liriano, who was dogged by control issues again. He threw nearly as many balls (34) as strikes (38) while walking four. The pitches he did get around the plate were often hammered. Gutierrez homered leading off the third and Seager tied it at 4 four batters later.An RBI double by Shawn OMalley and a run-scoring single by Robinson Cano helped chase Liriano in the fourth. An RBI groundout by Nelson Cruz against Jared Hughes gave the Mariners a three-run lead they would not surrender.BULLPEN HELPThe Mariners got some help for their bullpen after the game, acquiring right-hander Drew Storen and cash considerations from Toronto for pitcher Joaquin Benoit. Storen was designated for assignment by Toronto on Sunday after going 1/3 with three saves and a 6.21 ERA in 38 relief appearances.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: RHP Taijuan Walker (right foot tendinitis) will pitch a simulated game Wednesday in Pittsburgh. It will be the first time he has faced hitters since going on the disabled list July 6. ... SS Ketel Marte (mononucleosis) played catch in Seattle in his first baseball activity since he was placed on the DL last Wednesday. Servais said Marte is still regaining his strength after losing eight pounds.Pirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (facial fractures) will pitch for Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday in Gwinnett. Vogelsong, out since May 28 after taking a pitch to the face while batting against Colorado on May 23, left his last start with Indianapolis due to neck stiffness. ... The Pirates have yet to make a decision on who will start on Friday night in Milwaukee in place of injured RHP Tyler Glasnow (shoulder fatigue).UP NEXTMariners: James Paxton (3-4, 4.18 ERA) will try to back up perhaps his strongest start of the season on Wednesday. Paxton held Toronto to one run in seven innings last Saturday.Pirates: Gerrit Cole (5-6, 2.99 ERA) will try for his first win since May 26. Cole is 0-3 with a 3.96 ERA in his last five starts, which are sandwiched around a stint on the disabled list with a strained right triceps. ' ' '