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The Brisbane Lions are sticking by a pledge to review the tenure of under-fire boss Justin Leppitsch at seasons end but the embattled coach says its AFL head office that should come under the microscope.The Lions slumped to another devastating loss on Saturday night, thumped by Adelaide by 138 points.Two of the clubs worst losses in their history have now come in the last fortnight, following on from last weeks 94-point home defeat to Port Adelaide.The third-year coach deflected questions about his job security after Saturday nights game, saying they were for the Lions board to answer.Instead, he took aim at the AFL over the concessions handed to expansion side Greater Western Sydney, whose success this year could not be further from Brisbanes lowly performance.Weve been given nothing as a footy club, Leppitsch said.GWS bought Heath Shaw and (Shane) Mumford with the extra concessions they got with cash.Youve got to understand there is a system behind what you see out there on gameday.(Some) get more concessions and some dont.Coaching and what I do is a very important part but its still only one part of a very big picture that we play in this game to win an AFL premiership.Brisbane chairman Bob Sharpless said Leppitsch, who has a contract to coach in 2017, wouldnt be assessed until September.The club will stick to the path that it has outlined in recent weeks, the statement read.He will coach the remaining three games before being reviewed once the season is over.The Lions managed just one goal compared to Adelaides 13 in the second half of their capitulation to a far superior Crows outfit.Describing his inexperienced players as boys against men, Leppitsch admitted he feared the effect Brisbanes massive losses were having on senior stars such as Tom Rockliff and Dayne Zorko.Theyve been at this club a long time and we havent given them a lot of success, Leppitsch said.Theyve got to hold up a lot. Theyve got to play with a lot of young kids and it must be draining for them to do that week-in, week-out.As a footy club, weve got to protect them as much as we protect our kids because Im sure theyre hitting the age now where theyre thinking well, wheres this club going? as well.I dont think theyre questioning their future here but we just have to keep reminding them that good times are going to come. Ryan Buchter Athletics Jersey .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. Catfish Hunter Jersey . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. https://www.cheapathleticsonline.com/3075m-dick-williams-jersey-athletics.html . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. 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Its a good feeling getting on the plane, obviously, to salvage a game.The Astros, who have 24 games left, are still 9 1/2 games behind Texas in the AL West, and have won only three of 16 games against their division rival this season. And they have only three more head-to-head meetings remaining.Evan Gattis also homered for the Astros, though he struck out in each of his other four at-bats. His 24th homer was a solo shot in the fifth for a 6-2 lead right.Darvish (5-4), in his shortest outing this season, allowed five runs in four innings. He struck out four, walked three and had two wild pitches.Got him out of the game and got into their bullpen and fortunate enough to come out of here with a win, said rookie Alex Bregman, who had three hits. Thats what you have to do against good teams like this, get ahead of them early and continue to apply pressure.Chris Devenski (3-4) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings after taking over for starter Collin McHugh with one out in bottom of the fifth when the Rangers still had a runner on base and had already scored three runs in the inning to get within 6-5.I hung some. I made some good pitches, and I made some bad pitches. All the bad pitches got hit, McHugh said. Anything you can win a game on the road in the division, its a commodity. You take `em where you can get `em. Its not the prettiest of wins, especially here.CLOSING IT OUTKen Giles pitched the ninth for his eighth save in 11 chances. The final out coming when the righht-hander struck out hot-hitting Rougned Odor, who had three hits and three RBI earlier in the game.dddddddddddd Ian Desmond had a leadoff triple in the ninth and scored on Adrian Beltres groundout.BRUISED AND BLEEDINGRangers LF Carlos Gomez had blood streaming down his face after getting cut by his own helmet when sliding headfirst into second base on a stolen base in the sixth inning. The helmet popped off, bounced off the ground and into his face. A trainer came out and looked at Gomez, who then disappeared briefly into the dugout before returning with two bandages -- one on the bridge of his nose, and another over the top corner of his left eye. A few pitches later, he was picked off second base.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Jose Altuve was the DH a day after suffering a cramp in his calf coming out of the batters box when he grounded into a game-ending double play. ... Hinch said INF Marwin Gonzalez was available as a defensive replacement or pinch-hitter, he hasnt played since leaving midway through Wednesday game because of a right hamstring injury. ... LHP Dallas Keuchel played catch for the first time since his scheduled start Friday was pushed back due to arm fatigue. Hinch said the Astros arent sure if hell pitch Tuesday.Rangers: C Jonathan Lucroy was back in the lineup and not feeling any lingering issues from flu-like symptoms that kept him to miss Saturdays game. ... RHP Keone Kela said he was OK after a liner deflected off the palm of his right hand in Saturdays game.UP NEXTAstros: Continue their stretch of 13 consecutive games against division leaders. They open a four-game series Monday at AL Central leader Cleveland before going home to play the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs and the Rangers.Rangers: Open a 10-game road trip when they will face three AL West rivals. That starts Monday in Seattle, and ends the following week with three games in Houston. ' ' '