r more goals at half-time. Everton have led by two or more goals at half-time 77 times (W70 D7), while Man United have done so 149 times (W146 D3)

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A rare full day off turned out to be just what the Pittsburgh Pirates needed to keep Jeff Lockes winning streak going.Getting six hits and six RBI from the bottom four batters in the lineup certainly helped, too.Jody Mercer homered and had an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from three runs down to beat stumbling ace Sonny Gray and the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Friday night.Matt Joyce added two hits, Josh Harrison drove in two runs while Andrew McCutcheon doubled and scored on a wild pitch to help the Pirates to their first win in their history at the Coliseum and just their second in 13 games between the two franchises.Its kind of what we saw the first two months of the season when we were connecting all dots, top to bottom in the lineup, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. June was hard. The lineup has played much more consistent . than any other time here.The Pirates beat the As in their first meeting since 2013 by taking advantage of another shaky outing by Gray (3-7).He gave up seven runs, hit a batter and threw two wild pitches in six innings while losing his sixth consecutive decision. The right-hander, third in the 2015 AL Cy Young voting, is winless since April 22.Marcus Semien hit his 17th home run of the season for Oakland.Hell figure it out and hell get better as the year goes on, As manager Bob Melvin said. Theres always going to be a year thats not as good as others. So fa this is the one for him.Pittsburghs 5-6-7 hitters combined for six hits, five RBI and four runs scored. Chris Stewart, the No. 9 hitter, drove in the go-ahead run with a fielders choice grounder in the fifth.Thats what makes our team us, Harrison said. It can be anybody, and thats what we have to get back to.Mercer homered in the third and added an RBI single as part of a two-run fifth.Harrisons two-out, two-run double in the sixth put the Pirates up 7-3.LOCKED INPirates starter Jeff Locke (8-5) also struggled early but retired the final nine batters he faced to win his third straight. He gave up three runs over five innings with three walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers combined to retire the final 12 batters and complete the four-hitter. It was a strong finish, Hurdle said. His fastball wasnt of the quality that we had seen the last two times out . but he stayed in the hunt, made pitches, battled and finished very strong. Thats a sign of maturity.LINEUP SHUFFLEJed Lowrie had decent results while batting leadoff for the first time this season. He drew a walk from Locke in the first before Semien homered on a 3-2 pitch. Oaklands second baseman added an RBI double in the second to make it 3-0.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Ryan Vogelsong faced hitters while throwing off the mound in the latest step of his recovery after getting hit in the face with a pitch on May 23. Vogelsong, who underwent surgery on June 2 to repair the multiple fractures he suffered, remains on the 60-day disabled list and isnt eligible to return until July 23. . Right-hander Gerrit Cole (triceps strain) also pitched a simulated game prior to the series opener with Oakland. The Pirates are encouraged but havent determined what the next step is. . Francisco Cervelli (broken hamate in left hand) continues to make progress and could catch the next round of sim games for Vogelsgong and Cole.Athletics: Infielder Tyler Ladendorf was recalled from Triple-A Nashville before the game. Left-hander Dillion Overton, the losing pitcher against San Francisco on Thursday, was optioned down. 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Tweet @SkyFootball using the hashtag #TylersTeasersMartins starting statsI was at the Manchester derby on Sunday. Marcus Rashfords goal was the 100th Premier League goal scored by Manchester United under Louis van Gaal and its taken 68 games to get there. It was also the 250th goal United have scored in Manchester derbies in all competitions - and their 99th league goal away to Manchester City.United secured their 14th Premier League clean sheet of the season - putting them one ahead of City.Citys shortcoming this season has been against teams in the top half of the table. They have managed only three points from nine games against other members of the top six. The home game with Arsenal is their final chance to record a win over one of the teams currently in the top six.City have scored 93 goals in all competitions, but they have now failed to score in their last three (Norwich, Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United) and four of their last five.Manuel Pellegrini missed out on the chance to become the first City manager to win four Premier League derbies. The last City boss to do it in the league was Joe Mercer in 1970. He won five in a row. They also missed out on the chance to win three successive home league games against United, which hasnt happened since the four in a row between 1952 and 1955. Les McDowall was the manager back then.City have now lost five Premier League home games this season, equalling the amount theyve lost in the four previous seasons combined.Bastian Schweinsteiger was wearing No 31, is 31 years old and made his 31st appearance for United.Jesus Navas has not scored in his last 71 Premier league games, since January 2014 when he scored at home against Cardiff.Sergio Aguero played his 99th home game (scoring 80 home goals) for Manchester City and will reach his century against West Brom, live on Saturday Night Football.Finally, if you exclude Salford-born Paul Scholes, Rashford was the first Mancunian to score in a league derby for United since Andy Ritchie in a 3-0 win at Maine Road in February 1979.Penalty kings? Simon Mignolet of Liverpool saves a penalty from Sadio Mane Simon Mignolet saved another penalty for Liverpool at the weekend but who has kept out the most penalties in Premier League history? GregMARTIN SAYS: Simon Mignolet has now saved three of his last five penalties faced for Liverpool and five in total in his Premier League career, but hes still got some way to go to break into the top 10.Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James leads the way with 13 penalty saves in 572 Premier League games (including four for Liverpool - so fewer than Mignolet) while, Thomas Sorensen has saved 12 in 342 appearances. Premier League all-time penalty saves Player Saves David James 13 Thomas Sorensen 12 Mark Schwarzer 10 Brad Friedel 10 Rob Green 9 Shay Given 9 Jussi Jaaskelainen 9 Edwin van der Sar 8 As you can see from the table, Mark Schwarzer (10), Brad Friedel (10), Robert Green (9) and Shay Given (9) also have chalked up good records when charged with saving spot kicks.However, Mignolet is just one more penalty save away this season from joining Friedel, Mark Crossley and Ali Al Habsi in saving four penalties in one season.Crossley perhaps deserves the most credit of that group - when playing for Nottingham Forest in the 1998/99 season he saved four penalties from just five faced. He is clearly a specialist having saved an FA Cup Final penalty and is the only man to save a Matt Le Tissier penalty. More on Mr Le Tissier later in this column...Against the clock Harry Kane (left) scores the first of his two goals against Bournemouth Was Harry Kanes goal against Bournemouth the fastest in the Premier League this season? AndyMARTIN SAYS: Harry Kanes goal against Bournemouth came after 43 seconds, which makes it the second fastest of the season behind Kenedys strike 39 seconds into Chelseas clash with Norwich City in March.The corresponding fixture between Bournemouth and Tottenham also produced a quick-fire goal as Matt Ritchie gave the Cherries the lead with just 49 seconds played. Only one other Premier League goal has been scored inside 60 seconds this season and that came from Enner Valencia, who put West Ham in front against Manchester City with 53 seconds on the clock.Title-chasing Tottenham are the undisputed kings of the early goal this season as they feature three times in the top 10. Dele Alli took just 1m36secs to score against Norwich while Moussa Dembele fired Spurs in front on 2m20secs in February against Aston Villa.The quickest goal Ive commentated on this season was scored by Junior Stanislas for Bournemouth against Manchester United in December (1m40secs).Its widely accepted that the fastest goal in Premier League history was scored by Tottenham legend Ledley King after just 10 seconds against Bradford on December 9 in 2000.20-20 visionHow many English players have scored 20 goals in back-to-back seasons? Cant be many… Jamie Alan Shearer scored 30 or more goals for Blackburn in three consecutive seasons MARTIN SAYS: Harry Kane has joined some illustrious company by becoming the fifth English player to score 20 or more goals in consecutive seasons. Andy Cole (34 & 21 for Newcastle), Les Ferdinand (24 & 25 for Newcastle) and Robbie Fowler (25 & 28 for Liverpool) racked up consistent tallies but one man stands out above the crowd.All-time Premier League top goalscorer Alan Shearer, whose 260 goals in total is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon, managed to score 20 or more goals in four consecutive seasons between 1993/94 and 1996/97. Even more impressively, in three of those four seasons, Shearer managed to bag 30 or more goals as he tormented defences across the country for Blackburn Rovers. From the start of the 1993/94 season to the end of the 1995/96 season, Shearer scored an incredible 96 goals in 107 Premier League games.Matt Le Tissier can count himself unfortunate to not be among this list as he scored 25 goals in the 1993/94 season but - controversially - only officially scored 19 in the 1994/95 campaign. Some sources have Le Tissier scoring 20 that season, however our data shows that the goal in question was in fact an own goal by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Rhys Wilmot, who palmed a Le Tissier cross into his own net.ddddddddddddUnlucky, Matt!Six of the worst Crystal Palaces defeat to Leicester was their sixth in a row at home Crystal Palace lost for the sixth home game in a row on Saturday. Is this a Premier League record? JohnMARTIN SAYS: Alan Pardews men will be looking over their shoulders at the chasing relegation pack after their terrible run of results. They are the only team in the top four divisions of English football that are without a home win in 2016. Consecutive home defeats? Team Games Sunderland (2005) 10 Wolves (2012) 9 Bolton (2011) 7 Derby (2008) 7 Crystal Palace (1998) 6 Crystal Palace (2006) 6 QPR (2015) 6 Wigan (2007) 6 However, their run of straight defeats at Selhurst Park isnt the worst in Premier League history, in fact its only sixth on the list. The record is held by Sunderland during the 2005/06 season, where they lost 10 home games on the spin during their relegation season.Mick McCarthys men ended the season with just 15 points and managed to win just one of their 19 home matches, which is a joint Premier League record for the least amount of home wins in a season. They hold that record with Derby County, who during their disappointing 2007/08 season lost seven games on the bounce at Pride Park.Letting it slip Southampton came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool Liverpool lost to Southampton having led 2-0 at half-time. How many times have Liverpool done that in the Premier League? John Atkins (Liverpool)MARTIN SAYS: This was the first time in Premier League history that Liverpool lost a game in which they were leading by two or more goals at half-time.They have led at the break by two or more goals on 115 previous occasions and won 112 of those matches, drawing the other three. The draws came against Manchester United (October 1992), Manchester City (May 1996) and Leicester (January 2015).Of the ever-present teams in the Premier League, Everton and Manchester United are now the only clubs to have yet to lose a game they led by two or more goals at half-time. Everton have led by two or more goals at half-time 77 times (W70 D7), while Man United have done so 149 times (W146 D3). Points recovered from losing positions Team Points gained Tottenham 18 West Ham 12 Leicester 11 Liverpool 11 Swansea 11 Southampton 10 Arsenal 9 West Brom 9 Chelsea 8 Sunderland 8 Everton 7 Manchester City 7 Newcastle 6 Crystal Palace 5 Stoke 5 Aston Villa 4 Bournemouth 4 Manchester United 4 Norwich 4 Watford 2 In turning the game at St Marys on its head, Southampton have now won 10 points from losing positions this season. However, its Tottenham that have won the most points from behind this campaign, amassing 18 points, identifying perfectly their never say die attitude. 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