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Little is going right for Sonny Gray this season.Wins have been absent for over two months, there was a disabled-list stint, pitches have gone wild, and hitters are having few problems with Grays offerings.The Oakland right-hander will look to correct some if not all of those problems Wednesday afternoon when the Athletics conclude their three-game series with the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.Gray (3-7, 5.42 ERA) entered this season as the team ace, and it was hard to argue based on his 33-20 record and 2.88 ERA in his first three seasons with Oakland.He has hardly been ace-like in 2016, going 3-7 with a 5.42 ERA while leading the majors with 13 wild pitches. He began the year with a 3-1 record and a 2.73 ERA, but starting with a two-inning outing April 27 in Detroit, it has been a massive struggle.Gray is 0-6 with a 6.63 ERA in 11 starts since April 21 and 0-2 with a 4.42 ERA in six outings since returning from the disabled list June 5. He was out 15 days due to a strained right trapezius. During his losing streak, Gray has allowed a .297 opponents batting average.The losing streak is the longest of Grays career and equals the longest by an Oakland pitcher in the last four seasons. His streak of 11 straight winless starts is the third longest by an As starter this century.This hasnt been his best year, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Hell figure it out and get better as the year goes along. Theres always going to be a year that is not as good as other years.Last Friday, Gray allowed seven runs and seven hits over six innings during a 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Five of those runs occurred during the fifth and sixth, and three were allowed with two outs in the sixth.That was obviously not a very good start, Gray said. There were times, like in the sixth, where I got two quick outs. I have to be able to shut that inning down and get back out there for the seventh and not hit a guy and walk another. It just escalated from there.Gray was on the DL when Oakland swept Minnesota from May 30-June 1. Although he is 2-1 in three career starts against the Twins, he has a 6.19 ERA in those outings.Oakland hopes Gray can correct his struggles but also help the pitching staff rebound from an 11-4 loss that ended at 1 a.m. CDT on Wednesday due to a nearly three-hour rain delay. The Athletics allowed nine runs with two outs Tuesday night, and they have a 6.63 ERA over their past eight games.Minnesota will be looking to win a third straight home series and to earn its seventh win in 10 home games since June 18. The Twins have scored 60 runs during their past six home wins, and all three of their double-digit scoring games have come in the past two-plus weeks.Miguel Sano, Kennys Vargas and Max Kepler homered Tuesday.A lot of guys had good nights, Minnesota manager Paul Molitor said.The Twins Wednesday starter, Ervin Santana, will hope to benefit from similar run support while also continuing his recent run of improved performances.Santana (2-7, 4.50 ERA) is 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his past three starts, including Friday, when he allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings during a no-decision against the Texas Rangers. Before this stretch, he was 0-5 with a 7.71 ERA in five starts from May 24-June 14.Santana has extensive experience facing Oakland from his eight seasons (2005-2012) with the Los Angeles Angels. He is 15-7 with a 2.10 ERA in 28 career starts against the Athletics.Since leaving the Angels, Santana is 1-2 with a 2.51 ERA in four starts against the As. He took the loss May 30 in Oakland when he allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings.Santana has allowed a .304 average (38-for-125) with runners on base. During his last three outings, opposing hitters are 5-for-24 (.208) against the right-hander with men on, including 1-for-8 by Texas when Molitor let him throw a season-high 117 pitches.I dont even think about that, Santana said of the pitch count. Molitor gave me the opportunity to stay in the game and gave me more enthusiasm to pitch. I was fighting. I was excited for that. Cheap Penguins Jerseys .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. Penguins Jerseys China . - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is not a fan of his teams use of the wildcat formation, saying "it makes you look like a high school offence. https://www.cheappenguinsjersey.com/ . 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In 2013, Millwall attempted to buy the land and submitted plans for regeneration which included a scheme for 400 houses and a new home for the Millwall Community Trust.But the council backed the proposal from the property company, Renewal, who say their scheme will create 2,000 jobs plus 2,400 homes and a new overground station.A petition by the Defend Our Den campaign group, which has over 15,000 signatures, was handed over to Lewisham Council on Wednesday evening.After receiving the petition, Councillor Joe Dromey said: We have been listening to all the emails and tweets we have received but unfortunately we are not able to make the decision this evening.What we do hope now is that this will give us a brief bit of time where Millwall can sit down with Renewal and hopefully come to a situation which is agreeable to both sides. Andy Ambler hopeful of positive outcome following Lewisham Council decision Because what we do need is many, many more houses in London but we also need to respect the places of community institutions like Millwall.dddddddddddd So I hope we can find a situation where both can happen.Millwall chief executive Andy Ambler admits he is baffled by the councils stance but insists a positive outcome is essential for the future of the football club.Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ, he said: The council has always been very supportive of Millwall Football Club and thats why we cant understand exactly where they are at the moment.But obviously we now hope we can get round the table with them, speak to the cabinet ministers that were going to hear this this evening and Ill invite them down to The Den in the future so that we can discuss this and work a way forward.We have to get a result out of this for the future of the football club. It is pretty straightforward. 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