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Hundreds are in attendance at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center watching the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U grand finals showdown between Gonzalo ZeRo Barrios and Nairoby Nairo Quezada. The crowd has seen this matchup time and time again. Orlando, Tempe and, in the games former iteration, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.In Smash for Wii U, however, there was always an asterisk next to the matchup: ZeRo always wins. But not this time. In New Orleans, with his main character, Zero Suit Samus, Nairo flipped the matchup on its head. Two up-airs to juggle ZeRos Sheik, followed by an up-B, sends ZeRo off the top of Final Destination. Commentators Terrence TKbreezy Kershaw and Phil EE Visu are shouting just as loudly as the crowd.Now a year later, Nairo will look to do it again, but on a bigger stage: the Evolution Championship Series. This time, however, Nairo will have to weed his way through more than 2600 entrants.The rise to the topThis time last year, Nairo took third at his first ever Evo after falling to Ramin Mr. R Delshad in the losers finals. At the time, Nairo had become a staple in the previous version of the Super Smash Bros. series, Brawl, playing the game when he was 13 years old.He entered the first international Brawl tournament at Apex 2010, where he took 25th place. In Brawl, Nairo played Meta Knight, the games strongest character, and often faced the likes of ZeRo, who also used the character as his main at multiple tournaments. In 2012, Nairo, after taking top placings at a string of local and regional tournaments, made his first big splash at Apex, taking third place after losing to Japanese player Ishikawa Otori Kenta.Nairo continued to grind in Brawl after meeting top Smash competitors ZeRo, Jason Mew2King Zimmerman, Jason ANTi Bates, Samuel Dabuz Buzby, and Elliot Ally Bastien Carroza-Oyarce. At Apex 2014, Nairo took his first super major singles victory over ZeRo in the grand finals.Nairo switched to the new release of the game for Wii U alongside many of his other peers, picking up Pit as his character to play. Several months later, he began to switch between two characters: Pit and Zero Suit Samus, the latter he became famous for.2015 started off strong for Nairo as he took ninth at Apex 2015 in Smash for Wii U, second at Shots Fired, and second at MVG Sandstorm. In mid-2015 in Orlando, he took second again to ZeRo, something that became increasingly common for the remainder of the year. His Evo performance, a third place finish at the hands of Mr. R, became one of the lowest placings Nairo had in 2015 and he quickly became regarded as the second best Smash 4 player in the world.That followed with a deal with Team Liquid, one of League of Legends, StarCraft II, and Smashs most popular sponsor, on August 12. He was the organizations first and only Super Smash Bros for Wii U player.Its pretty amazing [to work with Team Liquid]. I love all of them, he explained. Whenever I get a bad placing or I just feel like I dont do well, I always feel like I let them down, but they just tell me that I did good -- or good job. They cheer me up, basically, so thats really nice of them. I like working with them a lot.Following the sponsorship, Nairo took the MLG victory over ZeRo in October, something that many fans expected to happen, but werent certain about. ZeRos return at The Big House 5 to take down Nairo showed that both competitors were neck and neck.The slump and inconsistenciesAs 2015 winded down, so did Nairos play. His string of first- and second-place finishes came to an end. Beginning with 2016s first super major, Genesis 3, Nairo took fifth after a loss to Dabuz, who was widely regarded as the third best player within the game, behind ZeRo and Nairo.While Nairo regained his footing at Shots Fired 2 and 2GGT: FOW Saga in March, the next super major showed that Nairos inconsistencies were more than apparent. At Pound 2016, Nairo took 49th place after series losses to Florida Bayonetta main Sajhmori Saj Dunn and Japanese Robin player Mr. IINairo, determined to get back what was rightfully his, came back strong with a first-place finish over Ally at the Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Again, two weeks later, at Level Up Expo in Las Vegas, he took first over James VoiD Makekau-Tyson and Larry Larry Lurr Holland.Most recently, he has proven that the disparities in his results still exist. Taking second at Dallas-Fort Worths Low Tier City 4 boded well for Nairo, but a 17th-place finish at Community Effort Orlando two weeks ago showed improvements needed to be made.Its hard to say [where I fall in with everyone else] because stuff like [17th at CEO happens], results that everyone super judges [for], he explained. I got 49th at Pound and everyones like, Nairos not even top-five anymore. You look at every result besides these and its first and second for the past few months, so you cant judge off one tournament because its not everything. I think, if Im not ranked second to a lot of people, Im still definitely top five.[Zero Suit Samus] got nerfed too, but because people think that, Oh, if shes winning, it doesnt matter, but it actually does matter. It clearly matters, he said. I think over time, shes definitely not second -- not anymore. Maybe in results because I still do well and Marss still does well, but matchup wise, not even close. Shes already become a punish character.Nairo would go on to explain the new play style of the character has thrown him off, and hell need to adapt. But back home in New Jersey, hes been practicing multiple characters, which he hopes to soon play.Evo, the summer, and getting back to the topHis next challenge, Evo, is this weekend. Before Evo, Im definitely gonna be practicing 3-4 characters to basically -- not like counter-pick everybody -- but know that [if] I lost with Zero Suit, he said, I know X character, if Im playing well, can beat them.I expect to win Evo, Nairo continued. I want to go home for a bit, recollect myself, and do a lot of studying. I think I can [be the best Smash 4 player in the world by the end of the year]. Its not out of the realm. 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But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday.CLEVELAND -- Carlos Carrasco needed to be nearly perfect against Stephen Strasburg.One badly flawed inning doomed him and the Indians.Carrasco walked three Washington hitters in the second inning, when Clevelands infield also failed to turn a double play, and the Indians couldnt get anything going against Strasburg in a 4-1 loss to the Nationals on Wednesday.The Indians managed just three hits and were shut out over seven innings by Strasburg (14-1), the Nationals $175 million man who began the season with 13 straight wins before he was beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21.Facing one of the games top pitchers, Carrasco (7-4) may have been a little overhyped and his wildness in the second cost him as the Nationals scored two runs -- all Strasburg would need. Carrasco needed 38 pitches to get out of the second.Kind of lost my control, Carrasco said. Not too much damage, only two runs, thought it was going to be more, but I held them to two. I thought that I lost my control a little bit. Thats not good.Washington rookie Trea Turner drove in three runs and Daniel Murphy hit his 20th homer off Carrasco, who allowed three runs and three hits in six innings. The right-hander was good. Strasburg was just a little better.Carrasco walked the first two batters in the second before getting Ryan Zimmerman to hit a hard grounder to shortstop Francisco Lindor. It should have been a routine double play, but second baseman Jason Kipnis dropped the ball while transferring it from his glove to his hand and the Nationals had runners at the corners. With two outs, Ben Revere battled Carrasco for 13 pitches before walking and Turner made Carrasco pay by lining a two-run single to left.Strasburg took it from there.I thought coming out of the shoot he had really good stuff, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Carrasco. I think he was a little excited having to pitch against Strasburg, not that he has to hit against him, but its nice to see if you can match up. He had a little extra and it looked like it. In the inning, where I think he threw almost 40 pitches, it was a combination of falling behind, we didnt complete the double play and Revere had an unbelievable at-bat.The Indians rallied for a run in the niinth and had two runners on but Blake Treinen got Roberto Perez to hit into a game-ending double play for his first major league save.ddddddddddddStrasburg walked one and struck out seven. He was never in real trouble and on the two occasions the Indians got a runner to third, Strasburg got the out he needed.Jose Ramirez, who had two hits and reached base all three times up against Strasburg, was on third in the second when Strasburg struck out Rajai Davis to end the inning, blowing him away with a 97 mph fastball.Ramirez got to third again with two outs in the fourth after third baseman Anthony Rendons throwing error. This time, Strasburg retired Davis on a slow roller to third.He has a lot of weapons, Francona said. He can throw the ball by you, fastball on both sides of the plate. He has a slider, change. Hes got everything and his fastball has a ton of ride or finish, however you want to put it. His delivery. Its impressive.RED-HOT ROOKIEIndians rookie Tyler Naquin went 2 for 3 and drove in Clevelands only run. He leads all AL rookies with a .330 average.HOME SWEET HOMEAfter being on the road most of July due to Cleveland hosting the Republican National Convention, the Indians will play 18 of their next 23 at Progressive Field. They have more home games (37) the rest if the way than any team in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: RHP Zach McAllister, who has been on the disabled list since July 7 with a sore right hip, will make a rehab appearance on Thursday at Double-A Akron before the club decides whether to activate him. McAllisters status could change if the Indians make a trade before the deadline for bullpen help.UP NEXTIndians: Several current and former players, along with manager Terry Francona, will golf in a charity outing before starting a three-game series on Friday against the Oakland Athletics. RHP Trevor Bauer (7-4) will start the opener against As right-hander Kendall Graveman (7-6).Nationals: Washington flies to the West Coast to open a four-game series in San Francisco. Tanner Roark (9-6) will pitch the opener against Giants ace Johnny Cueto (13-2). ' ' '