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DENVER -- Jon Gray and Stephen Strasburg both will be trying to rebound from two poor starts when they oppose each other Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game series between the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals.Gray, who is 8-6 with a 4.55 ERA in 21 starts for the Rockies, will be facing the Nationals for the first time in his career.While losing his past two starts against the Miami Marlins and at Philadelphia, the right-hander pitched a total of eight innings while allowing 16 hits and 15 runs, 14 earned, with five walks and nine strikeouts.Grays slider has been a vaunted pitch for him this season, one he has relied heavily on to get many of his 129 strikeouts in 122 2/3 innings. However, that pitch was highly ineffective in his most recent starts. Miami right fielder Giancarlo Stanton walloped a poor slider for a two-run homer on Aug. 7.Against the Marlins, the action (on the slider) was so bad, really bad, Gray said. It was really flat. It didnt have an effect at all. It was an easy, hittable pitch. The one (Stanton) hit was a terrible slider. I dont think I threw any good ones that day. Zero.Strasburg is 15-3 with a 3.07 ERA in 22 starts with 108 hits allowed in 143 2/3 innings, 41 walks and 176 strikeouts. While losing his past two starts to the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves, both at home, Strasburg has allowed 15 hits and 10 runs in 10 innings.The Washington right-hander is 4-3 with a 2.35 ERA in seven career starts against the Rockies. He is 1-2 with a 3.44 ERA in three starts at Coors Field, where he has not allowed a home run in 18 1/3 innings.Strasburg hopes to lift the Nationals to a series win after they scored a 5-4 win Monday before Colorado rebounded for a 6-2 victory Tuesday.Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper went 3-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI and two walks in the series opener. He drove in a run with a groundout Tuesday while going 0-for-3 with a walk, giving him a major-league-leading 86 walks.Harper is the reigning Most Valuable Player in the National League, an award he won unanimously after his memorable 2015 season. He hit .330 last year with 42 home runs, 99 RBI, a .460 on-base percentage and a .649 slugging percentage.This season, Harper is hitting .238 with 20 homers, 60 RBI, a .381 on-base percentage and a .447 slugging percentage.Dusty Baker is in his first season as the Nationals manager, so he didnt witness Harpers 2015 feats on a daily basis. Nonetheless, Baker said he has been impressed by Harpers team-first attitude all season.What struck me is he wants to win, Baker said. Very rarely have I heard any talk about any personal accomplishments or anything like that. I know in his heart and his mind its hard to go from MVP to not having a good year. 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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Ben Hutton to a two-year, $5.6 million extension.The 23-year-old is in his second NHL season with Vancouver and has two goals and two assists in 20 games in 2016-17.Selected 147th overall at the 2012 draft, Hutton was one of the lone bright spots for the Canucks in his rookie season, seemingly coming out of nowhere to make the club out of training camp.Hutton, who played at the University of Maine, had one goal and added 24 assists in 75 games in 2015-16 to lead all Vancouver defensemen in scoring.Hutton has struggled at tiimes early this season while looking for chemistry with partner Erik Gudbranson.dddddddddddd However, he has played better of late for the Canucks, who have won four of their past seven following a nine-game losing streak.Ben is developing into one of our young, emerging core players and is an important part of our future, Canucks general manager Jim Benning said in a statement.Were excited to see him further elevate his game and help this team compete for years to come. 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