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PITTSBURGH -- The Houston Astros got a glimpse of their future while veteran Doug Fister helped keep them in the pennant race in the present.Fister pitched seven scoreless innings, Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Monday night.Hernandez connected off fellow rookie Jameson Taillon (3-3) in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie after A.J. Reeds leadoff walk. It was the third home run for Hernandez, who was called up from Triple-A Fresno on Aug. 12 to make his major league debut.Im just trying to be patient at the home plate, Hernandez said. Im trying to make adjustments during games to make sure I swing at pitches I can hit. Im just trying to do the best I can to see the ball well and do some damage.Alex Bregman, another Astros rookie, hit his fourth homer in the ninth inning off Neftali Feliz.Bregmans at-bats, even when he doesnt get hits, are high quality, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. I really like the way he swings the bat. That was real power to center field on the home run.Houston won its fourth straight game and Pittsburgh lost its fourth in a row. Both teams are competing for wild-card spots.Fister (12-8) struck out six, walked one and retired 11 of the first 12 batters. He had allowed nine runs and 11 hits over nine innings in his previous two starts.I was just kind of mixing things up, Fister said. (Catcher) Jason Castro had a good game plan and it came down to executing it. We had a couple of tricky fly balls and our guys out there wound up running them down. With our outfielders, theyre very athletic and theyll run down most pitchers mistakes.Ken Giles got his fourth save despite allowing David Freeses RBI single in the ninth. Freese was thrown out at second base when he tried to advance on an overthrow to end the game.You cant be out there at second base, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. Youre two runs down. That probably was some emotional baserunning. 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Sir Bradley Wiggins insists he is still to make a decision about his future after winning what was expected to be his final event.The 36-year-old cyclist and fellow Briton Mark Cavendish won the Ghent Six-Day in the Belgian city of Wiggins birth, after a thrilling Madison.Wiggins had previously suggested that team pursuit triumph was the fairytale conclusion to his career, and that Ghent would be the ideal place for his final appearance.However, while Wiggins confirmed it was his last race with Cavendish, the 2012 Tour de France winner hinted he could yet carry on.I was born here and Ive always felt this is a second home to me, he told Eurosport.Its always special to win here. And I always said that this would be my final send-off, to come here and race Ghent for one last time.To win it with Mark as well, after everything we have been through the last 10 years together. This will be the last time we race together for sure.Maybe not my last individuallly, but together as a pairing.ddddddddddddWhen you think what we have achieved together it is incredible.I am not sure about my future yet, but at this moment Ive still got really good legs. I dont want to say 100 percent then make an announcement next week. I am just going to enjoy today.In a nip-and-tuck finale to the hour-long Madison, the British duo won a three-way duel with rival pairs Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw, and Elia Viviani and Iljo Keisse.With just five laps of the race to go Wiggins made his move and he and Cavendish were declared lap leaders.Me and Cav are like brothers you know, added Wiggins.We have a good time together and would do anything for each other. We fight and bicker, but we know each others strengths.We have raced together a lot, for 12 to 13 years now. It has been a great partnership. ' ' '