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HOUSTON -- The New York Yankees had trouble with Lance McCullers curveball on Wednesday night and it led to a 4-1 loss to the Houston Astros.McCullers struck out 10 in six solid innings and Colby Rasmus broke out of a slump with a two-run homer to lead the Astros.McCullers (6-4) allowed five hits and one run and tied a season high by fanning 10 for the second straight game.He kept the Yankees off-balance by throwing almost as many curveballs as fastballs, but to Brian McCann it seemed like more than that.Hes got one of the better curveballs youre going to see and out of 90 pitches it seemed like he threw 89 of them, McCann said. He has a great arm and a really good curveball.McCann cut the lead to 4-1 when he led off the fourth inning with a home run to center field.Didi Gregorius singled with one out before McCullers walked Starlin Castro. But McCullers ended the threat by striking out the next two batters to end the inning.McCullers then struck out the side in the fifth to make it five in a row.McCanns homer was the highlight of the night for the Yankees, who managed just four other hits, which were all singles, and struck out a season-high 15 times.You want to try and hit his fastball because you know its going to be tough to put a good swing on his curveball, manager Joe Girardi said. I thought our bats were pretty good often but his stuff was that good.Rasmus snapped an 0-for-29 skid when he sent an off-speed pitch from Masahiro Tanaka (7-3) into the seats behind the bullpen in right-center field to make it 4-0 with one out in the third.Ken Giles and Luke Gregerson pitched a scoreless inning each before Will Harris got his 11th save by striking out two in the ninth.Tanaka, who entered the game with a 1.50 ERA in nine road starts, allowed seven hits and four runs in five innings for the loss. He had thrown 12 1/3 straight scoreless innings on the road before an RBI single by Carlos Gomez with one out in the first inning.He had the one bad inning. He left the (splitter) up, he left a couple pitches up that inning, manager Joe Girardi said. They made him work. He had a real easy first inning and then after that they really made him work. The one inning really did him in.Tanaka said his problems came down to execution.Just the location of the balls, he said. I was just throwing it to a spot where they were able to get a good swing on it.Marwin Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with a single to start the third. He advanced to second on a groundout and took third on a wild pitch. 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Matt Gillett has shrugged off the spectre of post-season shoulder surgery and is set to play a key role in Australias quest to regain its ranking as rugby leagues No.1 nation.\After struggling with a shoulder complaint for the latter stages of the NRL season, the star Brisbane back-rower was booked in for surgery this month.But on closer inspection by a specialist the injury was not as bad as initially feared and after some rest and recuperation the 28-year-old was chosen in Mal Meningas 24-man Four Nations squad.Gillett will play his third Test against New Zealand in Perth on Saturday.We have been out of footy for a while. I had a good break (and) the rest has been very good for the injury, Gillett told AAP.It is a big relief. You dont want too end the season getting surgery so I am over the moon about that not happening.ddddddddddddI am very excited for Saturday night and for the Four Nations tour. I cant wait to get over there.Rated by some as the worlds best forward, Gillett has only recently returned to the gym and contact work but is adamant he wont be underprepared against the Kiwis.I was able to maintain the injury through the year and now the rest has really made it good again. There are no dramas there at all, he said.I have to keep working on it. But it has all come along really well and I am confident of doing the job I need to do on Saturday. ' ' '