St Kilda coach Alan Richardson doubts he will mention the Hawthorn, North Melbourne result when he addresses his players at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.It wont be necessary. There will be a buzz around the Saints dressing rooms if North lose to the Hawks at the MCG.If the Kangaroos fall, St Kilda players will run out to face Sydney knowing victory will leave them just one win behind in the battle for eighth place on the AFL ladder.A few weeks ago, there was a similar situation with the Western Bulldogs game and there wasnt a lot of noise from our perspective, Richardson said.The guys are excited by the opportunity. Were in reasonable form, weve been that way for near on two months now.Sydney at the minute are probably as strong on talent as anyone in the competition. They play really aggressive footy, theyve got on outstanding midfield and theyre incredibly talented in front of the ball.Despite Sydneys long list of talented stars Richardson remains confident his emerging team a capable of producing a boilover.We want to be in a position where were controlling our own destiny and not waiting and hoping for others to fall away, he said.We need to be more consistent and we like whats happening in the backend of the year, but we just need to control what we can control irrespective what the noise is.St Kilda will hope to stretch Sydneys defence with the return of young key forward Paddy McCartin as a marking option to fellow tall targets Josh Bruce and Tim Membrey which allows captain Nick Riewoldt to play higher up the ground as a midfield-forward.He (Riewoldt) gives us some real versatility from that perspective.We know the Swans will be a real challenge to get the ball from one end of the ground to the other and Rooey can give us strong connection, either as a marking option and hes a good kick. 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Later on Monday, Texas acquired catcher Jonathan Lucroy (.299, 13 homers, 50 RBI) plus reliever Jeremy Jeffress (2-2, 2.22 ERA, 27 saves) from Milwaukee in a deal for two minor-leaguers, outfielder Lewis Brinson and right-handed pitcher Luis Ortiz.Brinson and Ortiz are former first-round picks and are regarded as top prospects.For Baltimore (59-45), the Miley deal should help the teams inconsistent rotation, a problem area all year long. Texas (62-44) added three solid major league players who will make an already very strong team that much better.The Orioles come into the series after a big win in Toronto on Sunday. Baltimore scored four in the 12th inning for a 6-2 victory. Jonathan Schoop (tiebreaking single) and Adam Jones (three-run homer) had the big hits in the 12th inning.Texas enters its only trip to Baltimore this season after sweeping a four-game series against the slumping World Series champion Kansas City Royals.Mitch Moreland played a big part in the Rangers recent improvement. He has seven homers since the All-Star break -- four in the Kansas City series -- and he earned American League Player of the Week honors for last week.ddddddddddddIm trying to go up there and have good at-bats, Moreland said. It definitely worked out well this series for me. And not just me, we all had a lot of big hits in this series. It was a good run for us, and hopefully it can carry over after the off day.The Rangers will start right-hander Yu Darvish (2-2, 3.09 ERA) on Tuesday, making his way back from injuries. In three starts since his second disabled-list stint of the season, he is 0-2 with a 3.31 ERA.Darvish hasnt gone past six innings in any of his seven starts this year, but he told the Dallas Morning News he is ready to throw more than 100 pitches against the Orioles. He threw 90, 91 and 93 pitches in his three latest appearances.Baltimore counters with rookie right-hander Dylan Bundy (3-3, 3.46 ERA). He is slowly becoming a part of the rotation, and this will be his fourth start.Bundy has improved in each outing, and he took a no-hitter into the sixth last week against the Colorado Rockies before allowing three runs on two homers in that inning. He wound up allowing just the three runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings -- with eight strikeouts and just one walk.The Orioles desperately need consistency from their starting pitchers, and if Bundy keeps developing, it would fill a huge hole for the team.Dylan was really good. Solid, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Got to get into another inning that he hadnt been into, got to throw a couple more pitches than hed thrown. He was good. Just elevated a couple changeups. He was the reason we were in that game. Impressive. ' ' '