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INDIANAPOLIS -- ??? Maybe starting defensive tackle Henry Anderson will suit up Sunday.Perhaps Pro Bowl cornerback Vontae Davis will make it back this weekend, too.About the only clear thing heading into Sundays game against San Diego is this: The Indianapolis Colts injury-riddled defense needs some reinforcements.Were really banged up right now, waiting on guys to get back, said Anderson, who hasnt played since last November. I am eager to see how things shape out when were back to 100 percent.Dont expect that to be the case this weekend -- regardless of who returns from this rugged start.For the third straight season, Indy is attempting to stave off a 0-3 start -- largely because of poor tackling in a season-opening loss to Detroit and two turnovers that were returned for touchdowns last week at Denver.The offense has been inconsistent. Pat McAfee somehow managed to avoid having two punts blocked last weekend and the defense has been, well, decimated.Starting defensive tackle Art Jones will serve the third game of a four-game suspension for violating the leagues performance-enhancing substance policy on Sunday.Anderson said hes just waiting for final clearance from team doctors as he comes back from a torn ACL in his right knee and although starting defensive end Kendall Langford returned from arthroscopic knee surgery in early August, he hasnt been at his previous form.The secondary has been hit even harder. Last weekend, the Colts starting cornerbacks, Davis (ankle) and Patrick Robinson (concussion) and starting safety T.J. Green (sprained right knee) all sat out.Then, against the defending Super Bowl champs, the next two cornerbacks on the depth chart, recently signed Antonio Cromartie (shoulder) and Darius Butler (hamstring), both went down early in the game.Davis practiced Wednesday for the first time in almost a month, Robinson went through non-contact drills and Cromartie is expected to play.Butler, meanwhile, is expected to miss a few weeks, leaving the Colts in a potential predicament similar to the one they faced late against the Broncos.When we ran out of guys and we didnt have a guy to play the nickel positon and a guy like (Matthias) Farley, you look to him because he was the last guy standing at the time, coach Chuck Pagano said.It was third down and (defensive coordinator) Ted (Monachino) was asking if we had enough to go sub personnel. He looked at 41 (Farley) and asked if he knew what to do in nickel and he (Farley) said, Yes sir. So he runs in there and did a good job.Monachino said Thursday that Farley, a rookie from Notre Dame, hadnt even practiced at that spot but still made the tackle.Now, suddenly, things are starting to look more upbeat.Green and safety Clayton Geathers (sore foot) are both expected to play Sunday, possibly giving the Colts their top three safeties for the first time since June.Jones is eligible to return after Indys trip to London on Oct. 2. Davis recovered well enough from Wednesdays workout to do limited work again Thursday.If all goes according to plan, Sunday will be the first time since this summer that the Colts will have a starting defense even resembling what was anticipated.Players and fans are eager to see the results, even if it takes a few weeks to work it all out.When you have those guys start to come back, it opens up some other areas of the playbook, Monachino said Thursday. Its allowed us to game plan a little more this week. 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General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent.SEATTLE -- A poor outing from Wade Miley in his return from the disabled list was only the start of a bad night for the Seattle Mariners.Miley lasted just four innings, getting knocked around for five runs in Seattles 8-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates to close out the brief two-game interleague series. But Seattles issues went well beyond Mileys problem with leaving pitches up and over the plate.Seattle will lose backup catcher Steve Clevenger for an extended period with a broken right hand after he took a foul ball square on the exposed hand off the bat of Andrew McCutchen. And that came before the Mariners committed three errors and had reliever Donn Roach give up a three-run double to Sean Rodriguez in the fifth inning that broke the game open.Not our finest performance, obviously, Seattle manager Scott Servais said.Rodriguez finished with four RBI and David Freese added a solo home run on the first pitch of the second inning as Mileys return unraveled quickly. Miley (6-4) had not pitched since June 12 after a brief stint on the disabled list due to an impingement in his left shoulder. He was lucky to make it through the fourth, leaving pitches up in the strike zone and watching them get hit hard.Command is the biggest thing. Im throwing strikes, just not commanding the ball, because everything is middle, Miley said. Not being able to get the breaking balls down. I had a couple counts where I was 1-2, tried to bounce a breaking ball and I left them over the plate, and it they hammered them. Thats on me. That entire game, thats on me. Not a good tempo and just let it get away.Roach struggled when he took over in the fifth, giving up two hits and a walk before Rodriguezs double into the left-field corner to clear the bases and give Pittsburgh an 8-0 lead. That inning also included the first of Kyle Seagers two errors. Robbinson Cano also had an error losing the grip transferring the ball from his glove to his hand.ddddddddddddWeve played sloppy, quite frankly, at times. The amount of errors weve made is concerning, especially in the last month, Servais said. We got to tighten it up. Those arent difficult plays. They are plays are guys know should be made.The offensive support was more than enough for Pittsburgh rookie Jameson Taillon. Making his fifth career start, Taillon (2-1) overcame a shaky first inning and retired 10 straight at one point. He struck out six and didnt allow a walk.Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle thought Taillons best pitches were his final ones to get Nelson Cruz and Seager to finish off the sixth.Even though the game is 8-1, I dont want to give up those runs, Taillon said. I wanted to really put the foot on the gas there and set the tone still. I knew I was close to being done so I let them eat and was aggressive with them.BROKEN HANDClevenger fractured the third metacarpal, and Seattle will require a roster move to fill the backup catcher role. Clevenger is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Thursday.It hit me pretty square, he said. I was on the ground because I couldnt move my arm too much. It hurt. Like I said, its pretty frustrating.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: Seattle placed reliever Nick Vincent on the 15-day disabled list with a back strain to clear a spot for Miley. Vincent said hes been dealing with the discomfort for about two weeks and finally decided rest was the best course. Vincent has made a team-high 35 appearances.UP NEXTMariners: Seattle opens a four-game series with Baltimore on Thursday and Taijuan Walker (3-6) on the mound after missing his last start due to a sore ankle. ' ' '