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A-League clubs resume competitive football in the FFA Cup and theyre promising to be just that - competitive.Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners have potentially slippery Cup round of 32 encounters in the form of grassroots clubs, while Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix face each other in Sydneys Campbelltown.City, who face WA National Premier League side Floreat Athena in Perth, know the dangers of playing a hungry lower league side.It took a 94th-minute Aaron Mooy goal against Edgeworth Eagles to send City through to the round of 16 last year, and coach John van t Schip wants a more straightforward success on Tuesday night.They will give everything they have. We have to be focused on our own game and gameplan, he said.Were more than pleased with this competition and we want to get further.Corey Gameiro (knee) and new signing Neil Kilkenny (foot) are absences for City.Van t Schip said Kilkenny would resume training this week after the minor issue.The Mariners arent taking their trip to Green Gully, in Melbournes north-west lightly, Central Coast captain Nick Montgomery expecting a tough test.They will be strong and were preparing for a battle, he told the clubs website.If you go there with the wrong attitude in one of these games youre going to get turned over and thats something we cant afford to do.Were chomping at the bit for this game. Its a competitive game early in our pre-season and were delighted to be preparing for it.The Wanderers remain the only A-League club to date to have lost to a state league club - Adelaide City in 2014 - and perhaps for that reason coach Tony Popovic said he was happy to face Wellington.Its good to have the A-League side first up and Im sure the players are looking forward to it, Popovic said.Western Sydney defeated Brisbane 2-1 in a closed-doors friendly last Friday but Popovic suggested it might have come at a cost.A couple of boys, maybe with the change of weather from Gold Coast to here, are struggling with the flu, he said.But were good enough to be more than competitive.Wanderers playmaker Mitch Nichols said he was looking forward to playing against the new-look Phoenix, bolstered by the arrivals of his former Victory teammates Kosta Barbarouses and Gui Finkler.Wellington have recruited well so its going to be a good test, he said.Adelaides Metrostars host 2014 Cup semi-finalists Bentleigh Greens in Tuesdays fourth match. 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Just got to have fun.The Mariners, losers of five straight and now 11 1/2 behind the Rangers in the AL West, will be at least four games back in the wild card when they face the Los Angeles Angels on Friday to start a homestand that includes four more games with Texas.The Mariners went 1-6 on a trip that started at the Chicago White Sox after finishing a homestand with two straight losses to the Yankees.We have bounced back all year, manager Scott Servais said. We need to pick it up, no doubt. Its been a rough trip. Guys are down a little bit and rightfully so. Off day tomorrow, well come back and bring the energy that we need to have to get out and play.Rougned Odor followed his game-ending shot Tuesday night with two more homers Wednesday, giving him a team-leading 27 for the season.Odor tied a career high with five RBI and Adrian Beltre and Ryan Rua also homered as the Rangers tied their season high with five homers. Texas (80-54) moved a season-high 26 games over .500 with a fifth straight win going into a three-game home series against second-place Houston.The Rangers matched the 1999 and 2012 Texas teams as the fastest to reach 80 wins.So far the body of work speaks for itself, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. We still have some work to do.Martin Perez (9-10) pitched six shutout innings despite giving up seven hits and three walks. Kyle Seager hit his 25th homer for Seattlle in the eighth against Tony Barnette.ddddddddddddernandez (9-5) matched a season high by allowing six runs, coming out after four innings in his first loss since May 27. He was trying to finish 5-0 in August.Gomez hit a soaring fly ball about a dozen rows above the 14-foot wall in left field for his second grand slam this season and a 6-0 lead in the fourth. The other slam also was against Seattle on July 17 when he was still with Astros.Odor had a two-run shot for a 10-0 lead in the seventh and a three-run homer in the eighth. On Tuesday, his two-run homer in the ninth gave Texas an 8-7 win.Beltres 25th homer of the season was a two-run shot in the fifth.CAMINERO EJECTIONSeattle reliever Arquimedes Caminero was ejected after hitting Texas Elvis Andrus with a pitch in the seventh. Caminero hit Andrus in the ribs with a high 98 mph fastball two batters after allowing Odors two-run homer. In the second inning, Andrus ran into Mariners first baseman Dae-Ho Lee while running out a groundball. Andrus tried to apologize, but Lee, who had three hits, didnt look pleased.Caminero was ejected May 24 while with Pittsburgh after hitting two Arizona batters in the head.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: DH Nelson Cruz missed his second straight game with a nerve issue in his left hand that affects his grip on the bat. 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