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SAN DIEGO -- The Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres meet in a four-game series at Petco Park this weekend, and the Thursday night opener features two pitchers at the opposite ends of their career.Veteran Clayton Richard, who turns 33 next Monday, will be making his sixth start in his second tour with the Padres. It will be the 202nd appearance of his major league career.Rockies rookie Jeff Hoffman, 23, will be making his fourth-ever major league start.The pitchers have one thing in common other than their identical6-foot-5 heights.Both are pitching with an eye for a job in 2017.The Padres and the Rockies are looking to the future, using the final month of the season as an audition.The San Diego rotation needs a major overhaul going into the 2017 season. Right now, only right-hander Luis Perdomo seems to have a lock on a starting spot going into spring training. Right-hander Tyson Ross would have a spot locked ... if his most recent appearance werent the season opener.Were looking at everyone on this roster with an eye on 2017, said manager Andy Green, who committed the Padres to a six-man rotation for the final month of the season until right-hander Jarred Cosart sustained both a right groin strain and a right hamstring strain on the same play while covering first base Wednesday night.Will San Diego stick with a six-man rotation? Not if Cosart is out.To have a six-man rotation, you need six starting pitchers, Green said Wednesday night while saying the severity of Cosarts injury wont be known until later in the week. Hint: Cosart will miss at least one start.Which could be good news for Richard, who is the Padres hottest starter at the moment. Since signing with San Diego on Aug. 1 as a free agent, Richard is 1-2 with a 1.48 ERA in six appearances (four starts). Adding in 25 relief outings for the Chicago Cubs earlier this year, he is 1/3 with a 3.29 ERA overall.Over his past three starts, Richard has allowed one earned run on 19 hits and five walks with 12 strikeouts in 18 innings. That is a 0.50 ERA.Im really happy to be back in San Diego, Richard said. Id love to stay and help their vision for the future.Actually, Richard might be perfect for the role. Green has said that part of his development plan for the young Padres is to have a select corps of veterans to provide guidance. A former University of Michigan quarterback who was with the Padres from 2009 to 2013, Richard is seen as a strong leader.Its been great having him around, said Christian Friedrich, another left-handed member of the current San Diego rotation.As for Hoffman, he is 0-2 with a 6.60 ERA in his first three starts for the Rockies. Thursday night could be different, though. The Padres will be the first major league team that Hoffman faces that is not in first place.Hes faced a tough schedule while getting his feet on the ground,Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of Hoffman.Before being promoted to the Rockies, Hoffman was 6-9 with a 4.02 ERA in 22 starts for Triple-A Albuquerque. Hoffman, who is two years removed from Tommy John surgery, was ranked among the top 50 prospects in the minor leagues this season.The right-hander was part of the package the Rockies received last year in the trade that sent reliever LaTroy Hawkins and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to the Toronto Blue Jays.The Padres are 7-5 against the Rockies thus far this season with a4-2 edge at Petco Park. Asics Shoes Australia Sale . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Asics Shoes Australia Cheap . 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Besiktas is next with seven points after rallying from an early three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 with Benfica in the other group match earlier.Dynamo has two points and will finish last.Benfica hosts Napoli, while Besiktas visits Kiev, in the final round of group matches in two weeks.Its too bad, because it would have been much simpler with a victory, Napoli captain Marek Hamsik said. But were still in the lead and we need to get a result in Lisbon. ...Were surely going to have to play better than we did tonight.Napoli won its opening two matches in convincing fashion and would have become the first team in Champions League history to advance from the group stage after just three matches had it beaten Besiktas at home on Oct. 19. But Napoli allowed a late winner from Besiktas to lose that game 3-2, then was held 1-1 at Benfica in its next game.Against Kiev, Napoli controlled much of the match and produced several late chances but couldnt quite find the ttarget.ddddddddddddMidway through the first half, Lorenzo Insigne rushed into the area with the ball at his feet and Kievs defense chasing from behind but the winger slipped and fell before he could get a shot off.A header from Hamsik went just wide in the 50th. A few minutes later, Kiev defender Yevhen Makarenko did well to intercept a dangerous cross with Napoli forward Jose Callejon well positioned to score.Napoli substitute Manolo Gabbiadini also missed a couple of late chances.Napoli has sorely missed Arkadiusz Milik, the forward who scored two first-half headers when the Partenopei came from behind to beat Kiev 2-1 in Ukraine in the group opener.Milik tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while playing for Poland in October and isnt expected back for several more months.Attack-oriented Napoli had scored at least one goal in its last 18 Champions League matches and was last held scoreless by Arsenal in 2013.The buildup to the match was marred when a Kiev fan was stabbed the night before the game. There were also brief clashes between supporters and police outside the stadium before kickoff, with reports that a taxi was set on fire when a firecracker was set off inside the car. ' ' '