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THE MOST FEARSOME FINALISTS?North Melbournes win over St Kilda means the AFLs top eight is all but finalised. However, competition for the right to host finals and a coveted top-four berth is ongoing and fierce. To come up with a form guide as September approaches, AAP has ranked the contenders based on results against fellow top-eight teams (despite the protests of coaches, beating Essendon is probably less meaningful than beating Hawthorn).1. GEELONG (W:8 L:2, 126.5 per cent)2. SYDNEY (W:5 L:4, 112 per cent)3. HAWTHORN (W:5 L:3, 92.9 per cent)4. GWS (W:4 L:3, 116.5 per cent)5. ADELAIDE (W:4 L:5, 101.2 per cent)6. WESTERN BULLDOGS (W:3 L:5, 86.2 per cent)7. NORTH MELBOURNE (W:2 L:5, 83.5 per cent)8. WEST COAST (W:1 L:5, 91.8 per cent)WHAT ELSE?*Geelong are guaranteed of finishing minor premiers on this ladder. The next time they face a top-eight side will be in week one of the finals*Sydney are the only top-eight team to have tackled both Hawthorn and GWS twice. Theyre 1-1 against each premiership contender*Hawthorns defeats came in rounds one, six and nine. Two of them were at the MCG*The Giants are yet to drop a game at home against fellow top-eight sides*Discounting two defeats to Geelong, Adelaides average losing margin against fellow top-eight clubs is nine points*The Bulldogs average winning margin in their three triumphs listed here is also nine points*North have lost their past five matches against top-eight teams, a slump that started with their first defeat of the season (against Sydney in round 10)*West Coasts sole win over a fellow top-eight side was in round 16 at home against North. They face GWS, Hawthorn and the Crows in a tough run to September.Custom San Diego Padres Jerseys . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Padres Jerseys China . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. 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Fake Padres Jerseys . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville.CLEVELAND -- Another win, but another damaging injury Saturday for the Cleveland Indians.Carlos Carrasco, the Indians No. 2 starting pitcher, will miss the rest of the season after breaking his right hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Detroits Ian Kinsler on the second pitch of a 1-0, 10-inning victory over the Tigers.Hes done for the year, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Carrasco, who sustained a non-displaced fracture of his pitching hand.Using a major league record nine pitchers in a shutout of nine or more innings since at least 1913, Cleveland opened an eight-game lead over second-place Detroit.But it will make this more challenging, what were trying to do, Francona said. When we do it, it will feel all that much better.The injury was the latest blow to the Indians, whose rotation is led by 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber. No. 3 starter Danny Salazar has not pitched since Sept. 9 because of a strained right forearm and is expected to miss the rest of the season.In addition, the Indians said Saturday that catcher Yan Gomes will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks because of a broken right wrist, an injury incurred when he was hit by a pitch Wednesday night while on a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment for Double-A Akron.Left fielder Michael Brantley, who appeared in only 11 games, had season-ending surgery on his right shoulder on Aug. 15.Josh Tomlin has returned to the rotation after going winless in August. Mike Clevinger started Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.Francona and a team trainer immediately went to the mound after Carrasco was hit. The trainer worked with Carrasco to get the feeling back in his hand for several moments before the pitcher walked off the field. Carrasco was sent for X-rays, which revealed the fracturee.ddddddddddddJeff Manship replaced Carrasco after the infield hit. Carrasco missed six weeks earlier this season with a strained left hamstring, also sustained against the Tigers.Jose Ramirez hit a winning single with the bases loaded in the 10th against Justin Wilson (4-5).Andrew Miller (8-1), Clevelands eighth reliever, pitched the final two innings and completed a four-hitter. Manship, Kyle Crockett, Cody Anderson, Zach McAllister, Perci Garner, Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen preceded Miller.Right when it happened, I called (bullpen coach Jason Bere) down there and said, `Tell them to put their seat belts on. Because theyre all going to pitch, and were going to win, Francona said I mean, Carrasco aside, that was a fun game to be a part of.Tigers starter Justin Verlander allowed one hit in seven innings -- Kipnis leadoff single in the sixth.Obviously, this is a tough team loss, he said. This late in the year, when every game is so important, it hurts. One run was all they needed in the end.Miguel Cabrera had two of Detroits four hits and needs one to reach 2,500.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: 3B Nick Castellanos (broken left hand) began taking batting practice in Lakeland, Florida, on Saturday and could be activated off the disabled list early next week.Indians: OF Lonnie Chisenhall (strained abdominal muscle) was announced as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning but was removed following a pitching change.UP NEXTLHP Daniel Norris (2-2) is to start for Detroit on Sunday and RHP Trevor Bauer (11-7) for Cleveland. Norris had a career-high 11 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings Monday against Minnesota. Bauer is 3-2 with a 6.64 ERA in eight career starts against the Tigers. ' ' '