PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin is looking forward to Mondays series-opening game against the Miami Marlins. And its not just because he wants to quickly forget about Sundays 5-0 shutout loss Jacob deGrom and the Mets.Mackanin will finally get to see struggling pitcher Aaron Nola return to the mound for the first time since July 2. It will be 16 days since Nola was on the mound in a game when he throws the first pitch Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. He will oppose Marlins right-hander Jose Fernandez.The Phillies (43-50) elected to give Nola, their young, right-handed ace, extra rest heading into the All-Star break after the worst stretch of his young major-league career. He will return to the mound having given up at least four runs in five consecutive starts. In four of those starts, he failed to get out of the fourth inning.In total, the damage was 27 earned runs in 18 innings pitched. This after posting a 2.65 ERA in his first 12 starts of the season. His ERA now sits at 4.69.Hes ready to go, Mackanin said. He had a good side and hes anxious to get back out there. Hes a competitor and he doesnt want to sit. Im anxious to see him.Nola, 23, threw a simulated game last Saturday.I dont really think its a mental break, Nola told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mentally, I feel fine. I just felt like the past month, I struggled. The ball was up. It wasnt where it should be. When youre elevating balls and not getting ahead of guys, they make you pay for it. That was the main part.Nola and the Phillies, though, face a daunting task against Fernandez, 23, who is trending in the opposite direction, save for a rare dud on July 2. Fernandez is 11-4 with a 2.52 ERA. He has amassed 154 strikeouts in 107 1/3 innings pitched.Fresh off his second All-Star appearance, Fernandez, in his first full year since Tommy John surgery, is having his best season. His strikeout rate of 12.91 per nine innings leads the league by plenty. His 154 strikeouts before the break are a Marlins record.I think its just making pitches and not trying to make pitches, Fernandez told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel before heading to San Diego for the All-Star Game. When the catcher calls a fastball away, it doesnt have to be 100 (mph), it can be 93 -- just down in the zone. I feel like Im getting a lot better results like that.The results, right now, are much better than Nolas.The Marlins (49-42) finished off a series win in St. Louis with a 6-3 win Sunday. They head to Philly for a four-game set. Joe Sakic Jersey . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Adam Foote Avalanche Jersey . Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off. http://www.hockeyavalanche.com/authentic-tyson-jost-avalanche-jersey/ .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Matt Nieto Avalanche Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Rob Ramage Jersey . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. Etoo gave Jose Mourinhos team a decisive lead from Oscars back pass in the 34th. WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Lizzy Yarnold will make her return to skeleton when she competes at the opening World Cup of the new season in Canada this weekend.The 2014 Olympic champion decided to take a year out of the sport after winning World Championship gold in Germany in March 2015.And she believes her time away has left her more determined than ever to successfully defend her Olympic title in Pyeongchang in 2018.Yarnold said: Ive come back feeling refreshed, recharged and ready to give it my all again.I needed a break last season but I was always determined to come back and try and retain myy Olympic title.dddddddddddd I hope this is the first step on that journey.I know how difficult that challenge will be as so many women slid so well last season but Im really looking forward to that.Also in Whistler, Olympic sprint champion Mark Lewis-Francis will make his debut in Great Britains four-man bobsleigh crew piloted by Lamin Deen.Lewis-Francis, who won relay gold in Athens in 2004, joins Andrew Matthews and Tremayne Gilling in completing a new-look GB line-up. ' ' '