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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Phoenix Suns will try to remain unbeaten in this early season when they visit the Utah Jazz Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena. The Suns toppled the still-winless Los Angeles Lakers to start the season, then picked up an impressive victory Friday night when they stopped the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. Phoenix collected a 94-89 home win over the Spurs after it overcame an 11- point first quarter, which yielded a 13-point disadvantage. We kept telling the guys that we can win this game, head coach Jeff Hornacek said. Were not even playing that great. Hang in there. All of the sudden we got going a little bit. Thats the poise and the winning mentality that you have to have when the games get close, that were going to win the game. Isaiah Thomas led the way for the Suns with 23 points and became the fourth Sun, joining Tom Chambers, Tom Gugliotta and A.C. Green, to score at least 23 points in his first two games with the team. Markieff Morris posted 20 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe tallied 12 points and nine boards and Alex Len provided his first career double-double, 10 points and 11 rebounds, off the pine for Phoenix. Goran Dragic and Gerald Green scored 10 apiece. The Jazz started the season 0-2 thanks to losses at home to the Houston Rockets and a road setback to the Dallas Mavericks. On Thursday, the Jazz fell at American Airlines Center, 120-102. Derrick Favors went for 17 points and 11 rebounds for Utah, while both Gordon Hayward and Trey Burke scored 16 points in defeat. Alec Burks, who signed a four-year contract extension this week, had 15 and Enes Kanter was the fifth starter in double figures with 11. The Jazz were done in by Dallas fantastic shooting performance on Thursday night. The Mavericks went 47-for-85 from the field for a tidy 55.3 percent outing. We have to focus on the defensive end, said Favors. 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"Its going to touch a lot of people on a lot of different levels. We are aware of it," Hurdle said. "Everybodys here for a reason, and thats to knock down things we havent done in a long time." Before rookie right-hander Gerrit Cole (7-7) threw seven scoreless innings with a career-high nine strikeouts to win a pitchers duel against Yu Darvish, the Pirates hadnt had a winning season in more than two decades -- since the last of their three consecutive NL championship series appearances under manager Jim Leyland. Their last post-season before that was the 1979 World Series championship team. "We dont really understand what the fans have been through. I know it definitely puts a smile on their face when they see that No. 82 up there," Cole said. "Were extremely happy to be able to make them feel like weve got a winning team out there. But weve got a few weeks ahead and those are going to be some real big games." Pittsburgh had lost a season-high four games in a row since getting their 81st victory last Tuesday at Milwaukee. The Pirates (82-61) didnt get a runner to second base against Darvish (12-8) until Marlon Byrds two-out double in the seventh. He came home when Pedro Alvarez, mired in a 5-for-41 slump over 12 games, followed with a double. They finally have their winning season after taking the opener of a three-game interleague series between wild-card leaders. "Its a huge deal for me. It certainly thrills me to be a part of that," said Pirates hitting coach Jay Bell, the shortstop on that 1992 team. "I understand the significance of this game, the 82nd win, more than probably at least most of the players here," said second baseman Neil Walker, the teams first-round pick in 2004. "As big as this win is for the city of Pittsburgh and the organization, and as big a deal as the media is going to make out of it, we still have a lot of baseball to play. Weve got a lot of games we need to win, were in a tight race." The Pirates moved within a game of NL Central-leading St.dddddddddddd Louis, which swept Pittsburgh in three games over the weekend. Texas lost for the fourth time in five games, and still needs one more win to clinch its fifth consecutive winning season. The Rangers dropped two games behind idle AL West-leading Oakland. Darvish is 0-3 his last five starts, all Rangers losses. The Japanese right-hander struck out six while allowing one run and four hits over seven innings. He threw a season-low 81 pitches before coming out because of cramping in his right leg. Manager Ron Washington said the move was precautionary. "We needed him to step up and he stepped up tonight, he really threw the ball well, he moved the ball around well, he kept it down in the zone, he did a good job," Washington said. "Hes in great shape. Its just something that flared up. If thats all thats wrong with him, and the way he pitched out there tonight, Ill take it." Cole got out of a self-induced jam in the sixth after consecutive walks to Elvis Andrus and Alex Rios, his only walks in the game. Andrus got his 38th career stolen base -- the Rangers pulled off a double steal when Rios reached before Adrian Beltre grounded out. "The sixth inning could have gotten out of hand," Cole said. "I was just able to get the ball down on them." Tony Watson pitched a perfect eighth, his 14th consecutive scoreless outing. Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his 12th save in 14th chances to close out Pittsburghs 16th shutout of the season. The Rangers said Darvish started feeling the cramps during the seventh. There was a short delay after the Rangers took the field in the eighth before Tanner Scheppers came out of the bullpen. "Its minor," Washington said. "No level of concern." NOTES: It was the 14th 1-0 game ever at Rangers Ballpark, which is in its 20th season. It was the second this season, both Rangers losses. ... Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen had a leadoff triple in the ninth. He was thrown out trying to score on Justin Morneaus chopper to second baseman Ian Kinsler. ... Rangers LF Jim Adduci left the game after his at-bat in the fifth inning, when he sustained a right biceps strain while striking out. ... Darvish upped his major league-leading strikeout total to 246. ... Beltre was 1 for 22 over six games before his two-out single in the ninth. ' ' '