Ryan Merritt (0-0) will pitch Friday.The Indians clinched the division with a Monday win at Detroit, then their top players hardly took the field after that. Cleveland lost 12-0 with a lineup full of bac

BASEL, Switzerland -- Kei Nishikori ended Juan Martin del Potros long winning run at the Swiss Indoors, edging their quarterfinal 7-5, 6-4 on Friday.Top-seeded Stan Wawrinkas long underachieving run in Basel continued when the U.S. Open champion lost 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to 72nd-ranked qualifier Mischa Zverev of Germany.In 13 editions of his home countrys top event, Switzerlands No. 1 Wawrinka has never reached the final and had not won a match in four straight years before coming through two tight three-setters this week.Nishikori, the world No. 5, is now the highest-ranked player left in a tournament where he lost the final to Roger Federer in 2011.The third-seeded Japanese saved all eight of Del Potros break-point chances, and created match point with his seventh ace. Nishikori clinched with an overhead volley winner at the net.I saved a lot of important points with my serve, said Nishikori, who had 10 break chances and took one in each set. I played good tactics today.Del Potro won back-to-back Basel titles in 2012 and 2013 -- beating hometown favorite Roger Federer both times -- then missed the next two editions due to persistent left wrist injuries.The 28-year-old Argentine took a wild-card entry here as he steadily climbs the rankings again. He is poised to rise from No. 42 in the new list published Monday.No. 3 Wawrinka completed a family double having been beaten by Zverevs teenage brother, Alexander, two weeks ago in the final at St. Petersburg, Russia.Wawrinka, whose serve was broken in the opening game, seemed to have winning momentum when holding a break point to lead 2-0 in the deciding set.Zverev held serve and, during a run of six straight games to seal victory, provoked Wawrinka to smash his racket to the ground.In Saturdays semifinals, the 29-year-old German left-hander will play fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia or Marcel Granollers of Spain.Nishikori is seeking his second title of the season and to reach his fifth final. He also won on indoor hard courts at Memphis in February.He plays Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, who earlier outlasted Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3).Muller clinched the 2-hour, 45-minute match with five straight points in the third-set tiebreaker soon after Delbonis served for victory at 5-3. Red Wings Jerseys China . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Detroit Red Wings Shirts . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. https://www.cheapredwings.com/ . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Detroit Red Wings Gear . 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So we were already iffy at that point, and then we got all the rest of the rain.Thursdays game between the Indians and Detroit Tigers was eventually postponed because of bad weather, a move that could force the teams to squeeze in a makeup game Monday if it needs to be played because of postseason implications. With the regular season scheduled to end Sunday -- and little room for extra games before the postseason -- the Tigers and Indians waited through a delay of 4 hours, 13 minutes before the game was finally called.The wild card-contending Tigers and AL Central champion Indians played a rain-shortened game Wednesday night, which Detroit won 6-3 in five innings. The series finale Thursday never began, and if it has to be played Monday, that could cause some wacky travel scenarios. The postseason is supposed to begin Tuesday with the AL wild-card game.The teams kept waiting Thursday even as rain fell and the field took on more water. The Tigers said over 6 inches of rain fell at Comerica.We know what is at stake, especially with the bad weather forecasts for the East Coast, Francona said. If we were 20 games out, it would have been different, but we understood why they wanted to try to avoid everything getting backed up, and they did a great job of communicating with us.The Tigers begin a three-game series at Atlanta on Friday night, and Cleveland starts a three-game set at Kansas City.dddddddddddd The Tigers and Indians would need to play a makeup game Monday if it could affect who makes the postseason or how teams are seeded.The weather cleared up enough at one point Thursday to allow the grounds crew to remove the tarp and work on the infield, but after Francona and Detroit manager Brad Ausmus walked around the field with umpires, the tarp went back on. The delay continued for about 2 1/2 more hours.The rainout allows Detroit to push starter Daniel Norris (3-2) to Fridays game against the Braves, and Jordan Zimmermann will start Saturday night. The Tigers were initially set to choose between Matt Boyd and Buck Farmer for Saturday, but now they can avoid that issue.Justin Verlander is slated to pitch Sunday.Cleveland will push its Thursday starter back a day, too. Ryan Merritt (0-0) will pitch Friday.The Indians clinched the division with a Monday win at Detroit, then their top players hardly took the field after that. Cleveland lost 12-0 with a lineup full of backups Tuesday, and after Wednesdays game was shortened, Thursdays didnt happen at all.The Indians are 2 1/2 games behind AL West champion Texas and a half-game behind AL East champion Boston, so if home-field advantage is still at stake Monday, Cleveland will be back in Detroit to play its 162nd game of the season. The Indians arent supposed to start the AL Division Series until Oct. 6, so there will be time off even if they have to play Monday.Wed still get two days, Francona said. Besides, I dont know, it might be fun to play in a game like that, with something at stake.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '