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LOS ANGELES -- Sweet home Chicago.Although the Cubs have captured the season series, they would enjoy even more ending their nine-game road trip by winning the rubber match of their three-game set Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers.The Cubs have posted a 5-3 mark so far against Colorado (1-2), San Diego (3-0) and Los Angeles (1-1). They have beaten the Dodgers in four of their six meetings this season.Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager and the Dodgers, who won Saturdays contest 3-2, are itching to hand the Cubs a second straight loss. The Dodgers rookie made it a point to keep his enthusiasm in check though, refusing to add any fuel to the Cubs fire.We came out on top (Saturday) and hopefully well come out on top (Sunday) and win the series, Seager said.Its a good bet Seager will play a role again in the outcome. Seager homered in Saturdays win and broke the franchise record for long balls in a season by a shortstop.In addition, Seager has been one of the Dodgers hottest hitters. He is batting .452 with four home runs, six doubles and 10 RBI since Aug. 8. Seager has hit safely in 17 of the last 18 games.Los Angeles will rely on starter Brock Stewart (0-2, 11.25) to deliver in his third career major league start (fourth appearance) after being recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday. Stewart will be facing the Cubs for the first time.Manager Dave Roberts said one of the keys to beating the Cubs is keeping them off the board early.The Cubs are very good in the first inning, Roberts said. Their guys get on you early and they just keep swarming and adding on.Stewart last pitched on Aug. 19 with Oklahoma City against Albuquerque, allowing four hits in five scoreless innings.Stewart will oppose Chicagos Jon Lester, who will make his 26th start of the season. In his last start on Aug. 22 at San Diego, Lester allowed a run on five hits in six innings in a 5-1 Chicago romp. It was the fifth straight quality start for Lester, who is 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA during that stretch.The Cubs are 7-0 in his last seven starts (tied for the longest team winning streak of his career).Lester has gone 2-2 with a 3.76 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers. He threw a complete game on June 1 at Wrigley Field, limiting Los Angeles to a run on four hits in the Cubs 2-1 triumph. Lester is 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA in two starts at Dodger Stadium.Much has been made of this series possibly being a preview of clash in the playoffs. Maddon downplayed the significance of this series because it doesnt compare to the playoffs.Its such a different animal and people get hot or people get cold and actually the weather gets cold and everything does change, Maddon said. Honestly I know what were talking about, and Im not going to diminish what were talking about, but things change. Trends can be so trendy, to quote Yogi (Berra). 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Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Steam developer Valve Corporation has responded today to a cease and desist issued by the Washington State Gambling Commission regarding the skins gambling market.Valve has notified the Commission that it has taken action against Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling websites and that it will continue doing so, but that it will not close off its API and OpenID softwares, which allow users to log-in to gambling websites using their Steam accounts. Valve also states that it will not remove skins from its game, based on how common in-game purchases are across most video games.The Commissions cease and desist, dated Sep. 27, claims that the use of in-game skins as gambling currency is illegal and unregulated. The Commission initially gave Valve until Oct. 14 to respond. Valve requested an extension to Oct. 17. The letter was not provided to the public until earlier today, around 3 a.m. ET.II am disappointed that Valve Corporation missed Fridays deadline, but encouraged that they have committed to responding [Monday], Commission director David Trujillo said in a press release.dddddddddddd. I look forward to reviewing their response in detail.Trujillos colleague, commissioner Chris Stearns, said in the same press release, The type of approach Valve decides to take will be very important.The Commission has yet to respond to the public regarding Valves response.Valve first sent its cease and desist letter to skins gambling websites -- such as CSGO Lounge, CSGO Wild, CSGO Lotto and more -- in July, claiming that those sites must stop using skins for commercial gambling use by Jul. 30. Many of those sites have shut down or changed their business models away from gambling since that letter. ' ' '