The Pirates rallied heroically for Hondo yesterday, but his sweep dream was denied by Scott “One And Done” Linebrink, who served up a sudden loss in Cincy that raised the number on the big red tote board to 1,815 blasses.

Today, Mr. Aitch will bother Harang for some help in Philadelphia — 20 units on the Padres. Tonight, he’ll stick with the Bucs — 20 units on McDonald.

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The racing portion of the Tour de France ended yesterday, and now it’s in the hands in the chemists, who will analyze all the urine samples, and then, maybe in a few months, a winner will be definitively crowned. Stay tuned . . . Crime in the city reportedly is close to going up for the first time in two decades. That may be so, but look on the bright side: Thanks to the tireless efforts of SuperNanny Bloomberg, salt intake is down!

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