McLaren boss Ron Dennis has given his team five out of ten for its performance this season, but is already confident it will make a step forward in 2017.After struggling in 2015 when Honda arrived as its new engine supplier, McLaren has made steady progress up the grid this season. The team currently sits a distant sixth in the constructors championship with 62 points from 17 races, and its mid-table position appears to have affected Dennis rating out of ten.About a five, he was quoted by Sky Sports. Were just not good enough. We are here to win races and were not winning races -- but we are going in the right direction.Although the Honda is still down on power compared to its rivals, the Japanese manufacturer has made clear progress in its second year. Dennis is confident next years engine and chassis are both more advanced than the current car was 12 months ago.Our new engine is running on the dyno now and thats several months earlier than our engine last year. We are well advanced on the car and making really good steps. As everyone will have been telling you, the cars will be four, maybe five to six seconds faster, and I think thats when the great drivers will start to excel. Jonas Valanciunas Jersey . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Kyle Anderson Jersey . Despite dominating possession, Schalke needed an own goal from Nicolas Hoefler for the breakthrough a minute before the interval. The Freiburg midfielder misjudged Jefferson Farfans corner and bundled the ball into his own net. https://www.cheapgrizzlies.com/824p-josh-jackson-jersey-grizzlies.html . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. JaMychal Green Jersey .Y. -- Injured Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno did not practice with the team Monday and head coach Ron Rolston said its unlikely hell play in Wednesdays season opener in Detroit. Drew Gooden Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. PHILADELPHIA -- Randal Grichuk homered early, then hit an RBI double in the 11th inning that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Friday night for their fifth straight win.Jedd Gyorko hit a tying, two-run homer with one out in the St. Louis ninth. The Cardinals tied a major league record with multiple home runs in nine consecutive games.Jhonny Peralta led off the 11th with a double and, two batters later, Grichuk doubled to the wall in left-center off Frank Herrmann (0-1).Seung Hwan Oh (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th to earn the victory. Alex Reyes blanked the Phillies in the 11th for his first save, getting Odubel Herrera to ground out with runners on first and second to end the game.Herrera and Freddy Galvis homered for the Phillies.Grichuk connected in the second for his 15th home run.Jeanmar Gomez blew his fourth save in 36 tries when Gyorko homered.Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright was cruising along until the sixth. The right-hander had retired 11 straight batters before hanging a 2-2 curveball that Herrera sent over the fence. Galvis followed with a home run that made it 3-1.On the first pitch to Herrera, Wainwright slipped with his plant foot on the mound made wet by a persistent rain that fell for mmuch of the middle innings.dddddddddddd. He then gave up two homers, and sandwiched two walks around a double play before his night ended when Ryan Howard was caught stealing to finish the sixth.Wainwright is winless in his last six starts, going 0-2 with a 6.82 ERA over that stretch.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: RHP Seth Maness had surgery Thursday to repair a ligament in his elbow, but not Tommy John surgery to replace the ligament as had been expected. He could return in time for next season rather than having to sit out 2017 as would have been the case following Tommy John surgery. The right-hander was 2-2 with a 3.41 ERA in 29 games this season before being shut down following his Aug. 13 appearance.Phillies: INF Cesar Hernandez (sore right foot) was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game. He popped out to second while pinch-hitting with one out in the ninth to snap his 23-game on-base streak.UP NEXTPhillies RHP Jeremy Hellickson (9-7, 3.65) opposes Cardinals RHP Luke Weaver (0-0, 4.50) in the second of the three-game series on Saturday night. Weaver will be making his second career big league start. ' ' '