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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tyler OConnors stint as Michigan States starting quarterback may be ending.At the very least, his hold on the job looks awfully tenuous.The Spartans listed OConnor, Damion Terry and Brian Lewerke together atop the depth chart for this weekends game against Northwestern. OConnor has been the starter all season, but he was replaced by Terry late in last weeks loss to Brigham Young .Michigan State (2-3) has lost three in a row for the first time since 2009, a jarring stretch for a program thats won two of the last three Big Ten titles.We dont want to have a quarterback controversy, but we need to have more production, coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday. Thats what led to this. Need to throw the ball down the field more effectively. Thats play calling and thats execution and route running, things of that nature.Dantonio said OConnor, Terry and Lewerke would be off limits to reporters this week while preparing for the next game. Dantonio didnt go into too much detail about any specific discussions the coaching staff has had about the quarterback situation.He left open the possibility that more than one quarterback could play Saturday.Theres nothing to say that one guy will quarterback the entire day, theres nothing to say that that person wont, Dantonio said. Well make that decision based on what we see this week. Theres a case to be made for every way to go.OConnor was named the starter before the season after spending three years backing up Connor Cook . Hes averaging 195 yards passing a game, good for only ninth in the Big Ten. Dantonio has made it clear he didnt think the fifth-year senior played all that badly against BYU, but the offense has been sputtering.Terry, a junior, has never been Michigan States No. 1 quarterback, but hes played sporadically, often entering games briefly for a change of pace with his running ability. Lewerke, a redshirt freshman, has attempted four passes this season.Brian Lewerke is a young guy with a lot of talent, but he may not quite have the experience that the other guys do, Dantonio said. But I think to exclude him from this right now would be wrong.Tight end Josiah Price said the quarterbacks were rotating in practice Tuesday, and he said he has confidence in whomever plays this weekend. OConnor waited patiently behind Cook, and this season was supposed to be his big chance to lead one of the top teams in the Big Ten -- but now the Spartans are under pressure to turn things around quickly.Its tough to lose three games at Michigan State. Our expectations are high, and a lot of people werent expecting this, and its not easy. We werent expecting it either, Price said. Its tough for everyone. I do think its especially tough for Tyler and Coach D. The people in power get blamed the most.Dantonio indicated that the quarterback competition this week could be part of a larger re-evaluation that the Spartans could certainly use.Well see how it all shakes out, Dantonio said. What well do at the end of all this is well be able to sit there and say, `Whoever we put out there on the field, weve reassessed, we self-scouted ourselves, said this is this guys fault, this is this guys fault. Im not talking about the quarterback, Im talking about other people. Well look at all the different aspects of it and try to make the best decision we can.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Cheap Air Jordan 1 China . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. Wholesale Air Jordan 1 . 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Meanwhile, hed like his squad to score more than just one.Jonathan Villar homered, but the Brewers only managed two runners in scoring position in Milwaukees 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.Our only hits were with two outs in the inning and we didnt have a hit with men on bases at all today, Counsell said. It was a quiet day offensively, for sure.Milwaukee has lost 10 of its last 14, but this four-game sweep was particularly painful. The Brewers came into the series 64-17 against the Pirates at Miller Park since 2007.Theyre playing well right now and they certainly have the weapons to do well, Counsell said.John Jaso and Gregory Polanco each homered in the sixth off Brewers starter Chase Anderson (7-11) to complete Pittsburghs first sweep at Miller Park since 2004. Starling Marte added a solo shot in the eighth.The command was there for me today for the most part, just got away from me in the sixth inning, Anderson said.Anderson again failed to get out of the sixth inning for Milwaukee -- for the 11th time in his last 12 starts.He worked his way out of a bases loaded jam with one out in the fourth, but grooved a pair of pitches in his final inning and was pulled after Polancos shot put Pittsburgh ahead for good.That lineup and their starting pitching is pretty good, Anderson said. Its tough to face those guys.SUPER NOVAIvan Nova threw six sharp innings before leaving early because of a hurting left hamstring and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit three solo homers for their eighth straight road victory.Nova (4-0) retiredd 10 of his final 11 batters after allowing Villars solo homer in the third.dddddddddddd He scattered three hits and struck out four before being pinch hit for in the seventh.I was trying not to think about it, Nova said of the injury. It was my first time experiencing something like that. I decided to tell the manager.Nova is pitching like a staff ace so far in Pittsburgh before he hits free agency this winter. Hes struck out 22 and walked just four in 31 1/3 innings with a 2.87 ERA over his first five starts since being acquired at the trade deadline from the Yankees.Itd be pretty silly for the manager to push him out there for one more inning and he blows his hamstring, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. We were very pleased with that effort.PIRATES MOVEPirates 3B Adam Frazier was optioned to Single-A Bristol before the game and RHP A.J. Schugel was recalled. Frazier started at third base in Saturdays 9-6 win.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: With ace Gerrit Cole out, Hurdle says his rotation plan in Chicago will be Steven Brault on Monday followed by Chad Kuhl and Ryan Vogelsong.Brewers: Brewers RHP Junior Guerra (right elbow) is expected to return to the rotation at some point after Thursdays day off. He threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in his previous rehab start at Triple-A Colorado Springs.UP NEXTPirates: Brault (0-1, 3.60 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. The left-hander will make his third career start.Brewers: Zach Davies (10-6, 4.06) takes the hill in the opener of a series against St. Louis. ' ' '