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MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers needed home-run power from Chris Carter, and he provided it. Thomas Hickey Jersey .Carter hit a three-run homer, Chase Anderson won his third straight decision and the Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday night.We have been scuffling to score runs, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. The three-run homer cures that. You almost expect it from Chris. It was in an important spot, certainly.Braves interim manager Brian Snitker agreed that Carter was the difference maker.You make a mistake to that big guy, hes going to make you pay. Thats what he does, Snitker said. Good ball game, other than the three-run homer. Thats about it, really.The Braves won 4-3 in 12 innings on Monday and 2-1 on Tuesday.Its nice to get a few runs on the board, Carter said. Weve struggled the last couple games scoring runs and have lost a couple of close ones.Anderson (7-10) allowed two runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three, helping the Brewers snap a three-game skid.Tyler Thornburg picked up his fourth save in eight chances with a perfect ninth.Carter connected on a 1-2 pitch from starter Joel De la Cruz (0-5) during a four-run third. Ryan Braun singled in the first run and then Carter hit his 26th homer.De La Cruz left after getting hit in the right knee by Orlando Arcias two-out grounder in the fourth. The ball deflected to first baseman Freeman, who tagged Arcia to end the inning.De La Cruz hobbled off the field under his own power. The Braves said he has a right knee contusion, X-rays were negative and he is day-to-day.There was no way he was going back out there, Snitker said. He got squared up pretty good. I think hell be OK. Well see what hes like in the morning and the next day.Freeman pulled the Braves within 4-2 when he led off the fourth with a homer and made it 4-3 when he hit the first pitch from Corey Knebel in the eighth just inside the left-field foul pole for his 21st homer. It was his second multihomer game this season and the eighth of his career.A.J. Pierzynski doubled, took third on De La Cruzs sacrifice and scored on Ender Inciartes base hit in the top of the third.De La Cruz allowed four runs and seven hits over four innings. He walked two and struck out two in his third start since returning to the rotation.FEELING FOR FIELDERBrewers manager Craig Counsell said he has a good appreciation for how difficult it is for Rangers slugger Prince Fielder to be forced to quit baseball after a second neck surgery. Counsell, a former teammate of Fielders in Milwaukee, had the same injury, treated with the same surgery by the same doctor.The game really never lets anybody go when they completely want to, Counsell said. For him, he should still be in the middle of a great career. Its sad it has to happen like that.LUCKY 13Carters home run in the third made it a season-high 13 consecutive games in which the Brewers have gone deep.TEHERAN NEARS RETURNRHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) is scheduled for a side session Thursday. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 2. Snitker said Teheran would make a minor league start before coming off the disabled list.PIERZYNSKI PADS LEADPierzynski caught his 1,933rd career game, the most among active catchers.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP John Gant worked four innings in a rehab start with Triple-A Gwinnett. He allowed two runs on six hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Hes on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain. ... C Tyler Flowers (left hand fracture) is getting closer to coming off the disabled list.Brewers: OF Domingo Santana (right elbow soreness) will play in his third game of a rehab assignment on Thursday with Class A Wisconsin. ... The Astros designated CF Carlos Gomez for assignment Wednesday after trading with the Brewers to get him last July. Asked if hed like Gomez back, Counsell said, I dont know whats going on with Carlos this year. I know hes had a rough year, but hell bounce back. He enjoyed it here.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Roberto Hernandez (1-0, 5.40 ERA), formerly known as Fausto Carmona, makes his second start since having his contract selected from Triple-A Gwinnett on Aug. 6.Brewers: RHP Matt Garza (3-4, 5.03) looks for his first win over the Braves. He is 0-4 with a 4.93 ERA in six career starts against them. Adam Pelech Jersey . However, he did make them miss him a little less. Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1. Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. http://www.cheapislandersjerseys.com/ . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The odds are once again stacked for Joe Gibbs Racing, the team with all four of its drivers in NASCARs playoffs.Throw in Martin Truex Jr., who is aligned with the team, and the numbers point to a Toyota winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for a second consecutive year.Kyle Busch gave Toyota its first Cup title last season, and the first championship for team owner Joe Gibbs in a decade. His bid to repeat begins Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, where the 10-race Chase begins.His top competition could again come from within his own organization.Including Truex, who drives for Furniture Row Racing in an alliance with JGR, the five Toyota drivers have combined for 13 wins through the first 26 races. Theyve led over 4,000 laps and again routed the field in the regular-season finale at Richmond by leading 385 of 407 laps in a Denny Hamlin win.So can anyone beat their effort?Well, Gibbs isnt preparing any championship speeches just yet.Theres so many, I think, well prepared cars. This is going to be a battle, Gibbs said. Theres no way that you can pick a favorite right now. Everybody thats in there is going to have a shot.I think its the greatest reality show going.So who can beat the Toyota contingent?- KEVIN HARVICK: Although he has only two wins this year, Harvick should have been in victory lane a few more times.The 2014 champion has been plagued by recurring pit crew problems, and Stewart-Haas Racing last week made two changes to his team after a slow final stop at Darlington cost him the win.He doesnt have the finishes to show for how good hes been, but Harvicks 1,211 laps led this year trails only Busch (1,244) and Truex (1,234). He also leads the series in top-five finishes (13) and top-10s (21).Theres nothing at all to suggest Harvick wont be in the final four at the Nov. 20 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He made it last year, only to finish second to Busch in his bid to repeat his title.Few are as hell-bent on winning as Harvick, who takes no prisoners and spares no feelings iin his pursuit of a title. Ryan Pulock Jersey. - BRAD KESELOWSKI and JOEY LOGANO: Theres no doubt that Team Penske was deeply disappointed not to win the title the last two years.Keselowski had six wins in 2014 and a strong Chase until a mechanical failure in the first race of the third round put him against the ropes. A pair of top-four finishes wasnt enough to get him into the finale, and he settled for fifth in the final standings.Last year was Loganos year and he seemed unbeatable, particularly when the Chase began. Like Keselowski the year before, he too won six races, including three straight in the Chase.But a feud with Matt Kenseth that wouldnt go away blew up badly at Martinsville Speedway (same place as Keselowskis problem a year earlier) and Kenseth intentionally wrecked Logano in a race Logano seemed poised to win.Logano didnt recover and failed to make the finale as Penske was denied in yet another season it had dominated.- KYLE LARSON: So, Larson may be a stretch, and definitely not a favorite. But its hard to count him out considering the way hes running.Larson has hit a groove this year, especially since winning his Chase-clinching race at Michigan last month. The third-year driver followed it with a third-place finish at Darlington, then hustled from 12th to second on a two-lap overtime sprint Saturday night at Richmond.Its Larsons first appearance in the Chase, but he raced like a participant during his 2014 rookie year. He wasnt eligible that season, but reeled off five consecutive top-six finishes in the first half of the Chase.He hasnt hit career numbers this year in many categories, but his 241 laps led is his best to date.Larsons biggest fight will be advancing through the first three rounds, but should he somehow make it to the final four, he considers Homestead one of his favorite race tracks. Hes not finished lower than 15th there, and was a career-best fifth last season. 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