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MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers needed home-run power from Chris Carter, and he provided it.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.Discount Basketball Shoes . 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There was no hesitation from the 40th-ranked Pospisil, from Vernon, B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next week at the Paris Masters.SAN DIEGO -- Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged the games rising home run numbers Tuesday, but he expressed confidence that they arent a product of juiced players or juiced baseballs.Each MLB team is averaging 1.16 home runs per game this season -- the highest home run rate since the average of 1.17 per game during the height of the steroid era in 2000. The home run rate, which ebbed at 0.86 per game in 2014, began to spike during the second half of last season, but Manfred said MLB has no reason to think the rising power numbers are a product of increased steroid use.The increase in the number of home runs takes place against a different backdrop, Manfred said in his annual All-Star Game session with the Baseball Writers Association of America. Major League Baseball does 22,000 drug tests a year. The World Anti-Doping Agency says we have one of the best testing programs in the world, let alone in professional sports. Our investigative capacity in the area of performance-enhancing drugs is probably the best in the world. So Im much less concerned that this is due to [PEDs].We think it has to do with the way pitchers pitch and the way hitters are being taught to play the game. Youve seen some unusual developments in terms of home run hitters being up in the lineup to get them more at-bats. So we think it has more to do with the game this time around, beccause were comfortable were doing everything we can on the performance-enhancing drugs front.ddddddddddddSince January, 70 players (13 big leaguers and 57 minor leaguers) have been suspended for violations of baseballs joint drug testing agreement. Several active players -- most notably, pitchers Justin Verlander and Jeremy Guthrie and outfielder Jeff Francoeur -- have pushed for stiffer penalties as a disincentive to players who might use PEDs.Manfred also discounted the theory that changes in the baseball used by MLB might be contributing to the rising power numbers. He said MLB has done extensive testing on the baseballs and found no changes.In 2013, Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato resigned amid a scandal over livelier baseballs in Japan. The scandal broke after Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows hit 60 homers to break the record of 55 shared by Sadaharu Oh, Alex Cabrera and Tuffy Rhodes.There are certain mistakes in life that if you pay attention to whats going on around you, you are not inclined to make, Manfred said. There was a scandal in Japan over the baseball being changed that cost the commissioner his job. I like my current gig, so I think you can rest assured that the baseball is the same as it was last year. ' ' '