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ATLANTA -- The Braves started the day savouring a trade that bolstered their playoff hopes. They ended it with the 10,000th loss in franchise history. Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and the Florida Marlins avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory Sunday. A couple of hours before the game, the Braves completed a deadline deal for speedy Houston outfielder Michael Bourn. They couldve used him right away, especially when fill-in Jose Constanza got thrown out twice on the basepaths. "As an offence, we shouldve capitalized a little more," third baseman Brooks Conrad said. "It doesnt feel good to lose a game like that where you have so many opportunities to get runs in." Atlanta outhit the Marlins 13-7 but left 10 runners on base, becoming only the second team in big league history with 10,000 losses. The Phillies reached that mark in 2007. The Braves picked up their 10,000th win a couple of weeks ago, including their time in Boston and Milwaukee. "The 10,000th win wasnt a big deal to anyone in this clubhouse," catcher David Ross said. "Same with 10,000 losses. The one thing that tells me is baseball is basically a .500 game over long periods of time. When you have a chance to be good, you need to take advantage of it -- like this year." Thats just what the Braves had in mind when they traded Jordan Schafer and three minor league pitchers to acquire Bourn, a two-time Gold Glove winner who leads the NL in stolen bases. He had to fly in from Milwaukee and wont join the Braves until they open a series at Washington on Monday. Struggling on offence and plagued by injuries, Bourns new teammates cant wait for him to arrive. "Hes a great player," Dan Uggla said. "Hes going to create a lot of opportunities for us to score some runs." As it was, Nolasco (8-7) pitched out of trouble for 6 2-3 innings, retiring the side in order only once. Leo Nunez came on in the ninth for his 30th save. "I kept getting singled to death," Nolasco said. "A couple big double plays helped. Id rather give up 12 hits and no walks than eight hits and four walks. I just want to make them put the ball in play." Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson (11-6) gave up all three Florida runs in six innings. "I expect to go out and do a lot better than that," he said. The Braves jumped ahead in the first when Constanza led off with a double, moved to third on Martin Prados single and came home when Freddie Freeman grounded into a double play. Florida tied it in the second, manufacturing a run after Hanley Ramirez led off with a walk. He stole second, tagged and went to third on a flyout and came home on Mike Stantons single to centre. In the third, the Marlins went ahead for good. Omar Infante reached on an infield single and sprinted all the way around to score when Greg Dobbs doubled into the right-field corner, the ball sticking against the wall. Bonifacio provided an insurance run in the fifth, leading off with his second homer of the year. Constanza, in what was likely his last extensive playing time with the Braves before Bourn arrives, had three hits but a rough day on the basepaths. In the fifth, he put down a bunt and reached on a throwing error to first. Trying to take a couple of extra bases while the Marlins chased down the loose ball, he was thrown out on a headfirst slide at third. Then, in the seventh, he made a terrible mental blunder. Constanza led off with a single to left, only to get doubled off on Prados soft liner to second baseman Infante. But Constanza was hardly alone. The Braves started the sixth with two straight hits, putting runners at first and third with no outs. Alex Gonzalez popped up -- slamming his bat in disgust -- and Nolasco struck out J.C. Boscan and pinch-hitter Chipper Jones. Jones, who hasnt started in nearly a week because of a strained quadriceps, received a big cheer from the crowd when he popped out of the dugout. Those quickly turned to groans when he fanned on three pitches. "Were really struggling to get runners in from third with less than two outs," Uggla said. "Weve got to start doing that in order to win some ballgames." NOTES: Uggla extended his hitting streak to 22 games with an infield single in the first. ... OF Logan Morrison got the day off. He was mired in a 2-for-18 slump on the Marlins road trip. "Hes pressing. Hes struggling. He needs a mental break," manager Jack McKeon said. ... Boscan picked up his first career hit. ... Braves RHP Peter Moylan, out since April 15, threw off the mound for the first time since undergoing back surgery. ... Freeman extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a seventh-inning single. Nike Air Max 90 Günstig . - Patrik Bartosak made 38 saves while earning his fourth shutout of the season, to lead the Red Deer Rebels to a 5-0 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action. Adidas Neo Store . The bounce in his step after every birdie. 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Ottawa allowed less than five goals for just the third time this season as Craig Anderson made 35 saves to help the Senators skate to the easy win over the Jets.RENTON, Wash. -- There is still no definitive date for when wide receiver Percy Harvin will make his Seattle Seahawks debut. And just as much of an unknown is what Harvins role will be when hes finally given the OK to get back in a game for the first time in a calendar year. The analysis of how Harvin would fit with the Seahawks first started when he was acquired in a trade with Minnesota in March, then was put on hold when Harvin underwent hip surgery to repair an injured labrum in early August. Its all restarted this week as Harvin returned to practice for the Seahawks, ahead of the initial timeline that was presented for his recovery. Coach Pete Carroll reiterated Thursday that Harvins return remains a day-to-day evaluation and made no promises about whether his debut would come on Monday night at St. Louis or is still a couple of weeks away. Harvin was not listed on the Seahawks injury report Thursday since he is not on the active roster. "Its a day-to-day, almost a drill-to-drill kind of situation to see if were managing him properly, to bring him back. It would be great to see him play this weekend, but thats not part of what were counting," Carroll said Thursday. When he does return, Harvin will join an offence that will always be based around the run first and spreads the ball to its various pass catchers. Headed into Mondays game -- which will mark the midway point of the season for Seattle -- no receiver has more than Golden Tates 27 catches and six players have at least 10 receptions. The Seahawks leader in touchdown catches is Zach Miller, with three, while Jermaine Kearse is the only other player with more than one TD catch with two of his eight receptions going for touchdowns. How will Harvin fit in? He thinks itll be very similar to his first couple of seasons with Minnesota, when he was working under current Seattle offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell. "It should be a lot similar especially dating back to my first two years when coach Bevell was my offensive co-ordinator with the Vikings," Harvin said.dddddddddddd "I expect it to be a lot similar. I dont expect pretty much anything to change." Sidney Rice was Harvins teammate during those two seasons with the Vikings, before signing with the Seahawks before the 2011 season. The best season of Rices career was 2009, when he caught 83 passes for 1,312 yards and eight touchdowns and often found himself with single coverage because Harvin was on the field. "Put a package in and let him make plays; that was his role," Rice said. "He mostly played in the slot but he did play on the outside quite a bit depending on what packages we had in for him. Im sure eventually once he gets healthy well start seeing the all-around Percy Harvin, lining up on the outside, on the inside, running back, who knows whats going to come of that." While Harvin is known for his blazing speed, for much of his career it hasnt been used to try to beat defences deep downfield. Harvin has caught 280 passes in his career and 210 of those receptions have come either behind the line of scrimmage or within the first 10 yards of the snap, according to STATS Inc. Whats made Harvin so successful is his ability to turn those short catches into big plays. For his career, Harvin is averaging nearly 7 yards after catch, meaning the many quick screens that were thrown his way with the Vikings were turned into meaningful gains. Last season, before being injured against Seattle in Week 9, Harvin was averaging 8.9 yards after catch. That was the best in the NFL for any wide receiver with more than 10 receptions. "Hes a gifted athlete," Bevell said. "Hes got great quickness, he can make guys miss. Hes got great toughness. He runs like Marshawn (Lynch) once he has the ball. He can run through people, he can run around people. He can make people miss. All those things together help him make those big plays." cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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