ATLANTA - With a runner on second and first base open, the Cubs played it by the book and walked Justin Upton. [url=https://www

ATLANTA - With a runner on second and first base open, the Cubs played it by the book and walked Justin Upton. Jay Buhner Mariners Jersey . Even before leaving the batters box, Upton flashed a grin to Freddie Freeman, who also grinned as he waited on-deck. They seemed to know what was coming. Freemans single up the middle drove in Jason Heyward from second base in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves recovered from Craig Kimbrels blown save to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Friday night. Freeman said he savored the opportunity when the Cubs walked Upton. "It puts a smile on my face," Freeman said. "I dont know if you saw on TV, but after the second, third and fourth pitches Justin and I were kind of just laughing at each other. It kind of fires you up, if youre not fired up already. "When they walk someone intentionally to get to you, it definitely lights a fire under your butt." Chris Johnson, whose two-run single in the third inning gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead, said facing Freeman with the game on the line is a dangerous strategy. Freeman, who had three hits, is hitting .321. "I think Freddie is the best hitter in the National League," said Johnson, who had three hits. Kimbrel couldnt hold the 2-1 lead in the ninth after Julio Teheran allowed only one hit — Mike Olts homer — in eight innings. Wesley Wright (0-1) walked Heyward to lead off the 10th. Heyward stole second base, setting up Wrights intentional walk to Upton. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he knows Cubs manager Rick Renteria faced a tough decision. "Youve got to pick your poison," Gonzalez said. Freeman ended the game with his single. Heyward slid home with the winning run as Ryan Kalishs throw from centre field was off target. Luis Valbuena led off the 10th with a single to right field off Alex Wood (3-5), who then recorded three straight outs in his first relief appearance of the season. The Braves announced before the game Wood was moving to the bullpen for one week. The Braves earned only their second win in their last 10 games. The Cubs, last in the NL Central, have lost five of six but took some solace in the ninth-inning comeback off Kimbrel. "All in all, I take away we fought a pretty good battle, but we just fell a little short," Renteria said. Olt led off the third inning with his seventh homer to give Chicago a 1-0 lead. Teheran retired 17 consecutive batters after the homer. Chris Coghlan led off the ninth with a single off Kimbrel. Coghlan moved to second on Emilio Bonifacios groundout and scored on a single to left by Kalish, who advanced to second on Justin Uptons fielding error. Kalish moved to third on Anthony Rizzos grounder to first. Kimbrel walked Starlin Castro before ending the inning on another grounder by Nate Schierholtz. "Theres definitely a lot of fight in this team," Olt said. "As long as we keep fighting were going to find a way to come up with some wins." Teheran began the night fifth in the majors with a 1.80 ERA and he lowered the mark to 1.71. He had a season-high nine strikeouts with two walks. Kimbrel suffered his second blown save in 11 chances. Chicagos Jason Hammel allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk in seven innings. The Braves only runs against Hammel came on a string of three straight two-out hits in the third. Freeman and Evan Gattis singled, Gattis moved to second on a wild pitch and Johnson drove both runners in with a single to left field. NOTES: The start of the game was delayed 18 minutes by rain. ... Johnson capped his big night with an eighth-inning single before stealing second — his first stolen base since 2012 and only the 11th of his career. ... Wood had been scheduled to start Sunday against the Cubs. Instead, RHP Aaron Harang will make Sundays start. Gonzalez said Wood will be back in the rotation on May 17 against St. Louis. ... The series continues on Saturday night when Braves RHP Ervin Santana faces Cubs RHP Jeff Samardzija. Zac Grotz Mariners Jersey . Last year, Matt Kuchar closed with a 4-under 68 to beat Kevin Chappell by two strokes for his second win of the 2013 season and sixth of his career. Kyle Seager Mariners Jersey .com) - Ames, IA (SportsNetwork. https://www.cheapmariners.com/2245k-sam-tuivailala-jersey-mariners.html .The Ottawa Senators winger was relegated to a corner seat in the locker-room to allow Daniel Alfredsson to return to his regular stall one last time.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The Miami Dolphins beat New England in the season opener and went into halftime on Sunday feeling good about their chances for a sweep.Then the Patriots rattled off a franchise-record 24 third-quarter points on their way to their 11th AFC East title in 12 seasons.They beat us up in the second half, Miami offensive lineman Mike Pouncey said after New England beat the Dolphins 41-13. Its just not acceptable.The Patriots opened a 14-3 lead with little help from their offence, scoring on a 62-yard blocked field goal and another TD after Duron Harmons interception set them up at the Miami 8 yard-line.But the Dolphins responded with a field goal and, after Jarvis Landrys 32-yard punt return, Mike Wallace made a one-handed grab on a 32-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill to make it a one-point game just before the end of the second quarter.In the second half, though, New England scored on every possession except the final one, when Jimmy Garoppolo came in for Tom Brady to run out the clock.We felt like we had so much momentum going into halftime, Pouncey said. Our attitude was great. Guys were pumped up. The other team just came out and outplayed us.After a lacklustre first half, Brady was 13 for 20 for 205 yards and two touchdowns in the second to lead the Patriots to their sixth straight division title. He even scrambled 17 yards for a first down — the third-longest run of his career — while leading New England (11-3) to scores on all five second-half drives he was in the game for.The 24 points are a Patriots franchise record for the third quarter. Brady improved to 44-7 in December.We knew they were ggoing to be ready, Wallace said. Gorman Thomas Mariners Jersey. It was no surprise they came out and did what they did and dominated the football game.New England can secure home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs by beating the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills in their remaining games. Despite beating the Patriots 33-20 on Sept. 7, Miami (7-7) saw its slim post-season hopes dwindle further.It will probably take a miracle to get into the playoffs because of the position we put ourselves in, said Wallace, whose catch with 5 seconds left in the first half was first ruled incomplete before being overturned by the replay official.That was the last highlight for the Dolphins.On the first play of the second half, Brady hit Rob Gronkowski for a 34-yard gain down the middle. Brady converted a third down with his legs, and one play later LeGarrette Blount scored from 3 yards out to make it 21-13.The next two New England scores came just 13 seconds apart.Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 35-yard field goal with 4:43 left in the third. On Miamis next play, Tannehill was picked off by Patrick Chung; on New Englands next play, Brady hit Gronkowski for a 27-yard touchdown.Miami went three-and-out, and Brady needed three plays, including a 35-yard pass to Gronkowski and a 6-yard touchdown pass to Julian Edelman.Oh, my god, Wallace said. It was like it just happened in 3 or 4 minutes they scored like 21 points.To be exact, it was 17 points in just 3 minutes, 14 seconds. Gostkowski made it five straight scoring possessions with a 36-yard field goal in the fourth.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '