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Anibal Sanchez abruptly ended Atlanta’s season-long losing streak.

Sanchez pitched effectively into the seventh and Freddie Freeman added three hits Adam Shaheen Jersey , lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

”I know the potential for this team to be in the playoffs is really high,” Sanchez said. ”I’ve been in October games. I can bring a lot of things to October.”

Sanchez (4-2) retired 19 in a row at one point to help snap Atlanta’s season high four-game skid. The veteran right-hander exited with two outs in the seventh after being hit by a liner on his right side near his hip. A red welt was visible on his back, but he said afterward he was fine.

”He never throws a pitch I don’t think that he doesn’t know where he wants to put it,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said.

Sanchez struck out six in a row at one point. But after two easy outs in the seventh, his day ended quickly following a walk to Hernan Perez.

Perez stole second, and Brad Miller’s line drive deflected off Sanchez and out of shortstop Dansby Swanson’s reach to cut Atlanta’s lead to 2-1.

Sanchez didn’t appear too shaken up – smiling and getting high fives from the Braves dugout after exiting. Reliever Dan Winkler came in and recorded the final out of the inning.

Sanchez allowed one run off two hits and a walk. He finished with eight strikeouts.

”It’s fun to be able to play behind that,” Swanson said. ”He’s been tremendous.”

WILKERSON’S WOES

Brewers spot starter Aaron Wilkerson’s tough day actually started on Friday.

His original flight was delayed after getting called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs, so he instead traveled from Colorado Springs to Houston then Chicago. He arrived in Milwaukee at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday.

”And, they lost my bags on the way,” he said. ”It was kind of a rough one. But, it’s not an excuse for anything.”

Wilkerson (0-1) had taken the rotation turn of Brent Suter, who went on the 10-day disabled list with left forearm tightness on Friday.

Johan Camargo’s two-run single off Wilkerson gave Atlanta the lead in the first. Wilkerson allowed two runs off four hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out five.

FLEET-FOOTED FREEMAN

Freeman and Nick Markakis added consecutive run-scoring triples in the eighth as Atlanta scored three times in the inning to put the game out of reach.

Freeman came into the game in a slump, batting .159 over his last 17 games before his three-hit performance.

”I’m starting to feel a little better Kurt Warner Jersey ,” Freeman said. ”I’m seeing pitches, not swinging at balls in the batter’s box. That helps.”

QUICK NICK

Sanchez benefited from a heads up defensive play from Markakis in right field in the first inning. With runners on first and second, Travis Shaw flared a ball that should’ve loaded the bases.

Instead, Jesus Aguilar, at first, didn’t read the play quickly enough and Markakis fired a strike to Swanson at second base for the first of Sanchez’s 19 straight outs.

”Travis hit a ball that Aggie just didn’t get a good read on,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. ”That was our opportunity against Sanchez, for sure.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Braves: Rookie LF Ronald Acuna Jr. was out of the lineup after leaving with left groin tightness on Friday night.

Brewers: CF Lorenzo Cain (left groin strain) is close to returning from the 10-day disabled list and could be activated as soon as Sunday. … LF Ryan Braun was a late scratch in the starting lineup with tightness in his right side, but pinch hit in the ninth. … RHP Jorge Lopez was recalled for the fifth time this year to provide pitching depth. Infielder Nate Orf was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs.

UP NEXT

Braves: LHP Sean Newcomb (8-3, 3.10 ERA) looks to bounce back Sunday after allowing five runs without getting out of the third inning in an 8-5 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday. RHP Junior Guerra (5-5, 2.87) goes for Milwaukee and is holding opponents to a .217 average in 16 starts this year.

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Browns rookie running back Nick Chubb may be in his first days of training camp, but he's already been given a nickname.

"He's 'Old School,'" running back Duke Johnson said prior to Friday's practice as Chubb stood nearby. "His helmet Dorance Armstrong Jr. Jersey , his face mask. He doesn't really wear gloves all the time. He's in the wrong generation."

Maybe. But Cleveland feels like a good fit.

The hard-running, but soft-spoken Chubb laughed off his new moniker.

"It's just my helmet," the second-round pick from Georgia said. "It's just a little bigger."

His game seems oversized as well.

While the accuracy of Chubb's nickname is up for debate amongst his teammates, one thing that is for sure is that Chubb has made an immediate impact on the Browns and Cleveland's coaches in more ways than one.

Certainly, there's his physical prowess on the field. Linebacker Christian Kirksey called the rookie a "work horse." Carlos Hyde, another of the new backs on Cleveland's roster, called the 225-pounder a "beast" and both said he has the ability to make a defender miss after making just one cut.

But along with his physical abilities, Chubb, selected with the No. 35 pick in this year's draft, has also impressed with his willingness to master the mental side of the game in a way that most first-year players don't always understand.

"I don't really feel like he's a rookie," Hyde said. "Usually, rookies come in and be all kind of lost, just trying to feel their way out. I think Nick understands what's going on. He understands what being a pro is DJ Chark Jersey , and he's definitely been on top of the playbook, been on top of his game, so he's been doing a pretty good job."

Early on, Chubb is at the very least giving the Browns, looking to shake off a 0-16 season, options. Coach Hue Jackson said that given the makeup of the team, he believes the Browns will be able to run the ball more than in the previous two years. It's possible that Jackson will use a three-headed attack with Johnson, Hyde and Chubb sharing the workload.

Chubb is no stranger to a rotation system 鈥?it's something he did last season with the Bulldogs as he shared playing time and carries with former teammate Sonny Michel, now a rookie with the New England Patriots. Chubb said the two divided the workload play by play or series by series, and played every game together.

In the process, both players racked up big yards. Chubb rushed for 1,345 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2017 while Michele went for 1,227 yards and 16 TDs. Ultimately Logan Cooke Jersey , it was a system that helped catapult the Bulldogs to the national title game.

It also bonded Chubb and Michel.

"Me and Sony are very good friends," Chubb said. "We both had success. We both got drafted fairly high. To do that with someone who you started in college with, and lived with four years and did everything with, I don't think it could get any better than that."

The Browns hope it can.

If they decide to rotate backs, Chubb is confident they can find success.

"Good competition brings more out of you," he said. "I look forward to competing with these guys and learning from them and eventually playing with and winning some games with them."

Chubb has shown the Browns plenty so far, and Jackson believes there's still a lot of potential in his game.

"Old School" has more to offer than a catchy nickname.

"I think there's a lot to him, more so than what people think," Jackson said. "He just looks like the guy that comes downhill, and here we go. But he has some versatility to him as well. There's some instincts, real runners' instincts that I see. I think he's a really talented runner.

"We're going to find out more about him when these pads come on."

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