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CINCINNATI -- The Atlanta Braves were hoping for a spark when they fired manager Fredi Gonzalez on May 17 and named Brian Snitker interim skipper. Things got better, but in truth they couldnt have gotten much worse after an 11-28 start. Under Snitker, the Braves went 23-32, but still reside in last place in the National League East.Atlanta is looking to get back on track Monday when it begins a three-game series against another last-place club with a manager on the hot seat -- Bryan Price and the Cincinnati Reds. The teams split a four-game series at Turner Field in June.One of the key components in the Reds rebuilding effort -- left-hander Brandon Finnegan -- will start the series opener. Its his second career start against the Braves.Finnegan was singled out by Price as being among the young pitchers the Reds want to limit innings in the second half. The left-hander, who was acquired last July from the Kansas City Royals in the Johnny Cueto trade, has tossed 101 1/3 innings already this season over 18 starts. His nine quality starts are tied with Dan Straily for the team lead.On Monday, Finnegan will be looking for a little good fortune after three times being the victim of a blown save, tying him for most on the staff. He also was the starter when the Cubs Jake Arrieta no-hit Cincinnati on April 21.Atlanta will counter with right-hander Matt Wisler who defeated the Reds on June 16 when he allowed two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings in a 7-2 win at Turner Field. Wisler is 4-8 with a 4.47 ERA in 18 appearances including 17 starts.The Reds, who took the series from Milwaukee with a 1-0 walk-off victory on Sunday, have been working with a thin bench, with second baseman Brandon Phillips out with a strained calf muscle. Outfielder Kyle Waldrop was recalled from Triple-A on Sunday to give them another able bat.Phillips was out of the lineup again on Sunday, but he is likely to return for the opener against Atlanta.Hes better than he was the day before, said Price of Phillips. Hopefully, hell be ready tomorrow. Its essentially a three-man bench. (Waldrop) did a nice job off the bench for us his last time here. You know I dont like for young players to come up here and sit on the bench for more than 10 to 14 days before getting back to getting regular at-bats.The Braves also won 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday when Chase dArnaud drove in the winning run with a single.The Braves bullpen struggled Friday and Saturday, but did the job Sunday, as four relievers combined to pitch two shutout innings.The first series back from a break is always kind of tricky, said Jim Johnson, the last of the Braves relievers Sunday and the winning pitcher. 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Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season. Air Max 270 All Black . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jasvir Singh scored a crucial point in the dying seconds of the game as Jaipur Pink Panthers came back from a 11-point deficit to tie 28-28 against Bengaluru Bulls.For long periods of the game, it looked like Bulls would coast to a comfortable victory, but Jasvir had a tremendous second half to snatch a tie from the jaws of defeat. The tie meant Panthers moved up to third in the table with nine points, while Bulls jumped to fourth with eight. Jasvir ended with nine raid points and was the top scorer in the match.In the first minute of the game, Bulls sent Jasvir packing to the bench as they took a 2-0 lead. Jasvir came back in the fifth minute to score his first point with a do-or-die raid. Vinod Kumar was the most successful raider for Bulls in the first half, as he scored two more points in the 15th minute to give his team a 10-7 lead.With less than four minutes to go, Bulls inflicted their first all out to lead 14-9. Jasvir finished the first half on a high as Panthers scored twwo quick points to cut the deficit.dddddddddddd Shabeer Bappu had five empty raids for Panthers in the first half.The Bulls defenders were on their game all night as they forced two successful tackles in the first two minutes of the second half to stretch their lead to 16-11. Jasvir spent more than 11 minutes off the court and Bulls made his absence count, inflicting their second all-out, in the sixth minute of the second half, to lead 23-12.Panthers looked to be heading towards a certain defeat, but Jasvir scored three raid points to cut the deficit to seven points. Panthers subsequently inflicted an all-out and trailed 21-24 with eight minutes remaining.Panthers still trailed by two points with less than a minute to go, but Jasvir made a crucial raid and then his defence forced a tackle point to dash Bulls hopes of recording their first win in Jaipur. ' ' '