(Sports Network) - Having already locked up a spot in the playoffs, the Atlanta Braves can set a major league record Sunday if they can beat the New York Mets. Purple Ray Lewis Jersey . The Braves have won 22 straight games started by Kris Medlen, who will take the mound today. Medlens only loss this season came in relief. The right- hander, in his first full season following Tommy John surgery, threw seven innings in a no-decision against the Marlins on Tuesday. Its also expected to be an emotional day for third baseman Chipper Jones, who will play his final regular season home game. Jones, who will retire following the playoffs, will head to Pittsburgh along with the rest of the Braves to finish the regular season. The Braves trail the NL East-leading Washington Nationals by four games with four left to play. Jenrry Mejia starts today for the Mets. The righty makes his third start of 2012. On Monday, he tossed five shutout innings against the Pirates. The Mets are only 6-11 against the Braves this season and 2-6 at Turner Field. Atlanta has won 11 of the previous 13 meetings between the NL East foes. Houston Astros at Milwaukee Brewers (Sports Network) - Right-hander Mike Fiers makes his fourth attempt at a 10th victory Sunday when the Milwaukee Brewers close out a three-game series with the visiting Houston Astros at Miller Park. The 27-year-old, a native of Hollywood, Fla., got to 9-7 on the season with a 6-3 defeat of the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 8 in St. Louis, but has since gone 0-2 in three appearances while watching his earned run average swell from 3.05 to 3.55. Hes opposed by 21-year-old righty Jordan Lyles, who faces the Brewers for the sixth time in his 45th big-league appearance. The last two meetings came in August - first against Fiers in the aforementioned Aug. 1 game in Milwaukee and ended for Lyles after five innings in which he allowed nine runs on nine hits. Milwaukees win, coupled with the St. Louis Cardinals extra-inning loss to the Washington Nationals, has the Brewers four games off the pace for the National Leagues final wild card spot. Both teams have four games remaining. Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Dodgers went all in for a playoff push when they made a deal in late August to bring both Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett to town. While Gonzalez is heating up at the plate, Beckett gets a chance to improve his clubs playoff chances on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies. Beckett and Gonzalez were acquired from the Red Sox on Aug. 25 along with Nick Punto and the injured Carl Crawford. Beckett has pitched to a 3.16 earned run average in six starts since the deal, but is only 1-3 in that time. The right-hander is 0-2 in his last four outings and is coming off a loss at the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. It was another tough-luck outing as Beckett yielded two runs -- one earned -- on five hits and two walks, striking out seven in a 2-1 decision. Jorge De La Rosa will close out the set on the mound for Colorado, making his third start of the season after missing 16 months of action due to Tommy John surgery. The 31-year-old lefty allowed five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of a loss on Sept. 20 to the San Francisco Giants in his season debut, then faced the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and did not get a decision. Baltimore Ravens Jerseys . The two teams will also be aiming to build off extremely important wins in their last outing when they take the field at Charlottes Bank of America Stadium for a Thursday night showdown that will launch the Week 3 schedule of this 2012 NFL season. Carolina earned its long-awaited return to notoriety thanks largely to the talents and charisma of Newton, the leagues reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year who established a new season standard for first-year quarterbacks by amassing 4,051 passing yards and accounting for 35 touchdowns (21 passing, 14 rushing) during a dynamic debut for the top overall selection of the 2011 draft. Kelechi Osemele Jersey . Rosicky, who injured an Achilles tendon during Tuesdays 2-1 win against Greece and hasnt trained since, was ruled out hours before Saturdays game in Wroclaw, Poland. His place in the midfield went to Daniel Kolar. http://www.thebaltimoreravensgear.com/lardarius-webb-jerseys . Despite a solid pitching performance from Jeff Samardzija, the Cubs failed to solve Clayton Richard and managed just five hits in a 2-0 loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Limited Haloti Ngata Jersey . The Spanish capital derby had been billed as a must-win match for Madrid, which is 11 points behind leader Barcelona. Instead, electricians tried and failed to repair the damage caused by what Rayo president Raul Martin Presa called "vandals" who had "cut the wiring" on some of the stadiums light towers. Ravens Torrey Smith Jersey . Buehrle (9-8) allowed one run in seven innings as the Marlins beat the Nationals 2-1 Saturday night, ending a three-game losing streak. "It was a must-win game against the team we are chasing," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said.LOS ANGELES -- Chris Denorfia and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a two-year contract that runs through the 2014 season. The team announced the deal Wednesday. The 32-year-old outfielder was batting .299 with six homers and 30 RBIs going into Wednesday nights game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was 8 for 255 (. Torrey Smith Jerseys. 320) as a pinch-hitter. General manager Josh Byrnes says Denorfia has "proven to be a valuable and versatile player" for the Padres over the last three seasons. Denorfia homered Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium on the first pitch from NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw. ' ' '
