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LOS ANGELES -- ATLANTA (7-5) vs LOS ANGELES (4-8)Sunday, 4 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE -- Falcons by 4 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Atlanta 7-5-0, Los Angeles 4-6-2SERIES RECORD -- Rams lead 47-28-2LAST MEETING -- Falcons beat Rams 31-24, Sept. 15, 2013LAST WEEK -- Chiefs beat Falcons 29-28; Patriots beat Rams 26-10.AP PRO32 RANKING -- Falcons No. 9, Rams No. 27FALCONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (3), RUSH (9), PASS (3).FALCONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (27), RUSH (15), PASS (32).RAMS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (32), RUSH (30), PASS (29).RAMS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (10), RUSH (21), PASS (9).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Division rivals from 1967-2001 meet again on West Coast. ... Falcons routed Rams 47-17 in divisional playoff game during 2004 season. Rams havent been back to playoffs since, and streak is unlikely to end this year. ... Atlanta shares first place in NFC South despite losing two of three, four of seven. ... QB Matt Ryan enjoying standout season with 3,813 yards, 68.6 completion percentage, 27 TDs and seven INTs. ... Star WR Julio Jones has turf toe, possibly hampering NFLs third-ranked offense (412 yards per game). ... Falcons President Rich McKays son, John, is scouting assistant with Rams. ... Rams GM Les Snead spent 15 years in Falcons front office until moving to St. Louis in 2012. Snead and coach Jeff Fisher received contract extensions last week. ... Rams have lost three straight, seven of eight to reduce playoff chances to nearly nothing. Playing out string in 13th straight non-winning regular season. ... QB Jared Goff to make fourth NFL start amid steady improvement. He has three TD passes, three interceptions. ... Rams running game still inept with 79.2 yards per game. Todd Gurley has only 679 yards, 3.2 per carry. ... Fantasy Tip: LA defense has been shredded for three straight weeks, yet still ranks in top half of NFL. 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It allowed Khris Davis to score easily from third and Juan Francisco to just beat the throw home with a perfect slide, giving the Brewers the lead for good. "I was just able to get a pitch that I just barely got the bat on," Bianchi said. With Braun done for the season, Aramis Ramirez on the disabled list and Corey Hart out for the year with knee injuries, the soft hit by Bianchi was good enough for a Brewers team that managed only two runs in the first two games of the series. "One inning, sometimes its just one big at-bat -- you dont know whats going to turn things around," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. "We got some breaks." John Axford (5-4) allowed a home run to Adam LaRoche in the top of the sixth but nothing more to earn the win. Jim Henderson pitched the ninth for his 15th save in 18 chances. Milwaukee snapped a three-game losing streak and Roenicke hopes the comeback helps his team during its coming nine-game road trip. "I really enjoyed this," Roenicke said. "You get down, 3-0, and youre thinking the offence hasnt been scoring so its going to be a little tough. "Then you start seeing some good things happen, then a lot of good things happen and it makes you feel good, especially going on a road trip," he said. "Weve got a tough time ahead of us so hopefully this is good for their confidence. It should be." The Brewers were trailing 4-1 against Washington starter Taylor Jordan until breaking through in the sixth. Logan Schafer hit an infield single, Jean Segura ddoubled and Jonathan Lucroy walked on five pitches to load the bases with no outs.dddddddddddd. Carlos Gomez hit a sacrifice fly that scored Schafer to pull the Brewers within 4-2. Abad replaced Jordan, and pinch-hitter Davis greeted him by hitting a high chopper in front of the plate that bounced over third baseman Ryan Zimmerman for a single, scoring Segura and making it 4-3. Juan Francisco, batting .111 (3 for 27) against left-handers, was allowed to hit and doubled down the right-field line, scoring Lucroy to tie the score. Bianchi then lofted the ball over the infield for his tie-breaking single. "There was a lot of tough breaks that inning," Jordan said, acknowledging his arm was tired in the frame. "Its not like they were crushing the ball or anything. Just a couple tough breaks." Anthony Rendon opened the seventh with a homer off Mike Gonzalez, hit fifth of the year, but Washington couldnt score the rest of the way. Schafer scored from a third on a groundout by Lucroy to make it 7-5 in the bottom of the seventh. Bianchi executed a squeeze bunt in the eighth that scored Davis from third to give Milwaukee an 8-5 lead. Milwaukee starter Kyle Lohse gave up three runs, two earned, on five hits and a walk while striking out two in five innings. "It was good to see us get some of those lucky bounces," Lohse said. "The guys are battling. Thats pretty good to see out there. We could have just rolled over. We didnt do that and beat a pretty good team." The Nationals took a 3-0 lead in the second. Jayson Werth and Ian Desmond were hit by pitches, and Steve Lombardozzi singled to load the bases. Kurt Suzuki then singled to right-centre to score Werth and Desmond and make it 2-0. Jordan attempted a sacrifice bunt, but Lucroy misplayed the ball for an error, allowing Lombardozzi to score for a 3-0 lead. Notes: LaRoches homer was his second in two games and 16th this year. ... Roenicke said 3B Ramirez should return sometime during the teams road trip, which begins Monday night at San Francisco. ... Washington RHP Ross Ohlendorf was placed on the 15-day DL Sunday, retroactive to Thursday, due to right shoulder inflammation. LHP Xavier Cedeno was recalled from Triple-A Sycracuse to take his spot on the roster. ' ' '