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MILWAUKEE -- Starling Martes return didnt last long. The Pittsburgh Pirates stay in the NL wild-card race may not last too much longer.Chris Carter hit his 37th home run, matching his career high, and Scooter Gennett sliced an opposite-field, two-run homer to help the Brewers avoid another sweep at Miller Park by the Pirates with a 3-1 win Thursday night.Chase Anderson (9-11) allowed four hits in 5 2/3 innings, including a fifth-inning home run by Francisco Cervelli, his first since last Sept. 30.Marte grabbed his lower back after fouling off a pitch in the third and left the game with what the team called back tightness. He had singled in the first inning after missing 16 consecutive games because of low back discomfort.If you saw the game, you saw the swings in the middle of the at-bat, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said in describing Martes two plate appearances. Those swings just arent going to play.Pittsburgh trails the Mets and Giants by 4 1/2 games for the NL wild-card spots.Minimal opportunities tonight, Hurdle said. We hit some balls hard, much like they did last night. We hit some balls hard, and they were in front of them.Pittsburgh had won six straight at Milwaukee, including the first two games of the series.Anderson improved to 3-1 in five starts this season against the Pirates.Anderson has been on a good little run, Hurdle said. Weve been able to win a couple of games, but hes been pitching probably as good as he has in his career.Gennett homered to left field in the first against Ryan Vogelsong (3-6), who gave up two hits in four innings, struck out seven and walked twoI thought I threw a pretty good curveball there, Vogelsong said of the pitch Gennett hit. He stayed behind it and hit it the other way.Vogelsong had won his previous four starts against the Brewers.McCUTCHEN STAYS HOTMcCutchen has hit safely in 11 straight games against the Brewers and is batting .404 (19 for 47) with five runs, four doubles, three times, eight RBI and three walks in that span.McCutchen singled in the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 10 games, then doubled in the sixth to chase Anderson.PIRATES ACQUIRE COKEPittsburgh acquired left-hander Phil Coke from the New York Yankees for $1. The 34-year-old reliever made three appearances in the middle of May before the Yankees designated him for assignment on May 17. He then went 5-3 with a 2.96 ERA in 20 regular-season appearances for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, including 11 starts.In the last two weeks, hes started two times, said. Theres volume there. Theres experience out of the bullpen.Coke, who is expected to join the team in Pittsburgh on Friday, gives Hurdle a healthy arm in the bullpen.(A.J.) Schugel is down, (Neftali) Perez is down and (Jeff) Locke just returned to pitch Wednesday, Hurdle said. He (Coke) might have an inning in him to get him initially involved.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: SS Jody Mercer wasnt in the starting lineup due to right forearm discomfort but pinch hit for Vogelsong in the fifth and grounded out.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Jameson Taillon (4-4) is to starts Fridays opener of a three-game series against visiting Washington, his first outing against the Nationals.Clearance LeBron James Shoes . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. LeBron James Shoes Free Shipping . 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Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman avoided any fighting words just days before resuming their football feud.Whether the Giants receiver and the Redskins cornerback can play nice on the field Sunday when Washington comes to MetLife Stadium for an NFC East rivalry game remains to be seen.Both were relatively low-key in discussing their upcoming first meeting since last December , when the two acted like kids trying to be the toughest guy on the block. That was in a game between the Giants and Carolina Panthers, Normans team until he signed with Washington as a free agent in the offseason.The game was an ugly lowlight reel. The two pushed, shoved, took swings, wrestled, had a couple late hits and did a lot of trash talking. The most flagrant action came in the third quarter when Beckham delivered a diving helmet-to-helmet hit on All-Pro Norman while blocking.Beckham drew three personal fouls and was suspended one game by the NFL for multiple violations of safety-related playing rules.The Giants biggest receiving threat, Beckham was on his best behavior Wednesday while discussing any potential problem with Norman.Since then, I really have learned a lot, said Beckham, who was forced to sit out a game against Minnesota. You just have to take it. All you can do is learn from it. You cant go back. If I could, I wouldnt go back and change a single thing that happened. Thats how life happens. Things happened for a reason and everything happens for a reason.The 23-year-old 2014 first-round pick says the most important thing is helping the Giants (2-0) win, a result which would leave the Redskins three games behind New York.Norman says he is still working on forgiving Beckham for the helmet-to-helmet hit.That was last year, he said. I think things that happen in the past stay in the past, whether they are here or not.An ESPN report out of Washington said Norman had been assigned to play Beckham one on one every play except those in which the receiver lined up in the slot. Norman said he didnt get that memo, but he would not mind if that was the case.Heck yeah, why not? Norman said. Shoot man, thats the competitor thats inside of me, man.dddddddddddd I dont shy away from nobody. Oh my gosh. When you go on Sunday (it) reeks and oozes with confidence. I dont bow down to nobody or their thoughts of me. I try to make my own. And when I do, I impose my own will. So I try to do that each and every time I step on the football field.Beckham leads the Giants with eight catches for 159 yards, a 13.3-yard average.Hes really a good player, Norman said. No hate whatsoever, man. The guy can play ball. I think the competitor in me likes that. Just challenged to get up for that.Giants coach Ben McAdoo doesnt expect an encore from Beckham and Norman.I think they put on a great show, the rookie head coach said. You have two outstanding competitors at the top of their game. Two premier players in this league. I think they put on a great show for everyone.Beckham said his play will be dictated by the Giants game plan. He will line up where they tell him and run the patterns they want. He expects the Redskins secondary will try to annoy him.Its part of their game plan, the third-year receiver said. I would do the same. Its mental warfare. Its the art of war. Theres different ways to attack it.If Norman shadows Beckham, that could open up things for Victor Cruz and rookie Sterling Shepard, who have eight and 11 catches, respectively. Looking back on last season, Beckham did not do badly against Norman, finishing with six catches for 76 yards and a touchdown. He also dropped a sure TD pass early in the game.While he may not be saying anything to provoke Norman, Beckham insists his game wont change.Have you ever watched Russell Westbrook play basketball? Beckham said. He plays with a lot of emotion or passion, whatever you want to call it. Its whats best for some players and whats not best for some players. You use it and just be smart. Play smart. Its football at the end of the day.---Ian Quillen in Ashburn, Virginia contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '