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On Tuesday night, the heavily favored U.S. womens gymnastics team won gold -- the second straight Olympic gold medal and the third in history for the U.S. women. Captain Aly Raisman, a veteran from the 2012 Olympic squad, talks about the teams mindset in Rio.So far, this Olympics has been a dream come true for our team. But when someone asked me after the qualifying round on Sunday if we thought we could afford to slack off I had one answer: No way.We qualified in first place by almost 10 points, which is huge in gymnastics. We always strive to win, but even we were surprised by 10 points. But we took nothing for granted for the team final on Tuesday night. We know nothing in sport is a given.Thousands of hours of practice went into making those few minutes of competition look easy. None of it would have been possible for this team without our coaches, national team coordinator Martha Karolyi, our families -- and each other.When your team is No. 1 in the world, theres a huge target on your back. Every time you take the floor, people are looking to see if youre not as good as you were the last time. We were aware of the pressure that was on us, that we won a gold medal four years ago in London, that we defended our world title last fall in Glasgow, and the expectations for Rio were -- and will continue to be -- huge.But instead of letting it get to us, we used it as motivation. We didnt slack off in the gym -- if anything, we worked even harder because of it. We did pressure sets, pretending that we were in competition and not letting anything slide. Thats why by the time we walked into the arena we were so confident.Now its just onward from here. Every one of us has made at least one individual final, and were looking forward to cheering each other on. Simone Biles and I will be in the all-around final on Thursday, and well both be in floor finals as well. From here, the challenge becomes staying focused for the rest of the competition. So I was back in the gym yesterday and today, doing what Ive done for most of my life. My goal for the all-around final today is just to do what I did during team finals: have a calm competition and perform that same way.Itll be an exciting competition, and Id like to know that I did everything I could to prepare. In the end, thats all you can do. Cheap Athletics Jerseys . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Cheap Mark McGwire Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. 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ATLANTA -- At 42, Ichiro Suzuki shows no signs of slowing down.Hell probably play three or four more years, Atlantas Matt Kemp marveled.Suzuki scored two runs and drove in another during the 900th multihit game of his career, giving Miamis fading wild-card hopes a boost with a 7-5 victory over the Braves on Tuesday night.The Marlins, who remained five games out of a playoff spot, won for only the fifth time in their last 17 games.Just when you think hes run out of steam here in the season, all of a sudden hes throwing hits up, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Suzuki. Hes an amazing guy. He stays in great shape. Hes really good for our club.With the Marlins trailing 2-0, Suzuki ripped a single to right in the third to bring home a run. Christian Yelich followed with a two-run double to the gap in right-center.Suzuki sparked another three-run outburst in the fifth with the game tied 3-all, hardly looking his age as he sped around the bases for a leadoff triple. He scored the go-ahead run on Marcell Ozunas one-out single, and Justins Bours RBI single finished off starter Matt Wisler (6-12).Freddie Freeman and Kemp homered for the Braves, providing a glimmer of hope in the middle of Atlantas order for next season.It should be fun, said Kemp, whose solo shot in the fourth was his 31st homer of the season and eighth since being acquired by Atlanta on July 30.Freeman reached 30 homers for the first time in his career with a two-run homer in the first.Justin Nicolino (3-6) earned the win with two hitless innings of relief. A.J. Ramos worked a perfect ninth for his 35th save.Wisler surrendered 10 hits, walked two and didnt strike out anyone in 4 1/3 innings.The Braves closed the gap with a pair of runs in the seventh, when Miami bench coach Tim Wallach was tossed from the game by home-plate umpire Ramon De Jesus for griping about the strike zone. But Kyle Barraclough escaped a bases-loaded jam by getting Jace Peterson to ground into a force.In his third career start, Jake Esch lasted only 3 2/3 innings -- not long enough to qualify for the win. But the rookie did pick up his first big-league hit on an infield chopper, appropriately enough in the city where he played collegiately at Georgia Tech.UPON FURTHEER REVIEWFor the second night in a row, a call was overturned after a challenge by the Braves.ddddddddddddAdeiny Hechavarria was initially ruled safe at first as the Braves attempted to turn a double play in the second inning. After the replay showed the throw barely beat him to the bag, he was called out to end the inning.WEIRD DOUBLE PLAYFreeman grounded into a 6-5-3 double play to end the third.Thats right, 6-5-3.The Marlins had the shift on for the left-handed-hitting Freeman, putting three infielders to the right of second base. The slugger lined a grounder toward what would normally be the shortstop, but it was third baseman Martin Prado who made a nifty grab and made a backhanded flip to Hechevarria, the shortstop, covering second. He threw on to first to get Freeman.INSURANCE RUNMiamis Yefri Perez showed off his blazing speed in the eighth, racing home on a wild pitch that rolled only a few feet away from catcher Tyler Flowers.Perez broke as soon as he saw the ball skip away. Flowers quickly grabbed it and dove at Perez, but he was able to elude tag with a head-first slide, just getting his right hand on the plate.TRAINING ROOMMarlins: Ozuna was back in the lineup after being struck on the left knee with a pitch the previous night, forcing him out of the game. Being able to get him out of there was good for him, manager Don Mattingly said. We were able to keep the swelling down.Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz was hobbling around the clubhouse on crutches after being struck on the left calf with the line drive in Monday nights win. X-rays were negative and he hopes to pitch again this season, but its not known when hell be able to make another start with less than three weeks to go. I cant do anything, he said. I cant walk on it, let alone ... what its going to be like landing on it.UP NEXTJose Fernandez (14-8) will go for Miami on Wednesday in the finale of the three-game series. Julio Teheran (5-9) takes the mound for the Braves.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '