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MILWAUKEE -- Chase Anderson is finishing strongly for the Milwaukee Brewers.Anderson beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the third time this season, leading Milwaukee to a 3-1 win Thursday night.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.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.I think hes pitched well, the last six or seven starts, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Tonight, his curveball was a big pitch for him, especially early in the game. He used his curve ball very effectively. He got strikeouts with it. He got early strikes with it.Anderson improved to 3-1 in five starts this season against the Pirates, who had won their prior six games at Milwaukee.Hes been pitching probably as good as he has in his career, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. Hes in a nice little groove.Anderson knew his curveball was working well.I would say that it tonight that it was the best it has been this year, he said. I dont know if thats a bold statement, but I just felt like it was.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.Tyler Thornburg pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 17 chances.Carter homered in the seventh off Trevor Williams and matched his home run and RBI (88) totals with Houston two years ago. He also struck out twice, raising his NL-leading total to 196.STEALING FOR THE LEADMilwaukees Jonathan Villar stole his 58th base this season, tying Cincinnatis Billy Hamilton for the major league lead.MR. VERSATILEINF/OF Hernan Perez made his first start in center field this season for Milwaukee and has played at every position except catcher and pitcher. It gives us flexibility in lineup construction and injury and just rest, Counsell said. Were a little banged up right now, but I think thats ultimately what a versatile player does is give you a lot of coverage.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who strained his abdomen Friday, remains day-to-day. He has to be able to get on the field and run and swing a bat in batting practice, Counsell said.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Zach Davies (11-7) starts the final home series Friday night when he faces Cincinnati for the fifth time in his career. He is 1-1 with a 3.57 ERA in three starts against the Reds this season. Fake Blackhawks Jerseys . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Chicago Blackhawks Gear . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. https://www.cheapblackhawks.com/ . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Cheap Blackhawks Jerseys . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Chicago Blackhawks Shirts .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- This past week saw USA Hockey hold its evaluation camp for this winters IIHF world junior championship, and three other nations -- Canada, Sweden and Finland -- also took part in a series of practices and games to gauge their top talent for inclusion on the rosters.If you missed my flurry of social posts on the event, youre in luck: What follows is a rundown of the players who stood out the most to me through the practices, scrimmages and games.You may notice that I didnt list Arizonaas Dylan Strome or Torontos Mitch Marner here; if you wanted the spectacular insight about how top-five picks from two drafts ago -- who have torn the OHL to shreds the past two seasons -- looked great against junior-level competition, then I do apologize.dddddddddddd Instead, here are 14 players whose production demonstrated improvement since we last saw them in competition: ' ' '