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Sunday afternoon when the Milwaukee Brewers wrap up a four-game series with the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park Darius Slayton Jersey ,

Cain had been on the disabled list with a sore groin since June 26 and was eligible to return Wednesday, but the final step of his recovery took slightly longer than expected. He went through a full workout Saturday afternoon at Miller Park and after getting through it without issue declared himself ready to go.

“I’ll be playing tomorrow,” Cain told reporters as he walked off the field after his workout.

Since signing a four-year, $80 million contract with Milwaukee in January, Cain has been a force in the batter’s box and in center field. He was slashing .291/.394/.438 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs in 72 games for the Brewers, numbers that make him a leading candidate for a spot when All-Star rosters are announced Sunday evening.

The 32-year-old has made an All-Star team once in his career — in 2015 with the Kansas City Royals, but Brewers manager Craig Counsell said the chance of Cain landing a spot on the National League roster had no bearing on his return timeline.

“The all-star game is a separate entity,” Counsell said. “He feels really comfortable right now and is doing really good. If everything turns out well today, then we’re set for tomorrow and the next day.”

Reinstating Cain will require another roster move for the Brewers. The team has managed its roster on a nearly daily basis this season, shuttling fresh arms and hot bats back and forth between Milwaukee and Triple-A Colorado Springs.

Part of it, naturally, has been based on need T.J. Hockenson Jersey , but part of it is also an attempt to create the strongest roster possible on any given day.

“Our point of doing it is just to kind of optimize our roster every day, ” Counsell said. “You go into a game with kind of a forecast of the game a little bit. If you need the pitching, you have to have the pitching. But if you don’t need the pitching, you have to have the position player. You have to let the previous games dictate it for you and tell you what’s going to happen.”

Junior Guerra (5-5, 2.87 ERA) was part of that shuffle already this season. He opened the year with Colorado Springs and was brought back to Milwaukee when the need arose. The right-hander hasn’t let up since and takes the mound Sunday afternoon looking for a victory in a third consecutive start.

Guerra threw five shutout innings in a no-decision in his only appearance versus Atlanta in 2016.

The Braves counter with left-hander Sean Newcomb (8-3, 3.10), whose last outing was one he’d like to forget. Pitching through sweltering heat and humidity, Newcomb was tagged for five runs, three hits and five walks while working 2 2/3 innings at Yankee Stadium.

“I guess it was one of those days,” Newcomb said. “It was definitely a hot one. I had to go out there and deal with the elements and a good lineup. I just didn’t have my best stuff.”

Newcomb was 7-1 with a 2.07 ERA in the 11 previous starts and will be looking to revert to that form Sunday when he faces Milwaukee for the first time in his career.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Von Miller simply couldn’t believe this was the Denver Broncos‘ defense.Neither could Chris Harris Jr., Shane Ray or anyone else on that side of the ball.A 34-16 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday in which they allowed 512 yards — including a whopping 323 on the ground — had the Broncos wondering what went wrong.“We’re usually a pretty stout defense http://www.lionscheapstore.com/jahlani-tavai-jersey-cheap ,” Miller said. “Today, we weren’t. We got gashed over the top two or three times today. Yeah, it was a rough one.”Denver came in with the 17th overall defense, but was eighth against the run. Watching Isaiah Crowell scamper all over the field for a Jets-record 219 yards on 15 carries was stunning.“We start fast, but we can’t maintain it,” Harris said. “They ran the ball great today and we gave up too many big plays in the passing game. We can’t allow a team to run the ball like that. That’s not our standard.”No, this definitely isn’t the Orange Crush.These Broncos were simply crushed.“Too many big plays,” Harris said. “We have to rally the troops and start from square one. We have to figure out who wants to be here and who wants to change this. I’m all in. I want to win.”Denver has now lost three straight and was coming off a defeat to Kansas City in which the Broncos blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead.“It’s very frustrating,” Ray said. “We’re trying to be the best team that we can possibly be. And today, we didn’t put it all together. We didn’t put it together well at all. I don’t know what it is team-wise or what’s going on. This is not who we are.“This isn’t even the team we were last week.”In this one, the Jets turned the ball over on their second play from scrimmage when Adam Gotsis knocked the ball out of Bilal Powell’s hands and recovered at New York’s 20. Three plays later, Case Keenum found Courtland Sutton in the end zone from 8 yards out to give Denver a 7-0 lead.The Broncos kept the Jets off the scoreboard in the first quarter Will Harris Jersey , but then New York took advantage of an ugly 20-yard punt early in the second by Colby Wadman, who replaced the injured Marquette King. Crowell took the handoff, scooted to the left sideline and zipped into the end zone for a 77-yard touchdown.On New York’s next possession, Sam Darnold found Robby Anderson streaking down the field uncovered and connected for a 76-yard TD that put New York ahead 14-7 with 10:46 left in the half.“Anyone who saw the game knows it wasn’t good enough,” safety Justin Simmons said. “It’s not what we do. We’ve got to be better. It wasn’t anything we weren’t expecting. We were undisciplined. We weren’t gap sound in the run game. Credit to them for making the plays, but it wasn’t anything that had us rattled. We just didn’t make the plays that we had to.”And this was against a Jets offense that had struggled mightily the last few weeks.They had only 178 total yards in a 31-12 loss at Jacksonville last Sunday, including just 34 on the ground.“It’s one of those moments where you really can’t put words to it,” Ray said, “because, obviously, I felt like this is a team we should beat — no disrespect to them.”The Jets’ offensive line not only opened holes all day for the running game, but it kept Darnold’s jersey mostly clean.Denver had just one sack http://www.lionscheapstore.com/austin-bryant-jersey-cheap , shared by Derek Wolfe and Domata Peko, and Miller had his third straight game without taking down a quarterback.“I feel like we’ve been close all season, but they don’t keep track of being close,” Miller said. “They keep track of stats — turnovers, sacks — and I just haven’t been worth anything the last couple of weeks.”While the Broncos were clearly angry about the loss, coach Vance Joseph insisted the locker room will be OK — and the team will be able to turn it around quickly.“It’s not going to be difficult, guys,” Joseph said. “We’re not going to fall for the noise. We came into this game on a short week after an emotional loss on Monday. We can’t surrender to this. That’s what the public thinks. That’s what the perceptions are. We have no excuses today. We didn’t play good and it showed up.“That team wanted it more than our football team today.”Next up for the Broncos are the high-scoring Los Angeles Rams, who will present another test for a defense that is looking for a rebound.“I’m ready,” Harris said. “I don’t care who we play. Whoever I have to guard, line them up. I’m ready to do my thing.”