MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers third baseman

Mike Moustakas is becoming a free agent again Andrew Chafin Jersey , and so is reliever Joakim Soria.In addition, the Brewers exercised a $3,175,000 option on All-Star right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, who would have been eligible for salary arbitration if it had been declined.Moustakas declined a $15 million mutual option Tuesday.He rejected a $17.4 million qualifying offer and left Kansas City after the 2017 season but was unable to find a long-term deal he liked. He returned to the Royals in mid-March for a one-year contract that included a guaranteed $6.5 million: a $5.5 million salary and $1 million option buyout. Moustakas earned an additional $2.2 million in performance bonuses based on plate appearances, raising his total earnings for 2018 to $8.7 million.A 30-year-old left-handed hitter, Moustakas had a .251 average with 28 homers and 95 RBIs. He hit .256 with eight homers and 33 RBIs in 54 games for Milwaukee, which acquired him from the last-place Royals on July 27.“I think he provided our team with what we were looking for when we acquired him: a powerful left-handed bat, he played a really quality third base and we had a guy who’d been there before contributing to our clubhouse culture,” general manager David Stearns said last week.Soria declined a $10 million mutual option and gets a $1 million buyout Darryl Strawberry Jersey , completing a $25 million, three-year contract he agreed to with the Royals in December 2015. The right-hander was acquired from the Chicago White Sox on July 26 and was 3-1 with a 4.09 ERA in 26 games with the Brewers.Soria had an 18.00 ERA without a decision in two innings over four appearances in the NL Championship Series against the Dodgers. He was 1-0 and allowed just a hit and no runs in 2 2/3 innings in the Division Series sweep over the Rockies, appearing in all three games.Moustakas and Soria follow left-handed starters Gio Gonzalez and Wade Miley, along with veteran outfielder Curtis Granderson, in Brewers who became free agents this week. Gonzalez and Granderson were also acquired in separate deals to bolster the Brewers for the stretch run.Jeffress was 8-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 15 saves. He had a $1.7 million base salary as part of a deal that included a $50,000 signing bonus and earned $550,000 in performance bonuses. Milwaukee has a $4.3 million for 2020. ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman put the Atlanta Braves ahead, then watched from first base as they almost give away the lead — and possibly their whole season.“My heart’s still pounding,” he said, moments after the last out. “That’s how we’ve been all year.”Reliever Arodys Vizcaino escaped his own jam in a nervy ninth inning and the Braves stopped the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Sunday night http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-jacob-degrom-jersey , avoiding a sweep and cutting their deficit in the NL Division Series to 2-1.“I like our chances. We’ve got a uniform on, so we know we’ve got a chance,” Freeman said.Rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam that helped the Braves build an early 5-0 lead. After the Dodgers rallied to tie it, Freeman homered in the sixth.In the ninth, the Dodgers got runners on first and second with no outs after a single and a walk. Vizcaino came back from a 3-0 count to strike out slugger Max Muncy, and followed up by fanning Manny Machado on a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third.Because the Braves had already used their allotment of six mound visits, no one could go out to talk with the Atlanta closer, to give him a moment to settle down.Not that he needed a break, apparently.With the entire crowd at SunTrust Park standing, chanting and chopping Nolan Ryan Jersey , Vizcaino fanned a swinging Brian Dozier to end it.“Credit to our guys for fighting back,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “… We had our chances. And those guys made some pitches and got out of some traffic, but our guys stressed them, got on base, and gave ourselves an opportunity. But yeah, to take us over the top and take the lead again, we couldn’t get that one extra hit.”Game 4 is Monday afternoon at Atlanta.Shut out in the first two games at Dodger Stadium, the NL East champion Baby Braves bounced back.Acuna connected in the second, right after Dodgers rookie Walker Buehler walked Braves starter Sean Newcomb on four pitches with the bases loaded.“He continues to amaze,” Freeman said of Acuna. “I don’t think we needed or wanted anybody else in that situation.”Roberts stuck with Buehler http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-tom-seaver-jersey , who allowed no baserunners in the next three innings.“It was good to see him recalibrate and give us five innings to at some point save our pen,” Roberts said.Buehler gave up five runs on only two hits and three walks in five innings.“This one is on me,” Buehler said, adding there is “no excuse for the second inning. … Sometimes you just lose it. I’m proud of the way I found the zone again after that and moving forward.”Freeman connected on the first pitch from former teammate Alex Wood to put Atlanta back on top.“Hopefully we’ll have some more big moments during this postseason and this isn’t the only one,” Freeman said. Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer and Muncy added a tying homer in the fifth to lead the comeback for Los Angeles.Tagged at the outset, Buehler regained control as the Dodgers began their rally. Newcomb was pulled after walking a pair of walks in the third and Justin Turner hit an RBI single off Kevin Gausman. Taylor also scored when Acuna bobbled the ball in left field for an error.Taylor connected off Gausman, and Muncy added a tying homer off Max Fried in the fifth.The Dodgers threatened in the sixth. Matt Kemp led off the inning with a double, but with one out was thrown out on shortstop Charlie Culberson’s throw to the plate.MICKEY WHO?At 20, Acuna became the youngest player to hit a postseason grand slam — Mickey Mantle was 21 when he did it for the New York Yankees in the 1953 World Series.Mantle? That’s a new name for Acuna.“No, I don’t recognize him Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey ,” he said through a translator. “I wasn’t even born.”NO SWEEP FOR YOULos Angeles was denied its second straight NLDS sweep after winning three straight over Arizona in 2017.RECORD ATTENDANCEThe attendance was 42,385, setting a SunTrust Park record in the second-year stadium’s first postseason game.UP NEXTThe Dodgers are expected to start LHP Rich Hill (11-5, 3.66) when the series continues on Monday. Hill pitched seven scoreless innings in an 8-2 win over Atlanta on July 26.The Braves will start RHP Mike Foltynewicz, who gave up four runs and three hits in two innings in Thursday night’s 6-0 Game 1 loss.“He’s raring to go and itching to get the ball, and it’s still elimination,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “So we’re going to try and go with the best we got.”