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ATLANTA -- Tigers manager Brad Ausmus just wants to focus on his team, rather than worry about the other teams in the AL wild-card race.We do appreciate the help, but weve still got to take care of business here, Ausmus said. We were able to do it tonight.Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs, Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton also connected and Detroit moved up in the playoff race, beating the Atlanta Braves 6-2 Friday night.The Tigers won their third straight and pulled within a half-game of Toronto for the second wild-card spot. The Blue Jays lost at Boston 5-3. Baltimore remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Detroit.The regular season is scheduled to end Sunday, but the Tigers might need to play beyond that. They were rained out against AL Central champion Cleveland this week and would have to make up that game at home if it impacts their playoff chances.We know weve got to take care of our business and see what happens on the other end, Upton said. It worked in our favor tonight.Daniel Norris (4-2) gave up one run, five hits, two walks and struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings.The Braves, playing their final series at Turner Field before moving north to the suburbs next year, had won 10 of 11. Matt Wisler (7-13) was chased in the fifth when James McCanns RBI single made it 5-0.Detroit led 3-0 in the first on Kinslers leadoff homer and Cabreras two-run shot over the center-field wall.Cabrera launched his 38th homer to the same location in the third, putting Detroit up 4-0.Upton hit his 30th homer to make it 6-0 in the seventh. Closer Francisco Rodriguez, in a non-save situation, struck out the side in the ninth.Wisler gave up five runs, nine hits, two walks and struck out three in 4 2/3 innings. He ended the season with a 5.00 ERA in 26 starts and one relief appearance.Cabrera, a two-time AL MVP, has been a tough out over the last couple months, hitting .357 with 20 homers and 55 RBI in his last 63 games. He has six multihomer games this season and 39 in his career.For him its pretty normal, Ausmus said, but hes set a standard offensively that few have ever equaled in the history of the game.Norris escaped a jam with two runners on in the third when Matt Kemp flied out to the warning track.Norris pitched through pain after Adonis Garcias liner glance off his right wrist below his glove in the fifth, striking out the next four batters he faced to end the sixth.Having an early lead helped Norris relax.I completely changed my game plan, Norris said. You go out there and you have a lead like that, `OK, Im attacking these guys no matter what. This offense just really makes things easy sometimes.Brandon Snyder hit his fourth pinch-hit homer of the season to cut the lead to 6-1 in the seventh and chase Norris.Kemp made it 6-2 in the eighth with his 35th homer.Upton is hitting .320 with 17 homers and 40 RBI in his last 36 games.TRAINERS ROOMDetroit CF Cameron Maybin stayed in the game after getting hit on the left hand by Brandon Cunniffs pitch in the sixth. Maybin sustained a left thumb contusion on a head-first slide on Aug. 29 and had his left wrist broken by a pitch in spring training.EXCLUSIVE TERRITORYWith 446 homers, Cabrera moved into the 40th place on the career list. The 11-time All-Star began the game one homer behind Texas Adrian Beltre. ... Kinslers 28th homer tied Lou Whitaker in 1989 for the most homers by a Tigers second baseman in a single season. It was his eighth leadoff homer this year and 40th of his career.LOOKING AHEADAusmus said RHP Michael Fulmer will start Monday if the Tigers play a makeup game against Cleveland. The rookie is 1-2 with a 6.98 ERA in four career starts in the season series.UP NEXTTigers RHP Jordan Zimmermann is 3-1 with a 2.06 ERA in five career starts at Turner Field, 7-3 with a 2.55 ERA in 16 career starts against Atlanta. Injuries have caused problems in his first year with Detroit. Since June 24, Zimmermann is 0-3 with a 16.78 ERA in four starts, a span of 12 1/3 innings. ... Braves rookie RHP Aaron Blair is 1-7 with an 8.02 ERA in 14 career starts.NMD On Sale . Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons. NMD Wholesale . 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Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th.If you watched Olympic gymnastics Sunday night, you will understand why I am submitting Aly Raismans parents, Lynn and Rick, as early favorites for 2016 Sports Parents of the Year.While Ali was competing, NBC showed this incredible montage of her parents, featuring the full range of contortions you would expect from a high-stakes Olympic moment mixed with a lifetime of emotional investment.First, Lynn -- looking at her daughter on the floor to the left -- executes a classic Doubled-Over-Knees bend. She shields her eyes with her left hand in a perfect arc yet still peeks out from under them. Dad Rick has a half-grimace, with right fist clenched.Then Lynn lunges to the right in an I-Cant-Watch Full Look-Away (120-degree body angle!) but quickly recovers to look back, simultaneously incorporating a no-look Spousal Arm Clench, which speaks to the experience of decades of meet attendance.She swoops with an arcing, graceful pivot from right to left, nearly shoulder to shoulder with Rick. She has a near-pleading look on her face -- whether your child is in gymnastics or basketball or soccer or the grade-school spelling bee, you know this look --?Please let my child reach her potential.Now, Lynn and Rick find their rhythm and begin a synchronous Side Lean, followed by the most incredible combination of Back Leaan by Lynn and Forward Lean by Rick.dddddddddddd Rick then gracefully pulls back to the right to join Lynn; at this point, if there was a camera on you, the viewer, it would likely catch you leaning right along with the Raismans, going through the most relatable feeling in the world.As Alys routine winds down -- the most parentally excruciating components behind her -- Rick rises to give a shout of encouragement, then sits, expended, while Lynn leaps to her feet, clapping but clearly emotionally exhausted from the previous minute.Being a parent these days involves all sorts of external distractions, but when the screen is tucked away during your kids sports event, it is the most present and in the moment you can be -- if you let yourself get transported by the moment.No question: It was as excruciating for Lynn and Rick Raisman as it was an authentic engagement with their child -- as pure a feeling of parenting as youll ever get a chance to see. It is a glorious visual befitting the occasion.Extremely high degree of difficulty. Zero deductions. Give Lynn and Rick Raisman the gold.Dan Shanoff writes about parenting for espnW. You can connect with him on Twitter at @danshanoff. ' ' '