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The first week of September has gone relatively well for both the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers.Now they get a chance to face each other with the Reds attempting to escape last place in the National League Central and the Brewers looking to possibly move closer toward third place in the division.After getting wins over teams ahead of them in the standings, the Reds and Brewers begin a three-game series Monday night at Great American Ball Park.The Reds (60-82) have split their first 10 contests of the month and took three of four at Pittsburgh after getting outscored 27-9 during a five-game losing streak. Cincinnati has been in last place every day since May 13 and is 2 1/2 games behind the Brewers.The Brewers have won seven of their last 10 contests after splitting a weekend series in St. Louis. Thanks to Cincinnatis three wins, Milwaukee is six games behind the Pirates.The Reds completed their successful weekend with an 8-0 victory when Brandon Finnegan pitched five-plus scoreless innings and worked out of two bases-loaded jams. Tyler Holt also drove in three runs and Brandon Phillips had three hits.Joey Votto was 0-for-4 but over his last 12 games is batting .378 (17-for-45). Phillips is hitting .374 (46-for-123) in his last 32 contests.Milwaukee completed its weekend with a 2-1 win at St. Louis on Sunday. Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and has 27 this season. He has three home runs this month after reportedly being involved in trade talks when Milwaukee won the waiver claim for Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig.As Ive said many times, I really love Milwaukee, Braun told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel My family loves Milwaukee. My daughter was born there. My son should be born there in a couple of weeks. We love being involved in the community there. It would be great and very rewarding to see this thing through and be a part of the next winning team in Milwaukee.Braun has hit five of his home runs against the Reds, who have won seven of the first 13 meetings.Anthony DeSclafani was originally scheduled to start the series opener but his next start will be Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh. Manager Bryan Price said it wasnt physical and the Reds will start Keyvius Sampson.It gives (Sampson) a chance to get a little bit of a stretch and give a little bit of blow to Anthony, and he slots right back in for his next start. No red flag, but in the sense of being proactive, it makes more sense to do it right now and let him finish the season strong.Sampson made 12 starts for the Reds last season but 14 of his 15 appearances have been in the bullpen. He has a 3.90 ERA this season and in his lone start July 23 against Arizona, Sampson allowed one earned run and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.On Aug. 14 against Milwaukee, he allowed a solo home run to Braun while pitching five relief innings in a 7-3 loss.Its a great opportunity, Sampson told MLB.com. Im happy to get the chance to start a few games. Ill continue to do what Ive been doing, going after guys, attacking the zone and using all of my pitches.Milwaukees starting pitchers have a 2.83 ERA in the last 20 games and Wily Peralta opens the series.Peralta allowed four runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings in a 12-5 win vs. the Chicago Cubs. He is 2-2 with a 3.35 ERA in his last six starts since returning from nearly two months with Triple-A Colorado Springs.Peralta is 5-4 with a 3.00 ERA in 12 career starts against Cincinnati. He faced the Reds Aug. 14 at home and allowed one run and four hits in six innings. Tom Brady Patriots Jersey . 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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Juventus big summer signings proved their worth as Miralem Pjanic and Gonzalo Higuain helped the Italian side to a 4-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday.Pjanic scored one and set up another to put Juventus firmly in charge at halftime. Paulo Dybala and Dani Alves sealed matters after the break.Juventus moved top of Group H, level on points with Sevilla after the Spanish side beat Lyon 1-0. Dinamo, which lost 3-0 at Lyon in the first round of fixtures, remained bottom.After a massive outlay in the offseason on new players, a sixth successive Serie A title seemed a foregone conclusion for Juventus, while great things were also expected in the Champions League from the Turin club, which finished runners-up in 2015.Juventus leads Serie A but it has not all been plain sailing for Massimiliano Allegris team, and it drew 0-0 at home to Sevilla in its opening match in Europes elite club competition.Weve been together for 40 days and were working well, but we need a bit of time because there are new players to fit in, Allegri said.The risk this year is that we break with tradition: there could be the illusion that, having signed great players, we can easily win all the matches. Instead, we have to keep our usual attitude. Keeping our feet on the ground is the most important thing, not losing sight of our aims and working hard.Juventus is already without several key players because of long-term injuries and there were fears another would be added to the list when Pjanic, who had to receive treatment following an early challenge, was substituted at halftime.But the Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder, who signed for 32 million euros ($36 million) from Roma in the offseason, is confident of recovering in time for the weekend.Today we were better at finding spaces, we followed Allegris instructions and you ssaw the results, Pjanic said.ddddddddddddI took a knock on the calf, but I hope to recover as soon as possible and be on the pitch at Empoli.Juventus dominated from the start and broke the deadlock in the 24th minute after Dinamo defenders Gordon Schildenfeld and Leonardo Sigali got in each others way. Sigali attempted to head Leonardo Bonuccis ball back to his goalkeeper, Pjanic nipped in behind and slotted the ball into the bottom right corner.Schildenfeld almost immediately atoned for his error with Dinamos best chance of the match but headed Domagoj Antolics free kick onto the crossbar with Gianluigi Buffon beaten.Pjanic helped Juventus double its lead in the 31st with a stunning pass for Higuain to chest down and volley into the bottom far corner.Higuain transferred from rival Napoli for 90 million euros ($99 million) after scoring 36 goals last campaign to break a 66-year-old Serie A record.Dinamo was offering little resistance and Dybala extended Juves lead with a stunning strike, sending the ball swerving into the top near corner from more than 30 yards (meters).Dani Alves, who was also signed in the offseason, had done little of note all match but he got on the scoresheet five minutes from time with a deflected free kick.Dinamo goalkeeper Adrian Semper was wrongfooted by the deflection and although the 18-year-old managed to get a hand to the ball, he couldnt keep it out.The only moment for Dinamo fans to cheer was when former player Marko Pjaca, who scored 12 goals for the Croatian side last season, came on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Juventus.Pjaca, who is yet to score for Juventus, also helped Dinamo reach the group stage with two goals in a preliminary round match against FK Vardar. 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