Playoff-contending Mariners, Braves meet in rubber game

It's that point in the major league season when teams jockey for position like NASCAR drivers coming down the stretch.

A day after the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves moved into first place in the National League East for the first time this season, they fell a half-game behind theNew York Mets with a 3-1 defeat in Seattle.

The Braves (87-52) and host Mariners (78-61) will play the rubber match of their t