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BATA, Equatorial Guinea - Witnesses say fans threw rocks at police, who responded by firing tear gas outside the African Cup of Nations game between host Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso on Wednesday. Chase Litton Jersey .Hundreds of fans were involved, the witnesses say. Fans said the clashes happened around the time the Equatorial Guinea-Burkina Faso game was kicking off and while supporters were trying to get into the game to watch the home team play at Bata Stadium.There is only one entrance to the Bata Stadium complex and fans crowded there. Some supporters reportedly didnt have tickets for the match.Fans have become frustrated with delays getting into the stadium at other venues at the African Cup. Riot police and fans also scuffled before the first games in the city of Ebebiyin on Sunday. Travis Kelce Jersey . -- Terry Francona likened the atmosphere at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday to a playoff game in October. Harrison Butker Jersey . For Bergevin, the best pick is the 30th — which traditionally goes to the Stanley Cup winner. "Thats our goal.PHILADELPHIA - Fredi Gonzalez was tossing and turning in his hotel room Saturday night.With starter Alex Wood sidelined with a forearm injury, the Atlanta Braves manager was worried about the pitching for the final game of the regular season.I only got about four hours sleep because I was up trying to figure out how to use the bullpen, Gonzalez said. They did a terrific job.Led by James Russell, who started for the first time since 2011, five Braves pitchers combined to stymie the Philadelphia Phillies and made a couple of first inning runs stand up in a 2-1 victory.Russell pitched four scoreless innings before handing off to Luis Avilan (4-1), who picked up the win with two shutout innings in relief. Craig Kimbrel notched his 47th save.They gave me a chance so I thought I might as well show what I could do, Russell said. Ive always had confidence in myself as a starter and I was happy to get the chance.The Braves needed their bullpen to come through because Phillies ace Cole Hamels was nearly as stingy.After allowing the first four Braves batters to reach base, Hamels (9-9) didnt allow a hit the rest of his eight innings.Hamels, who remained in the game after getting hit in the mouth by Tommy La Stellas grounder in the second inning, retired 20 consecutive Braves before hitting Joey Terdoslavich with a pitch in the seventh inning.What a great pitcher, Gonzalez said of Hamels. We sniffed a couple of runs off him in the first inning then he gets hit in the face and almost pitches a complete game.Emilio Bonifacio led off the game with home run and Freddie Freeman had an RBI single in the first for the Braves.Ben Revere got a hit to finish tied with Washington Nationals outfielder Dennard Span for most hits in the NL with 184.A half-game out of first place in the NL East on July 29, the Braves ended up in a tie for second with the New York Mets at 79-83. Atlanta won just six of 25 games in a dismal September and was 26-41 after the All-Star break. Jamal Custis Jersey. Its fun to end the season in a positive way, Russell said. Its just a shame we didnt make a better push for the playoffs.Beset by injuries to its starting rotation, the Braves finished with a losing record for the first time since 2008 and just the third time since 1991.The Phillies (73-89) finished with an identical record to 2013 and had consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1999-2000. It was also the first last-place finish for the club since 2000.Last place is a first for me, said Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, who didnt play during the final few weeks of the season with a hamstring injury. We started rebuilding this year. (in the off-season) we need to find ways to score runs with the guys we have plus one or two guys they go get and guys that fill out the bench. Rebuilding is something that started this year and we played like a rebuilding team honestly.IRON MANFreeman played every inning of every game this season, the only player in the majors to accomplish that feat this year. In doing so, he also set the Atlanta Braves club record for most innings played in a season with 1449, passing the previous mark of 1447 1-3 set by Andruw Jones in 1999.MIRROR IMAGEHamels made his 30th start of the season for the Phillies Sunday, reaching that benchmark for the seventh consecutive season and surpassed the 200-inning plateau for the fifth straight year. Both are the best by any Phillies pitcher since Hall-of-Fame lefty Steve Carlton did both for nine consecutive seasons from 1972-80.CENTURY MARKPhillies reliever Jake Diekman pitched the ninth and struck out both Freeman and Evan Gattis to finish with 100 strikeouts for the season. He became the first Phillies reliever to strike out 100 batters since Al Holland also finished with 100 in 1983. Wholeslae Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys Cheap Football Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap Baseball Jerseys ' ' '