CHICAGO -- With the kind of season the Atlanta Braves are having, it figured they might hit into a triple play.But last-place Atlanta ripping into White Sox ace Chris Sale is another matter.Freddie Freeman, Tyler Flowers and Nick Markakis all homered off Sale to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 11-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.Did the Braves, including Flowers -- Sales longtime batterymate in Chicago -- have a special approach against the left-hander?Yeah, but I also think he wasnt as sharp as he usually is, Flowers said. These are the kind of days you hope to face guys of that caliber.The Braves might have scored more if Chicago hadnt turned its third triple play this season in the third -- the only inning Atlanta didnt score against Sale (14-3) in his five innings. The White Sox ace, bidding to become the majors first 15-game winner, allowed 10 hits -- including a career-worst seven for extra bases -- and a season high eight runs.It was kind of a weird game to start off with, but ultimately the good guys came out on top, Freeman said. We havent scored that many runs I think in a while and get that many hits.Atlantas Adonis Garcia had his first four-hit game, including two doubles and two RBI. Gordon Beckham added three hits and Jeff Francoeur had three RBI.Markakis hit his third homer in two nights to boost his season total to five. Freeman had his team-leading 15th and Flowers added a two run shot and an RBI double to help the Braves win their second straight after a four-game skid.The Braves 15 hits equaled a season high for a nine-inning game and included nine for extra-bases.Sale, a candidate to be the ALs starter in next weeks All-Star Game, admitted he wasnt himself.Pretty embarrassing, Sale said. Its about as bad as I possibly think Ive been in a while.Manager Robin Ventura noticed a difference, too.I think velocity-wise, tonight he looked mortal, Ventura said. I dont think it was as sharp and they got some good swings at him.Chicagos Todd Frazier hit his 24th homer and Adam Eaton added solo shot off Atlanta starter Matt Wisler (4-8), who gave up six runs and eight hits in five innings but got his first win since June 16.The Braves scored four runs in the fifth on three straight doubles to the wall to break a 4-all tie.The White Sox became the first team in the majors to turn three triple plays in a season since the 1979 -- when Oakland and Boston did it.With Chase dArnaud on second base and Beckham on first in the third inning, Freeman hit a soft liner that rookie shortstop Tim Anderson trapped. Anderson tagged dArnaud as he tried to retreat to second for the first out. Anderson stepped on second to force out Beckham, then threw to first baseman Jose Abreu to get Freeman.Anderson said he was part of a triple play for the first time.I was kind of like basketball player in that role, he said. It was just my instincts. It happens so fast.Chicago also turned triple plays on April 22 against Texas and May 18 against Houston.DERBY DAYFrazier, the defending All-Star Home Run Derby champion, is pumped to take his cuts at Mondays competition in San Diego. We have a little plan, Frazier said, and you look at who Im stacked against and there are some big guns.Frazier, second in the American League with 24 homers, will take on Colorados Carlos Gonzalez in the first round and hit second in the matchup, which Frazier prefers. You know how many home runs you need to hit, he said. 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MIAMI -- There were 376 players that started a game in the NBA last season, including 14 who made at least one start with the Miami Heat.Udonis Haslem wasnt one of them.To say that accurately depicts his worth to the Heat, however, would be most incorrect -- especially now. The Heat gave him about a 40 percent raise to stick around for his 14th season, tasking him with becoming even more of a locker-room leader and mentor to a team that is going to be without Dwyane Wade for the first time since 2003.Obviously I never envisioned finishing it without my brother, Haslem said Tuesday, the Miami native speaking publicly for the first time since signing his $4 million contract for this season. But I think the 13 years that I spent with him, the 13 years that I spent playing with some of the greatest players in the league, the 13 years that Ive spent in this organization has prepared me for the next step and thats to lead this next group of guys, this next generation.Statistically, Haslems best days have probably long been over. He scored 80 points last season in 46 regular-season and playoff games.Thats irrelevant to the Heat. The 36-year-old Haslem stays ready to play in case hes called upon, is one of the first to arrive and last to leave at practice, and has found himself mentoring not just Miamis bigs like center Hassan Whiteside but even the guards and wings -- positions he hasnt played in two decades or so.The stories of him yelling at teammates at halftime when needed are stuff of Heat lore, sometimes even happening before Miami coach Erik Spoelstra has a chance to get into the locker room to try and fix things. That clearly wont change, with Haslem revealing Tuesday that hes been studying film this summer in an effort to get better.ddddddddddddNot basketball film, either. Hes been watching how retired football star Ray Lewis motivated teammates.Just trying to focus on what my next step is as a leader, Haslem said. Ive been looking at Ray Lewis videos and different things to help me be better for what I need to do for this next phase of my career.With Wade leaving for Chicago, Haslem is the only remaining player from Miamis three NBA championship teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013. Chris Bosh was on the last two of those teams, though his status for next season and beyond remains unclear after blood clots cut short each of his last two seasons at the All-Star breaks.For now, Haslem is planning as though Bosh will be back.I dont really know, Haslem said. Nobody knows what the situation is going to be with Chris, but me personally as a leader, in my mind Im preparing that hes going to be here, that hes going to be healthy, that hes going to be contributing. So thats the way were going to look at it. Thats the positive approach that Im going to take.Bosh and Haslem have been planning offseason events for new Heat players to integrate themselves into Miamis culture. Bosh organized a similar trip last summer, and the fact hes doing it again now seems to suggest he plans on playing.Then again, as Haslem learned in the last few days with Wade leaving -- something that Haslem said could have been avoided -- plans are always subject to change.These 13 years that Ive spent with Dwyane, I never imagined it ending like this, Haslem said. But Ive definitely learned a lot. Ive taken a lot from him. Hes prepared me for this moment in my life. ' ' '