Mike Vaccaro notes Shea Stadium is getting a sendoff Yankee Stadium didn't — a regular-season finale with something at stake. 

The Atlanta Braves are out of the playoffs again, but 2008 still has been incredibly successful for Chipper Jones. 

Josh Anderson hit two home runs and Jeff Francoeur drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 11-5 on Saturday night. 

Josh Anderson hit two home runs and Jeff Francoeur drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 11-5 on Saturday night. 

Josh Anderson's homecoming was more than a little special. 

Josh Anderson hit two home runs and Jeff Francoeur drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 11-5 on Saturday night. 

Josh Anderson hit two home runs and Jeff Francoeur drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 11-5 on Saturday night. 

It appeared that utility player Martin Prado had lost his opportunity when he missed 55 games this season after he left the May 4 game against the Reds with a sore left thumb. 

--3B Chipper Jones missed his sixth consecutive start with a sore right shoulder; manager Bobby Cox thinks Jones might start Saturday. 

MEDICAL WATCH: 3B Chipper Jones (sore right shoulder) left the Sept. 

Pinch-hitter Darin Erstad hit a game-ending home run in the ninth inning to lift Houston to a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night but the Astros were still eliminated from playoff contention. 

Pinch-hitter Darin Erstad hit a game-ending home run in the ninth inning to lift Houston to a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night but the Astros were still eliminated from playoff contention. 

Though the Houston Astros have shown tremendous resiliency amid the distraction of Hurricane Ike, they won't have a trip to the postseason to show for the effort. 

Within moments of Darin Erstad's game-ending homer on Friday night, the Houston Astros realized they had been knocked out of playoff contention. 

The season's coming to an exciting close and Ken Rosenthal is here to tell you who deserves each of the big awards.