ATLANTA -- Matt Wisler wasnt happy when he was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett in late July.Now he sees the one-month stay in the minors was just what he needed to reclaim his pitching form.Wisler set a career high with 10 strikeouts in six innings, Gordon Beckham drove in two runs with a pinch-hit bases-loaded double in the sixth and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 8-1 on Wednesday night.The Braves (50-83) no longer have the majors worst record. Minnesota (49-84) fell below Atlanta with its 13th straight loss, 8-4 to Cleveland. The Twins and Braves began the day tied in the race for the No. 1 pick in next years draft.Wisler (6-11) allowed one run on only four hits. He is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two starts since returning to Atlanta on Aug. 25.I think it was in my best interests to go down, Wisler said. ... I got to just clear my head and go down and make some adjustments without really worrying about it too much.Wisler said one key adjustment has helped him gain a better downhill angle on his slider.I think thats where most of the strikeouts came, he said.He also adjusted his approach on the mound and says hes not determined to throw everything Ive got every pitch.Beckham said Wisler has come back competing instead of thinking.The Braves led only 2-1 before Beckhams two-run double off Kevin Quackenbush. Ender Inciarte added a two-run single in the four-run inning.Oswaldo Arcias fourth-inning homer gave the Padres their only run.Paul Clemens (2-4) was hurt by four walks as he allowed two runs, one earned, in three-plus innings. He left with no outs and the bases loaded in the fourth before Jose Dominguez struck out Dansby Swanson and Wisler hit into a double play.I felt really good in the bullpen, really good early in the game, Clemens said. And then things kind of got away from me.Clemens, signed by Atlanta in the 2008 draft, made his first career appearance against the Braves.MINOR EXPANSIONSThe Braves and Padres plan to make only a small number of moves on Thursday when rosters can be expanded.Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said catcher A.J. Pierzynski (left hamstring strain) and RHP Chris Withrow (right elbow inflammation) are expected to come off the disabled list.The Padres plan to recall left-hander Ryan Buchter. Infielder Alexi Amarista (left hamstring strain) is expected to join the team Friday in Los Angeles. The team recalled catcher Hector Sanchez from Triple-A El Paso on Wednesday.BLAIR PULLED FROM ROTATIONBraves rookie right-hander Aaron Blair wont make his next scheduled start on Saturday at Philadelphia. Snitker said Blair, 0-6 with an 8.23 ERA, instead will work on his mechanics with pitching coach Roger McDowell for a while. A starter has not been named for Saturdays game.Snitker said he didnt know if Blair will make another start this season.TRAINERS ROOMPadres catcher Christian Bethancourt was placed on the 15-day DL after he suffered a left intercostal strain on a swing in Tuesday nights game. I didnt know It was that painful, he said of the injury. ... RHP Tyson Ross, on the DL with right shoulder inflammation, felt discomfort following his first rehab start last week. Manager Andy Green said it was not a major setback.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Jarred Cosart will make his sixth start with Padres, and 10th overall of the season. Cosart was traded to San Diego from the Marlins on July 29.Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz, coming off a win over the Giants, will make his second career start against San Diego and first of the season. Leonard Fournette Youth Jersey . 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Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee. FIFA has given the green light for Great Britain to field football teams at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the chief executive of the English Football Association, Martin Glenn, has said.Team GB fielded Olympic football teams at London 2012 for the first time in more than five decades, but neither a womens nor mens side were entered into the Rio Olympics 2016.However, Glenn has said: The big fear in the past was that if we did it we would jeopardise our independent country status. But that was sorted out under [former FIFA president Sepp] Blatter actually and [new president] Gianni Infantino has reinforced it.So thats not the issue. The issue is the individual interests of each home nation.Theres a Great Britain interest, of which were all part, but does it suit the individual interest of [each] home nation? And thats what were going to work through.Despite the English FA having been keen to see Team GB represented in the football tournament at the Rio Olympics this summer, the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FAs failed to give consent amid longstanding concerns that dooing so could jeopardise their status as independent nations within the sport.ddddddddddddBut the prospect of Team GB competing in the Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 looks more likely after the home nations held talks on the issue before the UEFA congress in Athens on Wednesday.The chairmen and chief executives of the four British football associations met for what new Football Association chairman Greg Clarke described as four equal countries having a discussion.However, Patrick Nelson, chief executive of the Irish FA, said in The Times: We want to play as Northern Ireland, not Great Britain. We allowed our players to take part in 2012 but we agreed that was because London was the host city.Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan added: We wouldnt stand in the way of any of our players if they wanted to play in an Olympic team but we wouldnt endorse a British team.Information from the Press Association was used in this report. ' ' '