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New York Liberty forward Tina Charles is having a better season than she did when she won the WNBAs MVP award in 2012.Charles is averaging career bests for points (a league-leading 22.8) and assists (4.3). The seventh-year pro leads the league in rebounding (9.8 per game) and is shooting 46.5 percent from the field, her highest mark since making 49.9 percent in her MVP season.My teammates put me in the position to be successful, Charles said told SBNation.com after Sundays 77-67 loss at the Los Angeles Sparks. It gives me the confidence I need, knowing my team has confidence in me.The Liberty (12-6) lost all three regular-season meetings to WNBA-leading Los Angeles, but they will try to get back on the winning track Wednesday when they play host to the Seattle Storm in Madison Square Garden.Seattle, which was 6-10 entering Tuesday nights game at Atlanta, will be playing on back-to-back nights for the only time this season.Charles has scored at least 21 points in nine consecutive games, twice topping 30. She and Los Angeles center Candace Parker are the only players in the league to rank in the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and assists.Seattle has emerging star power, thanks to having the top pick in each of the past two drafts. Guard Jewell Loyd, the No. 1 pick in 2015, is averaging 17.1 points per game. This years top pick, forward Breanna Stewart, is averaging team highs with 18.8 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.Veteran guard Sue Bird averages 13.5 points per game.New York won the first meeting this season, 86-78 on June 5 in Seattle. The Liberty had a plus-nine edge on the glass and shot 49.3 percent from the field to Seattles 40.3 percent. New York leads the WNBA in rebounding and Seattle is last.Loyd missed all eight shots from the field and had a season-low three points in the first meeting. Stewart, like Loyd, missed all five of her 3-point attempts but did have a career-high 17 rebounds.Charles had a double-double (19 points, 13 rebounds), while getting the usual scoring help from guard Sugar Rodgers, who scored 18. Rodgers is averaging 16.2 points per game and has made 43.5 percent of her 3-pointers. Alex English Nuggets Jersey . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. 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In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. DENVER -- Starting pitchers arent supposed to have stat lines quite like this -- winning ones, anyway. Rookie shortstops arent supposed to make it look this easy for an entire series.Just that kind of weekend for Colorado.Tyler Chatwood allowed one hit over five erratic innings, Trevor Story lined his fourth homer in three games and the Rockies swept the Atlanta Braves with a 7-2 win Sunday.Four-game sweeps are extremely difficult in this league, next to impossible, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. So thats an accomplishment right there.Chatwood (9-6) finished with an intriguing line: a career-high eight walks, one hit -- Freddie Freemans single in the first -- six strikeouts and no runs. Hes the 16th pitcher in major league history to post that sort of roller-coaster line and go at least five, according to the Rockies.Thats not a normal stat line for a starter, said DJ LeMahieu, whose team captured all four from the Braves after losing two of three to struggling Tampa Bay. He grinded.Just as intriguing was Storys line for the Atlanta series: 7 for 14 with four homers and nine RBI.Nah, thats not normal, either, LeMahieu said. Not for anybody.Nolan Arenado jumpstarted the offense with a three-run homer in the first and LeMahieu added a solo shot in the fourth as the Rockies captured their 10th straight victory over the Braves at Coors Field.Story launched a two-run shot in the fourth a day after breaking the NL rookie record for most homers by a shortstop. He now has 27 this season and moves closer to the major league rookie record for a shortstop. Nomar Garciaparra had 30 with Boston in 1997.Tyrell Jenkins (0-2) surrendered three homers and seven runs in 3 1/3 innings.He was just kind of off, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. Didnt have the crispness and the bounce in his step that he had prior.Chatwood walked a batter in every frame and left after throwing 97 pitches, just 51 of them for strikes.Effectively wild, I think they call that, Chatwood said. I thought my stuff was really good today.Normally, if you walk guys, youre going to get hurt here. Anytime you can do that and get away with it, its always nice.Rockies reliever Gonzalez Germen surrendered both runs in the seventh. Freeman had an RBI double and Nick Markakis brought in the other on a grounder.dddddddddddd.Atlanta left 10 runners on base.It seemed like we shouldve been the one running away with the game, really, with all the baserunners we had, Snitker said.This certainly helped set the tone: The Rockies sent 10 batters to the plate as part of a four-run first. Arenado had the big hit with a rare homer to right.Of course, the story of the day was the rookie shortstop. For the weekend, too. All season, for that matter, as Story began by hitting 10 homers in April, tying for most ever by a rookie.I dont like to look back on things right now, Story said. I just put my head down and work every day.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran threw from 90 feet Sunday and didnt feel pain two days after leaving a game early with tightness in his right lat. He remains hopeful he can make his next scheduled start. We still have to wait, Teheran said. I dont feel any pain and thats a good sign.Rockies: OF Gerardo Parra (sprained left ankle) looks real good, Weiss said, and could head out for a rehab assignment as soon as this week. ... The Rockies are expected to call up 2012 first-round pick David Dahl on Monday, according to a Denver Post report . The outfielder is batting .484 with five homers and 16 RBI for Triple-A Albuquerque. Dahl was limited to 73 games for Double-A New Britain last season after suffering a lacerated spleen in an outfield collision.EMULATING JUNIORIf Carlos Gonzalezs swing looks familiar, its because he modeled it after Ken Griffey Jr., who was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday.Even Gonzalezs bat drop after a homer is borrowed from Griffey.He meant a lot for the game and part of the reason I swing the way I swing is because of him, said Gonzalez, who lives in Windermere, Florida, during the offseason and frequently runs into Griffey. Ive got to thank him.UP NEXTBraves: After Mondays day off, Atlanta plays a two-game series in Minnesota. RHP Lucas Harrell (1-2) goes for the Braves on Tuesday and RHP Ervin Santana (3-8) for the Twins.Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (6-7) takes the mound Monday to kick off a three-game series in Baltimore. Hes making his second straight interleague start. ' ' '