ATLANTA - Perhaps the only bad news for the Pirates is they cant send Edinson Volquez back to the mound with the division title on the line in their final regular-season series. Cristian Javier Jersey .Volquez threw seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider and Neil Walker hit homers and Pittsburgh moved within one game of the NL Central lead with a 10-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.Pittsburgh, only one game behind first-place St. Louis in the division, will close its regular season with a three-game series at Cincinnati. The Pirates clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday night.We want to keep doing what were doing, keep fighting, Volquez said.The Pirates won three of four from the reeling Braves. St. Louis, which did not play Thursday night, closes its regular season with a weekend series at Arizona.Volquez (13-7) set a season high with 10 strikeouts and gave up only four hits. He closed his regular season with 18 consecutive scoreless innings.After posting an ugly combined 5.71 ERA with the Padres and Dodgers in 2013, Volquez finished his 2014 regular season with a 3.04 mark. He was at his best down the stretch, posting a 1.08 ERA in September.Volquez allowed only five baserunners, including one walk.Anytime you get off the mound with that kind of efficiency and that kind of command, you know youre going to be in the ballgame, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.Added Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez: His command today was about as good as Ive seen him.Josh Harrison moved past Colorados Justin Morneau (.317) for the lead in the NL batting race. Harrison had three hits, pushing his average to .319, and scored two runs.Volquez added to his memorable night with an eighth-inning single that snapped his 0-for-45 drought since April 27. The Pirates had 16 hits, including three by Snider.Starling Marte hit a two-run double in the seventh and Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs with a single in the eighth. Gaby Sanchez had a pinch-hit, run-scoring single in the sixth.Snider has hit nine of his 13 homers on the road, including two in this series. His first-inning shot off David Hale (4-5) landed in the front row of the centerfield seats. Walker hit a two-run shot off Gus Schlosser in the eighth.The Braves fell to 5-17 in September. There was a sarcastic cheer from fans when Ramiro Penas fly ball to left field off Casey Sadler in the ninth drove in Jason Heyward as the Braves avoided their seventh shutout loss of the month.The Braves only hit through the first four innings was an infield single by Phil Gosselin in the fourth.Atlanta didnt hit a ball out of the infield until the fifth. Following an infield single by Andrelton Simmons, Pena singled to left field, but Volquez pitched out of the jam.Hale gave up two runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start since June 28. He replaced Mike Minor, who was shut down for the remainder of the season on Tuesday with inflammation in his left shoulder.Luis Avilan, Atlantas second reliever, allowed four runs on four hits in 1 1/3 innings. Schlosser gave up four runs in the eighth.The 10 runs were the most by the Pirates at Turner Field since the 2008 season opener.GATTIS RETURNSCatcher Evan Gattis was 0-for-2 in his first start for the Braves since Sept. 7. He had been held out with strep throat and a kidney stone and was replaced by Christian Bethancourt in the seventh.STREAKINGHarrison has a 13-game hitting streak, matching his career best. It is his third streak of 10 or more games this season.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: C Russell Martin started after leaving Wednesday nights game with tightness in his left hamstring.Braves: 3B Chris Johnson was held out after leaving Wednesday nights game with a lower back strain. He said he was sore from adjustments to his back.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Vance Worley will face Reds RHP Mike Leake on Friday night.Braves: The Braves close their season with a three-game series at Philadelphia. RHP Ervin Santana will try for his 15th win against Phillies RHP Jerome Williams on Friday night. Ken Caminiti Jersey . Go to turbozone.ca to see more of his epic work and you can follow him on twitter (@Turbo_Zone). Gaurav Shastri - A tribute to the amazing fan base who stand outside during games at "Jurassic Park" and an unbelievable shot of Paul Pierce fearing a Raptor. Cesar Geronimo Jersey . Teams one through twenty competing in Englands top flight are each fatally flawed. A wide-open, highly competitive and mistake-filled season has followed. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/custom-mike-scott-jersey-large-236y.html .com) - A chant of Zeke reverberated around AT&T Stadium before Ezekiel Elliott powered into the end zone for his fourth and final touchdown.San Jose, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Chris Kreider tallied a goal and an assist as the New York Rangers capped a successful California road trip with a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Martin St. Louis and Rick Nash also lit the lamp, Derek Stepan supplied two assists and Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves for the Rangers, who started the trip out with a 4-1 win over Anaheim on Wednesday and topped the Kings 4-3 in a Stanley Cup rematch on Thursday. It was exciting and intense, Lundqvist said. We found a way to win this one and we battled really hard. We wanted to finish off strong here on this road trip. New York has won five straight games and 13 of its last 14 games. It is the teams best 14-game stretch since Jan. 7 to Feb. 10, 1973 (14-0-1). Melker Karlsson supplied San Joses lone marker to extend his goal streak to five games and Antti Niemi allowed two goals on 31 shots in defeat. The Rangers opened the scoring at 10:40 of the first period. Kreider swatted the puck to St. Louis off a faceoff at the left circle and St. Louis beat Niemi with a quick snap shot. Two mistakes on the faceoff coverage in our end, Sharks head coach Todd McLellan said. Actually, we win one faceoff and lose one and its the difference at the end of the night. Kreider got on the board less than five minutees later as he tapped home the rebound of Dan Girardis shot from the right circle for a 2-0 lead. Jack Mayfield Jersey. Neither team lit the lamp in the middle stanza as the Rangers outshot the Sharks 11-9 in the frame. Less than five minutes into the third, Niemi extended his arm to deny Mats Zucarello at the goal line. The play was reviewed to determine if the puck crossed the line, but after a prolonged look at the play, it was ruled that there was inconclusive evidence to overturn the call. Lundqvist fought off James Sheppards shot with a shoulder stop, but Karlsson was there to deposit the rebound for a power-play goal, making it a 2-1 game with 12:46 to play. The Sharks pulled Niemi with over a minute to play, and Nash stick handled through a maze of San Jose players for the game-sealing goal. Game Notes Nash tied Dallas Tyler Seguin for the league-lead in goals with 26 ... Lundqvist improved to 11-1-0 over his last 12 games between the pipes ... Rangers defenseman Dan Boyle played against the Sharks for the first time he signed with New York during the offseason. Boyle spent his previous six seasons with the Sharks ... Prior to the game, the Sharks activated forward Joe Thornton from injured reserve and placed defenseman Mirco Mueller on IR. ' ' '