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Mike Minor vs. Roy Halladay. At one point this season, this would have seemed like a laughable matchup. Today, it belongs on the MLB marquee when Atlanta and Philadelphia, both hunting playoff berths, meet at Citizens Bank Park. Former Mississippi Braves left-hander Minor was 4-6 with a 6.20 ERA after 15 starts this season and many were wondering why he wasn’t back in the minors. Halladay, despite some injury issues this season, is simply one of the best in the game, a two-time Cy Young award winner. But over their last 10 starts, Minor actually has pitched better than Halladay, looking more like the crafty hurler who dominated hitters in Double-A back in 2010. Minor, 9-10 with a 4.31 ERA for the year, is 4-3 with a 2.32 in his last 10 starts. Halladay, 10-7, 4.03 overall, is 6-2 with a 3.66. The Braves just haven’t scored behind Minor, a problem they’ll try to correct today. P.S. Zack Cozart was back in the Cincinnati lineup at shortstop on Friday for the first time in two weeks. The ex-Ole Miss star was 0-for-4 in the first-place Reds’ loss to Los Angeles. … UM product Drew Pomeranz lasted just three innings (85 pitches) for Colorado, allowing four hits, five walks and four earned runs. He did not take the loss in Friday’s 15-5 defeat against Arizona, however. It was 4-4 when he left. The former first-round pick (by Cleveland) remains 1-9 with an ERA of 5.30. Not what the Rockies were counting on. … Weir’s Roy Oswalt has been cleared to rejoin the Texas bullpen, but he didn’t work Friday in the first-place Rangers’ 6-3 loss at Seattle.