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MLB: Atlanta 8, Colorado 7

Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:39 by preet_20

Denver, July 12: Brad Hawpe's RBI double in the ninth inning Sunday gave the Colorado Rockies an 8-7 win over the Atlanta Braves.

Hawpe, who also homered in the Rockies' fifth win in seven games, hit a shot into the right-field gap that scored Seth Smith from first base.

Smith and Troy Tulowitzki also hit home runs for Colorado.

Huston Street (3-1) pitched a perfect ninth inning and earned the win.

Brooks Conrad homered, singled and tripled for Atlanta, driving in three runs.

Luis Valdez (0-1) took the loss in his first major league appearance. Valdez entered the game in the ninth and gave up a single to Smith and Hawpe's game-ending double.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Colorado 8, Atlanta 7

Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:16 by preet_20

Denver, July 12: Brad Hawpe's RBI double in the ninth inning Sunday gave the Colorado Rockies an 8-7 win over the Atlanta Braves.

Hawpe, who also homered in the Rockies' fifth win in seven games, hit a shot into the right-field gap that scored Seth Smith from first base.

Smith and Troy Tulowitzki also hit home runs for Colorado.

Huston Street (3-1) pitched a perfect ninth inning and earned the win.

Brooks Conrad homered, singled and tripled for Atlanta, driving in three runs.

Luis Valdez (0-1) took the loss in his first major league appearance. Valdez entered the game in the ninth and gave up a single to Smith and Hawpe's game-ending double.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:56 by preet_20

Chicago, July 7: Brian McCann went 2-for-4 and drove in both of Atlanta's runs Tuesday to lift the Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Javier Vazquez (6-7) gave up one run on five hits with six strikeouts in seven innings for the Braves. Rafael Soriano pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his ninth save of the season.

Brooks Conrad, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, was the only other Atlanta player with more than one hit.

Carlos Zambrano (4-4) started in place of Ryan Dempster, who was put on the 15-day disabled list prior to the game with a right toe fracture. Zambrano gave up two runs on five hits for the Cubs.

MLB: Atlanta 9, Washington 8

Sat, 07/04/2009 - 10:24 by preet_20

Washington, July 3: Brooks Conrad hit the first home run of his career Friday, a pinch-hit, three-run blast that helped carry the Atlanta Braves to a 9-8 win over Washington.

Conrad's homer in the seventh inning, which came in his 20th at bat of the season, broke a 5-5 tie and the Braves held on to win their fifth straight game.

Chipper Jones, Yunel Escobar and Matt Diaz all had two RBI for the Braves, who pounded out 14 hits.

Boone Logan (1-0), who worked 1 2/3 innings of perfect relief, got the win. He replaced Kenshin Kawakami, who lasted just 4 1/3 innings while giving up five runs on six hits.