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MLB: Seattle 7, Oakland 5

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:22 by Rakhi

Oakland, Calif. -- Adam Moore and Casey Kotchman each had two RBI Tuesday in the Seattle Mariners' 7-5 road win over Oakland.

Moore hit his fourth home run of the season in the third inning and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits to get within 19 of his 10th consecutive 200-hit season.

Doug Fister (5-11) went five innings for the win. Fister threw 93 pitches over five innings, giving up two runs on five hits.

Fister was helped out by a five-run Seattle second inning that put the Mariners on the road to snapping a six-game losing streak in Oakland.

Dallas Braden (9-11) took the loss with six runs on nine hits over five innings.

MLB: Boston 6, Toronto 5

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20

Boston, Aug. 29: Jonathan Papelbon struck out two batters with the bases loaded in the ninth Friday, allowing Boston to escape with a 6-5 victory over Toronto.

The teams sat through a rain delay in the eighth inning with the score deadlocked at 5-5, but the Red Sox managed a run soon after play resumed.

David Ortiz scored from third on a bases-loaded ground out by Casey Kotchman, and Papelbon, despite a major scare, made the one-run lead stand up in the ninth.

After striking out Adam Lind to open the ninth, Pepelbon gave up singles to Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells. The Boston reliever then hit Randy Ruiz with a pitch to load the bases.

MLB: Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 2

Mon, 07/27/2009 - 03:30 by surajdogra

Milwaukee -- Casey Kotchman, Kelly Johnson and Brian McCann homered for the Atlanta Braves Sunday in a 10-2 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Kotchman hit a three-run blast that capped a four-run fifth inning and gave Atlanta a 5-0 lead.

Johnson contributed a two-run homer and McCann hit a solo shot and totaled two
RBI. Matt Diazz also drove in a run for the Braves, who have won three of their last seven games.

Winner Derek Lowe (10-7), the first of four pitchers, gave up two runs and nine hits in six innings.

Milwaukee's runs scored on Corey Hart's two-run sixth-inning homer.

J.J. Hardy, Jody Gerut and Ryan Braun all had two hits for the Brewers, who have lost five of seven.

MLB: Atlanta 7, New York Mets 1

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:24 by surajdogra

Atlanta, July 19: Javier Vazquez allowed a run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 rout of the New York Mets.

Vazquez (7-7) walked just one batter and his five strikeouts increased his season total to 141, 18 fewer than National League leader Tim Lincecum of San Francisco.

Yunel Escobar had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and four RBI. Chipper Jones, Casey Kotchman and Martin Prado all had one RBI, while Garret Anderson added two hits for the Braves, who won three times in the four-game series.

New York's run scored on a third-inning single by former Brave Jeff Francoeur.

Luis Castillo had two of the six hits for the Mets, who have lost nine of 12.

MLB: New York Mets 5, Atlanta 1

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 12:07 by surajdogra

Atlanta, July 18: Johan Santana held the Braves to five hits in seven scoreless innings Saturday, helping the New York Mets beat Atlanta 5-1.

Santana (11-7) threw 115 pitches with two walks and five strikeouts before he was replaced by reliever Pedro Feliciano.

Angel Pagan led New York with three hits and one RBI. Former Brave Jeff Francoeur had two hits and one RBI for the Mets, who have won only six of their last 19 games.

Atlanta's run scored in the eighth on a homer by Chipper Jones, his 10th this season. Casey Kotchman had two of the eight hits for the Braves, who had won six of eight.

Losing pitcher Kenshin Kawakami (5-7) surrendered two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

MLB: Colorado 7, Atlanta 6

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:09 by preet_20

Denver, July 10: Garrett Atkins delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth Thursday to give Colorado a 7-6 win over Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.

Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.

The Rockies came from behind on three separate occasions and tied it at 5-5 on an RBI double by Clint Barmes in the seventh.

Mike Gonzalez came on in the eighth as Atlanta's fifth pitcher and issued a one-out walk to Ian Stewart. Gonzalez hit Chris Iannetta with a pitch and then got Carlos Gonzalez to pop up for the second out of the inning.

Atkins worked the count to 2-2 before blasting a double to left, bringing home both runners for a 7-5 lead.

MLB: Atlanta 4, Chi. Cubs 1

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20

Chicago, July 8: Kenshin Kawakami gave up a run and four hits in six innings Wednesday, leading Atlanta to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Relievers Peter Moylan and Mike Gonzalez hurled one scoreless inning apiece before closer Rafael Soriano earned his 10th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

The lone hit by Casey Kotchman was a sixth-inning solo homer.

Martin Prado had two hits and one RBI.

Single runs scored on errors by Jake Fox in the third and Kosuke Fukudome in the ninth, while Nate McLouth had two runs and two hits for the Braves, who won twice in the three-game series.

They played a second straight day without star third baseman third baseman Chipper Jones (right groin).