Mon, 08/16/2010 - 09:36 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- Jair Jurrjens tossed seven strong innings and Atlanta pounded out 16 hits Sunday in the Braves' 13-1 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jurrjens (5-4) scattered six hits, walked only one and fanned seven in winning for the fifth time in nine starts since returning from the disabled list with a strained hamstring.
Alex Gonzalez and Troy Glaus each drove in four runs with a pair of hits for the first-place Braves, who took three of four games from the Dodgers at Turner Field.
Omar Infante was 3-for-5 with three runs scored, and Brooks Conrad and Melky Cabrera each had two hits and an RBI for the victors.
Los Angeles starter Vincete Padilla (6-4) was rocked for eight runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
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Fri, 07/16/2010 - 09:21 by Pankaj Damin
Atlanta -- Jair Jurrjens teamed with three relievers to throw a six-hitter Thursday and Atlanta improved the best home record in baseball with a 2-1 win over Milwaukee.
The Braves began the second half of the season with a four-game lead over the New York Mets in the National League East and their win over the Brewers was their fifth in six outings.
Jurrjens (2-3) allowed a run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings before giving way to Peter Moylan with two on and two out in the seventh.
Both Moylan and Jonny Venters worked 2/3 of an inning and Billy Wagner turned in a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to earn his 21st save.
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Tue, 09/29/2009 - 08:55 by harsheeb
Atlanta, Sept. 28 -- Jair Jurrjens pitched seven scoreless innings and Chipper Jones homered Monday to pace the Atlanta Braves to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets.
Jurrjens (14-10) scattered five hits and a walk in the Braves' seventh straight victory, which kept Atlanta in the NL playoff picture. The Braves are two games behind Colorado in the wild-card race and within four games of first-place Philadelphia in the NL East with six games remaining.
Jones hit a solo homer off Anibal Sanchez (3-8), who walked eight and gave up three runs and two hits in five innings.
Florida has lost five of eight and is one loss -- or one Colorado win -- away from being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:02 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 22: Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets.
Jair Jurrjens (13-10) matched his career high in wins, set last season, by limiting the Mets to five hits and one run over seven innings. Jurrjens is 4-0 in five meetings with New York this season.
Rafael Soriano earned his 25th save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Escobar also doubled and scored an insurance run in the ninth on Adam LaRoche's base hit. Martin Prado collected a pair of singles and scored for Atlanta, which has won 10 of its last 12 games.
Nelson Figueroa (2-7) was charged with two runs on only two singles with three walks and five strikeouts.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 09:47 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 22 Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets.
Jair Jurrjens (13-10) matched his career high in wins set last season by limiting the Mets to five hits and one run over seven innings.
Jurrjens is 4-0 in five meetings with New York this season. Rafael Soriano earned his 25th save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Escobar also doubled and scored an insurance run in the ninth on Adam LaRoche's base hit. Martin Prado collected a pair of singles and scored for Atlanta, which has won 10 of its last 12 games.
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Mon, 08/31/2009 - 10:47 by preet_20
Philadelphia, Aug. 31: Joe Blanton held Atlanta to one run in seven innings Sunday and a costly Braves' error helped the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win.
Blanton (9-6) allowed three hits, walked four and struck out seven.
Chase Utley hit his 29th home run, Carlos Ruiz had two doubles and two RBI and Ryan Howard had two hits for the Phillies, who have won 10 of their last 14 games.
Brad Lidge picked up his 27th save.
Martin Prado had three hits, including a home run, for the Braves, who trail Philadelphia by eight games in the NL East and are 3 1/2 games back of the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies in the NL wild-car chase.
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:37 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 19: Brian McCann capped an eight-run second inning with a three-run homer Wednesday as the Atlanta Braves trounced the New York Mets 15-2.
Atlanta, which had 18 hits, reached its season-high run total.
Matt Diaz drove in four runs, including the first two of the big second inning. He also hit a two-run homer in the sixth after Adam LaRoche's solo blast.
The game marked the second straight between the teams to include an eight-run inning. The Mets had one Tuesday when they beat the Braves 9-4.
Omar Infante, one of four Braves with three hits, drove in three runs.
Jair Jurrjens (10-8) allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings in his first victory since July 22.
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 11:34 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 19: Brian McCann capped an eight-run second inning with a three-run homer Wednesday as the Atlanta Braves trounced the New York Mets 15-2.
Atlanta, which had 18 hits, reached its season-high run total.
Matt Diaz drove in four runs, including the first two of the big second inning. He also hit a two-run homer in the sixth after Adam LaRoche's solo blast.
The game marked the second straight between the teams to include an eight-run inning. The Mets had one Tuesday when they beat the Braves 9-4.
Omar Infante, one of four Braves with three hits, drove in three runs.
Jair Jurrjens (10-8) allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings in his first victory since July 22.
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Mon, 08/03/2009 - 10:07 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 2: Matt Kemp hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs Sunday to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-1 rout of Atlanta.
Kemp finished with three hits, including his 14th homer of the season. James Loney had three hits and two RBI for the Dodgers, who took two out of three games in Atlanta and finished their road trip 3-4.
Andre Ethier had three hits and scored a run, and Russell Martin and Mark Loretta each had two hits and a run scored for LA. Pitcher Jason Schmidt had a pinch-hit single and scored a run for the Dodgers, who have the best record in baseball at 65-40.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:58 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 22: Yunel Escobar hit a three-run homer in the third inning Wednesday and Jair Jurrjens pitched into the eighth to bring Atlanta a 4-2 decision over San Francisco.
Jurrjens and the Braves got the best of San Francisco starter Tim Lincecum, who lost for the first time since June 17.
Atlanta won its fourth straight and has gone 15-6 since plunging to a season-worst six games below .500 late last month.
Escobar's homer gave Atlanta a 4-0 lead and Jurrjens (9-7) took over from there, getting the win by allowing a run on three hits over 7 2/3 innings. He struck out nine, his high total of the year, and won his third straight start.
Rafael Soriano allowed a run in the ninth, but still picked up his 14th save.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:48 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 17: Jair Jurrjens allowed only two hits Friday, Yunel Escobar drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves had two homers in pounding the New York Mets 11-0.
The one-sided victory came on the night the Braves retired the uniform number of Greg Maddux, who won the Cy Young Award four times.
Jurrjens (8-7) went six innings and three Atlanta relievers worked a hitless inning each. New York's only hits were a leadoff double by Gary Sheffield in the second and a one-out double by David Wright in the fourth.
Escobar singled in the third of Atlanta's three runs in the first inning and contributed a two-run double during a four-run fifth.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:11 by preet_20
Denver, July 12: Brian McCann hit two sacrifice flies Saturday, helping the Atlanta Braves record a 4-3 win over Colorado.
McCann's first homer put Atlanta in front 3-0 with one out in the top of the fifth. His second upped the lead to 4-0 with one out in the seventh.
Winner Jair Jurrjens had two hits and one RBI. Brooks Conrad drove in a run for the Braves, who have won four of five.
Jurrjens (7-7) surrendered two earned runs and five hits in six innings.
Closer Rafael Soriano, the last of five pitchers, recorded his 12th save by striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth.
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