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MLB: Atlanta 7, NY Mets 3

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:09 by shalini.bahadur

Atlanta, Sept. 18: A three-run homer by Brian McCann in the fifth put Atlanta in front Thursday and the Braves went on to their seventh straight win -- 7-3 over the New York Mets.

Atlanta remained 7 1/2 games behind Philadelphia in the National League East, but moved a half game in front of Florida for second place in the division. The Braves also closed within 4 1/2 games of idle Colorado for the lead in the wild-card race.

New York rallied to tie it at 2-2 after four innings, but Atlanta quickly regained the lead in the fifth.

Nate McLouth and Martin Prado singled off Nelson Figueroa (2-6) and McCann came through with a two-out homer to right. Consecutive singles by Yunel Escobar, Adam LaRoche and Matt Diaz accounted for another run in the fourth.

MLB: Atlanta 2, Houston 1

Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:46 by preet_20

Houston, Sept. 8: Adam LaRoche and Nate McLouth each homered and Javier Vazquez pitched seven scoreless innings Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over Houston.

Vazquez (12-9) gave up three hits while striking out nine and walking four.

Rafael Soriano picked up his 22nd save despite giving up a run in the ninth.

Vazquez was the only Atlanta player with more than one hit, going 2-for-3.

Houston's Felipe Paulino (2-8) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings. The 25-year-old hasn't won since a June 27 win over Detroit.

Hunter Pence went 2-for-4 and drove in the lone for the Astros, who were coming off a four-game sweep of Philadelphia.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta 4

Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:44 by preet_20

Los Angeles, Aug. 7: Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer off Rafael Soriano in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 win over Atlanta.

The Braves appeared headed for their third straight win, one that would have moved them within three games of San Francisco for the lead in the National League wild-card chase.

Soriano, however, was unable to retire a batter in the ninth.

Juan Pierre reached on an infield single to open the inning and Rafael Furcal singled to right, sending Pierre to third.

Soriano (1-3) missed the strike zone with his first two pitches to Ethier, who then hit his 23rd homer of the year.

MLB: Atlanta 6, Florida 3

Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:23 by preet_20

Miami, July 30: Brian McCann hit a three-run homer with one out in the 10th inning Thursday, giving the Atlanta Braves a 6-3 victory over Florida.

The Marlins lost for just the second time in nine outings and saw their lead over Atlanta for second place in the National League East cut to a single game.

Florida tied it with a two-run eighth, one of the scores coming on a homer by Cody Ross.

Luis Ayala (1-3) came on to work the 10th and gave up a leadoff single to Nate McLouth. After Kelly Johnson sacrificed McLouth to second Chipper Jones was walked intentionally.

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).

MLB: Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 2

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:27 by preet_20

Chicago, July 6: Derrek Lee had a two-run homer and a double Monday to pace the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Randy Wells (4-3) gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings for his fourth consecutive victory. Wells became the first Cubs rookie to win four straight starts since Kerry Wood in 1998.

Kevin Gregg earned his 15th save.

Kosuke Fukudome was 2-for-3 with an RBI double for the Cubs, who have won six of their last eight games. Ryan Theriot had the other run batted in for Chicago.

Jair Jurrjens (6-7) allowed four runs on seven hits with three walks in six innings to take the loss for Atlanta.

MLB: Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 6

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 10:55 by preet_20

Atlanta -- Jeff Francoeur scored on a David Ross ground ball in the 15th inning Monday to give the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 win over Pittsburgh.

Francoeur scored just ahead of Jack Wilson's throw to the plate to give Atlanta its second straight win -- which was also Manager Bobby Cox's 2,000th win with the Braves. Cox has 2,355 managerial victories overall -- good for fourth place on the all-time list behind Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony La Russa.

In his first game with Atlanta, following his trade from Pittsburgh last week, Nate McLouth was 3-for-7 with a home run and two RBI. Chipper Jones and Brian McCann each smacked a two-run home run for Atlanta.