NL: FLORIDA (65-85) at ATLANTA (77-73) <h3>Braves aim to keep slim playoff hopes alive</h3> Florida (65-85) at Atlanta (77-73) 7:35 pm EDT ATLANTA (Ticker) -- With their playoff lives hanging by athread, the Atlanta Braves look to stay alive as they continuetheir series with the Florida Marlins on Tuesday. With 12 games remaining, Atlanta is 6 1/2 games behind the NLEast-leading New York Mets (83-66) and 5 1/2 behind San Diego(82-67) for the wild card. To stay in the playoff race, the Braves will turn to rookiestarter Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2, 7.75 ERA), who will be looking for hisfirst win in eight career starts. Reyes took the loss on August 26 when he allowed four runs - twoearned - in six innings of a 4-1 loss at St. Louis. His lastappearance came in a relief stint exactly two weeks ago, when hepermitted a run over 3 1/3 innings. Florida counters with rookie in Chris Seddon (0-0, 10.50), whowill also be looking for his first career win. Seddon's only other start came last Tuesday, when he allowedseven runs in three innings of Florida's 13-8 win overWashington.
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS FLORIDA ATLANTA AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Hanley Ramirez SS .333 28 74 Yunel Escobar 2B .326 5 27 Dan Uggla 2B .241 29 81 Edgar Renteria SS .333 11 53 Jeremy Hermida RF .287 17 55 Chipper Jones 3B .339 26 93 Miguel Cabrera 3B .320 32 104 Mark Teixeira 1B .329 12 43 Josh Willingham LF .267 21 89 Jeff Francoeur RF .295 17 100 Mike Jacobs 1B .274 17 51 Andruw Jones CF .222 25 91 Cody Ross CF .338 12 35 Brian Mccann C .271 18 89 Miguel Olivo C .238 16 59 Matt Diaz LF .335 12 43 Chris Seddon LHP .000 0 0 Jo-Jo Reyes LHP .231 0 0 (0-0, 10.50) (0-2, 7.75)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA WARMUPS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON (0-0, 10.50) ATL - JO-JO REYES (0-2, 7.75) UMPIRES: HP - ADAM DOWDY 1B - DAN IASSOGNA 2B - DALE SCOTT 3B - RON KULPA WEATHER: 77 Degrees, clear WIND: 9 mph, right to left</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA STARTING BATS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON AND MIGUEL OLIVO ATL - JO-JO REYES AND BRIAN MCCANN DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.333, 28 HR, 74 RBI) D UGGLA (.241, 29 HR, 81 RBI) J HERMIDA (.287, 17 HR, 55 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: Y ESCOBAR (.326, 5 HR, 27 RBI) E RENTERIA (.333, 11 HR, 53 RBI) C JONES (.339, 26 HR, 93 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA (0) VS ATLANTA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 J Willingham lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 M Jacobs 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 C Ross cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 E Renteria ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 C Jones 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339 M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329 J Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 B McCann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 M Diaz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335 J Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 0 -- 0 ATLANTA - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era C Seddon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.53 Pitches-strikes: J Reyes 16-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Reyes 1-1. Batters faced: J Reyes 3. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA CONFIRMED STARTERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY JEFF FRANCOEUR SCORED YUNEL ESCOBAR. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J FRANCOEUR ON FIRST, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 0 ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: A JONES (.222, 25 HR, 91 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FLORIDA AT ATLANTA NOTE: ATLANTA FIRST BASEMAN MARK TEIXEIRA EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE FIRST INNING.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 1 1 3 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.320, 32 HR, 104 RBI) J WILLINGHAM (.267, 21 HR, 89 RBI) M JACOBS (.274, 17 HR, 51 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 J Willingham lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 M Jacobs 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 C Ross cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .329 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .338 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 J Francoeur rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .297 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 B McCann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 M Diaz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335 J Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 6 1 3 1 0 1 4 BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (101). 2-out RBI - J Francoeur. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Jones 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 0 -- 0 ATLANTA - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era C Seddon 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 10.29 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.53 Pitches-strikes: C Seddon 23-13; J Reyes 16-8. Ground balls-fly balls: C Seddon 0-2; J Reyes 1-1. Batters faced: C Seddon 6; J Reyes 3. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 1 1 3 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.271, 18 HR, 89 RBI) M DIAZ (.335, 12 HR, 43 RBI) J REYES (.231, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 M Cabrera 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 J Willingham lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 C Ross cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .329 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .338 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 J Francoeur rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .297 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 B McCann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 M Diaz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335 J Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 6 1 3 1 0 1 4 BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (101). 2-out RBI - J Francoeur. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Jones 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 00 -- 0 ATLANTA - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era C Seddon 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 10.29 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Reyes 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.32 Pitches-strikes: C Seddon 23-13; J Reyes 35-19. Ground balls-fly balls: C Seddon 0-2; J Reyes 2-1. Batters faced: C Seddon 6; J Reyes 6. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY EDGAR RENTERIA SCORED MATT DIAZ. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E RENTERIA ON FIRST, Y ESCOBAR ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 0 ATLANTA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.338, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 1 ATLANTA 1 1 2 5 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.338, 12 HR, 35 RBI) M OLIVO (.238, 16 HR, 59 RBI) C SEDDON (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA (0) VS ATLANTA (2) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 M Cabrera 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 J Willingham lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 C Ross cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: E - H Ramirez (22, catch). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .328 E Renteria ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .334 C Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .338 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 J Francoeur rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .297 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 B McCann c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 M Diaz lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .334 J Reyes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Totals 12 2 5 2 0 1 8 BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (101), E Renteria (54). 2-out RBI - J Francoeur, E Renteria. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Jones 1, A Jones 1. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 00 -- 0 ATLANTA - 11 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era C Seddon 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 10.12 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Reyes 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.32 Pitches-strikes: C Seddon 38-24; J Reyes 35-19. Ground balls-fly balls: C Seddon 4-2; J Reyes 2-1. Batters faced: C Seddon 12; J Reyes 6. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SACRIFICE FLY BY DAN UGGLA SCORED CODY ROSS. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H RAMIREZ ON SECOND, M OLIVO ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1 ATLANTA 2 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.286, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 1 1 1 1 ATLANTA 1 1 2 5 1 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.333, 1-FOR-1) J FRANCOEUR (.297, 1-FOR-1, RBI) A JONES (.222, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">FLORIDA (1) VS ATLANTA (2) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .334 D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .241 J Hermida rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 M Cabrera 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 J Willingham lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 C Ross cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .338 M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .238 C Seddon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Totals 9 1 1 1 2 4 4 BATTING: SF - D Uggla. RBI - D Uggla (82). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Hermida 2. Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: E - H Ramirez (22, catch). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Y Escobar 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .328 E Renteria ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .334 C Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .338 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 J Francoeur rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .297 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 B McCann c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 M Diaz lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .334 J Reyes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Totals 12 2 5 2 0 1 8 BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (101), E Renteria (54). 2-out RBI - J Francoeur, E Renteria. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Jones 1, A Jones 1. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - Y Escobar (11, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 001 -- 1 ATLANTA - 11 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era C Seddon 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 10.12 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Reyes 3 1 1 1 2 4 0 7.36 Pitches-strikes: C Seddon 38-24; J Reyes 60-31. Ground balls-fly balls: C Seddon 4-2; J Reyes 2-3. Batters faced: C Seddon 12; J Reyes 12. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 1 1 1 1 ATLANTA 1 1 0 2 5 1 (TOP 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - CHRIS SEDDON ATL - JO-JO REYES DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.319, 0-FOR-1) J WILLINGHAM (.267, 0-FOR-1) M JACOBS (.273, 0-FOR-1)</div>
