GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ATLANTA (54-49) at ARIZONA (56-48)

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (7) VS ARIZONA (7) - MID 11TH - IN PROGRESS

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Harris lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .321
E Renteria ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333
C Jones 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .339
A Jones cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .215
B McCann c 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268
J Francoeur rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .293
K Johnson 2b 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .289
J Franco 1b 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 .208
J Reyes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
a-S Thorman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .346
T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Y Escobar ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .313
R Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 7 9 7 1 3 7

a-grounded to catcher for J Reyes in the 5th; b-flied out to center for C
Paronto in the 6th; c-walked for P Moylan in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - A Jones (20, Y Petit); B McCann (25, Y Petit); J Franco (3, J
Cruz). 3B - K Johnson (9, Y Petit). RBI - K Johnson (48), J Franco 3 (13), B
McCann 2 (59), W Harris (19). 2-out RBI - J Franco 2, W Harris. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - W Harris 1, A Jones 1, M Diaz 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Renteria (11, 2nd base off Y Petit/C Snyder), Y Escobar
(3, 2nd base off J Valverde/C Snyder). CS - W Harris 2 (9, 2nd base by B Lyon/C
Snyder, 2nd base by J Valverde/C Snyder).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (B McCann-C Jones).


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 .241
O Hudson 2b 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 .289
E Byrnes lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .310
C Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .268
J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-J DaVanon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .158
Ed Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
M Reynolds 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .255
C Snyder c 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .244
d-M Montero ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
S Drew ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 .244
C Quentin rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206
Y Petit p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100
J Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-T Clark ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233

Totals 37 7 10 7 6 8 15

a-grounded to first for J Cruz in the 6th; b-grounded to shortstop for B Lyon
in the 8th; c-walked for J Valverde in the 9th; d-fouled out to third for C
Snyder in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - C Young (17, J Reyes); C Snyder (7, J Reyes); O Hudson (22, J
Reyes); C Jackson (19, C Paronto). HR - S Drew (7, 2nd inning off J Reyes 1 on,
1 Out), E Byrnes (16, 2nd inning off J Reyes 1 on, 2 Out), C Young (17, 4th
inning off J Reyes 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - S Drew 2 (36), O Hudson 2 (55), E Byrnes
2 (59), C Young (36). 2-out RBI - O Hudson 2, E Byrnes 2, C Young. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - S Drew 2, C Jackson 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: CS - J DaVanon (1, 2nd base by R Soriano/B McCann), C Quentin
(2, 3rd base by P Moylan/B McCann), C Jackson (2, 3rd base by C Paronto/B
McCann).

FIELDING: E - S Drew (11, ground ball). DP: 1 (C Snyder-S Drew).


----------------------------------------------------
ATLANTA - 000 024 001 00 -- 7
ARIZONA - 060 100 000 0 -- 7
----------------------------------------------------

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Reyes 4 7 7 7 2 2 3 8.20
C Paronto 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.57
T Yates 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.11
P Moylan 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.08
R Soriano 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.52

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Petit 5 2/3 6 5 5 0 1 0 3.44
J Cruz 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.92
B Lyon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.52
J Valverde 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.63
Ed Gonzalez 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.18

T Yates pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP - T Yates. IBB - C Jackson (by T Yates). HBP - K Johnson (by J Cruz); C
Quentin (by P Moylan). Pitches-strikes: J Reyes 77-43; C Paronto 17-9; T Yates
22-10; P Moylan 22-14; R Soriano 28-18; Y Petit 79-55; J Cruz 17-12; B Lyon
26-17; J Valverde 23-12; Ed Gonzalez 25-16. Ground balls-fly balls: J Reyes
6-4; C Paronto 0-1; T Yates 2-0; P Moylan 3-0; R Soriano 0-3; Y Petit 5-11; J
Cruz 0-1; B Lyon 1-3; J Valverde 2-0; Ed Gonzalez 1-4. Batters faced: J Reyes
21; C Paronto 4; T Yates 6; P Moylan 7; R Soriano 6; Y Petit 24; J Cruz 3; B
Lyon 6; J Valverde 4; Ed Gonzalez 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - PITCHING CHANGE
ATL: WILFREDO LEDEZMA (0-1, 6.75) STARTING THE 11TH
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: T CLARK (.233, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: W Ledezma relieved R Soriano.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 7
ARIZONA 7 BOTTOM, 11TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: T Clark (.233, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Woodward at second base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 7
ARIZONA 7 BOTTOM, 11TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: T Clark (.233, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY TONY CLARK (10) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
11TH OFF WILFREDO LEDEZMA.

FINAL SCORE: ARIZONA 8, ATLANTA 7</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1
ARIZONA 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 7 9 0
ARIZONA 0 1 8 11 1 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: ATL - JO-JO REYES, CHAD PARONTO (5TH), TYLER YATES (6TH), PETER
MOYLAN (7TH), RAFAEL SORIANO (9TH), WILFREDO LEDEZMA (11TH)
AND BRIAN MCCANN

ARI - YUSMEIRO PETIT, JUAN CRUZ (6TH), BRANDON LYON
(7TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH), EDGAR GONZALEZ (10TH) AND CHRIS
SNYDER, MIGUEL MONTERO (11TH)

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

ARI - STEPHEN DREW (7) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
ERIC BYRNES (16) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
CHRIS YOUNG (17) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
TONY CLARK (10) OFF WILFREDO LEDEZMA IN THE 11TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1
ARIZONA 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 7 9 0
ARIZONA 0 1 8 11 1 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: ATL - JO-JO REYES, CHAD PARONTO (5TH), TYLER YATES (6TH), PETER
MOYLAN (7TH), RAFAEL SORIANO (9TH), WILFREDO LEDEZMA (11TH)
AND BRIAN MCCANN

ARI - YUSMEIRO PETIT, JUAN CRUZ (6TH), BRANDON LYON
(7TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH), EDGAR GONZALEZ (10TH) AND CHRIS
SNYDER, MIGUEL MONTERO (11TH)


WP - EDGAR GONZALEZ (4-2)
LP - WILFREDO LEDEZMA (0-2)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

ARI - STEPHEN DREW (7) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
ERIC BYRNES (16) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
CHRIS YOUNG (17) OFF JO-JO REYES IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
TONY CLARK (10) OFF WILFREDO LEDEZMA IN THE 11TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:40 ATT: 27,151

PROBABLES: ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ (10-5, 2.78)
ARI - DOUG DAVIS (7-10, 4.13)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (7) VS ARIZONA (8) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Harris lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .321
E Renteria ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333
C Jones 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .339
A Jones cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .215
B McCann c 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268
J Francoeur rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .293
K Johnson 2b 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .289
W Ledezma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Franco 1b 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 .208
J Reyes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
a-S Thorman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .346
T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Y Escobar ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .313
R Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Woodward 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 41 7 9 7 1 3 7

a-grounded to catcher for J Reyes in the 5th; b-flied out to center for C
Paronto in the 6th; c-walked for P Moylan in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - A Jones (20, Y Petit); B McCann (25, Y Petit); J Franco (3, J
Cruz). 3B - K Johnson (9, Y Petit). RBI - K Johnson (48), J Franco 3 (13), B
McCann 2 (59), W Harris (19). 2-out RBI - J Franco 2, W Harris. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - W Harris 1, A Jones 1, M Diaz 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Renteria (11, 2nd base off Y Petit/C Snyder), Y Escobar
(3, 2nd base off J Valverde/C Snyder). CS - W Harris 2 (9, 2nd base by B Lyon/C
Snyder, 2nd base by J Valverde/C Snyder).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (B McCann-C Jones).


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 .241
O Hudson 2b 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 .289
E Byrnes lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .310
C Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .268
J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-J DaVanon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .158
Ed Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
M Reynolds 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .255
C Snyder c 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .244
d-M Montero ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
S Drew ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 .244
C Quentin rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206
Y Petit p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100
J Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-T Clark ph-1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .238

Totals 38 8 11 8 6 8 15

a-grounded to first for J Cruz in the 6th; b-grounded to shortstop for B Lyon
in the 8th; c-walked for J Valverde in the 9th; d-fouled out to third for C
Snyder in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - C Young (17, J Reyes); C Snyder (7, J Reyes); O Hudson (22, J
Reyes); C Jackson (19, C Paronto). HR - S Drew (7, 2nd inning off J Reyes 1 on,
1 Out), E Byrnes (16, 2nd inning off J Reyes 1 on, 2 Out), C Young (17, 4th
inning off J Reyes 0 on, 2 Out), T Clark (10, 11th inning off W Ledezma 0 on, 0
Out). RBI - S Drew 2 (36), O Hudson 2 (55), E Byrnes 2 (59), C Young (36), T
Clark (28). 2-out RBI - O Hudson 2, E Byrnes 2, C Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - S Drew 2, C Jackson 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: CS - J DaVanon (1, 2nd base by R Soriano/B McCann), C Quentin
(2, 3rd base by P Moylan/B McCann), C Jackson (2, 3rd base by C Paronto/B
McCann).

FIELDING: E - S Drew (11, ground ball). DP: 1 (C Snyder-S Drew).


----------------------------------------------------
ATLANTA - 000 024 001 00 -- 7
ARIZONA - 060 100 000 01 -- 8

No outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Reyes 4 7 7 7 2 2 3 8.20
C Paronto 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.57
T Yates 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.11
P Moylan 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.08
R Soriano 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.52
W Ledezma (L, 0-2) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.71

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Petit 5 2/3 6 5 5 0 1 0 3.44
J Cruz (H, 3) 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.92
B Lyon (H, 20) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.52
J Valverde (B, 4) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.63
Ed Gonzalez (W, 4-2) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.18

T Yates pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
W Ledezma pitched to 1 batter in the 11th.

WP - T Yates. IBB - C Jackson (by T Yates). HBP - K Johnson (by J Cruz); C
Quentin (by P Moylan). Pitches-strikes: J Reyes 77-43; C Paronto 17-9; T Yates
22-10; P Moylan 22-14; R Soriano 28-18; W Ledezma 5-3; Y Petit 79-55; J Cruz
17-12; B Lyon 26-17; J Valverde 23-12; Ed Gonzalez 25-16. Ground balls-fly
balls: J Reyes 6-4; C Paronto 0-1; T Yates 2-0; P Moylan 3-0; R Soriano 0-3; W
Ledezma 0-0; Y Petit 5-11; J Cruz 0-1; B Lyon 1-3; J Valverde 2-0; Ed Gonzalez
1-4. Batters faced: J Reyes 21; C Paronto 4; T Yates 6; P Moylan 7; R Soriano
6; W Ledezma 1; Y Petit 24; J Cruz 3; B Lyon 6; J Valverde 4; Ed Gonzalez 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

T--3:40. Att--27,151.
Weather: INDOORS</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ATLANTA 7
ARIZONA 8 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ATLANTA (7) AT ARIZONA (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARIZONA 2ND: M Reynolds struck out looking. C Snyder doubled to right
center. S Drew homered to right, C Snyder scored. C Quentin popped out to
second. Y Petit singled to left. C Young walked, Y Petit to second. O Hudson
doubled to deep right center, Y Petit and C Young scored. E Byrnes homered to
left, O Hudson scored. C Jackson grounded out to third. (6 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Quentin flied out to right. Y Petit grounded out to
shortstop. C Young homered to left. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes popped out to
second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 5TH: B McCann flied out to center. J Francoeur singled to left.
K Johnson tripled to deep right center, J Francoeur scored. J Franco singled to
left center, K Johnson scored. S Thorman hit for J Reyes. S Thorman grounded
out to catcher, J Franco to second. W Harris lined out to right. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 6TH: E Renteria singled to left. C Jones lined out to left.
A Jones hit a ground rule double to deep center, E Renteria to third. B McCann
hit a ground rule double to deep right center, E Renteria and A Jones scored.
J Francoeur popped out to second. J Cruz relieved Y Petit. K Johnson hit by
pitch. J Franco doubled to right, B McCann and K Johnson scored. M Diaz hit
for C Paronto. M Diaz flied out to center. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6,
ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 9TH: J Valverde relieved B Lyon. T Clark at first base. K Johnson
grounded out to second. J Franco grounded out to shortstop. Y Escobar hit for
P Moylan. Y Escobar walked. Y Escobar stole second. W Harris singled to
center, Y Escobar scored. W Harris caught stealing second, pitcher to
shortstop.(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 11TH: W Ledezma relieved R Soriano. C Woodward at second base.
T Clark homered to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 8.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ATLANTA (7) AT ARIZONA (8) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Atlanta Starting Lineups -- W Harris LF, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, A Jones CF,
B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, K Johnson 2B, J Franco 1B, J Reyes LHP.

Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes LF, C Jackson 1B,
M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, S Drew SS, C Quentin RF, Y Petit RHP.

Umpires -- Mike Everitt (HP), Paul Nauert (1B), Gerry Davis (2B),
Chris Guccione (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


ATLANTA 1ST: W Harris grounded out to second. E Renteria safe at first on
error by shortstop S Drew. C Jones flied out to center. E Renteria stole
second. A Jones flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 0,
ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young doubled to deep left center. O Hudson grounded out to
third. E Byrnes grounded out to shortstop, C Young to third. C Jackson
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 0.

ATLANTA 2ND: B McCann lined out to left. J Francoeur popped out to third.
K Johnson lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 2ND: M Reynolds struck out looking. C Snyder doubled to right
center. S Drew homered to right, C Snyder scored. C Quentin popped out to
second. Y Petit singled to left. C Young walked, Y Petit to second. O Hudson
doubled to deep right center, Y Petit and C Young scored. E Byrnes homered to
left, O Hudson scored. C Jackson grounded out to third. (6 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 6.

ATLANTA 3RD: J Franco struck out looking. J Reyes flied out to left.
W Harris grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 3RD: M Reynolds lined out to center. C Snyder grounded out to
third. S Drew struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0,
ARIZONA 6.

ATLANTA 4TH: E Renteria flied out to center. C Jones grounded out to
shortstop. A Jones grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Quentin flied out to right. Y Petit grounded out to
shortstop. C Young homered to left. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes popped out to
second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 5TH: B McCann flied out to center. J Francoeur singled to left.
K Johnson tripled to deep right center, J Francoeur scored. J Franco singled to
left center, K Johnson scored. S Thorman hit for J Reyes. S Thorman grounded
out to catcher, J Franco to second. W Harris lined out to right. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Paronto relieved J Reyes. C Jackson doubled to deep center.
M Reynolds struck out swinging. C Jackson caught stealing third, catcher to
third. C Snyder walked. S Drew flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 2, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 6TH: E Renteria singled to left. C Jones lined out to left.
A Jones hit a ground rule double to deep center, E Renteria to third. B McCann
hit a ground rule double to deep right center, E Renteria and A Jones scored.
J Francoeur popped out to second. J Cruz relieved Y Petit. K Johnson hit by
pitch. J Franco doubled to right, B McCann and K Johnson scored. M Diaz hit
for C Paronto. M Diaz flied out to center. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6,
ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 6TH: T Yates relieved C Paronto. C Quentin grounded out to third.
C Tracy hit for J Cruz. C Tracy grounded out to first. C Young struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 7TH: B Lyon relieved J Cruz. W Harris singled to right center.
E Renteria struck out swinging. W Harris caught stealing second, catcher to
shortstop. C Jones grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6,
ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 7TH: O Hudson singled to left. E Byrnes singled to left, O Hudson
to second. O Hudson to third, E Byrnes to second on wild pitch by T Yates.
C Jackson intentionally walked. P Moylan relieved T Yates. M Reynolds grounded
into fielder's choice to second, O Hudson out at home, E Byrnes to third,
C Jackson to second. C Snyder struck out swinging. S Drew grounded out to
first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 8TH: A Jones flied out to center. B McCann flied out to center.
J Francoeur popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6,
ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 8TH: C Quentin hit by pitch. T Clark hit for B Lyon. T Clark
grounded out to shortstop, C Quentin to second. C Young walked. O Hudson
struck out looking. C Quentin caught stealing third, catcher to third.(0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 9TH: J Valverde relieved B Lyon. T Clark at first base. K Johnson
grounded out to second. J Franco grounded out to shortstop. Y Escobar hit for
P Moylan. Y Escobar walked. Y Escobar stole second. W Harris singled to
center, Y Escobar scored. W Harris caught stealing second, pitcher to
shortstop.(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 9TH: R Soriano relieved P Moylan. E Byrnes popped out to catcher.
J DaVanon hit for J Valverde. J DaVanon walked. J DaVanon caught stealing
second, catcher to shortstop. M Reynolds struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 10TH: Ed Gonzalez relieved J Valverde. E Renteria lined out to
right. C Jones grounded out to first. A Jones fouled out to first. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 10TH: M Montero hit for C Snyder. M Montero fouled out to third.
S Drew lined out to left. C Quentin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ATLANTA 11TH: M Montero catching. B McCann flied out to left. J Francoeur
struck out swinging. K Johnson flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 11TH: W Ledezma relieved R Soriano. C Woodward at second base.
T Clark homered to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 8.</div>

 

Clark's game-winning homer helps Diamondbacks defeat Braves

<h3>ARIZONA 8, ATLANTA 7</h3>By Al Bravo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) - After an impressive hitting attack and sometimely pitching, the Arizona Diamondbacks again needed latedramatics for the second night in a row to pull off theirseventh straight win.


Tony Clark hit his 10th home run and his second career walk-offblast, to give Arizona an 8-7 win Friday night in 11 innings.

The win gets Arizona within a game of first-place Los Angeles inthe National League West after the Dodgers were rained out atColorado. Atlanta remained four games back of the New YorkMets, who lost 6-2 to Washington on Friday.


It was the fifth game-winning homer for the Arizona this season,and its the seven-game winning streak is currently the longestin the majors. The Atlanta Braves, who were no-hit for 4 1/3innings - rallied from a seven-run deficit, but lost their thirdstraight.


Leading off the 11th, Clark hit a 2-2 pitch from WilfredoLedezma (0-2), the Braves sixth pitcher, 400 feet to left to endthe game. It came on the heels of Eric Byrnes' game-winningblast in the ninth on Thursday night.


Reliever Edgar Gonzalez (4-2) pitched two perfect innings toearn the victory for Arizona.


The Diamondbacks needed the heroics after lackadaisical playcaused them to lose the lead. Leading, 7-6, in the bottom of theninth, Arizona closer Jose Valverde blew just his fourth saveopportunity in 35 chances, allowing Willie Harris to bloop asingle on a 3-2 pitch, tying the game at 7-7.


It happened after Valverde walked pinch hitter Yunel Escobarwith two out. While no one was looking, Escobar stole second asneither middle infielder covered the bag while Valverde waswandering off the rubber.


After throwing three straight balls to Harris, Valverde, who hadconverted his last 10 save opportunities, got the count fullbefore Harris punched a single into short left-center field outof the reach of diving shortstop Stephen Drew. The Diamondbacks'debacle wasted a good effort from starter Yusmeiro Petit.

Petit, making his sixth career start, pitched 4 1/3 innings ofno-hit ball before Atlanta finally got to him by scoring fourruns on six hits over the next 1 1/3 innings. The Diamondbackshad spotted Petit a 6-0 lead in the second inning, highlightedby two-run home runs by Stephen Drew and Byrnes.


<div class="pre">Atlanta starter Jo-Jo Reyes also gave up a pair of doubles to</div><div class="pre">Chris Snyder and Orlando Hudson immediately before the homers.</div>Chris Young, who went 2-for-3, added a solo shot in the fourthto give Arizona a 7-0 advantage.


Reyes, in his fourth career start since being called up July 3,gave up seven runs on seven hits, all but one of the extra-basevariety over four innings. But the Braves rallied with a pair ofruns in the fifth and four more in the sixth.


Julio Franco led the charge with a two-run double and arun-scoring single, going 2-for-4. After allowing Edgar Renteriato reach on an error by Drew on the second batter of the game,Petit retired the next 12 batters. However, he then gave asingle to Jeff Francoeur, a triple to Kelly Johnson and a singleto Julio Franco, allowing the Braves to cut the lead to 7-2.

In the sixth, Renteria singled and then Petit allowedback-to-back ground-rule doubles to Andruw Jones and BrianMcCann to get Atlanta to within 7-4.


Relieving Petit in the sixth, Juan Cruz allowed a two-run doubledown the right field line to Franco, cutting the lead to 7-6.McCann, who doubled in two runs during a four-run sixth, wasrobbed of an extra-base hit in the eighth when center fielderYoung made a leaping grab, banging into the wall more than 400feet from home plate.


In the seventh, Brandon Lyon got Renteria to strike out and thenSnyder threw out Harris trying to steal second to keep the leadintact. National League leading hitter Chipper Jones, back inthe starting lineup after straining his groin in San Franciscoon Wednesday, was held hitless on Friday, going 0-for-5.

 

Clark's game-winning homer helps Diamondbacks defeat Braves

<h3>ARIZONA 8, ATLANTA 7 (11 INNINGS)</h3>

By Al Bravo PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) - After an impressive hitting attack and sometimely pitching, the Arizona Diamondbacks again needed latedramatics for the second night in a row to pull off theirseventh straight win.


Tony Clark hit his 10th home run and his second career walk-offblast, to give Arizona an 8-7 win Friday night in 11 innings.

The win gets Arizona within a game of first-place Los Angeles inthe National League West after the Dodgers were rained out atColorado. Atlanta remained four games back of the New YorkMets, who lost 6-2 to Washington on Friday.


It was the fifth game-winning homer for the Arizona this season,and its seven-game winning streak is currently the longest inthe majors.


The Atlanta Braves, who were no-hit for 4 1/3 innings - ralliedfrom a seven-run deficit, but lost their third straight.

Leading off the 11th, Clark hit a 2-2 pitch from WilfredoLedezma (0-2), the Braves sixth pitcher, 400 feet to left to endthe game. It came on the heels of Eric Byrnes' game-winningblast in the ninth on Thursday night.


Reliever Edgar Gonzalez (4-2) pitched two perfect innings toearn the victory for Arizona.


The Diamondbacks needed the heroics after lackadaisical playcaused them to lose the lead. Leading, 7-6, in the bottom ofthe ninth, Arizona closer Jose Valverde blew just his fourthsave opportunity in 35 chances, allowing Willie Harris to bloopa single on a 3-2 pitch, tying the game at 7-7.


It happened after Valverde walked pinch hitter Yunel Escobarwith two out. While no one was looking, Escobar stole second asneither middle infielder covered the bag while Valverde waswandering off the rubber.


After throwing three straight balls to Harris, Valverde, who hadconverted his last 10 save opportunities, got the count fullbefore Harris punched a single into short left-center field outof the reach of diving shortstop Stephen Drew.


The Diamondbacks' debacle wasted a good effort from starterYusmeiro Petit.


Petit, making his sixth career start, pitched 4 1/3 innings ofno-hit ball before Atlanta finally got to him by scoring fourruns on six hits over the next 1 1/3 innings.


The Diamondbacks had spotted Petit a 6-0 lead in the secondinning, highlighted by two-run home runs by Stephen Drew andByrnes.


Atlanta starter Jo-Jo Reyes also gave up a pair of doubles toChris Snyder and Orlando Hudson immediately before the homers.

Chris Young, who went 2-for-3, added a solo shot in the fourthto give Arizona a 7-0 advantage.


Reyes, in his fourth career start since being called up July 3,gave up seven runs on seven hits, all but one of the extra-basevariety over four innings.


But the Braves rallied with a pair of runs in the fifth and fourmore in the sixth.


Julio Franco led the charge with a two-run double and arun-scoring single, going 2-for-4. After allowing EdgarRenteria to reach on an error by Drew on the second batter ofthe game, Petit retired the next 12 batters. However, he thengave a single to Jeff Francoeur, a triple to Kelly Johnson and asingle to Julio Franco, allowing the Braves to cut the lead to7-2.


In the sixth, Renteria singled and then Petit allowedback-to-back ground-rule doubles to Andruw Jones and BrianMcCann to get Atlanta to within 7-4.


Relieving Petit in the sixth, Juan Cruz allowed a two-run doubledown the right field line to Franco, cutting the lead to 7-6.

McCann, who doubled in two runs during a four-run sixth, wasrobbed of an extra-base hit in the eighth when center fielderYoung made a leaping grab, banging into the wall more than 400feet from home plate.


In the seventh, Brandon Lyon got Renteria to strike out and thenSnyder threw out Harris trying to steal second to keep the leadintact.


National League leading hitter Chipper Jones, back in thestarting lineup after straining his groin in San Francisco onWednesday, was held hitless on Friday, going 0-for-5.

 

Clark's game-winning homer helps Diamondbacks defeat Braves

<h3>ARIZONA 8, ATLANTA 7 (11 INNINGS)</h3>By Al Bravo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) - After an impressive hitting attack and sometimely pitching, the Arizona Diamondbacks again needed latedramatics for the second night in a row to pull off theirseventh straight win.


Tony Clark hit his 10th home run and his second career walk-offblast, to give the Diamondbacks an 8-7 victory against theAtlanta Braves on Friday night in 11 innings.


The win gets Arizona within a game of first-place Los Angeles inthe National League West after the Dodgers were rained out atColorado. Atlanta remained four games back of the New YorkMets, who lost 6-2 to Washington on Friday.


It was the fifth game-winning homer for the Arizona this season,and its seven-game winning streak is currently the longest inthe majors.


"It's nice to win a game when you have a seven-run lead and theother team, a quality team that is the Atlanta Braves, came backand tied it up," Clark said. "It's good to come away with a winon nights like tonight."


The Atlanta Braves, who were no-hit for 4 1/3 innings - ralliedfrom a seven-run deficit, but lost their third straight.

Leading off the 11th, Clark hit a 2-2 pitch from WilfredoLedezma (0-2), the Braves sixth pitcher, 400 feet to left to endthe game. It came on the heels of Eric Byrnes' game-winningblast in the ninth on Thursday night.


Reliever Edgar Gonzalez (4-2) pitched two perfect innings toearn the victory for Arizona.


The Diamondbacks needed the heroics after lackadaisical playcaused them to lose the lead. Leading, 7-6, in the bottom ofthe ninth, Arizona closer Jose Valverde blew just his fourthsave opportunity in 35 chances, allowing Willie Harris to bloopa single on a 3-2 pitch, tying the game at 7-7.


"That's not the way you draw it up," Arizona manager Bob Melvinsaid. "That's for sure. I mean, a 7-0 lead, you have got tofeel pretty secure. I mean that's a good offensive club but wehave to be able to shut it down a little better."


"We played a great ballgame, we just didn't get any startingpitching," Braves manager Bobby Cox said.


"The bullpen was great until the last at-bat."


It happened after Valverde walked pinch hitter Yunel Escobarwith two out. While no one was looking, Escobar stole second asneither middle infielder covered the bag while Valverde waswandering off the rubber.


"I saw him take off," first baseman Clark said. "And I'myelling and the crowd is yelling and nobody was hearinganything. It was a gutsy call because if he gets thrown out,the game is over and everybody is looking at him sideways."

Melvin spread the blame around.


"A little bit of everybody's fault," Melvin said. "I think Josewould have been able to get him had we been covering. We hadour heads down in the middle of the field."


After throwing three straight balls to Harris, Valverde, who hadconverted his last 10 save opportunities, got the count fullbefore Harris punched a single into short left-center field outof the reach of diving shortstop Stephen Drew.


The Diamondbacks' debacle wasted a good effort from starterYusmeiro Petit.


Petit, making his sixth career start, pitched 4 1/3 innings ofno-hit ball before Atlanta finally got to him by scoring fourruns on six hits over the next 1 1/3 innings.


The Diamondbacks had spotted Petit a 6-0 lead in the secondinning, highlighted by two-run home runs by Stephen Drew andByrnes.


Atlanta starter Jo-Jo Reyes also gave up a pair of doubles toChris Snyder and Orlando Hudson immediately before the homers.

Chris Young, who went 2-for-3, added a solo shot in the fourthto give Arizona a 7-0 advantage.


Reyes, in his fourth career start since being called up July 3,gave up seven runs on seven hits, all but one of the extra-basevariety over four innings.


But the Braves rallied with a pair of runs in the fifth and fourmore in the sixth.


Julio Franco led the charge with a two-run double and arun-scoring single, going 2-for-4.


"It's good that we came back," Franco said. "But we wanted towin the ballgame. You come back from 7-0 you want to win theballgame."


After allowing Edgar Renteria to reach on an error by Drew onthe second batter of the game, Petit retired the next 12batters. However, he then gave a single to Jeff Francoeur, atriple to Kelly Johnson and a single to Julio Franco, allowingthe Braves to cut the lead to 7-2.


In the sixth, Renteria singled and then Petit allowedback-to-back ground-rule doubles to Andruw Jones and BrianMcCann to get Atlanta to within 7-4.


Relieving Petit in the sixth, Juan Cruz allowed a two-run doubledown the right field line to Franco, cutting the lead to 7-6.

"I'm seeing the ball better at the plate," Franco said. "I'mnot satisfied because we lost the ballgame. It's about winningand climbing in the standings."


McCann, who doubled in two runs during a four-run sixth, wasrobbed of an extra-base hit in the eighth when center fielderYoung made a leaping grab, banging into the wall more than 400feet from home plate.


"We're up by one run so you feel like you have to get every ballthat's hit out there," Young said. "I went all out for it. I<div class="pre">didn't think too much about the wall if I hit the wall, I hit</div><div class="pre">the wall happen to come up a little short."</div>

In the seventh, Brandon Lyon got Renteria to strike out and thenSnyder threw out Harris trying to steal second to keep the leadintact.


National League leading hitter Chipper Jones, back in thestarting lineup after straining his groin in San Francisco onWednesday, was held hitless on Friday, going 0-for-5.