GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ATLANTA (46-42) at SAN DIEGO (49-37)

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BRIAN GILES SCORED KEVIN KOUZMANOFF.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B GILES ON FIRST, H BOCACHICA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 5
SAN DIEGO 4 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M GILES (.242, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 0
SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - KYLE DAVIES, PETER MOYLAN (7TH), RAFAEL SORIANO (8TH), BOB
WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

SDG - GREG MADDUX, ROYCE RING (6TH), CLA MEREDITH (8TH)
AND MICHAEL BARRETT

HOME RUNS: ATL - BRIAN MCCANN (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
KELLY JOHNSON (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

SDG - NONE</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 0
SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - KYLE DAVIES, PETER MOYLAN (7TH), RAFAEL SORIANO (8TH), BOB
WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

SDG - GREG MADDUX, ROYCE RING (6TH), CLA MEREDITH (8TH)
AND MICHAEL BARRETT


WP - KYLE DAVIES (4-7)
LP - GREG MADDUX (7-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ATL - BRIAN MCCANN (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
KELLY JOHNSON (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

SDG - NONE


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 41,026

PROBABLES:</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (5) VS SAN DIEGO (4) - FINAL

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Harris lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .342
E Renteria ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319
C Jones 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .329
A Jones cf 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 .211
B McCann c 4 1 2 4 0 0 1 .262
J Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .289
K Johnson 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .287
S Thorman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
K Davies p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
a-C Woodward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .353
B Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 5 7 5 2 4 9

a-grounded to third for K Davies in the 7th; b-grounded to second for R
Soriano in the 9th.

BATTING: HR - B Mccann (9, 2nd inning off G Maddux 1 on, 0 Out), K Johnson (9,
2nd inning off G Maddux 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - B McCann 4 (49), K Johnson (42).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Johnson 1, J Francoeur 1. GIDP - K
Johnson, M Diaz. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Jones 2 (5, 2nd base off G Maddux/M Barrett 2), C Jones
(3, 2nd base off G Maddux/M Barrett).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 .279
M Giles 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .242
A Gonzalez 1b 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 .264
M Cameron cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .262
M Bradley lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .429
K Greene ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .243
M Barrett c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .262
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .228
G Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067
R Ring p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Cruz Jr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Branyan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206
H Bocachica pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 36 4 9 4 2 11 11

a-grounded to first for R Ring in the 7th; b-singled to right for C Meredith
in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M Cameron (22, K Davies); M Barrett (12, B Wickman). RBI - M
Cameron (43), M Barrett (34), K Kouzmanoff (37), B Giles (15). 2-out RBI - M
Cameron, M Barrett, K Kouzmanoff, B Giles. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - M Giles 1, A Gonzalez 1, G Maddux 1, M Bradley 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - M Bradley (1, 2nd base off B Wickman/B McCann).

FIELDING: E - M Barrett (6, throw); A Gonzalez (5, ground ball). DP: 2 (A
Gonzalez-K Greene-A Gonzalez, M Giles-A Gonzalez).


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ATLANTA - 030 002 000 -- 5
SAN DIEGO - 001 000 003 -- 4
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Davies (W, 4-7) 6 4 1 1 2 6 0 5.55
P Moylan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.12
R Soriano 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.79
B Wickman 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 4.80

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux (L, 7-6) 5 6 5 5 2 2 2 4.19
R Ring 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.84
C Meredith 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.43

G Maddux pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

HBP - S Thorman (by C Meredith). Pitches-strikes: K Davies 100-64; P Moylan
11-7; R Soriano 15-9; B Wickman 24-18; G Maddux 83-49; R Ring 10-6; C Meredith
25-18. Ground balls-fly balls: K Davies 5-7; P Moylan 2-0; R Soriano 0-2; B
Wickman 0-0; G Maddux 9-4; R Ring 5-1; C Meredith 4-0. Batters faced: K Davies
24; P Moylan 3; R Soriano 3; B Wickman 8; G Maddux 23; R Ring 5; C Meredith 8.


UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Ed Hickox.

T--2:34. Att--41,026.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ATLANTA 5
SAN DIEGO 4 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

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ATLANTA (5) AT SAN DIEGO (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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ATLANTA 2ND: A Jones walked. A Jones stole second, A Jones safe at third
on throwing error by catcher M Barrett. B McCann homered to right, A Jones
scored. J Francoeur struck out swinging. K Johnson homered to right.
S Thorman grounded out to first. K Davies grounded out to third. (3 Runs,
2 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: B Giles struck out looking. M Giles grounded out to
shortstop. A Gonzalez walked. M Cameron doubled to deep left center,
A Gonzalez scored. M Bradley grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 6TH: C Jones singled to right. C Jones stole second. A Jones
singled to center, C Jones to third, A Jones to second advancing on throw.
B McCann singled to center, C Jones and A Jones scored. R Ring relieved
G Maddux. J Francoeur popped out to second. K Johnson grounded into double play,
first to shortstop to first, B McCann out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 9TH: B Wickman relieved R Soriano. M Cameron struck out looking.
M Bradley singled to center. K Greene struck out swinging, M Bradley stole
second. M Barrett doubled to deep left, M Bradley scored. K Kouzmanoff
singled to left, M Barrett scored. R Branyan hit for C Meredith. R Branyan
singled to right, K Kouzmanoff to second. H Bocachica ran for R Branyan.
B Giles singled to right, K Kouzmanoff scored, H Bocachica to second. M Giles
struck out looking. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 4.</div>

 

McCann's four RBI lift Braves over Padres

<h3>ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 4</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Brian McCann's performance this seasonimpressed his peers enough to vote him to the All-Star game. Ifanyone on the San Diego Padres had doubts about that selection,McCann cleared them up on Sunday.


McCann drove in four runs and Kyle Davies turned in six stronginnings as the Atlanta Braves sweated out a 5-4 victory over thePadres.


Kelly Johnson hit a solo homer in a three-run second inning forthe Braves, who pulled into the All-Star break two games behindthe struggling New York Mets in the National League East.

McCann has been struggling through a down year by his standards- batting .258 with eight homers entering Sunday's contest - butearned enough respect with his .333, 24 homer outburst lastseason to earn the player's and coach's vote as the back-up toAll-Star starter Russell Martin at catcher.


Atlanta's 23-year-old backstop put his team on the board in thesecond by blasting a two-run homer to deep right field toaccount for the game's first runs.


Davies allowed one run and four hits while striking out six andissuing a pair of walks. The 23-year-old righthander enteredthe contest 0-4 with an 8.06 ERA in five starts since earninghis last win, June 1 at Chicago.


Peter Moylan pitched a perfect seventh and Rafael Sorianocontributed a scoreless eighth for the Atlanta before closer BobWickman made it interesting. The portly righthander yieldedthree runs before freezing Marcus Giles with a fastball on theoutside corner finish off the Padres.


The Braves jumped on future hall-of-famer Greg Maddux for fiveruns and six hits in five-plus frames. It was Maddux's secondstraight outing in which he allowed at least five earned runs.

McCann knocked Maddux out in the sixth. After Chipper Jonesopened the inning with a single and stole second, Andruw Jonessingled to center and moved to second when Chipper Jones drew athrow home rounding third.


McCann was up next, and he drove the first pitch he saw intocenter, scoring two runs to put the game away.


The Padres first run came in the third when Mike Cameron doubledhome Adrian Gonzalez. Andruw Jones, who entered the series withSan Diego hitting a paltry .199, went 7-for-12 in the threegames with a homer.

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 0
SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - KYLE DAVIES, PETER MOYLAN (7TH), RAFAEL SORIANO (8TH), BOB
WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

SDG - GREG MADDUX, ROYCE RING (6TH), CLA MEREDITH (8TH)
AND MICHAEL BARRETT


WP - KYLE DAVIES (4-7)
LP - GREG MADDUX (7-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ATL - BRIAN MCCANN (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
KELLY JOHNSON (9) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

SDG - NONE


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 41,026

PROBABLES: PIT - UNDECIDED
ATL - UNDECIDED

PROBABLES: SDG - UNDECIDED
ARI - UNDECIDED</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at SAN DIEGO

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ATLANTA (5) AT SAN DIEGO (4) - EVENT LOG
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Atlanta Starting Lineups -- W Harris LF, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, A Jones CF,
B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, K Johnson 2B, S Thorman 1B, K Davies RHP.

San Diego Starting Lineups -- B Giles RF, M Giles 2B, A Gonzalez 1B, M Cameron CF,
M Bradley LF, K Greene SS, M Barrett C, K Kouzmanoff 3B, G Maddux RHP.

Umpires -- C.B. Bucknor (HP), Brian Runge (1B), Joe West (2B), Ed Hickox (3B).


Gametime Weather: 72 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 9 mph.


ATLANTA 1ST: W Harris fouled out to left. E Renteria flied out to right.
C Jones grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles flied out to left. M Giles struck out looking.
A Gonzalez walked. M Cameron flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

ATLANTA 2ND: A Jones walked. A Jones stole second, A Jones safe at third
on throwing error by catcher M Barrett. B McCann homered to right, A Jones
scored. J Francoeur struck out swinging. K Johnson homered to right.
S Thorman grounded out to first. K Davies grounded out to third. (3 Runs,
2 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: M Bradley singled to left center. K Greene flied out to
center. M Barrett singled to left, M Bradley to second. K Kouzmanoff flied
out to right. G Maddux struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
SAN DIEGO 0.

ATLANTA 3RD: W Harris grounded out to second. E Renteria grounded out to
pitcher. C Jones grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: B Giles struck out looking. M Giles grounded out to
shortstop. A Gonzalez walked. M Cameron doubled to deep left center,
A Gonzalez scored. M Bradley grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 4TH: A Jones singled to right. A Jones stole second. B McCann
flied out to right, A Jones to third. J Francoeur grounded out to third.
K Johnson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: K Greene grounded out to third. M Barrett flied out to
right. K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 5TH: S Thorman flied out to right. K Davies grounded out to
pitcher. W Harris walked. E Renteria grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, W Harris out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: G Maddux grounded out to shortstop. B Giles singled to
center. M Giles grounded out to third, B Giles to second. A Gonzalez struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 6TH: C Jones singled to right. C Jones stole second. A Jones
singled to center, C Jones to third, A Jones to second advancing on throw.
B McCann singled to center, C Jones and A Jones scored. R Ring relieved
G Maddux. J Francoeur popped out to second. K Johnson grounded into double play,
first to shortstop to first, B McCann out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: M Cameron lined out to center. M Bradley flied out to left.
K Greene struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 7TH: S Thorman grounded out to second. C Woodward hit for
K Davies. C Woodward grounded out to third. W Harris grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: P Moylan relieved K Davies. M Barrett grounded out to
second. K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. J Cruz Jr hit for R Ring. J Cruz Jr
grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 8TH: C Meredith relieved R Ring. E Renteria struck out swinging.
C Jones grounded out to pitcher. A Jones singled to right. B McCann safe at
first on error by first baseman A Gonzalez, A Jones to second. J Francoeur
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: R Soriano relieved P Moylan. B Giles flied out to left.
M Giles flied out to center. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

ATLANTA 9TH: K Johnson grounded out to second. S Thorman hit by pitch.
M Diaz hit for R Soriano. M Diaz grounded into double play, second to first,
S Thorman out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 9TH: B Wickman relieved R Soriano. M Cameron struck out looking.
M Bradley singled to center. K Greene struck out swinging, M Bradley stole
second. M Barrett doubled to deep left, M Bradley scored. K Kouzmanoff
singled to left, M Barrett scored. R Branyan hit for C Meredith. R Branyan
singled to right, K Kouzmanoff to second. H Bocachica ran for R Branyan.
B Giles singled to right, K Kouzmanoff scored, H Bocachica to second. M Giles
struck out looking. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 4.</div>

 

McCann's four RBI lift Braves over Padres

<h3>ATLANTA 5, SAN DIEGO 4</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Brian McCann's performance this seasonimpressed his peers enough to vote him to the All-Star Game. Ifanyone on the San Diego Padres had doubts about that selection,McCann cleared them up on Sunday.


McCann drove in four runs and Kyle Davies turned in six stronginnings as the Atlanta Braves sweated out a 5-4 victory over thePadres.


Kelly Johnson hit a solo homer in a three-run second inning forthe Braves, who pulled into the All-Star break two games behindthe struggling New York Mets in the National League East.

"It was good to get Kyle a three-run lead there and let him goto work," McCann said. "Davies threw unbelievable today. Weneed him for the second half of the season to make this run, andtoday was a big step."


McCann has been struggling through a down year by his standards- batting .258 with eight homers entering Sunday's contest - butearned enough respect with his .333, 24 homer outburst lastseason to earn the player's and coach's vote as the back-up toAll-Star starter Russell Martin at catcher.


"I'm happy to be going, and there are some other guys thatcould've gone too," McCann said. "It's been up and down from apersonal standpoint, but there are two halves to the season. Icould still end up helping this team win, so hopefully I can getgoing in the second half with the bat."


"I'd never worried about McCann," Braves manager Bobby Cox said."His slumps are because he's hitting the ball, not missing it."

Atlanta's 23-year-old backstop put his team on the board in thesecond by blasting a two-run homer to deep right field toaccount for the game's first runs.


Davies allowed one run and four hits while striking out six andissuing a pair of walks. The 23-year-old righthander enteredthe contest 0-4 with an 8.06 ERA in five starts since earninghis last win, June 1 at Chicago.


"It feels like it's been a while since I won a game," Daviessaid. "It was good. I made a whole lot better pitches and feltgood out there."


"Kyle looked great for the first three innings," Cox said. "Ithought he breezed. He did good. That was a good finish to thefirst half for him."


Peter Moylan pitched a perfect seventh and Rafael Sorianocontributed a scoreless eighth for the Atlanta before closer BobWickman made it interesting. The portly righthander yieldedthree runs before freezing Marcus Giles with a fastball on theoutside corner finish off the Padres.


"It was a ball," Giles said of the final pitch. "Judging by theoverhead (view), it was about four inches (outside). It hitthe white line in the other batter's box. I think (home plateumpire CB Bucknor) had a flight to catch or something."

"I think there were some questionable calls tonight," Padresmanager Bud Black said. "You can say that about every game, Iguess. I'll leave it at that."


The Braves jumped on future hall-of-famer Greg Maddux for fiveruns and six hits in five-plus frames. It was Maddux's secondstraight outing in which he allowed at least five earned runs.

McCann knocked Maddux out in the sixth. After Chipper Jonesopened the inning with a single and stole second, Andruw Jonessingled to center and moved to second when Chipper Jones drew athrow home rounding third.


McCann was up next, and he drove the first pitch he saw intocenter, scoring two runs to put the game away.


"Three quick hits in the sixth, which is what Greg does, hethrows strikes, throws them early in the count and the Bravesgot him," Black said. "Tonight wasn't like we've seen from Gregoverall. I'll take him every fifth day."


The Padres first run came in the third when Mike Cameron doubledhome Adrian Gonzalez.


Andruw Jones, who entered the series with San Diego hitting apaltry .199, went 7-for-12 in the three games with a homer.