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Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2

When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 30, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 31078

By SportsDirect Inc.

Troy Glaus hit his seventh home run of the season and red-hot Martin Prado put together his 23rd multi-hit game to power the Atlanta Braves to a 5-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at Turner Field.

The Braves have won five in a row and wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Pirates.

Atlanta took the lead on Chipper Jones' pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth and added two insurance runs on Jason Heyward's two-run triple a batter later. The three-run rally against Joel Hanrahan (1-1) made a winner of Takashi Saito, who worked a perfect eighth to improve to 1-2.

Billy Wagner retired the side in order in the ninth for his seventh save in nine opportunities.

The Braves' offense broke out too late to get Kenshin Kawakami his first win of the season. Kawakami took a 2-0 lead into the seventh, but he allowed Pittsburgh to tie it on Jeff Clement's fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot after Garrett Jones' leadoff walk.

Kawakami left with two outs in the seventh, allowing the two runs on four hits, but his record remained 0-7.

Glaus gave the Braves a 2-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the first and a solo homer in the third. Yunel Escobar added three hits for the Braves, the slumping shortstop's first three-hit game this season.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

Pittsburgh		Atlanta
Paul Maholm	Player	Kenshin Kawakami
No Decision	W/L	No Decision
6.0	IP	6.2
5	Strikeouts	2
10	Hits	4
3.00	ERA	2.70

Hitting

Pittsburgh		Atlanta
Jeff Clement	Player	Yunel Escobar
1	Hits	3
2	RBI	0
1	HR	0
4	TB	3
.333	Avg	.600

Team Stats Summary

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
Pittsburgh	4	1	7	.138	8	6	2	2	0	0
Atlanta	12	1	19	.353	25	7	5	6	2	0