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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 6, Milwaukee 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 2, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 14126

Alex Gonzalez drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in a decisive four-run sixth inning to lead the host Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Gonzalez laced a drive into left field off Milwaukee starter and loser Yovani Gallardo (2-2) that scored Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman. Gonzalez, who scored on Nate McLouth’s single, was 2-for-4 and lifted his average to .241.

The outburst helped make a winner of Atlanta’s Jair Jurrjens, who produced his fourth consecutive strong start since coming off the disabled list. Jurrjens (3-0) allowed seven hits and two runs in 7 2/3 innings, and struck out four to lower his ERA to 1.52.

Eric O’Flaherty got the final out of the eighth inning and closer Craig Kimbrel, who had a blown save and a loss in his last two appearances, pitched a scoreless ninth.

Atlanta also got a solo homer by David Ross, his third, and a sacrifice fly by Freeman.

Yuniesky Betancourt drove in both Milwaukee runs with a triple in the fourth that scored Casey McGehee and Corey Hart.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Milwaukee   Atlanta
Yovani Gallardo Player Jair Jurrjens
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 7.2
7 Strikeouts 4
9 Hits 7
9.00 ERA 2.35
Hitting
Milwaukee   Atlanta
Yuniesky Betancourt Player Chipper Jones
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 3
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Milwaukee 7 0 9 .212 11 6 2 1 1 0
Atlanta 10 1 15 .345 11 7 6 6 0 0