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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 11, Houston 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, June 10, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 29252

Rookie Freddie Freeman had three hits - including a tape-measure home run - and the Atlanta Braves recorded their fourth straight victory with an 11-4 triumph over the Houston Astros on Friday at Minute Maid Park.

Freeman and Alex Gonzalez belted back-to-back homers to spark a four-run third inning for the Braves, who matched their season-high in runs.

Freeman’s sixth homer of the season landed high in the second level of the outfield section and Gonzalez followed with a deep drive to left for his seventh homer on the next pitch.

Atlanta also received home runs from Eric Hinske and Chipper Jones, who had his parents in the stands.

Houston’s Matt Downs belted his fourth homer of the season in the ninth inning.

The run support benefited Tim Hudson (5-5), who allowed two hits and struck out four in six innings. Hudson is now 135-2 when given a three-run lead.
Aneury Rodriguez (0-4) was tagged for six runs on four hits.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   Houston
Tim Hudson Player Aneury Rodriguez
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 4.0
4 Strikeouts 4
7 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 13.50
Hitting
Atlanta   Houston
Freddie Freeman Player Michael Bourn
3 Hits 4
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 8
.600 Avg .800
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 14 4 28 .341 12 9 10 4 3 1
Houston 10 1 17 .270 17 8 3 2 0 1