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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 8, Milwaukee 3
When: 4:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance:

Martin Prado extended his hitting streak to seven games and drove in three runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday at Turner Field.

Prado drove in a run with a single to center field in the third inning, and then blooped a hit off the handle of his bat into left-center with the bases loaded in the fourth to drive home a pair. The 3-for-5 effort boosted Prado's batting average up to .265.

The run support benefited Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson (4-3), who won his third consecutive outing and lowered his ERA to 2.63. Hanson allowed only three hits and struck out seven in six innings. He gave up a run in the first inning on a single by Craig Counsell and a solo homer by Prince Fielder in the fourth.

The Braves broke the game open with four runs in the sixth inning, a rally that was highlighted by Chipper Jones' two-run single. Jones now has a team-high 23 RBIs this season.

Milwaukee starter Marco Estrada (1-1) lasted only 5 1/3 innings and was touched for eight hits and seven runs, six earned.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Milwaukee   Atlanta
Marco Estrada Player Tommy Hanson
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 3
11.81 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Milwaukee   Atlanta
Craig Counsell Player Nate McLouth
1 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Milwaukee 6 1 12 .182 11 9 3 2 1 0
Atlanta 13 0 15 .361 27 9 7 5 0 0