Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 1
When: 7:35 PM ET, Friday, July 27, 2012
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
Lance Barksdale, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
42239
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Braves 6, Phillies 1: Brian McCann belted a three-run homer and Ben Sheets won his third consecutive start, lifting host Atlanta to a victory in the series opener and ending Philadelphia’s four-game winning streak.
Chipper Jones went 2-for-4 for the Braves, who won their third in a row and sixth in nine games. McCann launched a three-run homer in the fifth, the sixth consecutive game against Philadelphia in which the Atlanta catcher has homered.
In his first start since signing a six-year, $144-million deal, Philadelphia's Cole Hamels (11-5) struggled with his control. The left-hander walked a career-high six in five innings, allowing five runs (three earned) and four hits with seven strikeouts.
Sheets (3-0) allowed six hits and one run in six innings, walking one and striking out four. He worked out of sixth-inning trouble, leaving two runners stranded.
Sheets also factored in Atlanta’s two-run second. Philadelphia third baseman Mike Fontenot booted Sheets’ bases-loaded grounder with two outs, allowing Freddie Freeman to score to tie the game at 1-1. Former Phillie Michael Bourn followed with a single to left, driving home Dan Uggla to make it 2-1 Atlanta.
In the fifth, McCann connected on his 17th homer of the season, a towering blast to dead center that scored Jason Heyward and Jones to push Atlanta’s lead to 5-1.
Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a single to right. Shane Victorino drove home Rollins with a double to the right-center field gap.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Rollins and Victorino each finished with two hits. … Atlanta improved to 25-24 at home. … Jones has a base hit in 23 of his past 25 games. … Hamels had previously walked five hitters in a game three times. … The Braves are 5-2 against the Phillies this season. … Atlanta SS Paul Janish and Freeman each walked three times.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Philadelphia |
|
Atlanta |
|
Cole Hamels
|
Player |
Ben Sheets
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
4 |
Hits |
6 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Philadelphia
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.206 |
13 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Atlanta
|
5 |
1 |
10 |
.167 |
17 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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