ATLANTA - Pinch-hitter Micah Hoffpauir blooped an RBI single to left field in the 11th inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, last night.
Derrek Lee started the 11th by drawing a walk from Jeff Bennett (2-3), then pulled off a nifty bit of baserunning to reach second. On a routine fly to left, Lee caught Matt Diaz off guard by tagging up and just beating a delayed throw to the bag.
Lee stopped at third on a single by Reed Johnson but came home when Hoffpauir looped a single just over the head of third baseman Chipper Jones.
The Braves, who rallied from five runs down the previous night to win, 6-5, in the 12th, couldn't pull off another comeback. Kevin Gregg bounced back from blowing that one to set down Atlanta in order, earning his ninth save in 11 chances.
Angel Guzman (2-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings.
Both starters - Chicago's Ted Lilly and Atlanta's Derek Lowe - pitched seven strong innings.
The loss capped a very busy day for the Braves. In a stunning move before the game, they released 305-game winner Tom Glavine, who thought he was ready to join the roster after pitching six scoreless innings in a minor-league rehab game Tuesday night.
Instead, the team called up top prospect Tommy Hanson; Glavine passed on a chance to retire as a Brave.
Chicago 000 200 000 01 – 3 9 1
Atlanta 000 001 100 00 – 2 7 1
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
A.Soriano lf 5 0 1 0 .243 K.Johnson 2b 5 1 2 0 .254
Theriot ss 4 1 1 0 .283 Escobar ss 5 0 1 0 .295
Fukudome rf 5 1 1 0 .308 M.Diaz lf 5 0 0 0 .274
D.Lee 1b 3 1 2 0 .262 McCann c 5 0 1 1 .302
Fontenot 3b 5 0 1 2 .230 Prado 1b 4 0 1 0 .244
Re.Johnson cf 5 0 1 0 .291 Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0 .251
K.Hill c 2 0 0 0 .271 1-Barton pr-rf 0 0 0 0 ---
b-J.Fox ph 0 0 0 0 .429 DiHerndez 3b 3 0 0 0 .148
A.Guzman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 .000
f-Hoffpauir ph 1 0 1 1 .286 M.Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Gregg p 0 0 0 0 --- e-G.Andrson ph 1 0 0 0 .261
A.Blanco 2b 3 0 1 0 .176 Bennett p 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Soto ph-c 1 0 0 0 .209 O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 ---
Lilly p 3 0 0 0 .083 G.Blanco cf 4 1 0 0 .000
Marmol p 0 0 0 0 --- D.Lowe p 2 0 0 0 .190
d-Scales ph-2b 2 0 0 0 .224 a-CJnes ph-3b 2 0 1 1 .322
Totals 39 3 9 3 Totals 40 2 7 2
a-doubled for D.Lowe in the 7th. b-was hit by a pitch for K.Hill in the 9th. c-walked for A.Blanco in the 9th. d-grounded into a fielder's choice for Marmol in the 9th. e-flied out for M.Gonzalez in the 9th. f-singled for A.Guzman in the 11th.1-ran for Francoeur in the 9th. E: Lilly (4), Escobar (5). LOB: Chicago 9, Atlanta 6. 2B: Fontenot (8), A.Blanco (2), K.Johnson (13), C.Jones (9). RBIs: Fontenot 2 (23), Hoffpauir (17), McCann (19), C.Jones (23). CS: Theriot (4), Barton (1). RLSP: Chicago 6 (K.Hill 2, Lilly, Scales 3); Atlanta 4 (McCann, Francoeur 2, Escobar). RA: Fontenot. GIDP: Theriot 2, A.Blanco. DP: Atlanta 4 (Di.Hernandez, K.Johnson, Prado), (Di.Hernandez, K.Johnson, Prado), (McCann, McCann, Escobar), (C.Jones, K.Johnson, Prado).
Chicago walks (4): D.Lee 2, K.Hill, Soto.
Atlanta walk (1): Prado.
Chicago strikeouts (7): A.Soriano, Fukudome 2, Fontenot, K.Hill 2, Lilly.
Atlanta strikeouts (10): K.Johnson, Escobar 2, M.Diaz, McCann 2, Francoeur, Di.Hernandez, D.Lowe, C.Jones.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lilly 7 6 2 1 1 7 108 3.28
Marmol 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.24
A.Guzman (W) 2 1 0 0 0 1 22 2.49
Gregg (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 5.01
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Lowe 7 5 2 2 2 4 101 3.40
Moylan 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 4.58
M.Gonzalez 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 3.00
Bennett (L) 11/3 1 1 1 1 1 28 2.92
O'Flaherty 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.89
W: Guzman, 2-0. L: Bennett, 2-3. S: Gregg, 9.
IR-S: O'Flaherty 2-1. HBP: by D.Lowe (Theriot), by M.Gonzalez (J.Fox). Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth; first, Gary Cederstrom; second, Jim Wolf; third, Brian O'Nora. T: 3:19. A: 30,646 (49,743).
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MIAMI - Ryan Braun homered and Milwaukee scored three runs on walks to snap its five-game road losing streak with the victory over Florida.
The Brewers scored six runs in the fifth inning, three on bases-loaded walks after Hayden Penn relieved rookie Sean West with runners on first and second.
Milwaukee 102 060 000 – 9 8 2
Florida 000 140 010 – 6 9 2
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
Hart rf 5 1 0 0 .251 Coghlan lf 5 0 0 0 .200
McGehee 2b 5 1 2 2 .265 Bonifacio 3b 4 1 2 1 .250
Braun lf 5 1 2 2 .312 Ha.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 .344
Fielder 1b 4 1 2 1 .276 Cantu 1b 4 1 2 2 .280
M.Cameron cf 3 1 1 0 .289 Hermida rf 3 0 0 0 .263
Hardy ss 4 1 1 0 .238 Meyer p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hall 3b 4 1 0 1 .215 Uggla 2b 4 2 2 1 .219
Kendall c 3 1 0 1 .207 Jo.Baker c 4 1 1 0 .259
Looper p 1 1 0 1 .063 De Aza cf 4 1 1 0 .308
McClung p 1 0 0 0 .000 West p 1 0 0 0 .000
b-Gamel ph 1 0 0 0 .235 Penn p 0 0 0 0 ---
Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 --- Sanches p 1 0 0 1 .000
Totals 36 9 8 8 a-B.Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Calero p 0 0 0 0 ---
Gload rf 1 0 0 0 .277
Totals 36 6 9 5
a-popped out for Sanches in the 6th. b-grounded out for McClung in the 9th. E: Looper (2), McGehee (1), Ha.Ramirez (5), Bonifacio (9). LOB: Milwaukee 10, Florida 5. 2B: McGehee (3), Fielder (9). HR: Braun (10), off West; Cantu (9), off Looper; Uggla (11), off McClung. RBIs: McGehee 2 (6), Braun 2 (34), Fielder (49), Hall (13), Kendall (17), Looper (2), Bonifacio (13), Cantu 2 (41), Uggla (39), Sanches (1). RLSP: Milwaukee 6 (Hardy, Hart, Braun 2, McClung 2); Florida 3 (Uggla 2, Bonifacio). RA: Hardy, Gload. GIDP: Coghlan, Ha.Ramirez. DP: Milwaukee 2 (McGehee, Hardy, Fielder), (Hall, McGehee, Fielder).
Milwaukee walks (9): Hart, Fielder, M.Cameron, Hardy, Hall, Kendall 2, Looper 2.
Florida walks (2): Bonifacio, Hermida.
Milwaukee strikeouts (9): Hart 2, McGehee, Braun, M.Cameron, Hall 3, Kendall.
Florida strikeouts (7): Coghlan, Cantu, Hermida, Uggla, Jo.Baker, De, West.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Looper 42/3 7 5 5 2 3 101 4.65
McClung (W) 31/3 2 1 1 0 3 48 2.64
Hoffman (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 0.00
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
West (L) 41/3 4 5 3 3 2 87 3.31
Penn 1/3 0 4 1 4 0 29 7.77
Sanches 11/3 2 0 0 2 2 27 0.00
Calero 2 2 0 0 0 3 29 2.00
Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 2.25
W: McClung, 3-1. L: West, 0-1. S: Hoffman, 14.
IR-S: McClung 3-0, Penn 2-2, Sanches 3-3. IBB: off Sanches (Kendall). HBP: by West (M.Cameron). WP: Looper, West 2. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; first, Damien Beal; second, Mike DiMuro; third, Dale Scott.
T: 3:20. A: 13,012 (38,560).
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HOUSTON - Hunter Pence had a solo homer and two RBI singles, and Houston beat Colorado for its fourth straight victory.
Lance Berkman and Ivan Rodriguez also drove in runs for the Astros, who've won five of six overall and seven of their last eight games against Colorado.
Colorado 000 031 000 – 4 9 1
Houston 300 000 21x – 6 13 1
Colorado AB R H BI Avg. Houston AB R H BI Avg.
Fowler cf 5 1 1 0 .255 Bourn cf 4 2 2 0 .295
Barmes ss 4 0 2 0 .260 Tejada ss 5 1 1 0 .358
Helton 1b 3 0 1 1 .311 Pence rf 5 2 4 3 .346
Hawpe rf 2 1 2 0 .353 Ca.Lee lf 4 1 2 0 .316
Atkins 3b 4 0 0 0 .188 Erstad lf 0 0 0 0 .137
S.Smith lf 4 1 1 0 .273 Berkman 1b 3 0 1 1 .240
Stewart 2b 4 1 2 3 .188 I.Rodriguez c 4 0 1 1 .266
P.Phillips c 3 0 0 0 .231 Blum 3b 4 0 2 0 .277
b-Spilbrghs ph 1 0 0 0 .258 Maysonet 2b 2 0 0 0 .367
Marquis p 3 0 0 0 .182 Sampson p 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Flores p 0 0 0 0 --- Moehler p 2 0 0 0 .000
Jo.Peralta p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 .171
Corpas p 0 0 0 0 --- Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Murton ph 0 0 0 0 .275 Keppinger 2b 1 0 0 0 .276
Totals 33 4 9 4 Totals 35 6 13 5
a-grounded out for Moehler in the 6th. b-flied out for P.Phillips in the 9th. c-walked for Corpas in the 9th. E: Jo.Peralta (1), Pence (1). LOB: Colorado 6, Houston 10. 2B: Fowler (12), Helton (12). 3B: Pence (3). HR: Stewart (8), off Moehler; Pence (6), off Marquis. RBIs: Helton (35), Stewart 3 (23), Pence 3 (22), Berkman (32), I.Rodriguez (23). SB: Bourn (18). S: Maysonet. SF: Helton. RLSP: Colorado 3 (S.Smith, Atkins, Fowler); Houston 5 (Moehler 2, Maysonet, I.Rodriguez, Tejada). RA: Berkman, Michaels. GIDP: Helton, S.Smith, I.Rodriguez. DP: Colorado 1 (Barmes, Stewart, Helton); Houston 2 (Berkman, Tejada, Berkman), (Maysonet, Tejada, Berkman).
Colorado walks (3): Hawpe 2, Murton.
Houston walks (4): Bourn, Ca.Lee, Berkman, Maysonet.
Colorado strikeouts (4): Fowler, Stewart 2, P.Phillips.
Houston strikeouts (5): Tejada, I.Rodriguez, Maysonet, Moehler, Keppinger.
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Marquis (L) 6 10 5 4 4 2 94 4.10
R.Flores 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
Jo.Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 2.45
Corpas 1 2 1 0 0 2 16 5.84
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Moehler 6 7 4 4 1 2 74 6.37
Byrdak (W) 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.15
Sampson (S) 2 2 0 0 2 1 44 1.91
W: Byrdak, 1-1. L: Marquis, 7-4. S: Sampson, 3.
Marquis pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.R.Flores pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S: R.Flores 1-0, Jo.Peralta 2-1. IBB: off Marquis (Berkman), off Moehler (Hawpe), off Sampson (Hawpe). WP: Moehler. PB: P.Phillips. Umpires: Home, James Hoye; first, Lance Barksdale; second, Randy Marsh; third, Marvin Hudson.
T: 2:49. A: 22,032 (40,976).
Reds 9, Cardinals 3
ST. LOUIS - Johnny Cueto (5-3) beat St. Louis for the second time in less than a month, and Cincinnati's Laynce Nix homered twice and had four RBIs.
Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse (4-4) was taken out in the third inning complaining of tightness in his right forearm, an injury that had resulted from his being hit by a pitch and that had forced him to skip a turn.
Cueto allowed one run in 61/3 innings.
Cincinnati 012 100 032–9 13 1
St. Louis 000 000 102–3 10 2
Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg. St. Louis AB R H BI Avg.
Hairston Jr. 3b 5 1 2 1 .267 Schumaker 2b 3 0 0 0 .301
Dickerson cf 5 0 1 0 .238 b-Barden ph-3b 2 0 1 1 .242
B.Phillips 2b 5 3 3 3 .290 Duncan lf-1b 5 0 1 0 .255
Bruce rf 4 0 0 0 .216 Pujols 1b 4 0 2 0 .343
RHernandez 1b 4 1 1 1 .281 T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 ---
L.Nix lf 4 2 2 4 .287 Ludwick rf 4 0 0 0 .240
Hanigan c 4 0 2 0 .329 Ankiel cf 4 1 1 0 .223
Janish ss 4 1 1 0 .295 Y.Molina c 3 1 0 0 .263
Cueto p 2 1 1 0 .174 Thurston 3b-2b 4 0 1 1 .267
Herrera p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lohse p 1 0 1 0 .294
c-Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Boyer p 1 0 0 0 .000
Weathers p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Rasmus ph 1 1 1 0 .248
Fisher p 0 0 0 0 --- C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 38 9 13 9 Stavinoha lf 1 0 0 0 .261
Br.Ryan ss 4 0 2 1 .279
Totals 37 3 10 3
a-doubled for Boyer in the 7th. b-struck out for Schumaker in the 7th. c-struck out for Herrera in the 8th. E: R.Hernandez (5), Ankiel (2), Thurston (6). LOB: Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 8. 2B: B.Phillips (9), Hanigan (3), Pujols (12), Ankiel (9), Rasmus (11), Br.Ryan (7). HR: L.Nix (5), off Lohse; L.Nix (6), off C.Perez; B.Phillips (10), off T.Miller. RBIs: Hairston Jr. (17), B.Phillips 3 (40), R.Hernandez (22), L.Nix 4 (17), Barden (9), Thurston (16), Br.Ryan (4). SB: B.Phillips 2 (6). CS: Br.Ryan (2). S: Cueto. RLSP: Cincinnati 4 (Janish, L.Nix, Dickerson, Gomes); St. Louis 4 (Br.Ryan, Duncan 2, Y.Molina). RA: Janish, Schumaker. GIDP: Dickerson. DP: St. Louis 1 (Br.Ryan, Pujols).
Cincinnati walks (2): Bruce, R.Hernandez.
St. Louis walks (1): Y.Molina.
Cincinnati strikeouts (4): Hairston, Dickerson, Cueto, Gomes.
St. Louis strikeouts (5): Barden, Duncan 2, Ludwick, Boyer.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cueto (W) 61/3 7 1 1 0 3 101 2.43
Herrera (H) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.69
Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.41
Fisher 1 3 2 2 1 1 23 3.18
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lohse (L) 2 4 2 1 0 1 39 3.99
Boyer 5 4 2 1 1 1 56 7.13
C.Perez 1 3 3 3 1 1 30 3.57
T.Miller 1 2 2 2 0 1 16 3.95
W: Cueto, 5-3. L: Lohse, 4-4. H: Herrera, 2.
Lohse pitched to 1 batter in the 3rd. IR-S: Herrera 1-0, Boyer 1-1. WP: C.Perez. Umpires: Home, Derryl Cousins; First, D.J. Reyburn; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Brian Runge. T: 3:02. A: 35,811 (43,975).