Tigers 5 - 0 Braves
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James aims to stop Braves' skid

Jun 24, 2007 - 2:51 PM Detroit (44-29) at Atlanta (38-37) 8:05 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Chuck James takes the mound for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers, who will be looking to complete a three-game sweep.

James (6-6, 4.11 ERA) recently stopped a personal four-game skid and now looks to help the Braves avoid their longest losing streak of the season.

In his last start, the lefthander limited the Boston Red Sox to two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings on Monday.

Justin Verlander threw seven solid innings and sent the Braves spiraling to their fourth straight loss, 2-1, on Saturday.

Atlanta, which has lost eight of its last 11, ended a 31-inning scoreless drought in the loss.

Conversely, the Tigers are red-hot having won six straight and have been bolstered by the return of ace Kenny Rogers.

On Sunday they will send future ace, rookie Andrew Miller (2-1, 3.63) to the hill looking to finish off the sweep. Miller will be making his fourth career start and is coming off his first loss. The hard-throwing lefthander allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings against Philadelphia on Saturday.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 9 0
    ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: DET - ANDREW MILLER, CHAD DURBIN (7TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ
    ATL - CHUCK JAMES, PETER MOYLAN (6TH), CHAD PARONTO
    (7TH), WILFREDO LEDEZMA (8TH), OSCAR VILLARREAL (9TH)

    Jun 24 11:03 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHAD DURBIN SCORED BRANDON INGE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 5
    ATLANTA 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: C GRANDERSON (.290, 0-FOR-1)

    Tigers vs. BravesJun 24 10:44 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY IVAN RODRIGUEZ SCORED GARY SHEFFIELD AND MAGGLIO
    ORDONEZ.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, I RODRIGUEZ ON SECOND, C GUILLEN ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 4
    ATLANTA 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M THAMES (.238, 0-FOR-2)

    Tigers vs. BravesJun 24 9:37 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO CARLOS GUILLEN SCORED PLACIDO POLANCO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C GUILLEN ON FIRST, M ORDONEZ ON SECOND, G
    SHEFFIELD ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 2
    ATLANTA 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: I RODRIGUEZ (.287, 1-FOR-2)

    Tigers vs. BravesJun 24 9:32 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARY SHEFFIELD SCORED OMAR INFANTE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G SHEFFIELD ON FIRST, P POLANCO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 1
    ATLANTA 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M ORDONEZ (.378, 0-FOR-2)

    Tigers vs. BravesJun 24 9:28 PM

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