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Braves seek back-to-back wins vs. Giants

Jul 24, 2007 - 4:13 PM Atlanta (53-47) at San Francisco (41-56) 10:15 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves look to take a two-game advantage in their four-game set against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.

In Monday's series opener, John Smoltz pitched seven effective innings and fellow All-Star Brian McCann drove in three runs to lift the Braves to a 4-2 victory.

Tim Hudson (10-5, 3.24 ERA) goes in search of his fifth winning decision after limiting the defending World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals to one run over seven innings for a 10-1 victory on Thursday.

But Hudson is just 3-4 in nine career starts against the Giants. The righthander has struggled with slugger Barry Bonds, who is hitting .474 (9-of-19) with four homers against Hudson.

Bonds turns 43 on Tuesday and would like to celebrate in style as he remains two homers shy of tying Hall of Famer Hank Aaron's all-time mark.

San Francisco's Matt Morris (7-6, 4.08) tries to record his first win in six starts. Last time out, Morris gave up eight runs and 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings in a 9-8 setback to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.