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Diamondbacks seek ninth straight win

Jul 29, 2007 - 3:26 PM Atlanta (54-51) at Arizona (58-48) 4:40 pm EDT

PHOENIX (Ticker) - The Arizona Diamondbacks go for season-high ninth consecutive victory when they host the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Furthermore, the Diamondbacks have won seven of the last eight games against the Braves, who have dropped four straight overall.

The good news for Atlanta is that starter Tim Hudson (10-5, 3.24) has been a good luck charm of sorts lately. The Braves have won the game in each of his last six starts and the righthander is 4-0 with a 2.72 ERA during that span. In five career starts against the Diamondbacks, Hudson is 3-0 with one complete game and a 1.91 ERA.

The Diamondbacks counter with Livan Hernandez (6-6, 4.59), who won his last start after going winless in his nine previous outings. In 10 starts at Chase Field this season, the righthander is 4-1 with a 3.76 ERA.

Conor Jackson's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Diamondbacks a 4-3 win over the Braves on Saturday. It was the third straight walk-off win for the Diamondbacks.

Tony Clark homered in the 11th inning to beat the Braves, 8-7, on Friday and Eric Byrnes hit a three-run blast in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Florida Marlins, 7-4, on Thursday.

Arizona outfielder Chris Young has homered in three of his last four games, including a pair of leadoff blasts. He is batting .461 (10-for-21) over the first six games of the Diamondbacks' seven-game homestand. Atlanta's Jeff Francoeur has hit safely in five straight and 10 of his last 11 games.