Final/14
With the offense rolling, Braves look for sweep
Aug 2, 2007 - 2:43 PM Houston (46-61) at Atlanta (57-51) 7:35 pm EDTATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves' offense is clicking on all cylinders. The addition of Mark Teixeira has made them even more dangerous.
The Braves' hot offense looks to keep running and help complete a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Atlanta has scored 38 runs over the past three games and shows no signs of slowing down. The Braves jumped on the Astros early with seven first-inning runs and cruised to a 12-3 win on Wednesday. Teixeira, who was acquired on Tuesday, hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs in his debut.
Rookie Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1, 8.20 ERA) takes the hill for Atlanta, which is 3 1/2 games behind the New York Mets for first place in the National League East Division.
The 22-year-old Reyes is still searching for his first major league win. The lefthander was roughed up for seven runs and seven hits in four innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in an 8-7 loss on Friday.
As for Houston, it has lost three straight games and is a NL-worst 18-36 on the road. Woody Williams' season has been a microcosm of the Astros' struggles on the road. The 40-year-old Williams (5-12, 5.14 ERA) is 2-8 with a 5.01 ERA in 13 starts away from Minute Maid Park.
Williams, who has just one win in his last seven road starts, allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings of a 9-4 home loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday.
The Astros will be looking for a long outing out of Williams considering each of the last two starters have failed to make it to the fifth inning.
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FINAL 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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HOUSTON 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 0
ATLANTA 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
10 11 12 13 14 R H E
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HOUSTON 0 0 2 0 1 12 11 0
ATLANTA 0 0 2 0 0 11 22 3 (FINAL 14)
BATTERIES: HOU
Aug 3 12:35 AM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON JENNINGS SCORED JASON LANE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J JENNINGS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 12
ATLANTA 11 TOP, 14TH
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C BURKE (.223, 1-FOR-6, BB)
Astros vs. BravesAug 3 12:26 AM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT DIAZ (6) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
12TH OFF BRAD LIDGE SCORED CORKY MILLER.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 11, ATLANTA 11
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.336, 1-FOR-5, BB)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 11:51 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY KELLY JOHNSON ALLOWED TY WIGGINTON TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M LAMB ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 11
ATLANTA 9 TOP, 12TH
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: B AUSMUS (.238, 1-FOR-4, BB)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 11:37 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JASON LANE SCORED CARLOS LEE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T WIGGINTON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 10
ATLANTA 9 TOP, 12TH
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M LAMB (.305, 2-FOR-2, HR, 4 RBI)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 11:34 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
GRAND SLAM BY MIKE LAMB (11) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN THE
8TH OFF RAFAEL SORIANO SCORED CARLOS LEE, TY WIGGINTON AND JASON
LANE.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 9, ATLANTA 9
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: B AUSMUS (.239, 1-FOR-2, BB)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 10:17 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JEFF FRANCOEUR SCORED CHIPPER JONES AND BRIAN
MCCANN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J FRANCOEUR ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 9 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: K JOHNSON (.297, 1-FOR-3)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 9:48 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY WILLIE HARRIS SCORED KELLY JOHNSON AND YUNEL
ESCOBAR.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, W HARRIS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: E RENTERIA (.337, 1-FOR-3)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 9:21 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK TEIXEIRA (2) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
2 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF WOODY WILLIAMS SCORED WILLIE HARRIS.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5, ATLANTA 5
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: A JONES (.219, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 9:01 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BRIAN MCCANN SCORED MARK TEIXEIRA.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B MCCANN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J FRANCOEUR (.302, 0-FOR-1)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 8:36 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY ANDRUW JONES SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.262, 0-FOR-0, HBP)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 8:35 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON LANE (5) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF JO-JO REYES SCORED CARLOS LEE AND TY WIGGINTON.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5, ATLANTA 1
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: E BRUNTLETT (.268, 0-FOR-1)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 8:24 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY LANCE BERKMAN (19) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF JO-JO REYES SCORED MARK LORETTA.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2, ATLANTA 1
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C LEE (.295, 0-FOR-1)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 8:16 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ANDRUW JONES (21) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF WOODY WILLIAMS.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0, ATLANTA 1
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.262, 12 HR, 63 RBI)
Astros vs. BravesAug 2 7:59 PM
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