Braves 7 - 2 Cardinals
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Braves, Cardinals fight to stay in playoff races

Aug 24, 2007 - 2:35 PM Atlanta (66-62) at St Louis (61-63) 8:10 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - If the Atlanta Braves were in the National League Central, they would be tied for first place right now. If the St. Louis Cardinals were in the NL East, they would be nine games back.

Instead, both teams will be fighting to stay in their respective division races when the Braves visit the Cardinals for the opener of a three-game series on Friday.

Atlanta has lost three games in a row to fall six games behind the New York Mets (71-55) in the East. It lost a 9-7 heartbreaker in 12 innings at Cincinnati on Thursday despite sluggers Chipper Jones and Mark Teixeira combining for seven RBI.

St. Louis saw its three game winning streak snapped in an 11-3 loss to the Florida Marlins on Thursday. The Cardinals are now three games behind the Chicago Cubs (65-61) in the Central.

St. Louis will send the resurgent Kip Wells (6-13, 5.24 ERA) to the mound. Since July 18, the righthander is 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA in six starts.

He is 1-2 with a 2.43 ERA in six career starts against the Braves.

Atlanta will counter with ace John Smoltz (11-6, 3.05). The veteran righthander is coming off a win over the Diamondbacks in which he lasted eight innings, allowing two runs and five hits while striking out 12.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ATLANTA 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 0
    ST LOUIS 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ, RON MAHAY (9TH), PETER MOYLAN (9TH) AND BRIAN
    MCCANN
    STL - KIP WELLS, TODD WELLEMEYER (5TH), TROY PERCIVAL
    (6TH), TYLER JOHNSON (8TH), RUSS SPRI

    Aug 25 12:22 AM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ANDRUW JONES SCORED MARK TEIXEIRA.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, A JONES ON SECOND, B MCCANN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 7
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: Y ESCOBAR (.323, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:50 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, M TEIXEIRA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 6
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.275, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:44 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CHIPPER JONES SCORED WILLIE HARRIS AND KELLY
    JOHNSON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C JONES ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 5
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.293, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:42 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY KELLY JOHNSON SCORED YUNEL ESCOBAR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K JOHNSON ON FIRST, W HARRIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.335, 0-FOR-2)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:41 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED KIP WELLS AND DAVID ECKSTEIN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 2
    ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.319, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:27 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRIAN MCCANN SCORED KELLY JOHNSON AND MARK
    TEIXEIRA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B MCCANN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 2
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J FRANCOEUR (.299, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves vs. CardinalsAug 24 10:16 PM

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