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Jones, Braves eyeing fifth straight win

May 7, 2008 - 12:21 PM San Diego (12-21) at Atlanta (16-15) 7:00 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) - Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves will seek their fifth consecutive victory Wednesday as they host the San Diego Padres in the second of a three-game series.

Jones continued his stellar campaign Tuesday, smacking smacked a two-run homer to lead the Braves to a 5-3 win over the struggling San Diego Padres.

The 36-year-old Jones, who is now four home runs shy of 400 for his career, leads Atlanta in virtual every offensive category. The third baseman is batting .426 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI this season.

Jones will square off against a familiar foe in this one. The former National League MVP is 13-for-40 (.325) with three blasts and seven RBI vs. San Diego starter Randy Wolf.

Wolf (2-1, 3.57 ERA) pitched six innings, allowing two runs and six hits with three walks and a season-high nine strikeouts in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Padres, who have lost 15 of their previous 19 contests, will have to face righthander Tim Hudson (4-2, 2.95), who is coming off a complete game shutout.

Hudson allowed just three hits with no walks and a season-high 10 strikeouts in Friday's 2-0 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN DIEGO 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0
    ATLANTA 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 5 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SDG - RANDY WOLF, JOE THATCHER (7TH), CLA MEREDITH (8TH) AND JOSH
    BARD
    ATL - TIM HUDSON, BLAINE BOYER (8TH), WILL OHMAN (9TH),
    MANNY ACOSTA (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

    May 7 9:44 PM


  • NL
    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY YUNEL ESCOBAR SCORED MARK KOTSAY.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, Y ESCOBAR ON FIRST, G NORTON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
    ATLANTA 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.432, 2-FOR-3)

    Padres 2, Braves 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 7 9:08 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY KELLY JOHNSON SCORED MATT DIAZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G NORTON ON FIRST, M KOTSAY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
    ATLANTA 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: Y ESCOBAR (.321, 1-FOR-3)

    Padres 2, Braves 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 7 9:06 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GREG NORTON SCORED BRIAN MCCANN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G NORTON ON FIRST, M KOTSAY ON SECOND, M
    DIAZ ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
    ATLANTA 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: K JOHNSON (.269, 1-FOR-3)

    Padres 2, Braves 3  Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 7 9:05 PM


  • NL
    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    KEVIN KOUZMANOFF HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING TADAHITO
    IGUCHI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 2
    ATLANTA 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: P MCANULTY (.238, 1-FOR-2)

    Padres 2, Braves 2  Top 6, 0 OutsMay 7 8:40 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK KOTSAY SCORED JEFF FRANCOEUR.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M KOTSAY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    ATLANTA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: T HUDSON (.100, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Padres 1, Braves 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 7 7:47 PM


  • NL
    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    MATT DIAZ HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING MARK TEIXEIRA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J FRANCOEUR ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M KOTSAY (.308, 3 HR, 14 RBI)

    Padres 1, Braves 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 7 7:46 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    BALK BY TIM HUDSON ALLOWED KEVIN KOUZMANOFF TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P MCANULTY ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    ATLANTA 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: J EDMONDS (.172, 0-FOR-0)

    Padres 1, Braves 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 7 7:25 PM

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