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Glavine looks to continue dominance of Diamondbacks

May 25, 2008 - 3:17 PM Arizona (29-20) at Atlanta (27-22) 1:30 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Atlanta Braves lefthander Tom Glavine seeks his fourth straight win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday when the teams complete their three-game series.

In Friday's series opener, Arizona routed Atlanta, 11-1, thanks in large part to a masterful outing by Doug Davis, who was making his first start since recovering from thyroid cancer surgery.

The Braves answered with a captivating 3-1 victory Saturday on Jeff Francoeur's two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.

Atlanta nows turns to Glavine (2-1, 3.98 ERA), who hasn't lost to Arizona since April 27, 2003. In 15 career starts against Arizona, the 42-year-old lefthander is 10-3 with a 2.49 ERA.

Glavine will be chasing his third win in as many starts overall after recording just one decision - a loss on April 13 to Washington - in his first six outings of the year.

The two-time National League Cy Young Award winner allowed just one run and three hits over six innings in Tuesday's 6-1 win vs. the New York Mets.

One of the majors' best hitting pitchers, Arizona starter Micah Owings (5-2, 3.81) won his only previous start against the Braves with an all-around performance for the ages.

In addition to striking out seven over seven frames in a 12-6 win on August 18, 2007, Owens went 4-for-5 with two homers, six RBI and four runs scored.

Owings suffered a hard-luck 3-2 setback to Florida in his last start on Tuesdy. The righthander gave up runs and seven hits over seven frames in the outing while striking out a career-high 10.