Final/17
Loretta, Astros face Braves in rubber match
Jul 6, 2008 - 12:57 PM Houston (41-47) at Atlanta (41-47) 1:35 pm EDTATLANTA (Ticker) -- Mark Loretta and the Houston Astros face the Atlanta Braves on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series.
Loretta had three hits and drove in four runs, leading the Astros to a 6-1 victory Saturday. Miguel Tejada and Carlos Lee also drove in a run apiece for Houston, which stopped a four-game losing streak.
Atlanta, which managed just four hits Saturday, has lost six of its previous seven contests.
The Braves hope rookie Charlie Morton (1-2, 6.16 ERA) can change that trend. The 24-year-old righthander will need to be better than his last time out when he gave up five runs and eight hits over two innings during Tuesday's 8-3 setback to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Astros will counter with lefthander Wandy Rodriguez (3-3, 3.08), who was tagged for five runs and six hits and four walks with five strikeouts over five frames in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- NL
FINAL 17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
HOUSTON 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
ATLANTA 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 R H E
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -
HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 0
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 17 1 (FINAL 17)
BATTERIES: HOU
Jul 6 9:01 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED GREGOR BLANCO.
FINAL SCORE: ATLANTA 7, HOUSTON 6
Astros 6, Braves 7 Bot 17, 0 OutsJul 6 9:01 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY YUNEL ESCOBAR SCORED MARTIN PRADO AND KELLY
JOHNSON.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, Y ESCOBAR ON FIRST, G BLANCO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 6
ATLANTA 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JONES (.388, 2-FOR-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI)
Astros 6, Braves 6 Bot 8, 0 OutsJul 6 6:20 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 6
ATLANTA 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J PERRY (.111, 0-FOR-2)
Astros 6, Braves 4 Bot 7, 0 OutsJul 6 5:44 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BRAD AUSMUS SCORED DAVID NEWHAN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B AUSMUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 6
ATLANTA 3 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: W RODRIGUEZ (.048, 0-FOR-2)
Astros 6, Braves 3 Top 6, 0 OutsJul 6 5:06 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEIXEIRA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J PERRY (.143, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
Astros 5, Braves 3 Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 6 4:27 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY CHIPPER JONES SCORED GREGOR BLANCO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C JONES ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
ATLANTA 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.271, 0-FOR-1)
Astros 5, Braves 2 Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 6 4:25 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
GRAND SLAM BY TY WIGGINTON (7) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
3RD OFF CHARLIE MORTON SCORED HUNTER PENCE, CARLOS LEE AND DARIN
ERSTAD.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5, ATLANTA 1
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: D NEWHAN (.294, 0-FOR-1)
Astros 5, Braves 1 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 6 4:18 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CARLOS LEE SCORED MARK LORETTA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C LEE ON FIRST, H PENCE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
ATLANTA 1 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: D ERSTAD (.311, 1-FOR-1)
Astros 1, Braves 1 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 6 4:13 PM - NL
AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY CHIPPER JONES (18) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 1ST OFF WANDY RODRIGUEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0, ATLANTA 1
DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.272, 16 HR, 63 RBI)
Astros 0, Braves 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 6 3:36 PM
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