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Relief corps coming through for Braves

Adam Rosenberg / MLB.com
Winning one-run games, a major problem for Atlanta last season, has become a strength for the club of late. On their 10-game homestand that concluded Sunday, three of the Braves' six wins were decided by one run.
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Braves probable pitcher

Javier Vazquez

  • #33 RHP
  • (4-3) 3.39 ERA 73 SO
Vazquez finally recorded his first win at Turner Field this season in an abbreviated outing during the Braves' 12-3 win over the Rockies on Wednesday. The Braves' offensive outburst gave Vazquez's arm a welcome reprieve. He threw just 71 pitches on Wednesday after averaging 111 pitches per game over his previous three starts. Vazquez has been stingy with runs of late. Including his five innings with no earned runs against the Rockies, Vazquez has given up two earned runs or fewer in each of his last three starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 131-132 4.29 2329.0 618 2088 .258
Season 4-3 3.39 58.1 14 73 .227
May 2-1 3.42 26.1 6 31 .200

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/25/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 23 20 .535 1.5 11-12 12-8
San Francisco Giants (NL West) 20 23 .465 9.0 13-8 7-15
Stats - 05/25/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .266 192 33 180 10 256 4.02 384.2 354 157 335
SF .250 164 24 153 29 317 4.04 385.1 373 175 337
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Renteria getting back into swing of things

Chris Haft / MLB.com
Edgar Renteria returned last Friday from a six-game absence with an injured right hamstring and went 0-for-8 in his first two games back. But he heated up a little bit in Sunday's series finale at Seattle, lining a fifth-inning RBI single.
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Giants probable pitcher

Jonathan Sanchez

  • #57 LHP
  • (1-4) 4.74 ERA 37 SO
Sanchez is coming off his best effort of the season, a six-inning two-hitter last Wednesday at San Diego. Both hits, however, generated runs as the Padres prevailed, 2-1. It was Sanchez's third consecutive losing decision but also just his second quality start of the year. Sanchez has struggled against Atlanta, going 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA in three appearances.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 14-22 5.13 288.0 154 289 .256
Season 1-4 4.74 38.0 28 37 .222
May 0-3 6.53 20.2 16 20 .272

Braves hitters vs Jonathan Sanchez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - - - - -
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 1
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt - - - - .000 5 0 0
Escobar, Yunel - - - - .364 11 0 2
Hernandez, Diory - - - - .000 2 0 0
Infante, Omar - - - - .000 2 0 0
Johnson, Kelly - - - - .571 7 0 0
Jones, Brandon - - - - .400 5 0 1
Jones, Chipper - - - - .400 5 1 3
McCann, Brian - - - - .429 7 0 1
McLouth, Nate - - - - .429 7 1 2
Prado, Martin - - - - .167 6 0 0
Ross, David - - - - .000 5 0 0
Sammons, Clint - - - - .357 14 1 5
Schafer, Jordan - - - - .000 2 0 0

Giants hitters vs Javier Vazquez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bocock, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bowker, John - - - - - - - -
Burriss, Emmanuel - - - - .333 3 0 1
Downs, Matt - - - - - - - -
Ford, Darren - - - - - - - -
Frandsen, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Garko, Ryan - - - - .381 21 1 5
Gillaspie, Conor - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Jesus - - - - - - - -
Ishikawa, Travis - - - - 1.000 3 0 0
Lewis, Fred - - - - .333 3 0 0
Peguero, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Pill, Brett - - - - - - - -
Posey, Buster - - - - - - - -
Renteria, Edgar - - - - .400 15 0 3
Rohlinger, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Rowand, Aaron - - - - .143 14 0 0
Sanchez, Freddy .667 3 0 0 .333 12 0 0
Sandoval, Pablo - - - - - - - -
Schierholtz, Nate - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Torres, Andres - - - - .500 2 0 2
Velez, Eugenio - - - - - - - -
Whiteside, Eli - - - - - - - -

Ishikawa wows 'em (23-21) (21-23)

Giants 8, Braves 2

Deflated rally hurts

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
After Javier Vazquez gave up three runs in the fifth inning, the Braves nearly got him right back in the game by loading the bases to start the sixth. They only pushed across two runs, however, which Vazquez gave back in the bottom of the frame en route to his fourth loss.

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Series at a Glance

 

First things first

Chris Haft / MLB.com
Travis Ishikawa notched a career-best four hits, including the first homer by a Giants first baseman this season, to lead an offensive bonanza that also included Edgar Renteria's two-run double. Justin Miller preserved Jonathan Sanchez's win with two key strikeouts in the sixth.
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Giants 8, Braves 2

Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Johnson, K, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Prado, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .254
Diaz, M, LF 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .299
McCann, C 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 .326
  Ross, D, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Francoeur, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 .259
Kotchman, 1B 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 .278
Hernandez, Di, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167
Schafer, CF 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 .205
Vazquez, J, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .105
  Bennett, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Norton, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
  Carlyle, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Jones, C, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Totals 33 2 6 2 4 10 22  

a-Grounded out for Bennett in the 7th. b-Flied out for Carlyle in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Vazquez, J (2, Sanchez, J).
3B: Johnson, K (2, Sanchez, J).
TB: Johnson, K 3; Diaz, M; McCann 3; Vazquez, J 2.
RBI: McCann (18), Kotchman (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Prado; Schafer 2; Hernandez, Di.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: (Johnson, K-Hernandez, Di-Kotchman).
 
San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rowand, CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .274
Renteria, SS 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .246
Winn, RF 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .283
Molina, B, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .261
Lewis, F, LF 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 .279
Ishikawa, 1B 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 .250
Uribe, 3B 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .286
Burriss, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .257
Sanchez, J, P 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  Miller, Ju, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Schierholtz, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .241
  Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
  Medders, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Guzman, Je, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
  Wilson, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 8 13 8 2 5 14  

a-Singled for Miller, Ju in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Medders in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Renteria (7, Vazquez, J), Winn (11, Carlyle), Rowand (10, Carlyle).
HR: Ishikawa (1, 7th inning off Carlyle, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Rowand 2; Renteria 3; Winn 3; Lewis, F; Ishikawa 7; Uribe; Burriss; Schierholtz.
RBI: Burriss (9), Renteria 2 (20), Uribe (6), Schierholtz (3), Ishikawa 3 (15).
2-out RBI: Renteria 2; Schierholtz; Ishikawa 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lewis, F; Molina, B.
S: Sanchez, J.
SF: Uribe.
GIDP: Winn.
Team RISP: 5-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ishikawa (1, 2nd base off Vazquez, J/McCann), Winn (8, 2nd base off Vazquez, J/McCann).
 
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Vazquez, J (L, 4-4) 5.2 8 5 5 1 5 0 3.80
Bennett 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
Carlyle 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 1 8.84
 
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sanchez, J (W, 2-4) 5.0 4 2 2 3 6 0 4.60
Miller, Ju (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.14
Affeldt (H, 8) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.11
Medders 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.10
Wilson, B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.64

Sanchez, J pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.
Affeldt pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP: Vazquez, J 2.
IBB: Lewis, F (by Carlyle).
Pitches-strikes: Vazquez, J 107-66, Bennett 1-1, Carlyle 45-27, Sanchez, J 90-58, Miller, Ju 17-10, Affeldt 21-14, Medders 16-9, Wilson, B 18-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Vazquez, J 5-8, Bennett 1-0, Carlyle 3-3, Sanchez, J 3-6, Miller, Ju 1-0, Affeldt 3-0, Medders 2-0, Wilson, B 1-1.
Batters faced: Vazquez, J 27, Bennett 1, Carlyle 11, Sanchez, J 22, Miller, Ju 4, Affeldt 5, Medders 3, Wilson, B 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Bennett 1-0, Miller, Ju 3-1, Medders 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals. 1B: Mike DiMuro. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Dale Scott.
Weather: 61 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:04.
Att: 40,034.
May 25, 2009

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