Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 28, 2014
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Dale Scott, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 38082

Braves 2, Phillies 1: Emilio Bonifacio homered leading off the contest and five relievers combined to allow one run as visiting Atlanta concluded its season by winning consecutive games for the first time in a month.

Freddie Freeman added an RBI single for the Braves, who had not won back-to-back games since Aug. 27-29 and finished 7-18 in September. Luis Avilan (4-1) earned the victory with two scoreless innings after reliever James Russell, making his sixth career start and first start since May 22, 2011, pitched four shutout innings with two hits allowed and four strikeouts.

Cole Hamels (9-9) allowed the first four hitters of the game to reach before retiring the next 20 batters, surrendering two runs on three hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings. Hamels also finished with two of Philadelphia’s six hits.

Bonifacio smacked Hamels’ fourth pitch of the game into the left-field seats for his third homer of the season, and Phil Gosselin walked, stole second and came home on Freeman’s single up the middle to give Atlanta a 2-0 lead. Hamels, who fired the first six innings of Philadelphia’s combined no-hitter against the Braves on Sept. 1, did not allow a runner after the first inning until he hit Joey Terdoslavich with two outs in the seventh.

Avilan struck out Ryan Howard to end the sixth with runners on second and third and Anthony Varvaro pitched a perfect seventh. David Carpenter gave up a run in the eighth when Freddy Galvis singled and later scored on Ben Revere’s double-play grounder, and Craig Kimbrel covered the ninth for his National League-leading 47th save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Tommy La Stella’s bouncer in the second glanced off Hamels’ face, but the left-hander remained in the contest. … Revere finished 1-for-4 to end the season with 184 hits, tying Washington’s Denard Span for the NL lead. … Freeman played 1,449 innings in the field this season, eclipsing Andruw Jones’ franchise record (1,447 1/3 innings, 1999).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   Philadelphia
James Russell Player Cole Hamels
No Decision W/L Loss
4.0 IP 8.0
4 Strikeouts 7
2 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 2.25
Hitting
Atlanta   Philadelphia
Emilio Bonifacio Player Cole Hamels
1 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
4 TB 2
.250 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 3 1 6 .100 7 9 2 1 1 0
Philadelphia 6 0 6 .194 14 10 0 2 3 0