Atlanta 5, Florida 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Chris Guccione, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
13865
By SportsDirect Inc.
Tommy Hanson pitched seven shutout innings to earn his first victory of the season and lead the host Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday.
Jason Heyward hit his third homer, Brian McCann hit his first homer and Chipper Jones added two RBIs for the Braves, who snapped a two-game losing streak during which they scored a total of two runs.
Hanson (1-2) allowed four hits, walked two and struck out five, and improved to 4-1 lifetime against the Marlins.
Eric O’Flaherty and Peter Moylan combined to pitch the eighth, and Scott Linebrink pitched the ninth and struck out two.
Marlins starter Chris Volstad (0-2) was knocked out of the game with two outs in the fifth after allowing eight hits and five runs.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
Florida |
|
Atlanta |
Chris Coghlan | Player |
Martin Prado
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
0 |
RBI |
0 |
0 |
HR |
0 |
2 |
TB |
3 |
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Florida
|
5 |
0 |
7 |
.167 |
18 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Atlanta
|
9 |
2 |
18 |
.290 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |