Atlanta 4, Toronto 3
When: 7:35 PM ET, Friday, June 8, 2012
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
Dan Bellino, 2B -
Chris Conroy, 3B -
Jerry Layne
Attendance:
42488
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Braves 4, Blue Jays 3 (10): Jason Heyward stole third and scored on an errant throw as the host Braves won their fifth straight.
Catcher J.P. Arencibia's throw bounced and scooted into left field as Heyward came home. He led off by beating out a chopper off Francisco Cordero (1-4), and was bunted to second.
Michael Bourn went 3-for-5 with two doubles, Dan Uggla walked four times and Heyward added an RBI double for Atlanta, which has won seven straight over Toronto. Cristhian Martinez (3-1) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win, Atlanta's 12th in their last 14 interleague contests.
Trailing 1-0 in the sixth, Toronto tied it on Jose Bautista’s long home run to left, his 16th, and grabbed the lead on Arencibia’s RBI grounder. Atlanta tied it in the bottom half when Heyward ripped an RBI double into the gap in right-center. Heyward eventually scored on Beck’s two-out balk.
Toronto knotted it again in the eighth when Edwin Encarnacion doubled and came around to score on Yunel Escobar's high chopper.
Braves starter Brandon Beachy, who allowed two runs in five-plus innings, helped his cause by beating out an infield hit in the third. Bourn ripped a one-out double to right and Uggla drew a bases-loaded, two-out walk to score Beachy with the game's first run.
Blue Jays starter Kyle Drabek allowed three runs in five-plus innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Braves retired John Smoltz’s No. 29 before the game. The eight-time All-Star was the ninth Brave to have his uniform number retired, joining Hank Aaron (44), Eddie Mathews (41), Dale Murphy (3), Phil Niekro (35), Warren Spahn (21), Greg Maddux (31), Tom Glavine (47) and Bobby Cox (6). … Braves 1B Freddie Freeman was out of the starting lineup for a second straight game with a left index finger injury; he entered in the sixth and struck out twice. ... The Braves improved to 9-4 in one-run games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto |
|
Atlanta |
Kyle Drabek
|
Player |
Brandon Beachy
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
0 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
6 |
Hits |
3 |
5.40 |
ERA |
3.60 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Toronto
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.147 |
17 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
Atlanta
|
9 |
0 |
14 |
.265 |
24 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
0 |