Heyward powers Braves past Mets
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08/30/2010 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Heyward finished 4-for-5 with a three-run home run, four RBI and three runs scored as Atlanta dominated New York, 9-3, in the opener of a four-game series.
Martin Prado added three RBI on two hits while Omar Infante scored three times for the Braves, who have won three straight. Jair Jurrjens (6-4) went 5 2/3 innings and was charged with three runs on six hits with six walks and eight strikeouts for the win.
Atlanta holds a 2 1/2 games lead over Philadelphia for first place in the NL East. The Phillies are currently playing the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Josh Thole, Luis Hernandez and Angel Pagan each drove in a run for the Mets, who have dropped four of their last six. Pat Misch (0-4) was clobbered for five runs on eight hits in just three innings of work.
The Braves struck in the first inning. Singles from Infante and Heyward to start the inning was followed by an RBI groundout from Prado. Derrek Lee then singled home Heyward for a 2-0 lead.
The Mets, though, answered in the second. Jeff Francoeur singled to start things off and Thole followed with a walk. Hernandez singled to center to bring home Francoeur, Pat Misch followed with a sacrifice bunt and Pagan's groundout scored Thole to tie the game.
Atlanta went back on top in the bottom of the second as, with two outs, Jurrjens and Infante both singled and Heyward followed with a blast to right for a 5-2 lead.
In the sixth, Francoeur led off with a single and scored when Thole followed with a triple. After Hernandez walked, Carlos Beltran grounded back to the pitcher and Thole was tagged out in a rundown. After Pagan struck out, Luis Castillo walked to load the bases and Eric O'Flaherty came on the mound.
Flaherty kept the Mets from causing any more trouble as he got Chris Carter to groundout to end the frame.
Atlanta, though, got the run back and more in the bottom of the sixth as Heyward's RBI single was followed by a two-run single from Prado, with Heyward scoring from first on a beautiful slide to avoid the tag, for an 8-3 lead.
Brian McCann's monster shot into the seats in right field in the seventh gave Atlanta a 9-3 lead.
Kyle Farnsworth worked around a one-out double by Beltran in the eighth while Billy Wagner tossed the ninth to complete the win.
Game Notes
Each team has won six times in the season series...Jurrjens improved to 6-0 over eight starts at home this season and improved to 7-2 lifetime against the Mets...Misch fell to 0-3 in seven games against Atlanta...Heyward matched a career-high in hits and RBI.
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