Atlanta Braves 14 San Francisco Giants 6 (April 7, 2006)
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0 commentsBarry Bonds did not play as a precaution due to soggy conditions following hours of rain in the Bay Area.
The Giants started hot by driving in three runs in the bottom of the first. Steve Finley tripled to deep right, scoring Randy Winn. Mark Sweeney singled him in, and two batters later, Lance Niekro brought Sweeney home.
Ryan Langerhans started off a great day by driving home a run in the top of the following inning.
Atlanta later continued there come from behind with a solo shot by hot-hitting SS Edgar Renteria in the third inning.
San Francisco went down in order in the third and fourth innings.
After Davies struck out to begin the fifth, the Atlanta bats started to manufacture runs again. Marcus Giles doubled to rightfield and Renteria hit a deep fly ball to move the runner over. Chipper Jones hit a single up the middle to score Giles easily. Jones was driven home by Adam LaRoche's single.
In the bottom of the sixth, Joey Devine allowed the Giants to rally from their 4-3 deficit. He walked the first batter he faced, Lance Niekro. Then, Pedro Feliz crushed a ball to the left-center gap, bringing home the runner. A wild pitch moved Feliz over to third base but it did not matter because Moises Alou sent a drive over the leftfield fence to plate two runs. Mike Remlinger entered the game and retired the final two batters of the inning. Atlanta trailed 6-4.
Then, San Francisco sent Tyler Walker into the game and it quickly slipped out of the Giants' grasp. Giles, Renteria, and Chipper led off the inning with walks to load the bases for Andruw Jones. During his at bat, Bobby Cox was ejected from the game. Jones singled in two runners, forcing the Giants to replace Walker with Jack Taschner. His control was just as bad, walking LaRoche, hitting Jeff Francoeur with a pitch, and walking McCann, all of which scored two runners. In came Jeremy Accardo to give it a try. Immediately, Langerhans singled in the two lead runners, expanding the lead to 10-6. Betemit pinch hit and drove in a run on a defensive miscue and Renteria had an RBI groundout. After the top of the 7th, Atlanta held a 12-6 lead.
Later, Langerhans hit a two run homer to pad the lead but San Francisco's bats remained silenced. Atlanta won 14-6.
Starting Lineups and Boxscore
| Atlanta Braves | San Francisco Giants |
|---|---|
| Marcus Giles (2B) | Randy Winn (RF) |
| Edgar Renteria (SS) | Omar Vizquel (SS) |
| Chipper Jones (3B) | Steve Finley (CF) |
| Andruw Jones (CF) | Mark Sweeney (LF) |
| Adam LaRoche (1B) | Ray Durham (2B) |
| Jeff Francoeur (RF) | Lance Niekro (1B) |
| Brian McCann (C) | Pedro Feliz (3B) |
| Ryan Langerhans (LF) | Mike Matheny (C) |
| Kyle Davies (SP) | Matt Cain (SP) |
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Date
April 7, 2006
