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Major League Baseball
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Atlanta 5, Seattle 3
When: 3:40 PM ET, Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 30472

Freddie Freeman had three hits and Derek Lowe won for the first time since May 6, as the Atlanta Braves completed a three-game sweep of the host Seattle Mariners with a 5-3 victory Wednesday.

Freeman had a two-run single during Atlanta’s three-run fifth inning against Seattle ace Felix Hernandez (8-7).

Lowe (4-6) allowed one run and four hits in six innings to help Atlanta climb a season-high 12 games above .500. Craig Kimbrel struck out two in the ninth and picked up his third save in the series and 23rd overall.

Hot-hitting Brian McCann added a run-scoring single in the seventh. McCann went 8-for-14 in the series.

Hernandez allowed five runs and 10 hits in 7 2/3 innings.

Atlanta bunched consecutive fourth-inning singles from Freeman, Dan Uggla and Brooks Conrad for its first run.

Nate McLouth scored on a wild pitch in the fifth before Freeman capped the inning with a two-run single to center to give the Braves a 4-0 edge.

Josh Bard had a run-scoring single in the fifth to get Seattle on the board, and Dustin Ackley hit a two-run homer in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   Seattle
Derek Lowe Player Felix Hernandez
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 7.2
5 Strikeouts 6
4 Hits 10
1.50 ERA 5.87
Hitting
Atlanta   Seattle
Freddie Freeman Player Josh Bard
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 10 0 10 .278 15 7 4 3 2 0
Seattle 6 1 10 .182 13 11 3 3 1 0