Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 5
When: 7:35 PM ET, Friday, August 31, 2012
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Angel Hernandez, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Chris Conroy
Attendance:
31203
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Phillies 8, Braves 5 (10): John Mayberry Jr. hit a three-run homer in the 10th after Erik Kratz had forced extra innings with a homer in the ninth as visiting Philadelphia rallied past Atlanta.
Cristhian Martinez (5-4) came on to pitch the 10th for Atlanta and allowed a leadoff single to Kevin Fransden, who advanced to second on a balk and third on a groundout. After the Braves elected to intentionally walk Ryan Howard, Martinez struck out Juan Pierre but could not get Mayberry, who belted a first-pitch slider into the seats in left to put the Phillies on top.
Josh Lindblom (3-3) got the win in relief and Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 31st save with a scoreless 10th for Philadelphia, which made sure the Braves’ wild card lead stayed at three games over the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Braves have lost nine of 13 to fall 6 1/2 games behind division-leading Washington in the NL East.
Kratz, who had taken a big hit on a home plate collision with Chipper Jones earlier in the game, came through in the ninth. Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel delivered an 0-2 fastball at 99 mph that Kratz turned around and put into the left-field seats for his eighth blast.
Philadelphia drew even at 4-4 with a three-run sixth inning but Dan Uggla quickly put the Braves back on top. Leading off the bottom of the sixth, Uggla got a 2-2 fastball from left-hander Jeremy Horst and blasted it out to center for his 18th home run.
Atlanta had taken the lead with a four-run rally against Roy Halladay in the fifth that included two-run homers from Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman.
Howard homered and drove in two for the Phillies, who have won six of eight.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kimbrel had not allowed a run in 10 straight appearances before serving up Kratz’s homer. … Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins was back in the lineup a day after being benched for not hustling. Rollins went 1-for-5 and committed a throwing error. … Atlanta traded for utility infielder Jeff Baker on Friday, sending a player to be named or cash back to the Detroit Tigers. … The Braves had release veteran SS Jack Wilson earlier in the day.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia |
|
Atlanta |
Roy Halladay
|
Player |
Mike Minor
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
4.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
7 |
Hits |
7 |
7.71 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Philadelphia
|
13 |
3 |
22 |
.325 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Atlanta
|
9 |
3 |
19 |
.237 |
21 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |