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Seventh slams door
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Braves 9, Reds 1
Chipper Jones doubles in a run in the first inning Saturday night.  (John Bazemore/AP)
By Jon Cooper / Special to MLB.com
Yunel Escobar was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI and Brian McCann had two RBIs, as the Braves pounded out 15 hits, batting around for six runs in the seventh inning to turn a one-run lead into a rout. Jo-Jo Reyes went 5 1/3 innings, giving up one run on four hits, striking out five.
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Series at a glance:
CIN
Cincinnati (12-19)
Lost 4 		Atlanta 9, Cincinnati 1   ATL
Atlanta (14-15)
Won 2
May 3, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Cincinnati
 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   1 4 0
Atlanta
 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 X   9 15 0
Standings thru 5/3/08  |  Recap: CIN | ATL  |  Gameday  |  Reds stats  |  Braves stats
CincinnatiABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Freel, CF-LF4110001.316
Griffey, RF4000031.239
Phillips, 2B4011010.274
Votto, 1B3000110.293
Encarnacion, 3B3000102.280
Dunn, LF3000013.209
  Lincoln, P0000000.000
  Affeldt, P0000000.000
  Burton, P0000000.000
  Cordero, P0000000.000
  a-Valentin, PH1000000.214
Keppinger, SS3020000.300
Ross, C2000101.167
Belisle, P1000012.000
  Bray, P0000000.000
  Patterson, CF1000000.202
Totals291413710 

a-Grounded out for Cordero in the 9th.

BATTING
TB: Freel; Phillips; Keppinger 2.
RBI: Phillips (15).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freel; Belisle; Dunn 2.
S: Belisle.
GIDP: Dunn.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Freel 2 (3, 2nd base off Reyes/McCann, 3rd base off Reyes/McCann), Phillips (5, 2nd base off Reyes/McCann).
 
AtlantaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Johnson, 2B4220000.242
Escobar, SS4231101.317
Jones, C, 3B4121102.421
  1-Prado, PR-3B0000000.270
Teixeira, 1B4121102.274
McCann, C4122101.283
Francoeur, RF5121005.280
Kotsay, CF5011016.283
Blanco, LF2000012.317
  a-Diaz, PH-LF1001001.289
Reyes, P2000010.000
  Bennett, P0000000.000
  Ohman, P0000000.000
  Campillo, P0000000.000
  b-Pena, PH2110001.231
  Boyer, P0000000.000
  Resop, P0000000.000
Totals3791584321 

a-Grounded out for Blanco in the 6th. b-Singled for Campillo in the 7th.
1-Ran for Jones, C in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Escobar (4, Belisle), Jones, C (5, Belisle), Johnson 2 (4, Belisle, Cordero), Francoeur (11, Belisle), McCann (8, Affeldt), Kotsay (5, Burton).
TB: Johnson 4; Escobar 4; Jones, C 3; Teixeira 2; McCann 3; Francoeur 3; Kotsay 2; Pena.
RBI: Jones, C (22), Escobar (13), Teixeira (18), McCann 2 (16), Francoeur (20), Kotsay (9), Diaz (13).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McCann; Blanco; Teixeira; Diaz; Pena; Kotsay 2.
S: Johnson.
SF: Diaz.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (Johnson-Jones, C-Teixeira).
 
CincinnatiIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Belisle (L, 1-2)5.18220206.91
Bray 0.10000100.00
Lincoln 0.21221003.95
Affeldt 0.02331003.46
Burton 0.22110004.15
Cordero 1.02112002.25
 
AtlantaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Reyes (W, 1-0)5.14113501.69
Bennett (H, 2)0.10000003.95
Ohman (H, 4)0.10000102.38
Campillo (H, 3)1.00000000.66
Boyer 1.00000105.09
Resop 1.00000007.84

Affeldt pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP: Belisle, Cordero.
Pitches-strikes: Belisle 86-55, Bray 3-3, Lincoln 12-5, Affeldt 12-5, Burton 14-9, Cordero 26-12, Reyes 88-48, Bennett 4-2, Ohman 4-3, Campillo 14-10, Boyer 9-6, Resop 19-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Belisle 6-8, Bray 0-0, Lincoln 2-0, Affeldt 0-0, Burton 1-1, Cordero 1-2, Reyes 8-3, Bennett 1-0, Ohman 0-0, Campillo 1-2, Boyer 1-1, Resop 3-0.
Batters faced: Belisle 24, Bray 1, Lincoln 4, Affeldt 3, Burton 4, Cordero 7, Reyes 22, Bennett 1, Ohman 1, Campillo 3, Boyer 3, Resop 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Bray 1-0, Lincoln 1-0, Affeldt 2-2, Burton 2-2, Bennett 2-0, Ohman 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Chad Fairchild. 2B: Rick Reed. 3B: Jeff Kellogg.
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:58.
Att: 37,969.

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