The offense had eleven hits in the victory. Dan Uggla had the biggest day of all, he had two solo home runs and scored three times. The home runs were his sixth and seventh of the season. Juan Francisco hit the first grand slam of his career in the eighth inning, it was the fifth home run of the season for him. Andrelton Simmons led the Braves with four hits on the day, Jordan Schafer was next on the team with three. Freddie Freeman also added a hit and drove in a run in the win.
Mike Minor had an effective day on the mound for the Braves. He got out of a jam and then held the Reds to one run, a Zack Cozart homer, on four hits through seven innings. He also struck out seven Reds' batters and improved his record to 4-2. Anthony Varvaro pitched two innings of relief work. He gave up a home run to Jay Bruce and three hits total but he did strike out three batters.
The Braves are now 20-13 on the year. They will travel to San Francisco and start a four-game series with the Giants tomorrow night at 10:15 p.m. Julio Teheran (1-0) will start game one of the series for Atlanta while Ryan Vogelsong (1-2) will start for the Giants.
Dan Uggla launches one of his two home runs in the Braves' 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press
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