The Braves' hitters finished with ten hits in the victory. The biggest was Gattis' two-out home run in the bottom of the ninth inning that sent the game to extras. It was his ninth home run of the year. Freeman, who had two hits and two RBI's in the game, drove in the winning run with a single the very next inning. Brian McCann drove in two runs and led the Braves with three hits, including a solo home run in the fourth inning. It was McCann's fourth homer of the year. Jason Heyward and B.J. Upton also had two hits for the Braves.
Tim Hudson had a decent outing for the Braves. He ended up pitching five innings and gave up two runs on five hits and had five strikeouts. He didn't factor into the decision though after the bullpen blew the lead in the eighth inning. Anthony Varvaro pitched two innings and struck out three batters. Luis Avilan only got one out and gave up two runs, Cory Gearrin got the final two outs of that inning. Craig Kimbrel pitched the tenth inning and ended up with the victory, it evened his record at 1-1 for the season.
The Braves are now 27-18 on the year. They will go for the sweep of the Twins tomorrow afternoon at 12:10 p.m. Paul Maholm (5-4) will look to continue the Braves' winning steak as Vance Worley (1-3) will try and stop it for Minnesota.
Evan Gattis came through in the late innings again, this time tying the game in the bottom of the ninth inning with a solo home run while there was two outs.
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