The Braves' offense managed only four hits in the loss. Evan Gattis had an RBI double in his only at-bat in the ninth inning to drive home Dan Uggla with the Braves' only run. Jordan Schafer, Reed Johnson and Ramiro Pena were the other Braves that had a hit. Schafer also stole his team leading sixth base of the year.
Kris Medlen started the game for the Braves and gave up at least a run in four of the first five innings. He also gave up three home runs to the Giants' Brandon Belt, Marco Scutaro and Pablo Sandoval. Medlen finished the day pitching five and a third innings and gave up five runs, only three earned, on eight hits. He took the loss and is now 1-5 on the year. Cory Gearrin pitched two-thirds of an inning and got Medlen out of the jam he got into in the sixth. Luis Avilan pitched the final two innings for the Braves.
Atlanta is now 21-16 on the year and they begin a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks tomorrow night at 9:40 p.m. Mike Minor (4-2) will try to help the Braves get back to their winning ways as Wade Miley (3-1) will start for the D-backs.
Kris Medlen hasn't been the same Kris Medlen of 2012. He gave up three home runs and suffered the loss on Sunday afternoon, dropping his record to 1-5 on the year.
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