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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tom Glavine knew that once the Braves got
the lead back from the San Francisco Giants, it was going to be up
to him to make sure Atlanta didn't get swept.
"I kicked it into another gear and got more aggressive,"
Glavine said. "It was like, I've got the lead, I'm not going to
give it back."
|  | | Chipper Jones finally found his stroke against the Giants -- and did it in a big way. |
Glavine allowed just three hits to win his lead-leading 16th
game and the Braves beat the Giants 8-5 on Sunday, snapping San
Francisco's six-game winning streak and avoiding a three-game
sweep.
Chipper Jones had two home runs for the Braves.
Glavine joins Arizona's Randy Johnson with 16 victories this season.
Johnson threw a four-hitter as the Diamondbacks beat the Chicago
Cubs 5-4 Sunday.
Glavine, 5-1 in his last six starts, sent the Giants to just
their 19th defeat in 60 games at Pacific Bell Park. Glavine is 3-0
against the Giants this year. He allowed four runs -- three earned -- and three hits in seven innings.
"We only had four hits today," Giants second baseman Jeff Kent
said, "and that's not enough to beat the Braves."
Ellis Burks homered twice for the second consecutive game for the
Giants.
With the Giants leading 4-3, Jones led off the fifth inning with
his 27th home run to tie the game. Jones went 4-for-4.
Andres Galarraga reached on shortstop Rich Aurilia's throwing
error, then scored on Brian Jordan's double off Kirk Rueter (8-8)
to put the Braves ahead. Walt Weiss added a run-scoring single later in
the inning.
Jones also led off the third with a solo shot. It was the fifth
time this year he has homered twice in one game, the 17th time in
his career.
"We'd held Chipper in check pretty well until today," Giants
manager Dusty Baker said. "We were hoping they'd get out of town
before he found his stroke."
Burks gave San Francisco the lead in the third with a three-run
homer off Glavine (16-6) over the right-field wall -- short of
McCovey Cove and San Francisco Bay. He also hit a solo shot with
one out in the ninth off John Rocker.
Rueter allowed six runs -- five earned -- and 10 hits in 4 1/3
innings.
Rueter got in trouble early. With one out in the first, Andruw
Jones singled, went to third on Chipper Jones' single, and scored
with Galarraga's single.
Brian Jordan added another single to load the bases, and Javy
Lopez's sacrifice fly scored Chipper Jones. Reggie Sanders popped
out to end the inning.
In the bottom of the inning, the Giants narrowed it to 2-1 on
Kent's run-scoring single. He scored Aurilia, who reached on a throwing
error by Weiss at shortstop.
In the third, Burks' 17th homer of the season made it 4-2.
Rafael Furcal added a run-scoring double in the seventh inning, and
Javy Lopez hit an RBI single in the eighth.
Reggie Sanders was 4-for-4, with singles in the second, fourth,
fifth and seventh inning, matching a career high.
Game notes
Burks has 19 career multihomer games. ... J.T. Snow needs
six hits to reach 1,000 for his career. He was hitless Sunday.
... As the Braves' team bus pulled up to the stadium, a small but
vocal faction shouted "Go home, Rocker!" in reference to Atlanta
controversial reliever. ...The Giants have not swept the Braves at
home since Sept. 10-12, 1990 at Candlestick Park. Some fans brought
brooms in anticipation of a victory. ... The throwing error by
Aurilia in the fifth snapped a 33-game errorless streak.
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