PHOENIX -- Javier Vazquez (9-9) struck out a season-high 11
in eight innings and Arizona withstood Andruw Jones' 31st and 32nd
homers.
Part-time player Tony Clark hit his 15th home run for the
Diamondbacks, who won a home series for the first time in a month
to climb within 2½ games of sinking San Diego in the anemic NL
West.
The loss kept Atlanta tied with Washington atop the NL East. The
Braves finished a 10-game road trip 5-5 and open a three-game
series at home against the Nationals on Tuesday night.
Brian Bruney pitched the ninth, getting Andruw Jones and Chipper
Jones to ground out with a man on for his 11th save in 14 chances.
Horacio Ramirez (8-6) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven
innings, striking out three and walking three, one intentionally.<
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A.J. Burnett homered and pitched into the
eighth inning, and Miguel Cabrera connected for the third straight
game to lead Florida.
Juan Encarnacion added a two-run shot as Florida took two of
three to win its first series in San Francisco since 1997, when the
Marlins earned the NL wild card and won the World Series.
Carlos Delgado singled in the eighth to extend his hitting
streak to 11 games as the Marlins concluded a 10-game road trip in
impressive fashion. Cabrera was 7-for-10 with five RBIss and six
runs in the series.
Burnett (7-6), whose name has come up in trade talk for weeks,
won his second straight start in his first outing at SBC Park since
2001. He hit his third career homer on the first pitch he saw from
Kevin Correia (1-2) with one out in the third.<
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