Braves 5, Giants 2
Martin Prado had three RBIs, Brian McCann drove in two runs and Tim Hudson outpitched Tim Lincecum as the Atlanta Braves registered a 5-2 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Hudson (3-2) gave up two runs and nine hits in 8 2/3 innings to break a personal two-game losing streak. Hudson didn’t walk anybody and struck out four.
Craig Kimbrel retired Buster Posey on a flyball for the final out to notch his sixth save.
Prado had run-scoring singles in the third and fifth innings with the latter one giving the Braves a 2-1 lead.
Prado’s final RBI came on a seventh-inning groundout that plated the first of a three-run seventh. Lincecum left the game with the bases loaded and one out and McCann culminated the uprising with a two-run single to center off reliever Javier Lopez.
Lincecum (2-2) had a shaky outing, walking a career-high six in 6 1/3 innings. He gave up five runs and six hits and struck out six.
Atlanta’s Nate McLouth reached base three times on a single and two walks and scored three times.
San Francisco scored in the second inning when Cody Ross singled home Pat Burrell, who had three hits. Miguel Tejada’s ninth-inning sacrifice fly accounted for the other run.