Braves 9, Giants 6 (10 innings)
Nate McLouth hit a two-run single with two outs in the 10th inning and the visiting Atlanta Braves completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 9-6 victory on Sunday.
McLouth’s bases-loaded hit to center off Brian Wilson (0-1) drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla with the go-ahead runs. Brian McCann followed with a run-scoring single as Atlanta stretched San Francisco’s losing streak to four games. Wilson looked like he could escape the jam by retiring two straight after loading the bases with no outs.
Eric O’Flaherty (1-1) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for Atlanta to post the win and Jonny Venters pitched the 10th for his first save, as Atlanta swept a series in San Francisco for the first time since 1998.
Atlanta had a 5-2 lead in the seventh after Jason Heyward’s three-run homer off Jeremy Affeldt. San Francisco responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning on Miguel Tejada’s bases-loaded walk, Nate Schierholtz’s groundout and Aaron Rowand’s two-run double. Uggla tied the game in the eighth with a leadoff homer off Sergio Romo.
The Braves led 2-0 in the first after a two-run double by Jones. Buster Posey tied the game in the fourth with a two-run homer.
Atlanta starter Brandon Beachy struck out seven in six innings. Beachy gave up two runs and three hits and didn’t walk anyone. Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez gave up two runs and two hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked three.