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Braves Drop to Giants 5-1
San Francisco, California
April 9, 2010
ESPN News Service
The Atlanta Braves comeback magic has finally worn off. Atlanta, fresh off of two great comebacks against the Chicago Cubs finally lost their swagger as they dropped 5-1 to the Giants in their first road trip of the season.
Atlanta was limited to five hits and struggled to get anything going offensively. The first three hitters (Diaz, Prado, C. Jones) were the only ones providing offense. The lone Atlanta run came off of a solo homerun by Chipper Jones, his first of the season, in the fourth inning.
The bullpen, which has typically been Atlanta's strongest point, struggled this game with Acosta giving up two runs in one inning of work. Hudson picks up the loss, his first of the season, going 7 innings, giving up 10 hits and 3 runs. Hudson looked solid in his first start coming off of his season ending injury last season.
Ultimately though, Barry Zito got the best of his former teammate going 7 innings and holding Atlanta to 5 hits and 1 earned run.
Atlanta will take on San Francisco again tomorrow as the probably matchup is Kenshin Kawakami against Tim Lincecum.
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