Atlanta Seeking Sunday Sweep To Cap Off The Chipper Jones Weekend

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Chipper Jones gave the Braves a little pep talk Friday night during his Jersey Retirement Ceremony and the results have been good as the Braves have taken the first two games of this series with Atlanta breaking yesterday's game open scoring seven runs in the eight inning. Atlanta now has won four of last five batting .307 with six HR's and 14 doubles. Yesterday was the first time in the month of June the Braves hit double digits in runs and Atlanta would love to see another great day at the plate looking for a Sunday sweep of the D Backs. Maholm is 8-6 3.25 ERA overall this season but is 4-2 1.80 ERA in six home starts. Maholm will seek to have another quality home outing this afternoon and hopefully receive the run support similar to what Atlanta provided on Saturday. Cahill is 3-0 4.29 ERA overall this season but is 0-5 7.34 ERA in last seven outings with opponents batting .329 in that time frame. Cahill has failed to get through six Innings pitched five times this month and lost both starts in this matchup last year allowing 13 runs in 10 Innings Pitched. Jason Heyward has hit eight doubles this month and Dan Uggla is .350 average in last five games. Arizona slugger Paul Goldschmidt is only .120 average in eight career games at Turner Field. Pollock however was a shot in the arm for Arizona yesterday and Cody Ross is scheduled to be in the D Back lineup today. Maholm cannot afford to overlook Pollock and Ross today. Arizona has now lost five of six and 12 of 15 at Turner Field so Atlanta with Maholm's good home stats are in a good situational matchup vs. a struggling Cahill. A win today would put the capper on an emotional and historic weekend at Turner Field. Game time today is 1:35 PM EST with weather maybe an issue at time with summer thunderstorms possibly lingering in the Atlanta area. Source: ESPN MLB Preview.
 

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Today is Tribute To The Troops Day in Atlanta in celebration of the upcoming Fourth Of July. Very patriotic pre game ceremony to honor our past Veterans and current active duty and reserve service men and women. Enjoy today's game members of our Armed Forces and God Bless You and your families.
 

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Atlanta has got the HR Ball working so far this afternoon with McCann with a solo shot and Freeman a three run HR for a 4-1 Atlanta lead after three complete innings. Also had a marriage proposal captured today in the stands by one of the service men to his girlfriend. He gave her the ring and she said yes and it was a pretty cool moment to add to the already great atomosphere today at the ballpark.
 

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Dan Uggla contributes today with a two run HR with a Atlanta 6-1 lead after five complete innings. Braves with three HR's on the day so far.
 

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Atlanta with a 6-2 final score for a series sweep of Arizona to salute our troops and cap off the Chipper Jones Jersey Retirement Weekend. The announcers did a great job of getting interviews in between innings with service men and women and it was a great day all around. Atlanta with an off day tomorrow and then the Marlins come to town playing much better baseball overall compared to the last meeting in this matchup. Atlanta scored 17 runs in two games so fans can be encouraged that the offense is starting to give that added run support at least for now.
 

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