Sports Page Atlanta

Atlanta 6, Arizona 4 (box)
Durham 11, Richmond 2 (box)
Mississippi 9, Jacksonville 2 (box)
Myrtle Beach 3, Lynchburg 2 (box)
Rome 12, Charleston 9 (box)

MLB - Atlanta: Charlie Morton was impressive last night throwing seven scoreless innings allowing only five hits. He struck out four and only walked one in his third win of the season. Mark Kotsay hit his fifth home run of the season and Blanco, Escobar, and McCann each had two hits in the win.

AAA - Richmond: James Parr gave up 10 hits and six runs in four innings of work against Durham to take the loss, his third of the season. Josh Anderson stayed hot with two hits and a stolen base in the losing effort.

AA - Mississippi: Jerome Gamble earned his third win of the season as he pitched five innings of six hit ball and didn’t give up an earned run. He struck out seven and only walked two. J.C. Holt went 3 for 3 with two doubles, Jordan Schafer went 3-4 with two doubles and a stolen base, and Kala Ka’aihue hit his 13th home run of the season.

Adv. A - Myrtle Beach: Designated Hitter Tyler Flowers drove in two runs and hit two doubles as he went 2-4 in last night’s win. Scott Diamond continued to impress on the mound winning his 11th game in Myrtle Beach (14th for the entire season, as he started in Rome) . He pitched seven innings and only gave up five hits and no earned runs. He also struck out five while walking zero. Tyler Wilson pitched two innings in relief to earn his second save of the season.

A - Rome: Edgar Osuna earned his 7th win of the season as he pitched six innings while only giving up two earned runs and striking out nine batters. Every Rome position player collected at least one hit with Mathew Kennelly and Cody Johnson each getting two hits. Johnson added his 20th home run last night as well.

Charlie Morton did more than what was asked for when he took the mound in his major league debut on Saturday. The 24-year old got the victory over the first place Los Angeles Angels throwing 6 strong innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits, striking out 4 while walking just one.

Morton was a 3rd round pick of the Braves back in 2002. That draft has worked well for the Braves.

Jeff Francoeur was their first pick overall in that draft going 23rd. Pitcher Dan Meyer was the supplemental first rounder that year. In the 2nd round the Braves picked up Brian McCann. Later in the 2nd they picked up shortstop James Greene, but in the 3rd came Charlie Morton. In the 20th round they picked up Chuck James who has had on-and-off success for Atlanta.