ATLANTA -- Arizona manager Kirk Gibson found no fault with Josh Collmenter after the right-hander settled down in the third inning.
Wholesale Authentic Jerseys . Collmenter gave up a career-high 11 hits, and the Diamondbacks couldnt solve Ervin Santana or the Atlanta bullpen in a 5-2 loss to
the Braves on Friday night. "He went out there and did the best he could and got
through six innings. We were unable to score runs," Gibson said. Freddie Freeman
drove in two runs, and Santana won his second straight start for Atlanta, which
stretched its winning streak to eight games. Arizona began the night tied with
Houston for the most losses in the majors with 51. The Diamondbacks have lost
seven of 11. "Were trying everything we can to turn around things, but its not
happening," third baseman Martin Prado said. "Were trying to have good at-bats
and everything. I feel like were pretty close. Theres a bunch of guys having
good at-bats." After earning three victories from June 20-28, Collmenter (7-5)
allowed five runs, one walk, and struck out three in six-plus innings. The
Braves have won 10 of 11 to move 10 games over .500 for the first time since
April 29. They lead the NL East by 1 1/2 games. Santana (7-5) gave up six hits
and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings. The Braves made
it 2-0 in the first on Freemans RBI single and Jason Heywards RBI groundout.
Atlanta went up 4-1 in the third on Andrelton Simmons bases-loaded RBI single
and Justin Uptons RBI walk, but Collmenter stranded the bases loaded when
Heyward popped out. Collmenters night ended after Simmons led off the seventh
with a double. Oliver Perez, the next Arizona pitcher, allowed another RBI
single by Freeman to make it 5-1. "I wasnt missing so much up in the zone as
missing over the plate, enough for them to get a piece of the ball," Collmenter
said. "I just didnt capitalize on my opportunities when I could have made a
pitch." Santana seemed in sync most of the night, but that hasnt been the case
over the last few weeks. After winning 2-0 against the Cubs on May 10, Santana
went 1-5 with a 5.96 ERA over his next eight starts before earning a 10-3
victory last Saturday at Philadelphia. "Everything my way is getting back again,
so I just have to keep it up," Santana said. "Keep my mind positive and keep
working down in the zone." Santana retired 11 straight before Didi Gregorius
singled to begin the eighth. He left the game one out later when Ender Inciarte
singled. After Luis Avilan retired David Peralta on an RBI forceout,
Jordan Walden gave up a double to Paul Goldschmidt before striking out
Miguel Montero to end the threat. In the ninth, Craig Kimbrel struck out Prado,
retired Gerardo Parra on a groundout and got Nick Ahmed to fly out for his 27th
save in 31 chances. Arizona cut the lead to 2-1 in the second when Prado led off
with a single, moved to second and third on groundouts and scored on Santanas
wild pitch. Santana didnt make many mistakes. "He was spotting," Prado said. "I
saw him pretty good, but he was commanding his fastball. They took advantage of
the first inning and scored a couple runs, and that was good enough for him."
NOTES: Collmenter allowed 10 hits in a 6-0 loss at Detroit on June 25, 2011. ...
The Braves announced a sellout with a season-high crowd of 48,815. ... Freeman,
who went 2 for 4, is hitting .365 over his last 19 games. ... Atlantas bullpen
has a 0.42 ERA over a span of 21 2-3 innings during the eight-game winning
streak. ... Peralta went 2 for 4 and is hitting .406 over his last nine games.
... Perez had stranded 10 straight inherited runners before Freeman drove in
Simmons.
China Jerseys Cheap . -- Stanley Johnson scored all 18 of his points in the second half, T.
Wholesale Jerseys Online . "Youre next." Hardly. Iguodala tormented his former team with a game better than any he ever
played in eight seasons with the 76ers.RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico -- Chesson Hadley
took the third-round lead Saturday in the Puerto Rico Open, shooting a 5-under
67 in windy conditions at Trump International. Making his 13th PGA Tour start,
the 26-year-old Hadley had four birdies in an early five-hole stretch and also
birdied the par-4 14th in wind gusting to 25 mph. "It was frustrating, to be
honest with you, even though I was playing well, just because I hit it so well
today and I missed quite a few putts, a lot of putts the last 11 holes," Hadley
said. "But you know what, were right where we need to be. Im leading and thats
great. "Is hard to be satisfied with how well I hit it, but we need to keep in
perspective that were leading and were in a great spot for tomorrow." Hadley had
a 16-under 200 total. "Im going to go at just about every flag," Hadley said.
"You got to stay aggressive out here. Ive learned that. For me, if I kind of
take the foot off the pedal a little bit, Ill kind of lose focus and I wont be
as sharp as I would like to be, so I plan on being really aggressive." Danny Lee
was a stroke back after a 66. "It was another good day of golf," Lee said. "I
was hitting it really well at the beginning and putting is good. I think
everything is going really nicely at the moment." Hadley won twice last year on
the Web.com Tour, taking the Rex Hospital Open in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C.,
and the season-endiing Web.
NFL Jerseys Wholesale. com Tour Championship. In Raleigh, he began the final round five strokes behind Lee and rallied to beat
the New Zealand player by two strokes with a 64. "I was thinking about that a
little bit," Hadley said. "Danny and I are great friends and were going to have
a blast. I think were playing twosomes tomorrow, so well have a blast out there,
and hopefully we can kind of duel it out. Obviously, I would love to come away
with a victory." Jason Gore and Jonathan Byrd were tied for third at 14 under.
Gore shot 66, and Byrd had a 67. Gore pointed to a recent talk with former
basketball star Charles Barkley for his strong play. "I just met Charles that
day, and he goes, So whats been wrong the last few years?" Gorse said. "I said,
You know, I kind of just lost my love for the game. He goes, Well, why? I said,
Man, I have a family. He said, Man, I aint buying that. ... He goes, Why would
you not want to provide your family a better life, and doing something you love.
And it was one of those things, it wasnt Nostradamus or anything like that. He
didnt break any barriers there, but it did kind of hit a hard string and made me
stop to think why would I not want to be better for them and provide better, and
lucky to get to do what I do." James Driscoll, the second-round leader after
matching the tournament record with a 63, had a 75 to drop into a tie for 20th
at 9 under.
Cheap Jerseys From China ' ' '
