QUEBEC - The league-leading Baie-Comeau Drakkar won their 11th straight game Tuesday with a 4-2 victory over the Quebec Remparts in Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League play.
Nelson Cruz Mariners Jersey . Maxime St-Cyr, Alec Jon Banville, Alexandre Ranger and Charles Poulin scored for the Drakkar
(36-12-4), who moved three points ahead of idle Blainville-Boisbriand. Anthony
Duclair, with his league-high 46th goal, and Nick Sorensen replied for the
Remparts (30-14-8). Philippe Cadorette made 23 saves for Baie-Comeau. At the
other end of the ice, Francois Brassard stopped 26 shots. --- FOREURS 4
SCREAMING EAGLES 2 VAL-DOR, Que. — The Foreurs overcame a two-goal deficit to
blow past Cape Breton. Pierre-Maxime Poudrier, Julien Gauthier, Anthony Mantha
and Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal apiece for Val-dOr (32-18-2). Kyle Farrell and
Julien Pelletier gave the Screaming Eagles (27-22-3) a 2-0 lead in the first
period. Antoine Bibeau finished with 28 saves for the Foreurs, while Screaming
Eagles goalie Alex Bureau stopped 32 shots.
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Thunder took down the struggling Bucks 114-101 on Tuesday.
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veterans may prove too pricey to keep around. PHILADELPHIA -- The Braves
followed a familiar pattern -- using timely hitting and stingy pitching -- to
complete a four-game sweep of Philadelphia. B.J. Upton tripled and drove in two
runs Sunday to lead streaking Atlanta to a 3-2 victory over the Phillies and
their first four-game sweep in Philadelphia in 50 years. Gerald Laird had two
hits with a double and RBI for the Braves, who won for the sixth time in seven
games while ending their road trip 8-3. Atlanta avenged a three-game sweep by
Philadelphia June 16-18 at Turner Field. "We had timely hitting and the pitching
was really good," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You cant ask for more
than that." It was the Braves first four-game sweep in Philadelphia since Sept.
24-27, 1964, when the franchise was in Milwaukee and their four wins at Connie
Mack Stadium contributed to the Phillies infamous season-ending collapse that
year. Marlon Byrd hit a pair of solo home runs for the slumping Phillies, who
have lost eight of 10 to drop to 10 games under .500. "It didnt go our way,"
Phillies slugger Ryan Howard said. "The ball didnt bounce our way. It just wasnt
meant to be for us in this series." Chase Utley singled in the seventh inning
for his 1,500th career hit. Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman greeted Utley
with applause and a pat on the back, and the crowd of 33,215 gave the Phillies
second baseman a standing ovation. There wasnt much else for the home fans to
cheer. Philadelphia dropped to 18-27 at Citizens Bank Park and fell to 7-35 when
scoring three runs or less as the offence continued to struggle. The Phillies
were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, finishing the series 3 for 32.
"Hitting in the clutch and hitting with men on base is a component we have to
get better at," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "We came up short in this
series. It couldve been a big point for us." Aaron Harang (7-6) got the victory
despite allowing 11 hits in seven innings. He gave up two runs, struck out four
and walked two. "Harang battled through some tough innings, gave us a great
effort," Gonzalez said. "Hes a wily vet." Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless
ninth, but had to work out of a jam for his 24th save in 28 opportunities.
Kimbrel got the first two batters out before consecutive singles by Ben Revere
and Jimmy Rollins put runners on first and third for Utley.
Ken Griffey Mariners Jersey. But Utley flew out to right to end the game. "This was a heck of a series," Upton said. "We
really played well. Nobody really tried to do too much. It was a little out of
character for us not hitting a lot of home runs, but it all came together for
us. Now we just have to keep grinding." David Buchanan (4-4), making his eighth
start in place of injured left-hander Cliff Lee, allowed three runs on five hits
and five walks in five innings to snap his three-game winning streak. The Braves
went ahead 2-0 in the second on Uptons two-run triple off the wall in centre.
Harang scored on the play after singling to centre with two outs. The pitcher
had been 1 for 25 on the season before the hit. After the first of Byrds two
solo homers brought Philadelphia within 2-1 in the bottom of the frame, Lairds
RBI double plated Tommy La Stella to push Atlantas advantage back to two runs.
It was the fourth extra-base hit in the last three games for La Stella, who had
two doubles and a triple in Saturdays doubleheader. In the bottom of the frame,
Byrd homered into the Philadelphia bullpen to make it a one-run game again. The
Phillies threatened in the sixth when they put runners on first and second with
nobody out. But Koyie Hills sacrifice bunt attempt resulted in the lead runner
being forced out at third, and pinch-hitter John Mayberry Jr. grounded into an
inning-ending double play. Philadelphia had runners on first and third with one
out in the seventh when Howard grounded into another inning-ending double play.
NOTES: Justin De Fratus pitched a scoreless sixth inning to extend his scoreless
innings streak to 17. ... Braves catcher Evan Gattis didnt play for the third
straight game after having back spasms striking out swinging in the first inning
on Friday. Gattis will be reevaluated when the club returns to Atlanta on
Monday. ... It was Byrds seventh career multihomer game. ... The Phillies have
Monday off before beginning a three-game series at Miami on Tuesday with RHP
A.J. Burnett (5-7, 3.89) opposing Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez (5-3, 2.32). ...
The Braves host the Mets for three games beginning Monday when Atlanta LHP
Alex Wood (6-6, 3.07) faces New York RHP Zack Wheeler (3-8, 4.45).
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