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| Uggla's Streak at 32, Braves Beat Cubs 10-4 |
ATLANTA (AP) -- Dan Uggla belted a pair of solo homers off Carlos Zambrano to extend his hitting streak to an Atlanta-record 32 games and lead the Braves to a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. Uggla passed Rico Carty's 31-game streak in 1970 for the longest in Atlanta Braves history when he led off the second with his 25th homer. Zambrano (9-7) gave up eight runs and eight hits, including a career-worst five homers, in 4 1-3 innings. Zambrano was ejected by umpire Tim Timmons in the fifth inning after throwing two inside pitches to Chipper Jones, the second going all the way to the backstop. The brush-back pitches followed homers by Freddie Freeman and Uggla. Jones and Jose Constanza also went deep against Zambrano. (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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