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Box >	Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 2

Red-letter day for Smoltz in win

Pair of round-trippers
fuels hurler to sixth victory

By Mark Bowman / MLB.com

John Smoltz had his dominant stuff working, allowing two runs on four hits in eight innings and striking out nine. Rafael Furcal and Marcus Giles went deep, and Johnny Estrada went 2-for-5 with an RBI.

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In notching his 169th career victory, John Smoltz threw 109 pitches, 77 for strikes. (David Kohl/AP)

Reds open homestand
with fourth straight defeat

By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com

Joe Randa slugged his ninth homer and Adam Dunn launched his 17th, but that was all the offense the bats would muster. Left-handed hurler Brandon Claussen allowed three runs -- two on long balls -- and struck out nine.

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WGST

Furcal's leadoff homer

Giles hits a solo shot

WLW

Randa's ninth long ball

Dunn's mammoth home run

Atlanta (34-32)
Won 1

Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 2

Cincinnati (26-40)
Lost 4

June 16, 2005

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	13	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0

Standings through 6/16/05 | Gameday | Braves Stats | Reds Stats

Atlanta	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Furcal, SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	5	.220
Giles, 2B	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	.279
Franco, 1B	5	1	2	0	0	2	4	.260
Jones, A, CF	4	0	1	0	1	2	3	.253
Marte, 3B	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.179
a-LaRoche, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.251
Betemit, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312
Estrada, C	5	0	2	1	0	2	3	.282
Jordan, RF	5	0	2	1	0	1	3	.234
Langerhans, LF	5	0	1	0	0	3	4	.250
Smoltz, P	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.167
Reitsma, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	37	5	13	5	5	10	28
a-Grounded out for Marte in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Jones, A (10, Claussen), Jordan (6, Claussen), Estrada (17, Belisle). HR: Furcal (5, 1st inning off Claussen, 0 on, 0 out), Giles (5, 5th inning off Claussen, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Furcal 4; Giles 5; Franco 2; Jones, A 2; Estrada 3; Jordan 3; Langerhans; Smoltz 2. RBI: Furcal (23), Marte (3), Giles (16), Estrada (27), Jordan (21). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Estrada; Furcal 2; Jordan; Giles; LaRoche 2. S: Smoltz. SF: Marte. Team LOB: 12. BASERUNNING SB: Franco 2 (4, 2nd base off Belisle/Valentin, 3rd base off Belisle/Valentin).

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Freel, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.287
Randa, 3B	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	.290
Griffey, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.272
Pena, RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.272
Dunn, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	.249
Lopez, F, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.291
Cruz, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.281
Valentin, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Claussen, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Stone, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Lopez, L, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208
Belisle, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Coffey, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Aurilia, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Mercker, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	32	2	5	2	1	10	9
a-Grounded out for Stone in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Coffey in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Dunn (13, Smoltz). HR: Randa (9, 4th inning off Smoltz, 0 on, 0 out), Dunn (17, 7th inning off Smoltz, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Randa 5; Griffey; Dunn 6. RBI: Randa (36), Dunn (34). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cruz; Lopez, F. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING Outfield assists: Cruz (Estrada at home). DP: (Cruz-Valentin).

Atlanta	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Smoltz (W, 6-5)	8.0	4	2	2	0	9	2	3.14
Reitsma (S, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.19

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Claussen (L, 3-4)	5.2	9	3	3	2	9	2	4.02
Stone	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.79
Belisle	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.91
Coffey	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5.09
Mercker	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.86

IBB: Jones, A (by Coffey).
Pitches-strikes: Smoltz 109-77, Reitsma 14-9, Claussen 107-67, Stone 3-2, Belisle 19-11, Coffey 20-9, Mercker 9-8.
Ground outs-fly outs: Smoltz 6-9, Reitsma 2-0, Claussen 3-5, Stone 0-1, Belisle 1-2, Coffey 3-0, Mercker 2-0.
Batters faced: Smoltz 28, Reitsma 5, Claussen 28, Stone 1, Belisle 6, Coffey 6, Mercker 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Stone 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals. 1B: Mike Winters. 2B: Bruce Froemming. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:43.
Att: 23,362.

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