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Streaking Padres host Braves in series opener
Atlanta (23-14) at San Diego (22-16), 10:05 pm EDT
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- The
San Diego Padres
look to continue their winning ways at home when they welcome the first-place
Atlanta Braves
on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.
The Padres completed a three-game sweep of the
Florida Marlins
on Sunday with a 12-4 rout. San Diego scored a season-high 10 runs in the seventh inning, which was capped by a three-run homer by
Dave Roberts
. Khalil Green added three hits for the Padres, who have won four consecutive games overall and six straight at home, where they are 13-4 this season.
Rookie
Tim Stauffer
(1-0, 3.00 ERA) will make his second major league start for San Diego. He won his first start, yielding two runs and four hits in six innings last Wednesday at Cincinnati.
Veteran righthander
John Thomson
(3-2, 3.55) starts for Atlanta. Thomson lasted just 4 2/3 innings and surrendered a season-high five runs and eight hits last Tuesday at Colorado.
The Braves dropped Friday's series opener against Los Angeles, but rebounded to take the next two games. In Sunday's rubber game,
Tim Hudson
allowed one earned run in six innings and
Chipper Jones
hit a two-run homer in a 5-2 win.
Andruw Jones
also homered for Atlanta and is batting .446 (25-for-56) in his last 14 contests.
San Diego's
Brian Giles
is batting .515 (17-for-33) since May 5.
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