Cain stays strong in win over Braves
GIANTS 5, BRAVES 1
Associated Press
Saturday, August 16, 2008

ATLANTA --- Randy Winn had his 100th career homer among his four hits, helping the San Francisco Giants send the Atlanta Braves to their fifth loss in a row, 5-1 Friday night.

Matt Cain allowed only one run in seven innings to continue his recent string of strong starts. Cain (8-9) has a 1.81 ERA over his past seven starts, but he's only 3-2 in that span.

Cain gave up six hits and a walk, and he struck out five. Former Augusta GreenJacket Brian Wilson pitched the ninth for his 33rd save.

Atlanta has lost four in a row at Turner Field in the five-game skid. The Braves are 5-15 at home in July and August.

Bengie Molina also had four hits and drove in two runs. The Giants had 15 hits, one shy of their season high, and ended a four-game losing streak.

Molina's single to right drove in Fred Lewis to give the Giants a 1-0 lead off Jair Jurrjens in the first.

The Braves scored their only run off Cain in the sixth. Mark Kotsay, who hit for the cycle on Thursday night, led off with a double to right for his second hit. Kotsay moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Chipper Jones' single to left.

Jurrjens (11-8) lasted at least six innings for the 12th consecutive start and set a career high with nine strikeouts. The rookie right-hander gave up eight hits and two runs with no walks in seven innings.

The Giants quickly added to a 2-1 lead as soon as Jurrjens left. Winn led off the eighth with his homer to left off Will Ohman. Lewis added a single to knock Ohman out and moved to third on Molina's single to left off Jeff Bennett.

Travis Ishikawa drove in Lewis with another single to left for a 4-1 lead. The ball skipped past Gregor Blanco for an error. Bennett issued an intentional walk to former GreenJacket Eugenio Velez to load the bases with no outs, but the Giants could not score another run.

From the Saturday, August 16, 2008 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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