Auto Racing | Baseball | Basketball | Bowling | Football | Golf | Hockey | Horse Racing | Soccer | Tennis
College | Pro: Alaska Baseball | Class A | Class A Advanced | Class AA | Class AAA | MLB | Newton Legion Baseball | Rookie | Rookie Advanced | Short-Season Class A | Texas-Louisiana | Winter-Fall |

Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves
1:05 pm
Recap | Boxscore

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves look to end their first homestand on a positive note Monday afternoon as they battle the Florida Marlins in the finale of a four-game series.

After getting outscored, 17-2, in its three-game series with the Montreal Expos, Atlanta has scored 25 runs in a pair of wins over the Marlins.

The Braves bounced back from Saturday's 17-1 loss with a 13-4 victory Sunday. Andruw Jones drove in four runs, Rafael Furcal had four hits and Gary Sheffield belted a two-run homer as Atlanta pounded out 15 hits.

Florida had 23 hits in Saturday's blowout, but managed just eight Sunday as Mike Lowell and Juan Encarnacion had two hits apiece.

Russ Ortiz (0-1, 4.50 ERA) makes his second start for the Braves. Acquired from San Francisco on December 17 for lefthander Damian Moss and minor league pitcher Manuel Mateo, Ortiz allowed four runs and five hits in six innings of Thursday's 4-0 loss to Montreal.

Ortiz is 3-2 with a 2.54 ERA in seven career starts against the Marlins. He faced Florida twice last year, going 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA.

Carl Pavano (0-1, 7.50) also pitched poorly in his first start, giving up five runs and seven hits in six innings of an 9-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

Pavano is 1-1 with a 5.76 career ERA in six appearances - four starts - against the Braves.



More Sports
» Golf News

Local Teams
Ardmore
» Football
» Basketball
» Baseball
» Softball
Plainview
» Football
» Basketball
» Baseball
» Softball
Dickson
» Football
» Basketball
» Baseball
» Softball
Lone Grove
» Football
» Basketball
» Baseball
» Softball
Wilson
Healdton
Marietta
Madill
Fox
Ringling
Kingston
Sulphur
Davis
Tishomingo
Springer
OSD
Turner
Thackerville

Area Teams
ECU
SOSU

Contents and design © copyright 2001-2003 by Ardmoreite.com and Morris Digital Works