Atlanta Braves Beat Phillies Earn Second Straight Series Sweep
By Fred Owens
Teheran’s Struggles
Teheran swept through the first the innings without allowing a hit and finished four without a serious threat. The fifth and sixth innings however were a different story.
Freddy Galvis led off the Phillies fifth with a single to center and with one out Peter Bourjos doubled him to third. Teheran struck out Thompson but a slider in the dirt hit Cesar Hernandez on the foot to load the bases.
Franco took strike one the swung aggressively at a Teheran slider and grounded.
The Home sixth started with a quick out then Cameron Rupp singled and Darin Ruf followed with a single of his own. Julio fell behind Galvis 3-0 but came back to coax a soft fly to center for out number two.
Aaron Altherr walked on five pitches to load the bases and Bourjos hit a screaming line drive to right on a 2-2 pitch but it was also directly at Markakis who caught it and ended the inning.
Teheran finished the day after six innings throwing 106 pitches – 68 for strikes – allowing five hits, striking out seven and walking two.
Teheran was followed to the mound by Chris Withrow in the seventh, Ian Krol in the eighth and Jim Johnson who all pitched scoreless innings to close it out.
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