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Jake Westbrook

Jacob Cauthen "Jake" Westbrook (born September 29, 1977) is an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher currently with the St.

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Molina homers, goes 4-for-4, but Braves snap 8-game skid with 5-4 win over Cardinals

Yadier Molina homered and went 4-for-4.

He liked the previous game — when he had only one hit — a whole lot better.Despite Molina's big day, the Atlanta Braves snapped an eight-game losing streak Tuesday night, getting homers from Dan Uggla and Michael Bourn in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals."I feel good," said Molina, who is hitting .560 (14-for-25) with three homers and 11 RBIs during a six-game hitting streak. "At the same time, I'd trade my 1-for-5 from last night and the win and not take the 4-for- 4 and the loss."Jake Westbrook (4-4) struggled to keep his sinker down and lasted only five innings."That's a couple of games in a row I've put us in a hole," he said. "I've got to do a better job. With the sinker that I have, that should keep the ball in the yard."The Braves snapped their longest losing streak since a nine-game skid in April 2010."This is not an indication of what's going to happen the next day or the next week or the next month," Uggla said. "But it definit...

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