Braves sweep Giants with 10th inning barrage
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Atlanta Braves scored three runs in the 10th inning to complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 9-6 victory on Sunday.
Nate McLouth came through with a two-run single to break a 6-6 tie in the 10th, and Brian McCann added an RBI in the extra inning as the Braves (11-12) swept the Giants for the first time at AT&T Park.
Atlanta had lost four of their previous five games before their series with the World Series champions.
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"We came up here and took three games from the world (series) champs," Atlanta's Chipper Jones told reporters. "So confidence is a lot different than it was a week ago."
The Braves held the Giants to three runs in their two previous victories in the series but used their offense in Sunday's win.
Jason Heyward went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Jones added two hits and two RBIs for the Braves who took a 5-2 lead in the seventh on Heyward's three-run home run.
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The Giants (10-11) rallied by scoring four times in the seventh to take a 6-5 edge before Braves second baseman Dan Uggla hit a game-tying homer in the eighth.
Atlanta rookie pitcher Brandon Beachy tossed six innings and allowed two runs while striking out seven batters in a no-decision.
Reliever Eric O'Flaherty pitched the eighth and ninth innings and recorded the win and Jonny Venters picked up the save in the 10th.
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Brian Wilson was charged with the three runs allowed in the 10th and took the loss for San Francisco, who have now lost four successive games.
(Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes/Greg Stutchbury)