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ARIZONA (2) VS ATLANTA (0) - FINAL

ARIZONA                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
C Counsell 3b           5  0  1  0   0  1   3  .250
J Spivey 2b             3  0  0  0   0  2   1  .253
R Mondesi rf            3  0  0  0   1  0   1  .267
L Gonzalez lf           4  0  2  0   0  0   2  .310
S Hillenbrand 1b        4  0  0  0   0  0   4  .289
S Finley cf             4  0  1  0   0  1   0  .298
A Cintron ss            4  2  3  1   0  0   0  .306
R Barajas c             4  0  2  1   0  0   2  .229
C Schilling p           3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .075
 a-D Bautista ph        0  0  0  0   1  0   0  .264
 M Mantei p             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 34  2  9  2   2  5  13

a-intentionally walked for C Schilling in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - A Cintron (15, K Mercker). HR - A Cintron (10, 7th inning off 
G Maddux 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Cintron (38), R Barajas (26). Runners left in 
scoring position, 2 out - C Counsell 1, R Barajas 1, S Hillenbrand 1. Team LOB - 8. 
 

ATLANTA                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Furcal ss             4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .282
M Giles 2b              3  0  1  0   1  2   0  .316
G Sheffield rf          4  0  1  0   0  0   1  .335
C Jones lf              4  0  0  0   0  3   3  .289
A Jones cf              4  0  0  0   0  4   2  .286
R Fick 1b               3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .283
M Derosa 3b             1  0  0  0   2  1   0  .239
H Blanco c              2  0  0  0   0  2   1  .202
 a-J Lopez ph-c         1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .325
G Maddux p              2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .137
 b-M Franco ph          1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .300
 K Mercker p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 29  0  2  0   3 15   9

a-flied out to deep center for H Blanco in the 8th;  b-lined out to right for 
G Maddux in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - M Giles (39, C Schilling). Runners left in scoring position, 
2 out - C Jones 1, A Jones 1. Team LOB - 5. 
 
FIELDING: Outfield assists - A Jones (L Gonzalez at Home), C Jones 
(D Bautista at 1st base). DP: 1 (C Jones-M Giles-R Fick). 
 

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    ARIZONA         - 000 000 101   --   2
    ATLANTA         - 000 000 000   --   0
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ARIZONA                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Schilling (W, 7-6)          8       1   0   0   2  12   0   2.48
M Mantei (S, 18)              1       1   0   0   1   3   0   2.52

ATLANTA                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
G Maddux (L, 11-10)           8       7   1   1   1   5   1   4.23
K Mercker                     1       2   1   1   1   0   0   2.38

WP - K Mercker. IBB - D Bautista (by K Mercker). HBP - J Spivey (by G Maddux). Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 105-79; M Mantei 19-12; G Maddux 93-63; K Mercker 13-6. 
Ground balls-fly balls: C Schilling 3-9; M Mantei 0-0; G Maddux 10-8; K Mercker 0-2. 
Batters faced: C Schilling 27; M Mantei 5; G Maddux 32; K Mercker 5. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Terry Craft. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Marty Foster. 

T--2:24. Att--37,606. 
Weather: 88 degrees, sunny. Wind: 5 mph, out to left center.
 

How They Scored

ARIZONA 7TH:   S Finley struck out swinging.  A Cintron homered to right.  
R Barajas singled to left center.  C Schilling grounded out to pitcher, R Barajas 
to second.  C Counsell grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  
ARIZONA 1, ATLANTA 0.

ARIZONA 9TH:   J Lopez catching. K Mercker relieved G Maddux. S Finley fouled 
out to third.  A Cintron doubled to right.  R Barajas singled to left, 
A Cintron scored.  D Bautista hit for C Schilling. R Barajas to second on wild 
pitch by K Mercker. D Bautista intentionally walked.  C Counsell flied into 
double play, left to second to first, D Bautista doubled off first.(1 Run, 
2 Hits, 0 Errors)  ARIZONA 2, ATLANTA 0.

Game Story

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- After allowing 20 runs in the previous two 
games, the Arizona Diamondbacks were able to tame the National
League's best offensive team behind Curt Schilling.

Schilling pitched eight scoreless innings and Alex Cintron
belted a solo home run as the Diamondbacks snapped a three-game
losing streak with a 2-0 blanking of the Braves.

With the Braves averaging nearly seven runs per game since the
All-Star break, and posting 10 in each of the first two contests
of this four-game series, Arizona needed a strong performance
from Schilling.  The righthander gave them just that, allowing
just one hit and two walks while striking out 12.

"Rod (catcher Rod Barajas) was great.  We had a game plan going
in and executed it," Schilling said. "I watch a lot of baseball
and offensively, I don't know another team that comes close to
this team. ... Their offense is phenomenal.  Numbers-wise, these
guys are doing it all.  A lot of it was execution, but a lot of
it is mindset."

"The way we've been playing and the way we've been swinging the
bats all season, it was pretty spectacular," Arizona manager Bob
Brenly said. "You can see by the swings they were getting."

It was the 84th career double-digit strikeout game for Schilling
(7-6), who retired 13 straight after Marcus Giles' one-out
double in the first inning.  Schilling, who has 23 strikeouts in
his last two starts, moved past Don Drysdale into 25th place on
the all-time list with 2,494.

"Every time you go up against Greg (Maddux), runs are at a
premium," Schilling said.  "I don't care what his numbers are,
you have to just do everything fundamentally correct. ... I get
a rush going up against Greg and teams like this."

"He was very tough today," Giles admitted. "He had command of
all of his pitches.  He was getting it up there at around 93, 95
(miles per hour) and had his off-speed working."

Having never faced Maddux before in his career, Cintron posted
his third consecutive multi-hit game, including his 10th homer
in the seventh to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.  Cintron,
who also singled in the fourth, doubled and scored in the ninth.

"Greg Maddux pitched a pretty good game," Cintron said. "He left
one pitch in the middle and I hit it pretty good.  I was
looking for it in.  I said he was going to come in, and he did.
I cheated a little bit."

"It was a bad pitch," Maddux said. "He should have hit it out."

Maddux (11-10) pitched well, yielding a run and seven hits in
eight innings.  He walked one and struck out five in falling to
1-6 lifetime against Arizona.

"You gotta tip your hat to them," Maddux said. "I just got
outpitched."

Matt Mantei worked out of a jam in the ninth to notch his 18th
save.

Atlanta's Gary Sheffield stroked a one-out single in the ninth
to extend his career-high hitting streak to 21 games.

After Cintron gave Arizona the lead by depositing a 1-0 pitch
over the right field wall with one out in the seventh, he helped
provide some insurance in the ninth.

Making his third appearance with the Braves after being
re-acquired from Cincinnati on Tuesday, Kent Mercker started the
ninth and retired Steve Finley.  But Cintron followed with a
double and came around to score on Barajas' single to make it
2-0.

Mercker, who uncorked a wild pitch before intentionally walking
Danny Bautista, escaped without further damage when Bautista was
doubled off first base following a flyout by Craig Counsell.

Mantei opened the bottom of the inning by striking out Rafael
Furcal, but Giles walked on four pitches and Sheffield moved him
to third with a single down the right field line.  Having not
blown a save opportunity since May 27, Mantei fanned Chipper
Jones and Andruw Jones to hand the Braves their fourth shutout
of the season and first since April 19.

"His velocity's back," Brenly said of Mantei. "He's got three
pitches and can use them against any hitter.  To punch those
last two batters out was huge."

Arizona nearly snapped the scoreless tie in the fourth.  Luis
Gonzalez led off the frame with a single and one out later,
Finley delivered a base hit.  Cintron followed with a single,
but center fielder Andruw Jones fielded the ball and fired home
to cut down Gonzalez.  Maddux induced a groundout by Barajas to
end the threat.