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6C greenvilleonline.com Thursday, June 21, 2001 The Greenville News ciiara hips ir rest over East WEDNESDAY'S BOX SCORE BRAVES 7, MARLINS 2 SL STANDINGS Western Division Pet. Huntsville (Brewers) 42 29 .592 Tennessee (Blue Jays) 41 30 .578 Birm'ham (White Sox) 37 34 .521 West Tenn (Cubs) 34 37 .479 Mobile (Padres) 33 38 .465 Eastern Division with 2-run bias Florida AB Bl BB SOAvg. LCastillo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .254 Mabryrf 4 12 10 1 .216 Floyd If 4 0 1 0 0 1 .337 Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .306 PWilsoncf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .292 CJohnsonc 3 0 0 0 1 0 .280 DLLeelb 3 0 0 0 0 1 .223 AGonzalezss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Burnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050 a-Owensph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Micelip 0 0 0 0 0 0 Almara-ap 0 0 0 0 0 0 b-McGuire ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Darensjbourfl 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 j4.2l10 Atlanta AB BiBBJOAvg. QVeras2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Surhofflf 3 1 0 1 0 0 .247 AJonescf 3 11111 .284 CJones3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .291 DMartinezrf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Brognalb 4 1 3 2 0 0 .263 DeRosass 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Bakoc 3 110 10 .196 Maddux 2 10 10 1 .185 Remlingerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rockerj 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 307 10 6 2 2 Florida 000 Oil 000 2 4 2 Atlanta 000 230 02x 7 10 0 bases. He also struck out 45 times in 125 at-bats.

Ross, 27, played 73 games for the G-Braves last year, batting .251 with 12 home runs and 13 stolen bases. Ross was the Braves' 13th-round draft pick in 1996 out of the University of Hawaii. Adam Davis UPCOMING GAMES TODAY: at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. FRIDAY: at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. June 23: at Chattanooga, 7 p.m.

24: at Chattanooga, 5 p.m. 26: Mobile, 7:15 p.m. 27: Mobile, 7:15 p.m. 28: Mobile, 7:15 p.m. 29: Mobile, 7:15 p.m.

30: Chattanooga, 7:15 p.m. July 1: Chattanooga, 6:15 2: Chattanooga, 7:15 p.m. 3: Chattanooga, 7:15 p.m. 4: at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. 5: at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

6: at Huntsville, 8:05 p.m. 7: at Huntsville, 8:05 p.m. 8: at Huntsville, 7:05 p.m. 9: at Huntsville, 8:05 p.m. 12: Chattanooga, 7:15 p.m.

13: Chattanooga, 7:15 p.m. 14: at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. 15: at Chattanooga, 5 p.m. 16: Jacksonville, 7:15 p.m. 17: Jacksonville, 7:15 p.m.

18: Jacksonville, 7:15 p.m. 19: Jacksonville, 7:15 p.m. 20: Orlando, 7:15 p.m. 21: Orlando, 7:15 p.m. 22: Orlando, 6:15 p.m.

23: Orlando, 7:15 p.m. 24: at Jacksonville, 7:35 p.m. 25: at Jacksonville, 7:35 p.m. Ticket information: Tickets are $8.50 for prime box, $7.75 for box, $7.25 for reserved, $6.50 for general admission adult, and $4 lor general admission children (14 under) and senior citizens. For ticket information, call 299-3456.

Radio information: Games are broadcast on WCCP-FM (104.9). SL ALL-STAR GAME Jeremy Fikac. But in the bottom half, Tennessee Smokies outfielder Reed Johnson hit a solo homer off of Hudson to cut the deficit in half. Then, after an error brought the winning run to the plate, Borchard finished the rally. Earlier, Tennessee Smokies second baseman Orlando Hudson opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning.

But the East later tied the game with a run in the top of the eighth. The pitchers' duel took only 2:15 to complete, despite the extra inning. The Greenville Braves open the second half of the second half of the Southern League at Chattanooga tonight at 7 p.m. Greenville finished the first half of the season with a 25-45 record in the Eastern Division. All-Stars rally in extra innings after 1-1 tie Staff, Wire Reports SEVIERVILLE, Tenn.

Joe Borchard of the Birmingham Barons hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning Wednesday night to rally the Western Division to a 4-3 victory over the Eastern Division. Borchard's blast, hit off of Carolina Mud-cats pitcher Luke Hudson, completed a three-run rally by the West to win the Southern League All-Star Game in front of 5,086 fans at Smokies Park. The East had taken a 3-1 lead in the top of the 10th, when Jacksonville Suns catcher David Ross ripped a two-run homer to left against Mobile Bay Bears pitcher catcher Johnson to shortstop Gonzalez, Martinez out. Brogna grounded out, shortstop Gonzalez to first baseman Lee. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 0 left on.

Braves 2, Marlins 0. MARLINS FIFTH: Wilson homered to center on a 0-1 count. Johnson filed out to center fielder A.Jones. Lee struck out. Gonzalez popped out to right fielder Martinez.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Marlins 1. BRAVES FIFTH: DeRosa singled to left. Bako singled to center, DeRosa to third. Maddux safe on sacrifice plus fielder's choice, DeRosa scored, Bako to second.

Veras sacrificed, third baseman Lowell to second baseman Castillo. Bako to third, Maddux to second. Surhoff hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Mabry, Bako scored, Maddux to third. AJones doubled to left, Maddux scored. Chi.Jones grounded out, second baseman Castillo to first baseman Lee.

3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves Marlins 1. MARLINS SIXTH: Owens pinch-hitting for Burnett. Owens grounded out, second baseman Veras to first baseman Brogna. Castillo struck out.

Mabry homered to right on 'a 2-2 count. Floyd doubled to center. Lowell was hit by a pitch. Wilson grounded out, shortstop DeRosa to first baseman Brogna. 1 run, 2 hits, errors, 2 left on.

Braves 5, Marlins 2. BRAVES EIGHTH: Darensbourg pitching. Chi.Jones singled to right. Martinez popped out to shortstop Gonzalez. Brogna homered to center on the first pitch, Chi.Jones scored.

DeRosa grounded out, pitcher Darensbourg to first baseman Lee. Bako grounded out, second baseman Castillo to first baseman Lee. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 7, Marlins 2. NOTEBOOK Braves place Nelson on DL ATLANTA The Atlanta Braves placed right-handed pitcher Joe Nelson on the 1 5-day disabled list Wednesday because of tendinitis in his shoulder.

Right-hander Marc Valdes was recalled from Triple-A Richmond and joined the team for its game against the Florida Marlins. Nelson had appeared in just two games for the Braves, allowing seven hits and nine runs (eight earned) in two innings for a 36.00 ERA. UPCOMING GAMES TODAY: Florida, 1:05 p.m., TS FRIDAY: at New York (N), 7:10 p.m., TBS Ticket information: Tickets cost $5, $12, $18. $27, $32 and $40. TV: Most games are broadcast on TBS.

Others are on Turner South (TS), Fox SportsNet South (FoxSS), the Fox broadcast network (Fox) or ESPN. Radio: A regional broadcast network includes WRIX in Honea Path and WFIS (AM-1600) in Fountain Inn. GB 1 5 Pet. 578 549 443 437 357 GB 2 9 10 15V4 Jack'ville (Dodgers) Chattanooga (Reds) Carolina (Rockies) Orlando (Devil Rays) Greenville (Braves) 41 30 39 32 31 39 31 40 25 45 Tuesday's Games No games scheduled Wednesday's Games No games scheduled Today's Games Birmingham at Carolina Greenville at Chattanooga Jacksonville at Tennessee Orlando at Huntsville West Tennessee at Mobile NOTEBOOK Brignac sent down; Ross joins G-Braves After struggling mightily at the plate in June, G-Braves outfielder Junior Brignac was optioned to Class-A Myrtle Beach during the All-Star break. Replacing Brignac will be outfielder Jason Ross, who has been optioned to Greenville from Triple-A Richmond.

Brignac, the Braves' third-round draft pick out of high school in 1996, is batting only .202 with one home run and four stolen bases. He had only eight hits in his last 47 at-bats and was benched for the final three games of the first half. Ross hit .208 in Richmond, with five home runs and three stolen 4' a-grounded out for Burnett in the 6th. b-struck out for Almanza in the 8th. AGonzalez 2 (12).

LOB Florida 4, Atlanta 4. 2B Floyd (15), AJones (15). HR Brogna (3) off Darensbourg; Mabry (3) off Maddux; PWilson (9) off Maddux. RBIs-Mabry (6), PWilson (36), Surhotf (22), AJones (45), CJones (49), Brogna 2 (16), Maddux (1). SB QVeras (6).

CS DMartinez (2). S-QVeras, Maddux. SF-Surhoff. GIDP De-Rosa. Runners left in scoring position Florida 1 (PWilson); Atlanta 3 (CJones 2, Maddux).

Runners moved up Surhoff. DP Florida 1 (Lowell, LCastilloand DLLeei Florida IPHRJR BB S0niPERA Burnett 5-3 5 6 5 3 1 1 62 2.11 Miceli 1 2 0 0 1 0 11 7.15 Almanza 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.33 Darensbourg 1 2 2 2 0 0 15 4 64 Atlanta IP ER BB SO NP ERA 7 3 2 2 1 7 79 2.38 Remlinger 1 1 0 0 0 2 17 3.40 Rocker 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.61 NP Number of pitches. IBB off Miceli (Bako) 1. HBP-by Maddux (Lowell). 2:13.

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