Win Streak at Six for Braves: W, 3-0

The Braves shut out the Carolina Mudcats 3-0 in front of 5,564 at Five County Stadium to run their winning streak up to six straight games. The Braves got five strong innings from Sean White as he scattered six hits and struck out four. Francisely Bueno made his return from the DL a successful one, tossing 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, while Zach Schreiber pitched on consecutive nights for the first time this season and picked up his team-leading 5th save of the season.

Matt Esquivel ended an 0-9 skid by finishing 3-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI single which was his team-leading 32nd RBI.

Mudcats starter Anibal Sanchez (2-5, 3.58 ERA) was victimized by an error in the fourth innings which allowed the first run. Then in the fifth the Braves touched him up for five singles, two of which were infield hits, which scored the other two runs.

The Braves continue on in Zebulon, North Carolina as they play game threeof a five-game set against the Carolina Mudcats Sunday afternoon at 1:00 CT. The Braves will send LHP Chris Waters (3-3, 3.75 ERA) to the hill while Carolina counters with LHP Paul Mildren (3-5, 4.31 ERA). The Braves On Deck Circle powered by Nextel starts off the broadcast at 12:05pm (CT) on SuperSport 930. If you're headed to Zebulon, NC don't forget to bring your radios and tune into 107.5 FM exclusively at Five County Stadium.

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BRAVES BITES:

* First six-game win streak of the year.
* Braves have won eight of their last nine games.
* The Braves have also won 10 of their last 15 games.
* The Braves improved to 15-8 when scoring first.
* The Braves improved to 18-0 when leading after 8 innings.
* The Braves improved to 4-2 in shutouts.
* Gregor Blanco extended his hit streak to 6 games… (8-23, .348)
* Yunel Escobar extended his hit streak to 5 games… (9-19, .474)
* Matt Esquivel ended an 0-9 slump with a 3-4 night.
* Barbaro Canizares extended his hit streak to a season-high 10 games (17-42, .405)
* Canizares has hit safely in 26 of the last 28 games and has 14 multi-hit games.
* The Braves are now 4-1 on the road on Saturday nights.
* The Braves are also 17-9 when not allowing a homerun.
* The Mudcats finished 0-12 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men stranded.

by
Bryan Eubank