JOHN BAZEMORE / Associated Press
Cubs pinch-hitter Micah Hoffpauir drives in the winning run with a single to left field in the 11th inning in Atlanta. Derrek Lee scored on the hit for Chicago.
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ATLANTA - Pinch-hitter Micah Hoffpauir blooped an RBI single to left field in the 11th inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, last night.
Derrek Lee started the 11th by drawing a walk from Jeff Bennett (2-3), then pulled off a nifty bit of baserunning to reach second. On a routine fly to left, Lee caught Matt Diaz off guard by tagging up and just beating a delayed throw to the bag.
Lee stopped at third on a single by Reed Johnson but came home when Hoffpauir looped a single just over the head of third baseman Chipper Jones.
The Braves, who rallied from five runs down the previous night to win, 6-5, in the 12th, couldn't pull off another comeback. Kevin Gregg bounced back from blowing that one to set down Atlanta in order, earning his ninth save in 11 chances.
Angel Guzman (2-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings.
Both starters - Chicago's Ted Lilly and Atlanta's Derek Lowe - pitched seven strong innings.
The loss capped a very busy day for the Braves. In a stunning move before the game, they released 305-game winner Tom Glavine, who thought he was ready to join the roster after pitching six scoreless innings in a minor-league rehab game Tuesday night.
Instead, the team called up top prospect Tommy Hanson; Glavine passed on a chance to retire as a Brave.
Chicago 000 200 000 01 – 3 9 1
Atlanta 000 001 100 00 – 2 7 1
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
A.Soriano lf 5 0 1 0 .243 K.Johnson 2b 5 1 2 0 .254
Theriot ss 4 1 1 0 .283 Escobar ss 5 0 1 0 .295
Fukudome rf 5 1 1 0 .308 M.Diaz lf 5 0 0 0 .274
D.Lee 1b 3 1 2 0 .262 McCann c 5 0 1 1 .302
Fontenot 3b 5 0 1 2 .230 Prado 1b 4 0 1 0 .244
Re.Johnson cf 5 0 1 0 .291 Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0 .251
K.Hill c 2 0 0 0 .271 1-Barton pr-rf 0 0 0 0 ---
b-J.Fox ph 0 0 0 0 .429 DiHerndez 3b 3 0 0 0 .148
A.Guzman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 .000
