GREGORY SMITH / Associated Press
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ATLANTA - Rookie Tommy Hanson threw six scoreless innings despite a bout with the flu, and homers by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried the Atlanta Braves past Boston, 2-1, yesterday, preventing a Red Sox sweep.
Pitching dominated the weekend series, with the teams combining for only nine runs in three games. Hanson (4-0) kept it going, limiting Boston to two hits on another sweltering day at Turner Field and extending his scoreless streak to 20 innings.
This might have been the most impressive showing yet by the 22-year-old righthander, one of baseball's most promising pitchers. He went home a day earlier with the flu, and the Braves weren't even sure he would be able to start.
But Hanson threw 97 pitches, keeping the Red Sox off balance with a fastball in the mid-90s and nasty breaking balls.
Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect eighth, then Mike Gonzalez endured an eventful ninth for nine saves in 12 tries.
Boston 000 000 001 – 1 5 1
Atlanta 100 100 00x – 2 6 2
Boston AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 .288 G.Blanco cf 4 0 0 0 .148
J.Drew rf 4 0 0 0 .255 K.Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 .216
Youkilis 3b 3 1 1 0 .313 C.Jones 3b 4 1 1 1 .289
Bay lf 4 0 1 0 .277 McCann c 4 0 0 0 .316
D.Ortiz 1b 4 0 1 0 .220 G.Anderson lf 4 1 2 1 .284
Varitek c 3 0 2 1 .235 Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0 .269
1-Kottaras pr 0 0 0 0 .227 Francoeur rf 2 0 1 0 .248
Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0 .297 Di.Hernandz ss 3 0 0 0 .130
N.Green ss 3 0 0 0 .276 Hanson p 2 0 1 0 .222
Penny p 2 0 0 0 .000 O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 ---
Saito p 0 0 0 0 --- Moylan p 0 0 0 0 .000
