Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 4, Texas 2
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, June 19, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 34599

Jason Heyward had two RBIs, Freddie Freeman had three hits and the Atlanta Braves avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Jair Jurrjens (9-3) allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings as Atlanta won for just the second time in seven games.

Jonny Venters pitched 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief and Craig Kimbrel struck out Josh Hamilton with a runner on in the ninth for his 19th save.

Heyward singled in two runs to highlight Atlanta’s three-run third inning, and Freeman hit a ground-rule double to left-center field that plated an insurance run in the seventh.

The Braves handed Texas righthander Alexi Ogando (7-2) his second straight defeat after Ogando opened the season with seven consecutive victories. Ogando allowed three runs – one earned – and five hits in five innings.

Nelson Cruz led off the Texas fourth with a double and scored on a one-out single by Torrealba.

The Rangers pulled within 3-2 in the top of the seventh when Ian Kinsler singled, stole second, moved to third on a flyout and scored on Josh Hamilton’s groundout.

Jurrjens gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out four.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Atlanta
Alexi Ogando Player Jair Jurrjens
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 5.1
3 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 8
1.80 ERA 1.69
Hitting
Texas   Atlanta
Yorvit Torrealba Player Freddie Freeman
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 10 0 12 .270 17 8 2 2 1 2
Atlanta 7 0 8 .226 17 5 3 3 2 1