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  Tuesday, Aug. 8 7:35pm ET
Furcal has third straight 3-hit game
 
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- A day after the Atlanta Braves threw one away, they went back to winning their usual way -- with pitching, defense and resilience.

Rafael Furcal had another three-hit game and Andruw Jones and Wally Joyner each drove in a pair of runs Tuesday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Mazzone leaves game
after fainting, falling
CINCINNATI -- Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone fainted on the bench during the second inning of Tuesday's game and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

Mazzone, 51, fainted as the inning ended, slid from the bench and landed on the dugout floor. He suffered a scrape on the left side of his face and a bloody nose.

Players gathered around Mazzone as Dr. Joe Chandler and trainers talked to him and examined his face after the fainting spell. The game was delayed briefly before Mazzone got up and walked to the tunnel that leads to the clubhouse, the left side of his face bright red.

Manager Bobby Cox said Mazzone had worked out on a treadmill before the game and felt weak because he hadn't eaten afterward.

"He said he hadn't eaten anything and I said, 'Why don't you go into the clubhouse and get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?' The next thing, I turn around and I heard a boom and he's on the ground."

Cox said Mazzone was back to normal when he reached the clubhouse, but he was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital as a precaution. It's the same hospital where Reds bench coach Ken Griffey Sr. was taken last Sunday, when he suffered chest pains during a game.

Tests found nothing wrong with Griffey's heart and he was released the next day.

Braves starter Andy Ashby was getting a drink of water in the dugout when Mazzone fainted.

"Man, that's scary," Ashby said. "I haven't been here long but it's a great bunch of guys. You get close to them in a hurry. I hope he's OK."
-- Associated Press

Atlanta lost right fielder Brian Jordan, who strained groin muscles while running out a grounder in the third and left for a pinch-hitter two innings later.

"Just one of those days," Jordan said.

The Braves' pitching staff made sure it wouldn't be a losing day as well.

Andy Ashby (8-8) drove in a run with a squeeze bunt as the Braves went ahead 4-0 in the fourth, then withstood four one-run rallies by the Reds. Ashby gave up nine hits, including Dmitri Young's leadoff homer in the ninth, and Mike Remlinger got the final three outs for his 11th save in 14 chances.

The Braves evened the series a day after third baseman Chipper Jones made an errant two-out throw in the ninth that let Cincinnati rally for a 3-2 win.

"Last night was a game we felt we should have won, but those things happen," Remlinger said. "The good thing about this team is that it doesn't dwell on things. That's one of the reasons why we're able to be as good of a team as we are. We don't put that kind of importance on one game."

The Reds lost for the sixth time in their last seven games and added to their legacy of losing to the Braves. Atlanta is 25-6 against Cincinnati since 1997.

The Reds stranded six runners in scoring position and had another thrown out at the plate as they failed to get more than one run at a time against Ashby, who came to the Braves in a July 12 trade with Philadelphia.

Heading into the game, Ashby was 4-10 career with a 5.38 ERA against the Reds, who didn't see much difference in him except the uniform and the results.

"He's pretty much the same tough guy," manager Jack McKeon said. "He's probably getting more runs and probably better defense."

Furcal doubled and singled twice in his first three at-bats against Elmer Dessens (5-2) for his third straight three-hit game. The leadoff hitter is 9-for-14 over his last three games.

Furcal opened the game with a slug bunt that landed him on third. He eased his top hand down the bat and slapped a liner over the head of third baseman Chris Stynes for a double, then continued to third when Young bobbled the ball in left for an error. Jones' grounder made it 1-0.

Joyner had a sacrifice fly in the third and Atlanta stretched the lead to 4-0 in the fourth on Ashby's squeeze bunt and Jones' RBI single. Joyner added an RBI single in the seventh off Ron Villone.

The Reds couldn't score more than one run at a time. Young doubled home a run in the fourth, Ken Griffey Jr. had an RBI double in the fifth and Sean Casey singled home a run in the sixth. Casey had two singles in four at-bats against Ashby, leaving him 8-for-16 career with two homers off the right-hander.

First baseman Andres Galarraga was out of the Braves' lineup for a second day. Galarraga, who missed last season with a cancerous tumor in his back, had tests Monday to make sure the disease hasn't returned.

Game notes
Chipper Jones went 0-for-5, leaving him in an 0-for-20 slump that is the longest of his career. He went 0-for-15 three times in 1995 and once in '97. ... Reds SS Barry Larkin took batting practice and fielded grounders for the first time since he sprained a knee ligament last Friday night. He moved cautiously but said he felt good. He could return during a weekend series in Chicago. ... Young's ninth-inning homer broke Cincinnati's streak of seven games without one, its longest streak since an eight-game one in 1992. ... 3B Aaron Boone had reconstructive surgery Tuesday for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He's expected to be fully recovered by spring training. ... A banner in right field said, "Griffey Who? Let's Go Andruw."
 


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