Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves Live Streaming
Sunday, May 2, 2010
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1:35 pm EDT Sun May 2, 2010
Atlanta has managed to get back on track after suffering through its longest losing stretch in almost four years. It’s come at the expense of the struggling Houston Astros. The Braves look to match a season high with their third straight victory Sunday and complete a series sweep of the visiting Astros, who’ll try to avoid a sixth consecutive loss. Atlanta entered this set on a nine-game losing streak, but beat Houston 4-2 on Friday and pounded out a season-high 15 hits during a 10-1 win Saturday. Troy Glaus had three hits with four RBIs and rookie Jason Heyward homered in his third straight game as the Braves posted double-digit runs for the first time since opening the season with a 16-5 win over Chicago. Houston, meanwhile, is mired in its longest losing streak of the season since opening with eight straight defeats. The Astros were last swept by the Braves from May 5-8, 2005.
Recording another sweep of Houston is very much possible if Atlanta can continue to get timely hitting and solid pitching like it has over the first two games.Saturday’s contest could help jump-start Glaus, who’s batting .221 in his first season with the Braves. Since enduring a 1-for-20 stretch over seven games, Heyward is 5 for 11 with three homers in his last three contests. He leads all rookies with seven home runs and 20 RBIs. After Tommy Hanson and Tim Hudson each delivered strong starts in the first two games of this series, the Braves hope Derek Lowe can do the same as he tries to avoid a third straight loss in this contest.Lowe has allowed five runs in each of his last two outings, the latest in 5 2-3 innings of a 5-4 defeat at St. Louis on Tuesday. The right-hander is 4-3 with a 3.57 ERA in nine starts against the Astros, who’ve hit .215 and scored 11 runs during their five-game skid.
