NATIONAL LEAGUE

Uptons, Braves heat up after 23-degree start

DENVER - B.J. Upton and his brother Justin hit back-to-back home runs for the first time, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Colorado Rockies 10-2 Tuesday night to complete a doubleheader sweep that began with the coldest game at Coors Field.

It was the 27th time in major league history that brothers homered in the same game, but only the second time they did it in consecutive at-bats. Lloyd and Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates also accomplished the feat Sept. 15, 1938.

In the first game, Justin Upton, Dan Uggla and rookie Evan Gattis homered as the Braves won 4-3 in a game that began with a temperature of 23 degrees.

The weather warmed up for the night game - but only a bit. It was 30 degrees at first pitch.

In the nightcap, B.J. Upton homered to left field off Jon Garland to start the fifth inning, his third of the season. Justin Upton drove Garland’s next pitch to center for his major league-leading 11th home run.

The Uptons have homered in the same game three times this season. They each added another RBI, B.J. on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly and Justin on a ninth-inning double that was part of a four-run burst.

The Braves out homered the Rockies 6-0 in taking both games from Colorado, which entered the doubleheader tied with Atlanta for the best record in baseball at 13-5.

Julio Teheran (1-0) made the most of his offensive support in the nightcap, allowing one run over seven innings to quiet the Rockies,who have lost three in a row at Coors Field since an 8-0 start at home.

The Braves also got a home run and run-scoring double from Juan Francisco. His two-run shot in the fourth came after Freddie Freeman drew a one-out walk. Colorado had broken on top with an RBI single by Michael Cuddyer in the third.

Garland (2-1) went six innings and allowed six runs on 10 hits.

CARDINALS 2, NATIONALS 0 Adam Wainwright (4-1) lowered his ERA to 1.93 by coming within two outs of his second shutout for visiting St. Louis. Wainwright (4-1) allowed five hits in 81/3 innings. Edward Mujica got two outs for his third save.

CUBS 4, REDS 2 Carlos Marmol (2-1) blew a lead in the ninth inning before Darwin Barney bailed him out with a home run in the 10th that lifted Chicago over host Cincinnati.

PIRATES 2, PHILLIES 0 Jeff Locke (2-1) pitched six innings of two-hit ball and Gaby Sanchez homered off Cole Hamels to lead Pittsburgh over host Philadelphia.

DODGERS 7, METS 2 Mark Ellis lined two home runs and hit a hard grounder that sent Mets starter Jonathon Niese limping off forX-rays, leading Los Angeles over host New York. AMERICAN LEAGUE YANKEES 4, RAYS 3 Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and New York beat host Tampa Bay.

ORIOLES 4, BLUE JAYS 3 Manny Machado had two hits and two RBI, and host Baltimore used a four-run second inning to beat R.A. Dickey (2-3) and Toronto.

ATHLETICS 13, RED SOX 0 Bartolo Colon (3-0) allowed three hits and Oakland capitalized on 8 walks, 2 balks and 2 errors to beat host Boston in a seven-inning, rain-shortened game. ASTROS 3, MARINERS 2 Marwin Gonzalez homered and host Houston snapped a threegame losing skid.

INTERLEAGUE TWINS 4-5, MARLINS 3-8 Oswaldo Arcia hit his first career home run and Kevin Correia (2-1) gave up two runs in seven innings, leading host Minnesota over Miami in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. The Marlins won the second game, getting three hits and a career-high four RBI from Rob Brantly.

Tuesday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 4-10, Colorado 3-2 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 2, Washington 0 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 2 (10) LA Dodgers 7, NY Mets 2 Milwaukee at San Diego, (n) Arizona at San Francisco, (n) AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 13, Boston 0 (7) Kansas City at Detroit, ppd., rain Baltimore 4, Toronto 3 NY Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland at Chicago, ppd., rain Houston 3, Seattle 2 Texas at LA Angels, (n) INTERLEAGUE Minnesota 4-5, Miami 3-8

Sports, Pages 20 on 04/24/2013

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