Braves Win 13th Straight

The Atlanta Braves tied the club record with their 13th straight win and Tom Glavine improved to 5-0 by holding San Diego to three hits in eight innings in a 7-4 victory Sunday night.

Javy Lopez hit a go-ahead, two-run single to chase winless Padres ace Sterling Hitchcock and Trenidad Hubbard hit a three-run homer to cap the five-run eighth inning.

Glavine shook off a homer by Eric Owens leading off the fourth. The only other hits he allowed were singles to Carlos Hernandez and rookie Kory DeHaan. Glavine struck out eight and walked two. The left-hander was coming off a three-hit, 1-0 win over Kevin Brown and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

The Braves matched the team record for consecutive wins set in 1982 and matched in 1992.

With the score tied at 1, Andruw Jones opened the eighth by reaching on third baseman Phil Nevin's throwing error, which drew first baseman Ryan Klesko off the bag. Chipper Jones walked and Brian Jordan was intentionally walked with one out to load the bases and bring up Lopez. Lopez hit a 1-2 pitch between short and third to give the Braves a 3-1 lead.

Hitchcock (0-3) clenched his teeth and jumped up and down in frustration. The Padres had lost each of Hitchcock's previous five starts by one run. The left-hander allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits in 7 1-3 innings, struck out 10 and walked five.

Carlos Almanzar came on and allowed Hubbard's first homer, to left. It was the third straight game in which he gave up a three-run homer. Jordan connected Friday night and Andres Galarraga on Saturday night.

Jordan added an RBI single in the ninth. San Diego scored three runs in the bottom of the inning on Klesko's two-run double and Bret Boone's sacrifice fly.

Owens' homer ended Glavine's string of 18 consecutive scoreless innings. Owens drove a full-count pitch an estimated 426 feet deep into the seats in left-center field, his first of the year.

The Braves tied it in the fifth thanks to speedy 19-year-old rookie Rafael Furcal. He singled, stole second and took third on catcher Hernandez's throwing error, and scored on Quilvio Veras' single.

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