1. Blowers struck again in the third with a three-run homer on a flat knuckleball. 2. A lot of relievers give up three-run homers. 3. Bottenfield singles to set up a two-run Erstad homer. 4. Chipper Jones followed with a three-run homer. 5. Ducey slugged a three-run homer in the second inning and singled home a run in the fourth for a career-high four RBIs. 6. Giles followed with a two-run homer. 7. He hit a two-run homer off starter Sterling Hitchcock in the second inning and added a solo homer in the seventh. 8. He crushed a two-run homer in the first inning, lined a run-scoring single in the fourth and slammed another home run in the ninth. 9. He surrendered a two-run homer to Carlos Baerga in the first inning and then slammed the door shut. 10. He yielded a meaningless two-run homer to Mike Kelly in the fifth and easily could have finished the game. |