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ATLANTA (AP) -- Tom Glavine is pitching like he wants to bring the Cy Young back home.
|  | | Kevin Brown gave up one run on five hits through seven innings ... and lost. |
Glavine threw a three-hitter to outduel Atlanta nemesis Kevin
Brown and the Braves extended their winning streak to eight in a
row, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 Tuesday night.
Glavine (4-0) no-hit the Dodgers for 4 1/3 innings, and Quilvio
Veras drove in the lone run with a two-out single in the fifth.
Brown, returning from the disabled list, pitched well but couldn't
avoid his first regular-season loss to the Braves since July 13,
1996.
"Right now, everything is going good," Glavine said. "I just
want to stay in this mindset as long as I can."
He matched his 1998 start, when he also began 4-0 en route to
winning the second of two Cy Youngs. Overall, Atlanta pitchers have
been honored with the award six times in the past nine years.
A year ago, Glavine went 1-3 with a 5.19 ERA in April and wound
up with his worst season since 1990 -- 14-11 with a 4.12 ERA.
"Last year was not a typical year for me," he said. "I've had
a lot of good years in my career. This is more typical of what I'm
capable of doing."
It was Glavine's first shutout since Sept. 19, 1998, and it
handed the Dodgers their second straight 1-0 loss.
"I was going against a guy who was throwing great and didn't
make many mistakes," Brown said.
Adrian Beltre had the first hit against Glavine, a one-out single in the fifth. But Beltre, who also walked in the second,
couldn't come through when Los Angeles put together its most
serious threat.
Shawn Green led off the seventh with a double and moved to third
on a one-out single by Eric Karros. Beltre followed with a grounder
to third baseman Chipper Jones, who started an inning-ending double
play.
The Dodgers have gone 21 straight innings without scoring, after
scoring 36 in a three-game sweep in Cincinnati.
Glavine struck out seven, walked one and benefited from a great diving catch by center fielder Andruw Jones in the ninth.
Jones, playing deep to guard against a double, somehow reached a
blooper by Devon White just before it dropped in short center.
"That was a perfect blooper," Jones said. "I heard all the
guys saying 'In, in, in,' so I kept running hard. I thought it was
going to bounce, but it went in my glove."
Brown (1-1) was nearly as dominating against the Braves,
surrendering only five hits in seven innings. He walked three and
struck out four before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter.
Atlanta scratched for its only run in the fifth. Walt Weiss
walked with one out, moved to second on Glavine's sacrifice and
scored when Veras lined a single to center.
Brown pitched for the first time since April 8, when he
fractured his right pinky while attempting to bunt against the New
York Mets. He was activated from the 15-day disabled list earlier
in the day.
"He gave everything he had, as always," Dodgers manager Davey
Johnson said. "I was going to hold him to around 80 pitches and he
threw (111). If it had been anybody other than Brownie, I wouldn't
have let him do it."
Entering the game, Brown was 4-2 with a 2.18 ERA in 10
regular-season starts against the Braves, winning four straight
decisions and allowing no earned runs in half of his appearances.
He also pitched the clinching game in the 1997 NL championship
series to send the Florida Marlins to the World Series.
"Anytime you have Brown and Glavine, those type of guys, you're
going to see a great ball game," Braves manager Bobby Cox said.
"I thought Brown threw great for someone who hadn't pitched in a
couple of weeks."
Game notes
Trenidad Hubbard, now a reserve outfielder for the Braves,
was the Dodgers' opening day starter in center two years ago. ...
The Braves clinched their 18th straight winning month since April
1997. Atlanta has only one sub-.500 month since April 1993, putting
together 38 winning months, one losing month (12-15 in September
1996) and one .500 month since then. ... Braves outfielder Reggie
Sanders is mired in a horrible slump. He went 0-for-3 and has gone
without a hit in his last 27 at-bats. ... Before the game, Los
Angeles optioned reliever Jeff Williams to Triple-A Albuquerque to
make room for Brown on the 25-man roster. ... Brown landed wrong on
his right foot while pitching to Glavine in the seventh, hobbling
briefly before fielding a bunt in front of the plate. The trainer
checked Brown out, but he remained in the game after throwing a
couple of warmup pitches.
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