Brian McCann is making his mark on the NL East pennant race. The Atlanta catcher hit two home runs to back seven shutout innings from Tim Hudson and the Braves beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 on Friday night. Atlanta has won 10 of 14 to pull within 1 1/2 games of first-place New York. In New York, the Mets’ John Maine gave up a grand slam to Brandon Phillips before retiring a batter and…
Posted: July 14th, 2007.
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