Game Series - Hudson Soars As Braves Slay Giants Reuters

Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:55am EDT

(Reuters) - Atlanta beginner Tim Hudson preserved his or her red-hot form, even though the other pitcher Tim Lincecum showed absolutely no indicators regarding stopping from his slump, when the Braves exhausted the particular San Francisco Giants 7-1 with Sunday.

Hudson (13-4) breezed through seven innings along with permitted just one cost succeed his seventh consecutive decision. The right-hander includes not shed considering that July 1.

The Braves' (73-55) win held these folks at the top end in the National League Wild Card race.

"It was important to at smallest emerge of here that has a split," Hudson informed reporters right after Atlanta gained the final two games of your four- game series .

"Anytime an individual lose the very first two games of any four- game series , it is certainly tough to help appear that has a split. But we were lucky to return released and obtain some operates early."

The Braves have scored two runs inside the first inning along with led 5-0 simply by the particular sixth inning.

Jason Heyward hit a home manage to get the third successive game, when Freddie Freeman and also Juan Francisco additionally homered compliment touring Atlanta.

Lincecum threw in the towel three owns around all 5 innings and droped in order to 7-14 within the season, your far be sad from your type that earned your ex a couple of Cy Young Awards.

"I was just acquiring lurking behind 2-0 with anyone and I wasn't genuinely approaching the particular zone around that will first inning," Lincecum said. "You only go back to the chalk board connected with 'What did I should do better because inning in making this better?' "

San Francisco (71-57) brings the particular NL West by two games even so the Los Angeles Dodgers, who've procured Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett as well as Carl Crawford, will be make push for any playoffs inside very last days of the typical season.

(Writing through Jahmal Corner inside Los Angeles; Editing by way of Greg Stutchbury/Peter Rutherford; )