Delgado Roughs Up Braves
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ATLANTA — The Toronto Blue Jays--and especially Carlos Delgado--didn’t treat the Atlanta Braves’ famed pitching staff with the least bit of respect.
Delgado homered twice and had a career-best six runs batted in Wednesday night, and the Blue Jays pounded Kevin Millwood for a career-high nine runs in another dismal performance by an Atlanta starter as Toronto won, 12-8.
Delgado hit a grand slam in the fifth and added a two-run shot in the ninth as the Braves gave up a season high in runs.
Delgado has 22 home runs.
Atlanta starters, long considered the best in the game, have a 10.92 earned-run average during the first six games of this interleague homestand, having given up 38 earned runs in 31 1/3 innings.
“They’ve got a really good lineup,” said Millwood (4-5). “But when you make good pitches, you can get anybody out.
“I didn’t do that.”
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