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Uggla extended his hitting streak to 30 games with an infield single off Clay Hensley to tie Andre Ehtier for the majors' longest hitting streak of the season and the Braves beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday night."The loudest cheer of the night in our dugout was when he beat out that ball," Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said. "You can say what you want to about the home run and scoring that run, I think we were all too tired to cheer in the 10th or 11th, whatever it was. When he got that hit, the whole dugout erupted."The streak is the third-longest in Braves franchise history. Tommy Holmes hit in 37 straight games in 1945.The start of the game was delayed one hour and 11 minutes due to rain, which left a wet outfield that benefited the Braves in the final inning.Michael Bourn doubled to right off Edward Mujica (8-4) with one out in the 11th. [Read the full article] McGehee's double snapped a 10th-inning tie and the bullpen allowed three hits in four scoreless innings as Milwaukee won for the 12th time in 13 games with a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.McGehee had a three-homer day off Edwin Jackson last week but was hitless in four at-bats against Jackson and the St. Louis bullpen before getting the go-ahead hit."Obviously, I would have rather done it throughout (the game)," McGehee said. "The guys in front of me had some great at-bats to give me a chance. It was a big win for us."Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson , who had been set to start Friday against Pittsburgh, cut his pitching thumb before the game trying to repair his glove. Manager Ron Roenicke said the cut required eight stitches and although he said Narveson definitely was out Friday he wasn't sure if he'd be placed on the 15-day disabled list. [Read the full article] Rookie closer Jordan Walden pulled the much-maligned trick and trapped Curtis Granderson for the final out, and the Angels rode Bobby Abreu 's two-run homer in the ninth inning off Mariano Rivera to beat the New York Yankees 6-4 Tuesday night."I haven't seen anyone do it since Little League," Angels veteran Torii Hunter said. "Nope. But I'm standing out there in right field and whoa!"'Abreu connected with two outs for his second home run of the game. The Yankees then began to rally in the bottom half, putting runners at the corners with Mark Teixeira up.Walden bluffed toward third a couple times. The only thing that did was draw boos from the crowd.Walden decided to try it once more. He stepped to third as if to make a throw, whirled toward first and - surprise! - Granderson was trying to steal second and caught in no-man's-land."He's halfway and I'm like, 'What?"' Walden said. "You practice it in spring training. [Read the full article] 
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