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The San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves will complete their three-game series tonight as they meet for the rubber match at Petco Park.
The teams have split the first two games of the series and just seven total runs have been scored in the process. Atlanta won Monday's opener by a 3-1 score and the Padres picked up a 2-1 victory on Tuesday.
Mike Thompson pitched seven stellar innings to lead San Diego to the victory last night. Thompson (2-0) allowed one run on four hits with two strikeouts for the Padres, who halted a four-game skid.
Mike Cameron recorded an RBI for San Diego, which won despite producing only two hits.
Jorge Sosa tossed 6 1/3 strong innings and added a solo home run for Atlanta, which lost for only the fifth time in its last 16 games overall. Sosa (1-6) surrendered two runs -- one earned -- on just the two hits with one strikeout and three walks.
Atlanta has still won four of the last six encounters with the Padres.
John Thomson hopes to rebound from his worst start of the season when the veteran right-hander takes the mound for the Braves tonight.
Thomson, who is seventh in the National League with a 2.76 ERA this year, struggled last Friday in Arizona, giving up a season-high six earned runs over 5 2/3 innings. It was just the second time Thomson has allowed more than two earned runs in his eight starts this season.
The 32-year-old Thomson has 12 career starts against the Padres and is 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA in those outings. He tossed six scoreless innings against San Diego on April 16, but wound up with a no decision.
For San Diego, Chris Young has pitched very well over the last month but has picked up just one victory in that span.
Young is 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA over his last five outings and has notched consecutive no decisions. He pitched in Seattle last Friday and gave up three runs and six hits over six innings. Young also struck out five and walked two vs. the Mariners.
Young, who will turn 27 on Thursday, picked up a win with seven shutout innings in his only career appearance against Atlanta on June 13 of last season.
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