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Glavine earns first win for Braves in six years in 8-6 victory over Phillies

By ROB MAADDI | Associated Press | May 14, 08 9:02 PM CDT in Sports 

Tom Glavine pitched 5 2-3 effective innings to earn his first win for Atlanta in six years and the Braves held on for an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Brett Myers looks down at the mound as Atlanta Braves' Yunel Escobar, left rear, rounds the bases on a solo home run hit off the second pitch in the first inning...   (Associated Press)
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Chipper Jones, Yunel Escobar and Kelly Johnson each hit solo homers and Brian McCann drove in three runs to support Glavine (1-1), who hadn't won a game with the Braves since beating the Phillies on Sept. 19, 2002.

Blaine Boyer got the last four outs for his first career save.

Chase Utley hit his major league-leading 14th homer and Ryan Howard also connected for Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, the Braves teed off on Brett Myers (2-4).

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