Braves sweep D'backs

Atlanta made it three in a row and a clean sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks, winning 6-2 today at Turner Field. The D'backs had the bases loaded in the seventh inning and had the tying run at the plate, but no late-game heroics today by Arizona, winners of just 12 games in the month of June. They lost 15 games and look for a new start in New York tomorrow night against the Mets.

The Mets are 33-45 on the season and are 13 games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East. New York will send Shaun Marcum (1-9, 5.08 ERA) to the hill in the opener of the four-game series, while the Diamondbacks will counter with Wade Miley (4-7, 4.55 ERA).

The Diamondbacks will be looking for better results in July.