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<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/bruce_sutter_150x220.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="220" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> The Atlanta Braves, losers of their first 6 games of the season, finally earned their first win as they beat the Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night. Bruce Sutter (left) pitched 3 sparkling innings of 1-hit ball in relief for the win, and Dale Murphy tripled home the deciding runs in the 8th inning. [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=96][b:904f2f6a17]Boxscore[/b:904f2f6a17][/url]

Over in the AL, Bob Tewksbury, making his first start for the Indians since being traded by the Yankees for Julio Franco, haunted his former teammates by out-dueling Ron Guidry as Cleveland beat New York 4-3. [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=101][b:904f2f6a17]Boxscore[/b:904f2f6a17][/url]

[i:904f2f6a17]photo: Mitchell Layton, SN Archives[/i:904f2f6a17]

Way to go Braves! Nice job on the win.

When Tony Armas hit the go ahead home run in the 9th inning last night, his entire family breathed a sigh of relief. "He left for Fort Myers saying he wanted to lead the league in walks," said Mrs. Armas. "Since he can't play defense, I begged him to work on his power."

He certainly did not work on playing center field. In 6 Fly(CF)X opportunities, Armas has given up 4 singles and made errors on the other two (in consecutive Kirk Gibson ABs no less). GM Curt Schilling claims there's no where else to put him. "At this point I might as well put Baylor out there," he remarked. Schilling is reportedly trying to trade Armas for a gifted young Saluki named Steve Finley. "I've got Clemens, Boyd, and Hurst," he said. "All I really need is a guy who can patrol that goofy cutout centerfield."

Concerned for their financial future, the Armas family has reportedly started taking Tony Jr. to pitching lessons.