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MLB: San Francisco 9, Atlanta 0

ATLANTA, July 17 (UPI) -- Buster Posey drove in five runs to provide support for Barry Zito's seven shutout innings Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 rout of Atlanta.

Posey delivered run-scoring hits in the first and third innings and capped a six-run Giants uprising in the fourth with a bases-clearing double.

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Melky Cabrera added two hits, including an RBI single, as the National League West-leading Giants romped to their fourth straight win.

Zito (8-6) racked up his third victory in four starts, baffling the Braves on three hits while walking one and striking out four.

Jair Jurrjens (3-3) was rocked for eight runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings for the Braves, who had a seven-game winning streak snapped.

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