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Spring training: BJ Upton hits 1st HR for Braves in 6-1 win
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Atlanta Braves would be happy to see a power display like this during the regular season.B.J. Upton hit his first home run in an Atlanta Braves uniform and Dan Uggla also hit his first homer of spring training in a 6-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.Upton's two-run drive came off Doug Fister in the fourth inning. Upton, who like brother Justin joined the Braves during the offseason, is batting .368 (7 for 19) in the exhibition season. Justin Upton had an RBI double in the fifth against Bruce Rondon.Tyler Pastornicky and Dan Uggla also homered for Atlanta, and the Braves' Joey Terdoslavich went 1 for 2 to raise his batting average to .625 (10 for 16).Tigers starter Max Scherzer, slowed by a sore right shoulder at the end of last season, breezed through two hitless innings in 14 pitches and retired six straight batters.For Scherzer, two innings weren't enough for his first appearance of the exhibition season.
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