Paredes homers, but Phils stay quiet in loss

ATLANTA — A 24-minute rain delay cut Jerad Eickhoff’s impressive start short on Sunday at Turner Field, and the Phillies ultimately paid the price, as Jeff Francoeur’s two-run homer in the seventh inning propelled the Braves to a 2-1 win and a series split.

Eickhoff picked up right where he left off in his start against the Marlins on Tuesday, allowing no runners to reach base until Jace Peterson broke up the right-hander’s perfect-game bid with a leadoff single in the fourth inning. Eickhoff didn’t allow the base hit to deter him, however, as he retired five of the next six batters he faced before the rain delay in the middle of the sixth ended his outing after just 51 pitches.

With Eickhoff out of the game, Atlanta took …

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