Atlanta Braves’ Jason Heyward fields a double hit by San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Belt during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The Giants beat the Braves 5-3.SAN FRANCISCO – Angel Pagan had a go-ahead triple among his four hits to help back Ryan Vogelsong’s first victory in three starts, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Pablo Sandoval hit an RBI double and also scored the tying run for the NL West-leading Giants on a wild pitch in the third, and Buster Posey doubled in a run after missing the previous two games with tightness in his right hamstring.
Freddie Freeman hit two solo home runs for his third career multihomer game and Jason Heyward also connected for the Braves, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Freeman hit his 16th and 17th homers of the year. He connected twice at Arizona on April 19.
Vogelsong (11-7) won despite allowing just his 11th, 12th and 13th homers of the year – his most since surrendering three homers to the Cubs on April 20, 2004, while with Pittsburgh.
The right-hander and surprise 2011 All-Star, who dropped out of the NL ERA lead with his recent struggles, ended two-start skid in which he didn’t make it past three innings either outing, a 14-2 home loss to the Nationals on Aug. 13 in which he went 2 2-3 innings and then a 7-1 defeat last Sunday at San Diego after being knocked out after three innings.