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ATLANTA -- The Phillies are more than happy to take advantage of Atlantas awful season.A wins a win, Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said. Sloppy.Jeremy Hellickson pitched into the sixth inning and drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double to help the Phillies beat the bumbling Braves 9-5 on Saturday night.Atlanta, the major leagues worst team, put on a clinic of bad baseball in the eighth as Philadelphia scored four runs without a hit.Hunter Cervenka issued four walks, Ryan Weber hit a batter and two infielders committed an error to bring a chorus of boos from the fans.Ill just say this -- when you score four runs without a hit, you better win that game, Mackanin said. You better win the game.Hellickson (8-7) allowed nine hits, three runs and one walk and struck out two in 5 2/3 innings. He improved to 4-1 with a 2.27 ERA in his last seven starts despite getting chased when Anthony Reckers RBI single cut the lead to 5-3.Hellickson was pulled because his right hand was sore after jamming it on a foul ball he hit earlier in the game.A little tough to grip, I think, just the curveball, Hellickson said.Braves starter Julio Teheran blew a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Hellickson doubled over the bag at third.Teheran (3-9) allowed five hits, three runs, one walk and struck out four in five innings. He left his last start, a no-decision at Colorado on July 22, with tightness in his right lat.Philadelphia went up 5-2 in the sixth against Eric OFlaherty on Freddy Galvis two-run single. Odubel Herrera missed a chance to add on when OFlaherty struck him out with the bases loaded.Its been a recurring theme for the Phillies, who began the night with a .145 average with runners in scoring position and 72 stranded runners over their last eight games.Atlantas bullpen had pitched 18 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, but that stretch ended with a thud. Cervenka threw just five of 21 pitches for strikes and walked in a run in one-third of an inning.With Weber pitching, two runs scored on third baseman Adonis Garcias fielding error. Shortstop Erick Aybar then booted a grounder to load the bases before Weber hit Aaron Altherr with a pitch to make it 9-3.That one inning got away from us, interim Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. We were right there. We couldve kept the game (close). A couple of tough plays that didnt go our way.The Braves took a 2-1 lead third on RBI singles by Nick Markakis and Adonis Garcia.The Phillies made it 1-0 in the second. Ryan Howard doubled to begin the inning and lumbered home from second on Cameron Rupps RBI single.Atlanta scored twice in the eighth.Hellickson tried to brush aside questions about whether he might be traded before Mondays deadline.Ive just been focused on every start and between start, he said. Yeah, whatever happens, happens, like Ive told you guys, I hope Im still here Tuesday.SPLASHY MOVEThe Braves swung a big trade to address their woeful offense -- and add some spark heading into next season- by acquiring pricey slugger Matt Kemp and $10.5 million from San Diego for troubled outfielder Hector Olivera.Atlanta had tried for several months to deal Olivera following his April 13 arrest on domestic violence charges. He is eligible to play again in the major leagues on Tuesday following his 82-game domestic violence suspension. The Padres plan to designate Olivera for assignment when he comes off the restricted list Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced.Despite arthritis in both hips, Kemp could boost the weakest offense in the major leagues. Atlanta ranks last in runs scored and homers.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-12) has a 3.83 ERA but leads the NL in losses. He is 2-1 with a 1.73 ERA in four career starts against Atlanta.Braves: Snitker has yet to decide on a Sunday starter.---AP Sports Writer Bernie Wilson contributed to this story. Kevon Looney Warriors Jersey . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Alfonzo McKinnie Warriors Jersey . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. 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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Latest on Vin Scullys final broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers (all times local):3:25 p.m.Vin Scully has signed off for the last time, ending 67 years behind the mic for the Dodgers.After pinch-hitter Rob Segedin flied out to left field to end a 7-1 loss to the Giants in San Francisco, Scully spotted the umpires bidding him farewell from the field.Scully closed his broadcast by telling viewers, I have said enough for a lifetime and for the last time I wish you a very pleasant good afternoon.His work wasnt done just yet.Scully narrated a video of his own career highlights before he returned to the screen with a message that was taped before the game.He told viewers hed miss our time together more than I can say.Then he closed again, reciting a familiar and favorite line among Dodgers fans: This is Vin Scully wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon wherever you may be.---2:35 p.m.Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow used the seventh-inning stretch to salute Vin Scully. He thanked Scully for 67 incredible years that youve given baseball and for ending his career in San Francisco.Krukow urged fans to sing along as he led Take Me Out to the Ball Game.Scully got on his feet in the booth next door and sang along. He laughingly shouted Dodgers instead of Giants during the portion of the song that says root, root, root for the (home team).---Vin Scully is telling viewers his love affair with baseball began on Oct. 2, 1936, when he passed a Chinese laundry in New York and saw the linescore from Game 2 of the World Series that day. It read: Yankees 18, Giants 4.When Scully saw the regular season schedule ended on Oct. 2, 80 years to the day he fell in love with the game, he knew he had to call his final game in San Francisco.It was as if it was ordained that I do that, he told viewers. I hope youre enjoying it and I hope Im not interrupting it too much.---2 p.m.Vin Scully is sharing the booth with members of his extended family.He says having them around is quite a way to celebrate the last game of his 67-year career. Scully and wife Sandi have five children, 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.With the camera on him, Scully turned to his brood and told them it was time for him to go back to work.I love you, see you later, he said.---1:45 p.m.Vin Scully was slightly late coming back on the air for the fourth inning of the Dodgers-Giants game.Returning from commercial, viewers got to see Scully, with his arm around Willie Mays, reading aloud the words on a plaque honoring him outside the visiting booth at AT&T Park.Scully says Mays is his favorite player. However, as a boy growing up in New York he idolized Mel Ott.With Scully looking into the camera, he said the Giants gave him a ticket stub to the game in which Ott hit his 500th career home run.He held up a blue cap worn by the Giants in the 1930s, noting they once wore the Dodgers color.In the middle of the fourth, Giants fans held up giveaway cards reading THANK YOU VIN and turned them toward Scullys booth as Frank Sinatra sang My Way.The Giants inserted `TNX VIN on the scoreboard.Scully says he can root for the Giants now when theyre in New York playing the Mets.He scolded himself, saying, Now stop jabbering Scully and get back to the ballgame.---1:15 p.m.The Giants are tuurning the call of the third inning on their broadcast against the Dodgers over to Vin Scully.ddddddddddddScully says the Dodgers biggest rivals are allowing me a chance to get my feet wet.He says he wants to use the opportunity to salute San Francisco broadcasters Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow, describing them as marvelous and close pals of mine.Scully says he always makes time to visit with them while in town and as my mother used to say, chew the fat.Scully confided to viewers that they are terrific guys, but dont tell them I said so.---12:35 p.m.Vin Scully is giving viewers some tidbits on the origin of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry.He says it started in 1933 when the Giants won the World Series and the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 26 + games back.The following year at spring training, Giants manager Bill Terry was asked about the Dodgers.Terry says he hadnt heard anything from them and he wondered if they were still in the league.Scully says the Dodgers were furious at Terry and the Giants, adding, The borough of churches was anything but.---12:10 p.m.Vin Scully has opened his final broadcast with the words: Hi everybody, and a very pleasant Sunday afternoon to you wherever you may be.In his initial comments to viewers, Scully made no mention of his impending retirement. He mentioned the Giants in the NL wild-card race and their starting pitcher Matt Moore, comparing him to the girl with the curl.As he says, When she was good she was very, very good and when she was bad she was horrid.Scully used the story as a way into explaining Moores extreme performances, but quickly added that it was no slam on Moore.The umpiring crew turned to face Scullys booth and saluted him before first pitch.The Giants have been showing highlights of some of Scullys famous calls over his 67-year career.---11:35 a.m.Vin Scully has attended Mass at AT&T Park in San Francisco before calling his final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and their biggest rival, the Giants.Scully has been riding in and out of the ballpark on Willie Mays golf cart. He had some time to reminisce with the Say Hey Kid on Saturday.Fans received a poster with a photo of Scully in an orange sport coat. On the back, it reads THANK YOU VIN.The Giants are naming the visiting broadcast booth in Scullys honor.---11:20 a.m.After more than 9,000 games, 21 no-hitters and three perfect games, Vin Scully is preparing to call the final game of his 67-year career for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Giants in San Francisco on Sunday.The 88-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster has reduced his travel in recent years, but he made an exception to call the teams last three games of the regular season in the Bay Area. The NL West champion Dodgers are headed to the postseason, but Scully wont be working those games.Scullys call will be simulcast in its entirety on two Los Angeles TV stations and one radio station. The Giants plan to air his description of the third inning on their broadcast.Last weekend, Scully was farewell-feted by Dodgers fans in Los Angeles, where he closed out his final home game with him singing a pre-recorded version of Wind Beneath My Wings. ' ' '