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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Andrelton Simmons is starting to get noticed for more than those amazing defensive plays. The young shortstop homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs on Monday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-4 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds winning streak at three games. The Braves won at a place where theyve had little success lately. They were 0-4 at Great American Ball Park last year and 14-25 overall since it opened for the 2003 season. Simmons led the way on offence, something he hasnt had to do very often. The first multihomer game of his career allowed the Braves to get ahead and pull away. "When all is said and done after this year, were going to be talking about him as one of the best shortstops in baseball," catcher Brian McCann said. Simmons worked on his swing when Saturdays game against the Mets was rained out, trying to keep his bat back a little longer so he could generate more power. The work is quickly paying off. "That rainout really helped," said Simmons, who has four homers. "I feel like Im where I want to be right now." He showed a little more defence, too. His best play came in the seventh, when he caught a hurried throw between his legs and tagged out out Shin-Soo Choo as he tried to steal second base. "Hes pretty acrobatic," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I remember someone asking me in spring training: Whats the best defensive play hes made? Its the next one. Its one after another with him." Paul Maholm (4-3) held down an offence thats been all-or-nothing. The left-hander allowed four hits and two runs in 5 2-3 innings. Cincinnati stranded five runners in scoring position overall. Craig Kimbrel gave up a pair of singles in the ninth before fanning Joey Votto, picking up his 10th save in 12 opportunities. Atlanta scored in four of five innings against Bronson Arroyo (2-4), who gave up eight hits, walked two and allowed four runs in his shortest outing of the season. "They have a really powerful lineup with a lot of threats, which makes you be a little more nitpicky," Arroyo said. "You end up throwing a lot more pitches than you normally would. Youd think the only guy you dont worry about hitting home runs is the eighth guy (Simmons), and he ends up taking me deep." Simmons had a solo shot and an RBI single off Arroyo. He added a two-run homer in the eighth off Logan Ondrusek, matching his career high for hits. Freddie Freeman also singled and doubled and drove in a run off Arroyo, who needed 98 pitches to get through five innings. Jordan Schafer added his first career pinch-hit homer as the Braves pulled away. The injury-sapped Braves got a little closer to full strength when McCann was activated off the disabled list, completing a comeback from surgery on his throwing shoulder last October. The six-time All-Star catcher started and went 0 for 4 with a walk. "Felt great," McCann said. "The first day couldnt have gone any better." Right fielder Jason Heyward also increased his workout activities while recovering from surgery to remove his appendix on April 22. The Braves will decide by the end of the week whether hes ready to start a rehab assignment in the minors. The Braves made it tough on Arroyo from the outset. Freeman singled home a run in the first inning, but Atlanta left the bases loaded when Dan Uggla struck out. Simmons led off the second inning with a homer down the third-base line. Uggla opened the fourth with his second triple of the season -- a ball into the gap in right-centre field -- and scored on Simmons single off the glove of Zack Cozart in the hole at shortstop for a 3-0 lead. Evan Gattis doubled home a run in the fifth off Arroyo. The Braves pulled away with three runs in the eighth off Ondrusek. Votto doubled home a run in the eighth inning, extending his hitting streak to nine games. NOTES: The Braves optioned utility player Tyler Pastornicky to Triple-A Gwinnett to open a roster spot for McCann. ... Simmons has six multihit games in his last 14. ... Choo was hit by a pitch for the 11th time. ... Alfredo Simon fanned the six Braves he faced, the first Reds pitcher to strike out six in a row since Aaron Harang in 2008. ... Reds RHP Johnny Cueto threw 25 pitches in the bullpen without problem. Cueto has been on the DL since April 15 with a strained muscle in his back. ... NFL receiver and Hall of Fame inductee Cris Carter threw a ceremonial pitch to former NBA player and coach Butch Carter. Judo gold medallist Kayla Harrison took out the lineup card. Cheap Custom NFL Jerseys . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Wholesale Stitched Jerseys . The next step is a better finish. 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Laxman-Dravid epic floors AustraliaIndia v Australia, Kolkata, 2001If there was a ranking ladder to be created for Indias most memorable Tests, Kolkata 2001 could easily sweep the charts. Australia went into the match -- the middle Test of three in a series that Steve Waughs personal brand speak had turned into the Final Frontier -- having surged to their 16th consecutive win in the first Test in Mumbai. Despite a hat-trick from Harbhajan Singh, Australias 445 appeared formidable. Indias batting line-up dismembered for 171 and they were made to follow-on. Their top scorer was told: Lax, keep your pads on.Following on, VVS Laxman came in at No. 3 and steered the change of tides, his 376-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Rahul Dravid becoming part of cricketing folklore. The best of the Australian bowlers flung everything at Laxman and Dravid, who batted in their bubble, with the stands simmering and India gaining ground.On the final morning, when India declared at 657 for 7, Australia needed 384 in two sessions and a bit. At tea, seven Australian wickets still stood, and the quiet end of a draw loomed. The final session was to produce pure mayhem: Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting fell just after tea in the same Harbhajan over, while Sachin Tendulkars legspin removed Matthew Hayden, and Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne for ducks. The last two wickets hung on for more than an hour, but with six overs left, Glenn McGrath was the last man to fall, Harbhajan taking his 13th wicket of the match. India eventually won what appeared to be an unwinnable Test by 171 runs. Kolkata 2001 wiped out memories of match-fixing, and became the starting point for Indias 21st century brand of cricket -- of flair and bouncebackability.By Sharda UgraEngland un-Englanded in HeadingleyEngland v India, Leeds, 2002This was the only time when?Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly?each scored a century in the same Test. Indias score of 628 for 8 was their highest outside Asia at that time. And the margin of victory -- an innings and 46 runs -- was their highest away from home.Headingley was dark, dank, cloudy, unwelcoming to the visitors. Yet, Ganguly dared to bat first. The guarded and defensive approach of Dravid and Sanjay Bangar frustrated England. While Bangar fell for 68 off 236 balls, Dravid went on to notch up his second century in a row, after the 115 at Trent Bridge, to reach 12 Test tons. Englands bowlers attacked the bodies from the round-the-wicket angle the next day, but Tendulkar and Ganguly countered that strategy by switching on the attack mode. That only seven runs from Tendulkars 193 came in the V between mid-on and mid-off highlighted Englands bowling. To add to the bowlers woes, Robert Key dropped three catches.Leeds was covered in gloom in the final session on day two, but Tendulkar and Ganguly lit the scene up by ransacking 96 from 11 overs, including 48 from three. Their 249-run stand for the fourth wicket came at four an over. Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh then forced England to follow-on. Nasser Hussain scored a defiant century in Englands second innings, but Indias was an emphatic victory -- rounded off by the Patrick Eagar picture where Ganguly is seen dearly clasping last man Andy Caddickk on the fifth afternoon.dddddddddddd. Kumble finished with a match haul of 7 for 159, which still remains the best by an overseas spinner in Headingley. As Tanya Aldred noted in her Wisden Almanack report, England were un-Englanded on their most favourite pitch.By Nagraj GollapudiMajestic Dravid conquers AdelaideAustralia v India, Adelaide, 2003Indias previous Test win in Australia had come 22 years earlier, and their wait looked set to continue a little longer when Sourav Ganguly was run out on the second afternoon. They were 85 for 4 at that stage, after a Ricky Ponting double-hundred had given Australia a first-innings total of 556. But just as they had done in Kolkata in 2001, against the same opponents, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman turned the match with a triple-century stand. Dravid remained unbeaten on 233, and Australia only managed a first-innings lead of 33.With less than two full days to go, it seemed as if the match was heading for a draw, but as is often the case in Adelaide, a first-innings runathon gave way to a second-innings shootout. Australia collapsed to 196 all out, Ajit Agarkar running through their batting with figures of 6 for 41. India needed 233 to win, and once again it was Dravid who saw them through, scoring an unbeaten 72 and hitting the winning square-cut off Stuart MacGill.By Karthik KrishnaswamySehwag triple launches India to first Test win in PakistanPakistan v India, Multan, 2004The traditional rivals hadnt played a Test match against each other since 1999 and India hadnt toured Pakistan since 1989. Having lost the ODI series 3-2, Pakistan, armed with a strong attack that included Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq, sought to turn the tables. However, at the end of day one, a breathtaking assault from a 26-year-old reluctant opener had reduced the hosts to rubble in Multan. Virender Sehwag unleashed a barrage of boundaries, India reaching 160 in 40 overs, and despite the loss of Aakash Chopra and Rahul Dravid, Sehwag was unstoppable. With his childhood idol Sachin Tendulkar for company, Sehwag dismantled Pakistan with a previously unseen brutality, racing to 228 not out by stumps. On day two the carnage continued and Sehwag brought up his triple-hundred, the first by an Indian in Tests, with a monstrous six off Mushtaq, who would never play a Test again. He was eventually dismissed for 309, and when stand-in skipper Dravid declared, leaving a visibly upset Tendulkar stranded on 194, India were 675.On a flat surface, Indias well-rounded attack then went about the task of delivering victory with diligence. No Pakistan batsman crossed the triple-figure mark as they were dismissed for 407 in 126.3 overs. Irfan Pathans swing brought four wickets, but it was a magical legbreak by Tendulkar to bowl Moin Khan at the end of day three that typified Indias energy and verve. Asked to follow-on, a dispirited Pakistan were shot out for 216, with only Yousuf Yohana offering resistance with a hundred. Anil Kumble scythed through the line-up with six wickets, and the monkey of never having won a Test in Pakistan previously was off Indias back.By Gaurav Kalra ' ' '