Neither of the Ross homers

Neither of the Ross homers, however, will have the historical significance of Chipper Jones’ two-run homer in the first off Harang.
That homer, the first of three allowed by Harang, moved the Atlanta third baseman into a tie with Mickey Mantle for second-place on the all-time list of switch-hitting RBI leaders at 1,509. Hall of Famer Eddie Murray tops the list with 1,917.

Harang hadn’t allowed a homer in 24 1/3 innings this season until Jones followed a one-out walk to Jason Heyward Tuesday night.
Over the course of his career, Harang has allowed an average of 1? homers per nine innings. The three homers allowed Tuesday night accounted for six of the eight runs scored by the Braves as Harang’s earned run average more than doubled from 1.88 to 3.90.

Still, the Padres were trailing only 3-1 entering the top of the sixth — having scored in the fourth when Orlando Hudson followed a second straight single by Jorge Cantu with a triple that split the gap between left and center.
After Jones led off with a single, Dan Uggla had perhaps the key at-bat of the inning — fouling off three pitches while battling back from an 0-and-2 count to draw a nine-pitch walk. Harang then walked rookie first baseman Freddie Freeman on four pitches to load the bases.

Shortstop Alex Gonzalez rolled a single through the middle of a drawn-in infield to make it 5-1. Ross homered after Harang struck out Nate McLouth.
“The balls up in the strike zone came back to haunt Aaron tonight,” said Padres manager Bud Black, who added the fact that Harang is still feeling the effects of the virus that hit him in Chicago.