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ST. LOUIS -- Atlanta Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur is known for his strong throwing arm, but it let him down Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals.Francoeur came up throwing as Matt Holliday tried to score on a two-out single by Jaime Garcia in the bottom of the second. The throw was offline and Holliday scored what turned the only run in the Cardinals 1-0 win.It was just a bad throw, kind of straight in the ground, which I dont usually do, Francoeur said. So that was a frustrating one.Right-hander Joel De La Cruz (0-4), still vying for his first major league win, gave up the run and two hits with five walks in 5 1/3 innings.To be honest feel like I didnt really pitch my best tonight, De La Cruz said through an interpreter. I know Ive got more in the tank and I can do a little bit better next time.Garcia (8-8) frustrated the Braves lineup, pitching eight scoreless innings, striking out 11. He became the first Cardinals pitcher with the lone RBI in a 1-0 win since Harvey Haddix did it against Pittsburgh on July 17, 1955.I think the only thing that would have made it better would be to hit a home run for the only run, Garcia said.He pitched out of a two-on, no out jam in the fourth, striking out Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp before getting Adonis Garcia to ground out. Freeman and Kemp, the Braves Nos. 3 and 4 hitters, were a combined 0 for 6 against Jaime Garcia with five strikeouts.Especially in the 4th inning, we had first and third and nobody out and we had the right guys up too, Braves manager Brian Snitker said. He did a great job. He kept the ball off speed enough; he had a couple different breaking balls and keeping the ball off the fat part of the bat.The Cardinals have won six of their last eight games at home to improve to 26-30 at Busch Stadium. St. Louis has won all four games this season against the Braves.Atlantas Ender Inciarte extended his hitting streak to 16 games by leading the game off with a single.Atlanta has lost eight of its last 11 games at St. Louis.Francoeur tipped his cap to Garcia.Ive faced him many times obviously all through the years and he had all three pitches working tonight, Francoeur said. He had his changeup, his fastball/2-seamer and the curveball and he was doing what he wanted whenever he wanted.Seung Hwan Oh got the last three outs for his ninth save.Snitker thought De La Cruz pitched well.He battled his tail off out there and the movement was good in his cutter and slider, Snitker said. That kid he gives you everything he has every time he goes out there.HEAD OVER HEELSBraves 3B Adonis Garcia tumbled into the camera well next to the Atlanta dugout to make an acrobatic catch on Brandon Moss pop foul in bottom of the third inning.It was awesome, Francoeur said. I actually saw him from right field disappear and the next thing I saw was a baseball coming over the thing. It was a great play.WELCOME BACKCardinals All-Star INF Matt Carpenter returned from the disabled list after missing 24 games with a right oblique strain. LHP Dean Kiekhefer was optioned to Triple-A Memphis.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) will play catch on Saturday, but there is no timetable for his return.Cardinals: LHP Tyler Lyons (knee) will miss at least a month, general manager John Mozeliak said.UP NEXTBraves: Roberto Hernandez will make his Braves debut after being called up from Triple-A Gwinett Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona, has pitched for Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston.Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (10-6, 2.99 ERA) leads all N.L. pitchers with a career-high 24 double plays induced. He is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA in 16 2/3 career innings against the Braves.Fake Jordan Shoes . 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But he still shot 39 percent from 3-point range and gives the Cavaliers another versatile player who can stretch the floor as they look to defend the citys first sports championship in 52 years.That wasnt the only good news the Cavaliers got on Wednesday night. Veteran swingman Richard Jefferson announced that he will return to Cleveland on a two-year deal. Jefferson said after the Cavs won the title that he would call it a career, but the 36-year-old quickly changed his mind at the teams victory parade in downtown Cleveland and made it official on Wednesday night.Jefferson played a critical role in the Cavaliers run to the title, even starting some playoff games in place of Kevin Love when he was injured.Dunleavy became available when Wade deecided to leave Miami after 13 seasons to come home to the team he grew up idolizing.dddddddddddd He agreed to terms on a two-year, $47 million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The big payout forced the Bulls to scramble to move some salary from their books.Dunleavy is under contract for $4.8 million next season. The Cavaliers can absorb his salary using a trade exception they received when they shipped Anderson Varejao out last season.The trade was first reported by the Chicago Tribune. The Bulls also traded point guard Jose Calderon to the Lakers to create the necessary cap space for Wade.Getting Dunleavy helps bolster Clevelands bench, a move that could be even more important after the Golden State Warriors, who squandered a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals against James and the Cavs, landed superstar Kevin Durant in free agency.With four All-Stars and two MVPs on a team that won 73 regular season games last year, the Warriors look more imposing than ever.The Cavaliers dont have huge money to throw around and land similar reinforcements, so getting Dunleavy for free from the Bulls is a key move that the team likely could not have anticipate even earlier in the week.---AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami and AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in Los Angeles contributed to this report. ' ' '