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'Great Balbino' breaks 1-1 tie with HR off Siegrist

JUPITER, Fla. • Balbino Fuenmayor, Atlanta’s designated hitter, poled a Kevin Siegrist fastball over the left-field wall to snap a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning of Saturday’s exhibition game and give the Braves a 2-1 lead.

Fuernmayor’s homer, off a 92 mile an hour delivery, was his first of the spring and was the first run allowed by Siegrist, who was making his second appearance.

ADAMS HR TIES SCORE

Matt Adams belted his second homer of the spring, lofting a Mike Foltynewicz offering over the right-field wall in the fourth inning, to tie the Atlanta Braves 1-1.