PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Edgar Renteria hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-to-3 in the season opener Monday.
Renteria's solo shot off starter Brett Myers with two outs in the eighth inning tied it at 3.
John Smoltz went six innings, Bob Wickman (1-0) pitched out of a jam in the ninth and Chad Paronto tossed a scoreless 10th for the save.
Kelly Johnson walked to start the 10th against Ryan Madson (0-1). Renteria fouled off two bunt attempts before hitting a liner into the right-center field seats.
Jimmy Rollins homered and Myers pitched seven and two-thids strong innings for the Phillies.
Brian McCann had a two-run homer for the Braves.
Myers retired seven straight batters before Renteria ripped an 0-2 pitch off the brick wall beyond the center-field fence to tie it at 3.
Leading 2-to-1, Smoltz ran into trouble in the sixth after retiring Philadelphia's two most dangerous hitters -- Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. Pat Burrell blooped a single and Wes Helms followed with a double just out of Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones' reach to tie it at 2.
Aaron Rowand then hit a pop-up to shallow center that bounced off second baseman Johnson's glove, scoring Helms for a 3-to-2 lead.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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