Byrnes hit his first career grand slam to knock Tom Glavine out of the game and power the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Sunday.
Glavine gave up six runs and five hits while walking six in 4 2-3 innings. Braves pitchers issued a season-high 11 walks.
Orlando Hudson hit three doubles for Arizona. Chris Young, who had two hits and a walk, led off the game with his 11th homer.
Diamondbacks starter Micah Owings (6-2), the former Gainesville High School baseball standout, gave up six hits and three runs, two earned, in six innings. He struck out four and walked two. The Braves did not have a hit after the third inning.
The slumping Byrnes needed the big hit. He was batting .135 (10-for-74) in May and hit seventh for only the third time this year.
Byrnes had more troubles in his first two at-bats against Glavine. He struck out with a runner on third to end the first inning.
Glavine (2-2) issued an intentional walk to Chris Snyder to load the bases with two outs in the third. Byrnes then hit a popup to second baseman Kelly Johnson, dropping his batting average to .212.
With Atlanta leading 3-2 in the fifth, Glavine issued back-to-back walks to
Justin Upton and Snyder to load the bases for Byrnes, again with two outs. This time, Byrnes turned on a 2-2 pitch from Glavine and hit a drive to left that barely cleared the wall.
It was only the second grand slam allowed by Glavine in his 22nd major league season.
Micah Owings throws a pitch on Sunday as Arizona defeats Atlanta 9-3 at Turner Field (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
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