BRAVES 5, GIANTS 4;Comeback beats Beard

The Braves did not fear The Beard. Theybeat him. Freddie Freeman's two-run, two-out single in the ninth inninggave the Braves a 5-4 walk-off win over theSan Francisco Giants and Brian "The Beard" Wilson before acharged-up crowd at Turner Field on Monday night. They scored three in the ninth, capped by a hit that Freeman, arookie, said was the biggest moment of his young career. "Especially when you're in a playoff race and you're playing ateam right behind you in the wild-card [race]," he said. "It'shuge. That's a two-game swing. . . . To win the first game of theseries is always great. We've got some momentum going intotomorrow."