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HOUSTON -- After a tough June where Justin Upton has hit under .200, the Atlanta Braves hope the last two games are an indication that hell get back to where he was earlier this season. Upton homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs and Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings to help the Braves to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. "When he gets hot like this its really, really something to watch," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Hopefully this is the beginning of one of those big runs that he can give us." Upton is hitting just .185 this month, but his average for the season is .272 after a great start to the year. "Im seeing the ball and hitting it, thats about it," Upton said. "Ive gotten some good pitches to hit and Ive put good swings on them." Shae Simmons and Juan Jaime finished the three-hitter as the Astros were shut out for the 10th time this season. The Braves had just two hits when Upton launched his 16th homer, a two-run shot into the bullpen in right-centre, to make it 3-0 in the seventh inning. Collin McHugh (4-6) had plunked Jason Heyward to set up things for Upton. Upton drove in Atlantas first run on a sacrifice fly in the second inning. He joked that Wood owed him a treat of some kind for providing most of the offence in the win. "Just maybe get an ice cream cone or something," Upton said with a laugh. "Theyve got some good ice cream in there, at least get a scoop of ice cream." Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman left in the eighth after being hit by a pitch on what appeared to be his right elbow. He was examined by a doctor and said he was fine and hoped the swelling wasnt too bad on Thursday so he could play. Wood (6-6) was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to make his first start since May 4 after appearing in 11 games out of the bullpen in his last stint with the Braves. He allowed three hits and struck out four with one walk. "He did a nice job," Gonzalez said. "Mixed all his pitches ... his breaking ball, his fastball, threw some nice change ups." Gonzalez was encouraged by Woods performance in filling in for Gavin Floyd, who had surgery this week after breaking a bone in his throwing elbow. Simmons and Jaime struck out two apiece in a hitless inning apiece. McHugh struck out nine in his third straight loss. "He made a mistake to a really good hitter, and he didnt miss it," manager Bo Porter said of Uptons homer. "But outside of that one pitch, I feel like he was in complete control of the game the entire time." B.J. Upton doubled and took third on a balk before scoring on a groundout by Tommy La Stella to push Atlantas lead to 4-0 in the eighth. Evan Gattis doubled to start the second and scored on the one-out sacrifice fly by Justin Upton. McHugh walked a pair in the fourth inning, but the Braves didnt get another hit until Freeman singled with two outs in the sixth. Freeman was tagged out trying to stretch it into a double to end the inning. Dexter Fowler hit a leadoff double in the first, and was thrown out at third trying to advance on Jose Altuves grounder. Houston didnt get another runner until rookie Jon Singleton snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a ground-rule double to right-centre field with two outs in the fourth. The ball got lodged under the wall and Singleton was already heading toward home when he was called back to second base. Wood got right back on track after Singletons hit and set down the next five Astros before walking Fowler with one out in the sixth. George Springer singled with two outs to put runners at the corners, but Wood struck out Singleton to escape the jam. NOTES: Braves LHP Ryan Buchter was optioned to Gwinnett to make room for Wood on the roster. ... The Astros recalled OF L.J. 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The legendary Dutchman provided the Wolverhampton crowd with their most enjoyable moments on Saturday afternoon during the tournaments opening session, making short work of the wide-eyed Aspinall.He breezed through the first leg in 11 darts, before his 24-year-old opponent had adjusted to his surroundings, before pouncing on brief hesitation to break for 2-0. Barneys fourth-leg finish Van Barneveld blasted away 72 in the blink of an eye to move three legs ahead but Aspinall deservedly got himself on the scoreboard afterwards, celebrating passionately in the grandest occasion of his fledgling career so far. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Aspinall must have realised he was on a hiding to nothing when, after setting up a shot at a leg-winning double, Van Barneveld ruthlessly wiped out 140 then finished off the Group F match.Danny Noppert, the BDOs No 3, surprised Mensur Suljovic 5-3 to join Van Barneveld at the top of their group. Danny Noppert completes his win over Mensur Suljovic They had exchanged breaks in a tit-for-tat match but Suljovic missed double 10 to force a deciding leg, and Noppert finished him off to claim the BDOs biggest scalp of the tournament so far.ddddddddddddJamie Hughes, the BDOs No 4, could have added James Wade to his organisations list of conquests but squandered a three-leg lead to lose 5-3. In the same group, Dave Chisnall suffered a surprise 5-2 defeat to James Wilson. Live Grand Slam of Darts November 12, 2016, 7:30pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Scott Waites, the sole BDO representative to ever win the Grand Slam, lost 5-3 to Robert Thornton while Dimitri Van den Bergh beat Gerwyn Price 5-4 in the same group. Watch this tense and brilliant leg between Robert Thornton and Scott Waites Peter Wright and Simon Whitlock delivered 5-1 thrashings to their Group C opponents Jeff Smith and Ted Evetts, respectively.Afternoon resultsGerwyn Price 4-5 Dimitri Van den Bergh (B)Simon Whitlock 5-1 Ted Evetts (C)Dave Chisnall 2-5 James Wilson (G)Mensur Suljovic 3-5 Danny Noppert (F)Robert Thornton 5-3 Scott Waites (B)Raymond van Barneveld 5-1 Nathan Aspinall (F)James Wade 5-3 Jamie Hughes (G)Peter Wright 5-1 Jeff Smith Also See: Sky Bets darts odds On Sky TV Schedule/Results Features Get Sky Sports ' ' '