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SAN FRANCISCO -- Aaron Blair has a pretty good sense of what he needs to do to be successful in the majors.Im a pitcher that needs to be down in the zone and create movement, he said. When Im up its just flat, it goes a long way.The 24-year-old pitcher had trouble keeping the ball down in his most recent outing, and it didnt work out well for him or the Braves.Joe Panik homered twice and matched his career high of four RBI to back Madison Bumgarner, and the San Francisco Giants beat Atlanta 13-4 on Sunday to win a series for only the second time since the All-Star break.Blair, called up from the minors to make his first big league start in more than two months, allowed five runs over four innings. He gave up three homers.The Giants scored eight runs off the Braves bullpen in the seventh inning, when they tripled three times and sent 14 batters to the plate.Blair (0-6) was brought up Sunday from Triple-A Gwinnett and is expected to stay in the rotation, manager Brian Snitker said, noting the organization is committed to the young pitchers development.Blair has allowed 11 home runs in 12 starts this season, six of which have been to Giants hitters. Panik has homered three times off Blair.Youve got to stay with him, keep working with him, Snitker said. You saw glimpses of the stuff, but its got to be consistent.Blair said hes not taking the opportunity to pitch in the majors lightly.I had my name on the map early, he said. I kind of faltered middle months; Im trying to get my name back on the map again.Freddie Freeman and Gordon Beckham homered for Atlanta. Ender Inciarte doubled, tripled and scored twice, but the last-place Braves have lost 13 of 18.Denard Span and Eduardo Nunez also homered, Brandon Crawford had three hits and Jarrett Parker drove in three runs for San Francisco.The Giants took two of three from the Braves and remained two games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.Bumgarner (13-8) allowed three runs over seven uneven innings. He struck out five and walked two.San Franciscos four-time All-Star pitched in and out of trouble most of the day but punctuated his afternoon with an emphatic fist pump after striking out pinch-hitter Jace Peterson to end the seventh.Panik hit a solo homer in the second and added a two-run shot in the fourth. The second baseman also reached on an infield single in the sixth and had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.It was the first multihomer game of his career.The Giants broke open a 5-3 game in the seventh.Being in the game that long with Bumgarner, we played good baseball for six innings, it just kind of unfolded there in the seventh, Freeman said.The slugger was asked if there was anything his young teammates could take from the game.Just forget about this one and just move on, he said. Take the day and a half that were going to get for today and tomorrow and come back Tuesday ready to play the Padres.HOT HITTERInciarte extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Hes batting .436 (17 for 39) with 10 runs during that stretch.EXTRA, EXTRAFreeman hit his 27th home run off Bumgarner in the sixth for his 67th extra-base hit of the season. Freeman had the second-most extra-base hits in the league going into Sunday.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP John Gant was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett to make room for Blair. ... Freeman was in the lineup for a third straight day with a sore back after tumbling over the railing and crashing into a seat Thursday in Arizona. I feel good now, he said. The soreness has gone down greatly over the last couple of days.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (3-9) pitches against San Diego on Tuesday in the opener of a brief, three-game homestand. Teheran is winless since June 19. Jack Youngblood Jersey . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. Gerald Everett Youth Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Kurt-Warner-Jersey/ . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. David Long Jersey . The 15th-ranked Canadian men lost the opening two games of their European tour: 19-15 to No. 17 Georgia and 21-20 to No. Andrew Whitworth Rams Jersey . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Devin Peterson scored 18 points, Haboubacar Mutombo added 13, and Western Carolina beat High Point 70-65 on Monday night, snapping a two-game skid.Trailing by three at halftime, High Point tied it at 31 on Ricky Madisons free throw, but Peterson hit a jumper and a layup and Ashley Williams added a 3-pointer and Western Carolina pulled ahead 43-32. Tarique Thompsons layup capped an 8-0 run and High Point closed to 68-65 with five seconds left, but Peterson made two free throws to seal it for the Cataamounts.ddddddddddddWestern Carolina (4-7) made 24 of 56 field goals (43 percent) to the Panthers 17 of 46 (37 percent), but High Point hit 26 of 35 free throws. Both teams made five 3-pointers, but High Points first didnt come until Anthony Lindauers make with 7:21 left in the game.Thompson scored 14 points for High Point (6-6), Madison and Lindauer had 13 apiece, and Jamal Wright added 12. ' ' '