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Cox ejected - for the 133rd time

ATLANTA (AP) - At the rate he's going, nobody will catch Bobby Cox on the career ejections list.After setting the record Tuesday night, the Braves manager was tossed for the 133rd time by first base umpire Angel Hernandez for disputing a balk call in the third inning of Atlanta's 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.

ATLANTA (AP) - At the rate he's going, nobody will catch Bobby Cox on the career ejections list.

After setting the record Tuesday night, the Braves manager was tossed for the 133rd time by first base umpire Angel Hernandez for disputing a balk call in the third inning of Atlanta's 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.

Tim Hudson nearly joined Cox in the clubhouse at Turner Field a couple innings later, when he was called for another balk by Hernandez — the first two balks charged against Hudson since 2004 when he pitched for Oakland. After the second call, Hudson began toward Hernandez and had to be restrained by team-mate Mark Teixeira. But after simmering down, Hudson cruised through the eighth inning to win for the eighth time in a row, despite giving up career homer No. 759 to Barry Bonds in the sixth.

"I'm not sure what I did. I think he said I flinched my leg," said Hudson, who had only three balks in his eight-year career before Wednesday.