The Atlanta Braves thrashed the Astros 12- 4 on Tuesday night.

Apparently just the threat that newly acquired first baseman Mark Teixeira might pinch hit shook the Astro's. Teixeira was shown on the video board at Turner Field during the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday.  Up to that point the game was in doubt.  But Atlanta's four-run seventh, highlighted by Kelly Johnson's three-run blast ended that.  Johnson's homer came soon after Atlanta fans got that first look at Teixeira, decked out in his new home white threads.

"'I felt good,' Johnson said. 'It's nice to be home after a day off and in familiar territories. It's just exciting from the second you get out here. It's a little adrenaline and a lot of fun.'"

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