"That's not a goal I set out to try to do at the beginning of the year," he said of the home runs. "I'm just glad to get back on the field and put up numbers that I was putting up before all the injuries."

McPherson, 28, was second in the Pacific Coast League with a .618 slugging percentage and third with a .998 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. He drove in 98 runs and hit .275.

He had never hit more than 20 home runs in the minors and has 18 home runs in 360 major league at-bats. But the most important numbers for McPherson were 448 (at-bats) and 127 (games).

"To be able to make it through the season with no back problems and no major injuries, it's been a real blessing," said McPherson, who signed as a free agent in January after missing the 2007 season while recovering from lower back surgery.

BRAVES 16, MARLINS 14: The Marlins rallied from a 10-3 deficit to take a 13-10 lead in what would have been the team's biggest comeback this year. But Matt Lindstrom, who will compete for the closer's role in spring training, allowed two runs in the ninth inning. The Marlins have now lost the two games in which they've scored the most runs this season, including 18-17 at Colorado.