By Jeremy Kahn

Michael Morse and Angel Pagan helped get the San Francisco Giants 10-game road trip off to a great start with two swings of the bat.

Pagan led off the game for the second time this week with a home run, and Morse added a solo blast to the opposite field in the top of the sixth inning and the Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 2-1 at Turner Field.

With the victory, the Giants have won seven out of their last eight and increase their lead in the National League West to two games over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost to the Miami Marlins at Marlins Ballpark by the final score of 6-3.

Tim Lincecum won his second game of the season, as he went six innings, allowing one run on three walks and striking out four.

The win by the Giants spoiled the season debut of Mike Minor, who missed the first month of the season with tendinitis in his left (pitching) shoulder.

Minor allowed both home runs to Morse and Pagan, gave up seven hits, did not walk a batter and struck out four in six innings of work.

Lincecum gave up his only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning after he walked Gerald Laird, went to second on a Jason Heyward single and then scored on a Freddie Freeman RBI single.

Once again, it was the Giants bullpen that huge in the end, as Jeremy Affeldt, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo closed out the victory and continued to lead the majors in earned run average with a 1.98 ERA.

Casilla was able to get Chris Johnson to strikeout to end the seventh inning with runners on first and second base, and then retired the Braves in order to end the eighth.

Romo came on in the bottom of the ninth, as he got Evan Gattis and Heyward on groundouts to start the inning, but then B.J. Upton singled and Freddie Freeman walked.

However Romo was able to get out of the jam, as he struck out Justin Upton looking to end the game and pickup his eighth save in as many opportunities this season.