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Good for Charlie Morton. Got his second win of the season on Wednesday, his first since April. Lowered his ERA from 10.03 to 8.11. He’s lost 11 times for the pathetic Pittsburgh Pirates. Morton, a tall right-hander with a good-natured demeanor and a live arm, pitched one memorable game (in the 2007 Southen League playoffs) for the Mississippi Braves. Didn’t do much else. Atlanta traded him away, though his departure has not proven as hurtful as some of the other prospects they’ve shipped out in recent times. Anyway, good to see him have a good day. Several other former JADAPs (Jackson area Double-A players) also stood out on Wednesday. Tommy Hanson pitched great for Atlanta but didn’t get a decision in the crushing loss to Philadelphia. Martin Prado had the Braves’ only hit. Matt Harrison plucked a win — his third of the year — for Texas, which is closing in on the American League West title. Jeff Francoeur scored the winning run in the 12th inning on a passed ball for the Rangers. (Neftali Feliz, traded away by the Braves before he ever got to Pearl, earned another save.) Gregor Blanco, the fleet center fielder the Braves gave up on, got three hits for the Kansas City Royals. And going way back on the memory trail, ex-Jackson General Melvin Mora, a key player for resurgent Colorado, homered in the Rockies’ loss, and another former Generals star, Lance Berkman, homered for the New York Yankees, his first bomb in pinstripes.