San Francisco ? Greg Maddux looked like a fine postseason pitcher this time around doing more than enough to get Atlanta closer to another NL championship series.

Maddux shook his past playoff blunders, winning his first postseason game in three years as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 10-2 Saturday to take a 2-1 lead in their NL division series.

And the Braves got big hits from two unlikely heroes.

Vinny Castilla, who hit just .232 during the season, had a two-run single, and Keith Lockhart, a non-roster invitee to spring training, added a three-run homer in Atlanta’s five-run sixth inning.

Aside from another late-inning homer from Barry Bonds after Atlanta had already taken control, Maddux allowed only four other hits in six innings. He ended a four-game postseason losing streak and avoided tying teammate Tom Glavine with the most losses in the playoffs and World Series.

Glavine, the Game 1 loser, starts Game 4 of the best-of-five series today against Livan Hernandez.

Pitcher Jason Schmidt’s first postseason appearance ended in disappointment after a strong start. With one out in the sixth, he gave up three straight walks to Gary Sheffield, Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones before giving way to Manny Aybar with the bases loaded.

Two pitches later, the Braves had scored five runs to break a 1-all tie. Castilla, hitting .400 in the series, drove in two runs with his single to left and Lockhart, a former Kansas City Royal, followed with a drive that barely reached the arcade atop the elevated right-field fence.

It was Lockhart’s first homer in exactly three months. He had four RBIs for the game.

“I’ve gotten some hits, but that’s probably the biggest,” Lockhart said. “I’ll enjoy it. We talked earlier how there were not many in the season, but the ones I’ve had have been pretty timely.”

Bonds hit his third postseason home run in the sixth and raised his career playoff average to .204.

Maddux improved to 11-13 with a 3.23 ERA in 30 postseason appearances.

Andruw Jones added a two-run single in Atlanta’s four-run ninth as the fans started leaving in a hurry.