Could've been worse with walking three straight to start the inning and a seeing-eye two run RBI. Smoltz called it a success if he could limit the damage to two runs and, obviously, that's exactly what he did.
While I agree with you and fairly or not, Smoltz gets criticized by fans of other teams (Yankees and gNats come immediately to mind) as being too much of a Braves homer. I'm sure that he's (at least subconsciously) trying to avoid that criticism.