Braves Report

This was one of those games that just crops up every now and again. The Braves hit plenty, in fact they had base runners every single inning. But, when it came time to get them over and get them in, it just didn’t happen, inning after inning after inning. The Braves actually out hit the marlins tonight, but not when it counted.

Bennett was once again called upon to make a start and once again he was more than equal to the task. He gave us 6 solid innings, really only making two mistakes, both in the first. After that he was solid, gave up 5 hits, 3 ER and walked only one. The pen, who had been doing such a good job during the winning streak, really dropped the ball again tonight. The game was close, the Brave were just one swing away from the lead several times, but during the last 2 innings, they just failed to get it done. Carlyle was effective, he gave up only 1 hit in .2 innings. Ohman got out the lefty to end the inning. That was where the game turned bad. Boyer gave up 2 runs, then Resop gave up two more.

Like I said, the Braves hit the ball plenty, totally 12 hits on the night. KJ raised his average up to .250 with two hits, a walk and stole a base. Tex stranded the most runners of the night, 5, but he also had 2 hits. McCann swung a hot bat with two more hits. Diaz continues to rip left handed pitching with 2 hits, one was a home run.

Tomorrow nights game, 7:10 PM. Not nationally televised.

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