Sorry for the delay, but sometimes real life doesn’t allow me to write these posts in as timely a manner as I’d like. With that being said, the Braves kicked off their series against the Giants, a team that is more than 15 games under .500, on Friday night in disappointing fashion. It also marked their fifth consecutive loss.
Jurrjens got the start, and he was phenomenal, as usual. 7 innings pitched, 8 hits, only 2 earned runs, no walks, and 9 strikeouts. It’s been really fun watching him pitch this year, and he’s definitely proven himself to be one of the highlights of the season.
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Ohman followed, stunk, and gave up two runs while not getting anybody out. Bennett finished the inning while allowing two hits, a walk, and recording a strikeout. Tavarez pitched the 9th and let up a run.
While the starting pitching in this game was superb and the bullpen could’ve been better, the offense just chose to be its anemic-self once again. They only scored 1 run, which came off of a single by Chipper, and only had 5 other hits. Blanco, McCann, KJ all had one hit a piece, and Kotsay had two, raising his average up to .303. Not too much else to note.
Braves lose, 5 - 1.