Braves Report

Reyes proved me wrong. Man, did he ever make me eat my words. For a long time in this game, it looked like he was finally going to give a very strong performance with no results, but the offense was able to overcome and win the game on a single hit. Nice going.

As I mentioned, Reyes started this game. Despite still not having won a game since June 13th, 2008, he was on the ball tonight. He had a very, very good line: 7 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, and 7 strikeouts.

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Very nice going, Jo-Jo. Moylan relieved him for an inning and would end up getting the win, whilst striking out 1. Gonzalez came on in the 9th inning for an opportunity at his 3rd save, which he achieved by striking out the side. Very strong effort from the pitchers today.

Once again, it looked like the offense was going to falter while the pitching staff worked their hearts out. They only managed 6 hits in this game, but Matt Diaz made one count and came through when he needed to. In the bottom of the 8th inning, with 2 outs and the bases loaded, he singled into center, plating 2. It wasn’t much, but it was enough for the win. Other notables were Jordan Schafer, who had a pair of singles. Ross also had a single, placing his average at a torrid .360. Infante and Escobar each had a hit. Overall, not too impressive, but timely and enough.

Another thing I want to mention is Chipper being walked 4 times in a game. Apparently the Cardinals mentioned in a pre-series discussion that they weren’t going to be beaten by him. If this is the case, I’m a little annoyed. Bobby has always had his pitchers pitch to people that beat up on them: Barry Bonds, Carlos Beltran, and Albert Pujols. If the Cardinals don’t feel that way, all the more power to them, but it feels wrong to me. Oh, by the way, guess who was the winning run tonight?

Braves destroy the Cardinals by one, 2 – 1.

Series finale: Wednesday vs. Cardinals.

7:00 PM EST. Vazquez vs. ?. Win another series, please.