Braves Report

Well, well, well. I guess I have some explaining to do about the lack of updates on this blog. As I’ve mentioned before, life is busy. I’ve been going through some major changes in my life recently, and honestly, I haven’t had the time or energy to write anything. So, for that, I apologize. I promise, however, that I’ll try to be better about it in the future. This means recaps for the following games, and maybe old recaps for the ones I missed. It really depends how my schedule works out. Bear with me, though, I promise you no long hiatuses like this anymore.

Now, enough of that, onto the game. The Braves played the Cubs on Wednesday night after coming off a huge walk-off win the day before. Unfortunately, they couldn’t replicate their success once again. This extra-inning loss lowered their record to 26-26, further continuing the .500 trend.

Derek Lowe started the game and had a decent outing: 7 innings, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Unfortunately for him, the offense didn’t provide him with much run support, so he couldn’t earn a win when he left the game.

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Moylan followed him, giving up a hit and striking out 2 in his inning of work. Gonzalez pitched the next scoreless inning, allowing a hit and a walk. Bennett would be charged with the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, who scored after O’Flaherty gave up a single. Overall, not really a horrid night for the pitching staff, but apparently only perfection would have sufficed.

The offense, alas, wasn’t nearly quite up to the same speed. Leading the offensive charge on the night was McCann and Chipper, who each plated a run. Chipper had a pinch-hit double, scoring the Braves’ second and final run of the night in the 7th inning. Other notables were Kelly Johnson, who had a double and a single. Escobar, Prado, and Francoeur also each had singles. That was about it for the offense. As I’ve said many times before, just not enough.

Braves lose in 11, 3 – 2.

The final game of the series (today) got rained out and was postponed until the 22nd.

Next game: Friday vs. Brewers.

7:30 PM EST. Gallardo vs. Jurrjens.