Braves Report

Everything great has some sort of blemish. America, for example, has the black marks of the Civil War, Japanese internment camps, and Lady Gaga. Likewise, the 2010 Braves have a 7 game losing streak to worry about. Let’s see what went wrong tonight.

Lowe started this game and he was good to begin with, but ended weakly. His line was 5 and 2/3rds innings, 5 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Moylan relieved Lowe in the 6th, and allowed one of his runs to score on a hit. Medlen and Wagner followed with an inning of their own without any drama. Wagner did drill Matt Holliday, though, so kudos to him. It was just a case of the same story as usual, where the starter failed, the bullpen was decent, but neither mattered because the offense just wasn’t enough.

The Braves managed to score 4 runs in this game, which came from a variety of players. Three came on singles from Melky Cabrera, Derek Lowe, and Chipper Jones. Martin Prado also drove in a run on a fielder’s choice/error. Other than that, the bats were relatively silent. The Braves had the bases loaded in the 7th inning with 2 outs and the Kid up at the plate, but he struck out looking. They need Heyward to start hitting again, or anybody, really, or this is going to be a long season.

Braves lose 7 in a row, 5-4.

Wednesday’s game @ 8:15 PM EST on Peachtree TV.

Kenshin Kawakami (0 – 3, 4.76) vs. Jamie Garcia (1 – 1, 1.42). I have faith in him.