Weeked Recap: The Braves got swept this weekend by the Reds. But honestly, was this any kind of surprise? Well, yeah. While they have been a paltry 7-21 on the road this year, the promise of bringing Tim Hudson, Tom Glavine and Jair Jurrjens to the mound had me feeling like they’d at least be able to win one game. But alas, it was not meant to be. Instead the weekend belong to Ken Griffey, Jr. who knocked his career 599th homer off of Jair Jurrjens and that guy Jay Bruce who has been tearing it up since his call up like a week ago. Atlanta ended their road trip with just one win (coming against the Brewers) and head home to play four against the tough Marlins and three against the East leading Phillies.
DL: The bad news, Mark Kotsay is headed there. Kotsay has not been able to stay healthy for the past few seasons, but hopefully this will be his only stint this year...Oh and Tim Hudson could be going there as well after leaving Sunday's game with a strained hamstring. I guess you're not a true member of the Braves pitching staff this season if you haven't spent some time on the DL...The good news, John Smoltz is expected to be back in the pen beginning on Monday...And Mike Gonzalez who has been out since early last season made his second appearance in a double A game while Mike Hampton is continuing to keep up the illusion that he's ever going to come off the disabled list by throwing off flat ground.
DL: The bad news, Mark Kotsay is headed there. Kotsay has not been able to stay healthy for the past few seasons, but hopefully this will be his only stint this year...Oh and Tim Hudson could be going there as well after leaving Sunday's game with a strained hamstring. I guess you're not a true member of the Braves pitching staff this season if you haven't spent some time on the DL...The good news, John Smoltz is expected to be back in the pen beginning on Monday...And Mike Gonzalez who has been out since early last season made his second appearance in a double A game while Mike Hampton is continuing to keep up the illusion that he's ever going to come off the disabled list by throwing off flat ground.
Other Stuff: According to Elias, Friday's 3-2 loss to the Reds was the Braves 19th straight one loss road game...Chipper Jones had just two hits in the Braves series against the Reds going hitless on both Friday and Sunday and dropping his average to a still insane .405...Braves top prospect Jordan Schafer has returned to the Mississippi Braves after fulfilling his 50 game suspension due to the use of performance enhancing drugs. I guess it's time to see what this kid is really made of
(Photo: AP/Al Behrman)
(Photo: AP/Al Behrman)
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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