Braves win, Soriano activated and Glavine throws off the mound, oh my!

After a disastrous weekend series against the Nationals that included a 15-6 blowout on Sunday, the Braves rebounded nicely off the strength of Jorge Campillo’s seven inning shutout in their 4-0 victory over the Marlins. Mark Kotsay, Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira and Martin Prado all tallied RBIs in the win.

The Braves are a strange animal; they can play as poorly as ever and then turn around and show signs of real live major league team. I just wish they could do that more often. I know I always tout how important each series is, but this one against the Marlins is truly make or break. Not only do they get a chance to add some momentum heading into this weekend’s series against the Phillies (which I’ll be attending on Saturday and post some pictures on Monday) but the Phillies will be battling with their co-NL East leading Mets beginning on Tuesday, meaning the Braves must keep pace. Adding to the urgency is the July 31st trade deadline which would spell doom if the Braves chose to become sellers in the trade market, a fact that is looking incredibly more likely by the minute.

Tuesday the Braves will send Charlie Morton to the mound to take on Rick VandenHurk who is 0-1 with an 11.81 ERA. Hopefully the real live major league team can show up and take advantage of this kid, but you’ll have to tune into SPSO at 7:10 PM to find out.

News&Notes: The Braves activated Rafael Soriano from the DL on Monday. Let’s hope he’s able to stay relatively healthy for the foreseeable future…Yunel Escobar was held out of Monday’s lineup but is expected to return on Tuesday after missing a few games with a shoulder injury…Tom Glavine threw off the mound for the first time since hitting the DL…John Smoltz will join the pregame crew on FSN South and Sports South.
(Photo: AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate