It might not have been the cleanest win, but the way things have been going for the Braves most of this season, I think they’ll take it. Mike Gonzalez blew a save opportunity in the ninth, surrendering a homerun to Garrett Atkins which tied the game at four a piece. Then the strangest thing happened in the 10th inning, Rockies reliever Taylor Buchholz started his delivery and then paused, stepped off the rubber and committed a balk sending home Kelly Johnson to score the game winning run for the Braves. It was just the third extra innings victory for Atlanta this season and the first time they had won a game with a balk since July 4, 1993. Deion Sanders scored the winning run against the Marlins.
When asked about the last time manager Bobby Cox had seen something like that he responded:
"I don't know. I can't even remember the last time we won an extra-inning game."A win is a win is a win. I’ll take it and I’m sure the Braves are will too!
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