Once again the Braves were tied up by the Giants pitching as San Francisco completed their three game sweep. Randy Johnson was superb in six innings, striking out five Braves batters, while allowing just one run. At one point, Johnson retired 15 of 16 batters on his way to career win 299.
The same could not be said for Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami who appeared to revert back to his poor pitching ways, giving up nine hits and four walks in just five and two thirds innings.
One of the lone bright spots on a night that included Chipper Jones’ first career golden sombrero, was Garret Anderson’s pinch-hit two run single in the seventh inning to get the Braves to within one run. Unfortunately, the Giants matched the two run total in the bottom part of that inning to push them to their 6-3 victory.
Jeff Francoeur demonstrated he still has something in the fifth inning, throwing out San Francisco catcher Bengie Molina as he tried to score from second.
News&Notes: Yunel Escobar sat out his fifth straight game, nursing an injured hip. I hope he doesn’t have to go on the DL…Despite two lackluster starts; Kris Melden will live to see another day in the majors. The rookie is still scheduled to pitch against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
The same could not be said for Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami who appeared to revert back to his poor pitching ways, giving up nine hits and four walks in just five and two thirds innings.
One of the lone bright spots on a night that included Chipper Jones’ first career golden sombrero, was Garret Anderson’s pinch-hit two run single in the seventh inning to get the Braves to within one run. Unfortunately, the Giants matched the two run total in the bottom part of that inning to push them to their 6-3 victory.
Jeff Francoeur demonstrated he still has something in the fifth inning, throwing out San Francisco catcher Bengie Molina as he tried to score from second.
News&Notes: Yunel Escobar sat out his fifth straight game, nursing an injured hip. I hope he doesn’t have to go on the DL…Despite two lackluster starts; Kris Melden will live to see another day in the majors. The rookie is still scheduled to pitch against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
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