Too Little, Too Late

Mets 4, Braves 3

A late ninth inning comeback was not enough for the Braves to overtake the Mets in their 4-3 loss. Entering the final frame with a three run deficit, Atlanta tallied two runs when Carlos Delgado dropped an Omar Infante pop-up that scored Kelly Johnson. Yunel Escobar scored Clint Sammons on a single before a Chipper Jones liner to right was caught by Ryan Church to end the game.

Kenshin Kawakami delivered another mediocre performance, lasting just five innings after hitting over 110 pitches on the night. Kawakami, however, allowed just two runs in the no decision. Ok, so he’s moved up to mediocre, which was all I was asking for. Now if the Braves can find a pitcher (not named Derek Lowe or Jair Jurrjens) that wants to move up from mediocre to pretty good, they’d be in business. Oh and a couple hitters too.

News&Notes: Chipper Jones hit his 40th career homerun against the Mets in Monday’s 6-4 loss…Brian McCann will play his rehab assigned game with the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves on Thursday. That’s a very good sign for a Friday return…Garret Anderson returned from the DL. The way Brandon Jones was playing, I am thinking Anderson needs to just head right back to the DL and call it a Mike Hampton type of year…In my work imposed absence I wasn’t even able to mention Hampton’s return to Turner Field with the Astros on Friday. He allowed six earned runs in less than five innings. Yeah, I don’t miss him a bit!
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