Braves Rally to Stun the Cubs

Braves 6, Cubs 5 (12)

Until the seventh inning, it seemed the Braves would fall victim to a dominate Randy Wells, but then Chipper Jones broke up his no-hitter which allowed the rookie to leave the game (since he wasn’t trying for that no-hitter and all). Once he exited the Braves took advantage of a very shaky bullpen, scoring five runs, including Jeff Francoeur’s two out, two-run homer, in the final two frames to tie the game and force extra innings.

Chipper Jones once again used his veteran know-how to hit a single up the middle which scored Yunel Escobar and gave the Braves a 6-5 win.

Atlanta finally ended a 0-23 streak in games where they were trailing in the ninth inning.

News&Notes: Tom Glavine looks ready to join the rotation after his latest start with Class-A Rome…Casey Kotchman is out for a few days…Kris Melden kind of proved me right with his performance Sunday, thanks to a little help from Chipper Jones.
(Photo: AP)