Red Sox 6, Braves 5
It took just one pitch to break up a five all tie in the ninth inning and give the Red Sox the victory on Sunday. Jeff Bennett came in to relieve Mike Gonzalez and offered up a pitch to Nick Green which he sliced down the right field line that curved around the Pesky pole and landed in the seats for a walk-off homerun.
Certainly a disappointing finish for the Braves who started the game with two runs scored off of a Brian McCann double to right field. Jair Jurrjens quickly gave up the lead, allowing three runs (two earned), including a David Ortiz two run homer in the bottom half of the first that put the Sox in front. But the Braves battled back in the seventh with two runs and then tied in the eighth when Garrett Anderson singled to right scoring Kelly Johnson. That tie stood until Nick Green dashed all hope of the Braves stealing the series in Boston with that one pitch in the ninth.
Atlanta hosts the Cubs for a make-up game on Monday before the Yankees come to town for a three game set.
News&Notes: Third baseman Chipper Jones, pitcher Eric O’Flaherty and manager Bobby Cox were all tossed in the a wild seventh inning...The Braves signed Chris Burke to a minor-league contract...Coke is replacing the 42-foot-tall Coke bottle at Turner Field with a ne high-tech version.
It took just one pitch to break up a five all tie in the ninth inning and give the Red Sox the victory on Sunday. Jeff Bennett came in to relieve Mike Gonzalez and offered up a pitch to Nick Green which he sliced down the right field line that curved around the Pesky pole and landed in the seats for a walk-off homerun.
Certainly a disappointing finish for the Braves who started the game with two runs scored off of a Brian McCann double to right field. Jair Jurrjens quickly gave up the lead, allowing three runs (two earned), including a David Ortiz two run homer in the bottom half of the first that put the Sox in front. But the Braves battled back in the seventh with two runs and then tied in the eighth when Garrett Anderson singled to right scoring Kelly Johnson. That tie stood until Nick Green dashed all hope of the Braves stealing the series in Boston with that one pitch in the ninth.
Atlanta hosts the Cubs for a make-up game on Monday before the Yankees come to town for a three game set.
News&Notes: Third baseman Chipper Jones, pitcher Eric O’Flaherty and manager Bobby Cox were all tossed in the a wild seventh inning...The Braves signed Chris Burke to a minor-league contract...Coke is replacing the 42-foot-tall Coke bottle at Turner Field with a ne high-tech version.
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