http://www.braveshomeplate.com A blog about Atlanta Braves Baseball Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins finished up a three game series on Wednesday afternoon. The bad news for Braves fans is that the Braves lost 5-3 and dropped two out of three games down in Miami. The Braves now have a 60-80 record on the season. All three of the ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-drop-two-of-three-against-the-marlins/ Hello all Braves fans, just wanted to let you know that we will be taking Monday off as we spend time with our friends and family to celebrate Labor Day. We hope that you are able to enjoy the day and even catch a game or two on tv! Hope everyone ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-blog-on-labor-day/ The Atlanta Braves offense sputtered on Wednesdsay night as they only came up with four hits and lost to the Florida Marlins by the score of 4-1. The three game series is now tied up at one game each and the two teams will play the rubber match on Thursday. Mike ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-offense-sputters-as-they-lose-to-the-marlins-4-1/ The Mets completed the sweep of the Braves on Thursday night 5-4, it was the first time the Braves have been swept at Shea since 2003.  This game also marked the 27th time that the Braves lost a road game in which they had a one run lead.  That stretch ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-swept-by-mets-with-5-4-loss/ Jair Jurrjens struggled with his control in the first inning of last night's game.  Jurrjens, who has really been the ace of this staff this season, allowed five runs in the first inning.  All of the runs scored with two out.  Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar committed throwing errors in the ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/jurrjens-struggles-early-mets-win-6-3/ Now that was a very dissappointing four game series with the San Francisco Giants. The Braves lost three out of four games against the Giants and were shutout by the score of 5-0 on Monday afternoon. It was just a terrible series for the team and all we can hope ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/the-braves-are-shutout-5-0-against-the-giants/ Mark Kotsay and Jeff Francoeur had big nights at the plate for the Atlanta Braves on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs but it still wasn't enough as the Cubs beat the Braves 11-7. It seemed like everytime the Braves would score, the Cubs would come right back and score again ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/kotsay-hits-for-the-cycle-but-cubs-beat-braves-11-7/ Just a quick update about game one of a double header on Wednesday afternoon.  The Braves were hammered by the visiting Chicago Cubs by the score of 10-2.  The Braves had plenty of chances to score some runs in the game but they left 17 runners on base and could not ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-hammered-10-2-by-the-cubs/ The Atlanta Braves once again lost to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.  This was the third straight loss for the Braves against the Cardinals in the four game series.  They will now have to win on Thursday to avoid the four game sweep at home. Jair Jurrjens started the ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-lose-for-the-third-straight-game-to-the-cardinals/ Well the first game without Mark Teixeira did not go good for the Atlanta Braves as they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3.  The Braves allowed the Cardinals to score six late inning runs and come from behind to get the victory.  Before the game, the Braves traded Mark ... http://www.braveshomeplate.com/braves-lose-to-the-cardinals-8-3/