Well, that sure is a different way to lose a baseball game. The Atlanta Braves battled with the Chicago Cubs for 11 innings and ended up coming up short in the game as they lost 3-2. Jeff Ridgway threw one pitch in the 11th inning with the bases loaded and hit Reed Johnson to score the winning run for the Cubs.
Manny Acosta actually took the loss for the Braves and is now 3-5. It was actually a pretty good day for the Braves pitching staff before all that happened. Well except for the blown save in the ninth inning when Jim Edmonds took Blain Boyer deep to tie the game. Tim Hudson got the start on the mound and threw 6 2/3 innings and gave up seven hits and only one run.
The Braves offense once again struggled to put up runs in the game even though they had 11 hits. Jeff Francoeur had a two run home run in the second inning and that was all the Braves could get off the Cubs as they left 25 runners on base.
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:31 am
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