The Atlanta Braves struggled against the Washington Nationals on Tueday night as they lost 6-3.  One area that you can look at is the 21 runners that were left on base by the Braves.  Usually if you leave that many runners on base, you will not win the game and that was the case with the Braves.

One bright spot for the Braves was Chipper Jones who hit a solo home run in the sixth inning.  Kelly Johnson and Matt Diaz had the other RBI’s for the Braves as they just never could get that big hit with runners on base that they needed to get.

Starting pitcher Tom Glavine pitched six innings and gave up six hits and two runs.  Glavine got the no decision in the game as Blaine Boyer gave up three hits and four runs to take the loss.  Boyer is now 0-3 on the season and really needs to pick things up.

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The Atlanta Braves got a big win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday allowing only five hits and one run with a 6-1 final score.  This puts Atlanta at a split 9-9 for the season and this is the fourth game in a row they have won including the three game sweep against the Dodgers.

Jair Jurrjens in now 2-2 for the year with the win over the Dodgers on Sunday.  He pitched a full seven innings giving up only 3 hits and 1 run.  Blaine Boyer and Will Ohman were brought in to the close out the night.

Kelly Johnson hit his 3rd home run of the year and Mark Teixeira hit his 4th home run as well.  Martin Prado and Mark Kotsay were also able to get and RBI each. 

The Braves will welcome the Nationals at home in Atlanta on Monday to start a 2 game series.  Do you think they can stretch the winning streak to 5?

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The Atlanta Braves lost to the Florida Marlins 6-5 on Wednesday night as their record dropped to 5-9 n the season.  The Braves just can’t seem to catch  any breaks and get on a good winning streak so far this season.  They are really struggling but I still think they will turn things around before it gets to late into the season.

Tim Hudson had a terrible outing for the Bravs as he only lated three innings and gave up four runs on six hits.  Jorge Campillo did a good job for the next three innings as he didn’t allow any runs but then Jeff Bennett came into the game and gave up three runs in one inning of action.  Blaine Boyer pitched the last inning of the game and did a pretty good job as he didn’t allow a run.

Yunel Escobar hit a two-run home run for the Braves but also grounded into three double plays.  Brian McCann and Matt Diaz both had one RBI each.

Do Braves fans think the this team can turn it around and get back into things? Let us know by leaving a comment!

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Who would have thought the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies would only score three combine runs in their game at Coors Field?  That was what exactly happened Monday night when the Rockies defeated the Braves 2-1.

The Braves jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Chipper Jones doubled and scored Yunel Escobar.  Other then that, the Braves really didn’t have any offense.

Blaine Boyer took the loss for the Braves, as he served up a two run homerun to Matt Holliday in the bottom of the 8th inning.  You can’t really fault the pBraves pitching staff for this loss though, they did a very good job of limiting the Rockies to only two runs.

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