The Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Tuesday night behind two home runs.  Chipper Jones and Mark Kotsay went deep in the third and fourth innings to provide most of the offense for the Braves.

Jones and Kostay both finished with two RBI in the game.  Gregor Blanco had a RBI double in the second inning as well.

Jair Jurrjens improved to 4-2 on the season as he pitched seven innings to pick up the win.  Jurrjens allowed seven hits but only run scored off of him.  Will Ohman gave up the other two runs in the game as he pitched one inning.

The Braves moved one game over .500 with the win as their record now stands at 16-15.

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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 picked up a big win Thursday night as they beat the Florida Marlins 7-4.  The Braves record is now 11-11 on the season. Hopefully they can get over the .500 hump and pick up another win tomorrow against the Marlins.

Jeff Francoeur led the Braves as he had three RBI.  Matt Diaz had two RBI in the game as well.  Chipper Jones hit a solo home run in the second inning.  Mark Teixeira also had a RBI in the game for the Braves.

Chuck James tossed five innings to pick up the win.  James allowed four runs on five hits.  Jorge Campillo and Manny Acosta both tossed two inning to finish off the Marlins.

It was a good win for the Braves, and I look for them to have another good game tomorrow.

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The Atlanta Braves got a win on Monday over the Washington Nationals by the score of 7-3 putting the Braves at 10-9 for the season.  It was a unified battlefront with great pitching and batting from the Atlanta bullpen and lineup.

Brian McCann got his fifth home run of the year in the 2nd inning off of Matt Chico giving him his 12th RBI of the season.  Tim Hudson had a pair of RBIs with Chipper Jones, Martin Prado, and Jeff Francoeur all getting an RBI as well.

Hudson was the starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves throwing for 6.2 innings giving up 10 hits and two runs but was able to pick up the win putting him at 3-1 for the season.  Royce Ring, Buddy Carlyle, and Manny Acosta were brought in the finish out the last 2.1 innings of the game.  Carlyle was the only reliver to give up a run.

Tonight the Atlanta Braves battle the Washington Nationals in the second game of the two game series.

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The Atlanta Braves destroyed the Flordia Marlins by the score of 8-0 on Thursday night.  Chipper Jones hit two home runs, Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann also hit home runs for the Braves.  Jones, Teixeira, and McCann went back-to-back-to-back in the fifth inning to blow the game wide open.

John Smoltz pitched five innings and only allowed three hits to pick up the win.  Will Ohman, Chris Resop, Manny Acosta, and Buddy Carlyle pitched the final four innings of the game without giving up a hit.   Great job by all the pitchers to limit the Marlins to only three hits on the night.

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The Atlanta Braves were shutout by the Flordia Marlins on Tuesday night by the score of 4-0.  The Braves just couldn’t get it going off Marlins starter Scott Olson as he shut down the Braves for the first seven innings before the Marlins bullpen finished the job.

Starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens took the loss for the Braves after tossing six inning and allowing four hits and two earned runs.  Jurrjens didn’t pitch to badly, he just didn’t get enough run support to stay in the game longer.  Relief pitcher Royce Ring gave up the other two earned runs.

Kelly Johnson and Chipper Jones both led the Braves with two hits each.  That was about it off the bats of the Braves.  They could never get a rally going and score any runs.

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The Atlanta Braves hit and fielded well enough to win Bobby Cox said, but it was the terrible pitching that put them in a big hole early in the game that caused them to lose to the Colorado Rockies 12-6.  Now the Braves have to win on Thursday if they want to avoid being swept in a four game series.  Snow / Rain is in the forecast in Denver, so that might be the only thing that can save the Braves.

Chuck James who was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game, gave up six runs in three innings in his first start of the season. James also hit three batters.  Jeff Bennett came in and pitched the next three innings and didn’t too badly despite giving up one earned run.  Chris Resop pitched the final two innings and was terrible once again.  Resop gave up five hits and five earned runs.

Brian McCann led the Braves at the plate as he hit a two run home run and also a double to hit in three runs.  Yunel Escobar, Chipper Jones, and Matt Diaz all finished the game with one RBI each.

So can the Braves avoid the sweep on Thursday?  We will have to wait and see but I think they will do it.

The Atlanta Braves continue to lose one run ballgames as they lost to the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Tuesday night.  All the Braves losses so far this season have been by one run, but one of these games they are going to be on the other side and pick up a one run victory.

Jair Jurrjens picked up the loss for the Braves.  Jurrjens pitched seven inning and gave up nine hits and four earned runs.

Mark Kotsay picked up two RBI’s and Chipper Jones had one RBI in the game.

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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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The Atlanta Braves didn’t get off to the start they were hoping for as they lost to the Washington Nationals 3-2.  It was a walk off homerun by Ryan Zimmerman that won the game for the Nationals.

Chipper Jones did hit the first homerun at the Nationals new ballpark as he went deep in the fourth inning.  Other then that the Braves didn’t score until the 9th inning when Martin Prado scored on a passed ball.  Other then that, the Braves really didn’t have much offense in the game.

Tim Hudson pitched a pretty good game as he lasted seven innings and only gave up two earned runs.  Peter Moylan did pick up the loss as he served up the homer to Zimmerman.

The Braves will now play at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Talk about some weird scheduling

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