The Atlanta Braves were shutout by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 5-0 on Thursday evening.  It was just a very disappointing game for the Braves as they fell to the .500 mark at 20-20 on the season.

Chuck James was the losing pitcher for the Braves as dropped his record to 2-3.  James only lasted four innings while he gave up six hits and five runs.  The problem with James was that he gave up three home runs which accounted for four of the Nationals five runs.

Jorge Campillo pitched three scoreless innings and Chris Resop pitched one scoreless inning in relief of James.

The Braves offense was only able to come up with four hits off of Cole Hamels who threw a complete game for the Phillies.

Now the Braves will play a three game series with the Oakland Athletics and the Braves will need to bring their A game if they want to have a shot at winning the 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 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.

It was a bad night for the Atlanta Braves right from the start as Mike Hampton left the game without even throwing an official pitch.  Hampton sustained some sort of chest injury during warmups.  Instead of Hampton pitching, the Braves used seven different pitchers in the game.

Jeff Bennett took the starting place of Hampton and threw the ball for four innings giving up four hits and two earned runs.  Chris Resop ended up taking the loss for the Braves as he gave up the earned run in the 10th inning.

Matt Diaz and Corky Miller had an RBI each for the Braves.  The big bats for the Braves never showed up tonight and they could have really used them.

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