The Atlanta Braves started to hit the ball in game two of the afternoon double header with the Pittsburgh Pirats as they won 8-1.  Before the second game, the Braves had lost 5-0 as they were shutout by Zach Duke.

Tim Hudson pitched a great game as he improved to 6-2 on the season.  Hudson tossed seven innings of two hit baseball and only allowed one run which was unearned.  Hudson struck out two five batters while walking two.

Blaine Boyer and Will Ohman both pitched an inning in relief and did a good enough job not to let any runs score.

Brian McCann had the big hit for the Braves when he hit a three run home run in the fifth inning.  McCann finished the game with three rbi.  Mark Kotsay also finished the game with three rbi as he had two doubles in the game.  Yunel Escobar and Chipper Jones both had one rbi in the game as well.

The Braves are now one game over .500 at 19-18 on the season.  Braves Blog

The Atlanta Braves got RBI’s from four different players as they beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Wednesday night.  Kelly Johnson, Yunel Escobar, Mark Kotsay, and Greg Norton all had a RBI in the victory.

Tim Hudson picked up the win over the Padres as he tossed seven innings of six hit ball.  Hudson did allow two earned runs while walking and striking out three batters.  Hudson is now 5-2 on the season.

Blaine Boyer, Will Ohman, and Manny Acosta pitched the final two innings for the Braves.  Acosta  ended up picking up the save which was his third of the season.

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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 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 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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The Atlanta Braves doctors finally had a chance to look of Mark Kotsay and said he was good to go so the Braves and Oakland Atheltics completed the the Kotsay for Joey Devine and Jamie Richmond trade.

Kotsay will play centerfield for the Braves, a spot that was handled by Andruw Jones for the decade.  Kotsay does seem to come down with injuries quite a bit, so Braves fans better say their prayers he doesn’t hurt himself to early in the season.

Going to the Athletics are relief pitcher Joey Devine and minor league pitcher Jamie Richmond.  Devine is pretty good and I like his future.  I don’t have much to blog about for Richmond as I haven’t followed his career to much.  Devine and Huston Street in the A’s bullpen really makes their bullpen good.

One thing I like about this trade for the Braves is that the Atheltics are picking up a big portion of Kotsay’s contract.  If the A’s wouldn’t have done that, I doubt the trade would have happened.

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