The Atlanta Braves scored 6 runs in the 7th inning last night to beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-1. The Braves had 15 hits, with the first 6 players in the lineup each having multi-hit games. Chipper Jones was 2 for 4, raising his average to .421, which leads the National League by 40 points. Jo-Jo Reyes made his 2008 debut for the Braves and gave up 1 run in 5 1/3 innings to get the win. The bullpen no-hit the Reds through the final 3 2/3 innings. The two teams wrap up the series Sunday at 135p. Tom Glavine will pitch for the Braves, while Bronson Arroyo takes the hill for the Reds.
Ball State's baseball team got pounded yesterday by Eastern Micigan, 16-7. EMU got 4 runs in the first inning and 6 more in the third to put the game away early. T.J. Baumet had his second straight 3-hit game for Ball State. Brad Piatt took the loss on the mound giving up 9 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. BSU is now 25-17, 10-7 in the MAC. The teams play the rubber game of the series today.
My pick of Pyro to win the Kentucky Derby did not work out very well yesterday, as he finished 8th. I said yesterday that the only chance Big Brown had to win the race was to get to the lead early without wasting a lot of energy. He did that, and more. Big Brown was in 4th place at the quarter mile mark and was no farther back than 6th place. He was in first with a quarter mile to go and drew away to win by almost 4 lengths. He will most certainly be a heavy favorite at the Preakness in two weeks. The filly Eight Belles finished second, but had to be euthanized after the race because she broke both ankles just past the finish line. It was a day of triumph and tragedy at Churchill Downs.
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