A good win and an extremely disappointing loss

The Braves jumped on Arizona ace Brandon Webb early to beat the Diamondbacks 7-3. They scored 5 runs in the first two innings led by Mark Teixeira's 4 RBI. Gregor Blanco had three hits in the game. Texieira and Yunel Escobar contributed two hits each to the effort. Jair Jurrjens pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up the 3 runs. Jeff Bennett, Manny Acosta, and Blaine Boyer completed the game. Acosta threw two shutout innings to get the win. Brian McCann had a home run to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Kelly Johnson extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Atlanta is 7-3 in its last 10 games, but have failed to gain any ground on the streaking Marlins. The Braves are still 2.5 games behind the Fish in the NL East. They are 1.5 games behind the St Louis Cardinals for the wild card spot. The Braves start a 3 game series at Milwaukee today at 805pm. Tim Hudson will pitch for the Atlanta while Dave Bush will throw for the Brewers.

Another Brownsburg baseball season came to a disappointing end as the Bulldogs were beaten by Avon 7-3 in the first round of sectional play. Avon's Rob McPike beat the Dogs on the mound in the tournament for the second year in a row. Avon scored 6 runs in the first inning capped by a 3-run homer by Logan Sanburn. It is the second year in a row that Brownsburg has lost in the first game of the sectional and the third year in a row they have failed to get past the sectional round. Senior Mark Conover took the loss and was 7-3 on the season. Senior Jake Houston hit a two-run homer in his farewell game. Sometime in the next week or so, I will write a season wrap-up and look forward to the next season of Brownsburg baseball.