Grrrrrrrrrr

I know you have heard this before, but the Braves lost another one-run game last night. Blaine Boyer gave up a triple to Rickie Weeks that scored JJ Hardy for the only run of the game. Jo Jo Reyes pitched 7 innings and was charged with the run. Reyes struck out 9 in what was his best performance of his career so far. Chipper Jones got on base 3 times in the game, he was 1-2 with 2 walks. His league-leading average is now .418. The two teams complete the series this afternoon at 105pm. Jorge Campillo will try to continue his great starting pitching for the Braves. Seth McClung will throw for the Brewers.

So far the Braves have played 53 games and are 2-14 in one-run contests. They are also a horrible 6-18 on the road. They are still 2.5 games behind the Marlins in the NL East and 2.5 games behind the Cardinals for the wild card. The Braves luck factor is still -4, which means they should be 32-21 instead of 28-25 according to the runs scored/runs given up ratio. Hopefully, with the return of Rafael Soriano today and the pending return of John Smoltz (who pitches for Class A Rome tonight) within the next month or so, we should be able to get back on track. If not, it may be a long and frustrating summer.