The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 7-6 in 17 innings yesterday in a game that took 5 and 1/2 hours to play and was delayed by almost two hours because of rain. It did not look good early as Charlie Morton gave up 6 runs in 6 innings of work, but the bullpen saved the day. I usually don't have many nice things to say about the bullpen, but they are the reason that the Braves won the game yesterday. After Morton left the game, the bullpen did not allow a run in 11 innings. Blaine Boyer, Will Ohman, Mike Gonzalez, Buddy Carlyle, Manny Acosta, and Royce Ring all contributed to the effort. Yunel Escobar was 4 for 9, Chipper Jones was 3 for 5 with 4 walks, Mark Teixeira was 3 for 7 with 3 RBI including the game winner in the 17th. The Braves begin a west coast road trip tonight against the Dodgers at 1010p. Jorge Campillo will pitch for the Braves, Hiroki Kuroda will pitch for the Dodgers. The Braves are 6 games behind in the NL East and 7.5 games behind the Cardinals and Brewers for the wild card spot.
Speaking of the Brewers, they have reportedly made a trade to get CC Sabathia from the Indians. That would definitely help their playoff chances.
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the Mens final at Wimbledon yesterday. It was an epic 5-set match that some people are calling the best of all time. Nadal won the 5th set 9-7.
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the IRL race at Watkins Glen.
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