Sunday, August 31, 2008

Can't beat the bad teams, part 2

The Braves lost to the Nationals last night, 9-8 in 10 innings. Vladimir Nunez walked in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th. Jo Jo Reyes gave up 4 runs in 4 innings on 94 pitches. He was struggling out there. Buddy Carlyle gave up 3 runs in his one inning. Jeff Bennett, Will Ohman, and Julian Tavarez pitched well in relief. Bennett has been pitching well as the long reliever/spot starter. His ERA over his last 10 games is 3.27. The offense had 14 hits. Martin Prado was 3 for5 with 2 RBI. Prado is batting .418 in his last 10 games. Josh Anderson, Brian McCann, Chipper Jones, and Kelly Johnson added two hits a piece. Jones and McCann each had 2 RBI. The final game of the series is today at 135p. Jair Jurrjens will pitch for the Braves. Collin Balester will pitch for Washington.

In college football yesterday , there were a few upsets. #17 Virginia Tech and #25 Pitt were beaten by unranked teams. #9 Clemson and #20 Illinois were beaten by ranked teams. For the second year in a row, Michigan was beaten in its home opener. This time they were beaten by Utah. It was a tough start for Rich Rodriguez and the Wolverines.

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