The horrible, horrible bullpen

The Braves played another extra inning game yesterday, and had the same result, as they lost to the Nationals 7-4 in 14 innings. Jo Jo Reyes pitched 6 strong innings and only gave up 1 run. Of course, the bullpen could not hold the lead. Julian Tavarez gave up a run, Blaine Boyer gave up 2 runs, then Jeff Bennett gave up three runs in the 14th inning. Boyer has been terrible lately, giving up 10 earned runs in his last 8 1/3 innings (10.80 ERA). This is probably due to over work as he has pitched in 74 games this year. Most of the bullpen is running into this same issue. It all stems from the starting pitching and it's inability to get through 6 innings per start. Anyways, the offense scored 4 runs, which should win most ball games. Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar each had three hits. Jones had 3 RBI. The Braves are off today and host Colorado on Tuesday.