A Strange Game

The Braves beat the Rockies 5-4 in 10 innings last night. The winning run was scored on a walk-off balk by Colorado pitcher Taylor Buchholz bringing Kelly Johnson home to score. Jorge Campillo started for the Braves and gave up 3 runs in 6-1/3 innings. The bullpen only gave up 1 run the rest of the game. However, that one run was given up by Mike Gonzalez and it caused him to blow his first save in three years. On offense, five different players had 2 hits and Casey Kotchman had 2 RBI, even though he left 8 guys on base. Chipper Jones was 2 for 4 to bring his average to .359, two points behind league leader Albert Pujols. Game two of the series is tonight at 710p. James Parr tries to continue his brilliant debut season for the big club while veteran Livan Hernandez will pitch for the Rockies. Hernandez is 3-15 lifetime against the Braves.