The Braves beat the Giants last night 8-1. They scored 3 runs in the third inning and 4 in the fourth inning to take an insurmountable lead. Derek Lowe gave up 1 run in 6 innings for his third straight quality start. Over those starts, Lowe has given up 5 runs in 18 innings. I think he is back on track after his miserable June when he had a 6.54 ERA. The offense was led by Brian McCann (2 for 3, HR, 4 RBI), Chipper Jones (1 for 4, 2 R, RBI) and Martin Prado (3 for 5, 3 R, RBI). The teams play again tonight at 710p. It should be a great match-up as Jair Jurrjens pitches for the Braves while All-Star starter Tim Lincecum will pitch for the Giants.
The Braves have won 5 of their last 6 games, but are still 6.5 games behind the Phillies in the NL East. The Phillies have won 14 of their last 15 games to take a strong hold on the division. The Braves are only 3 games behind in the wild card race, so they need to keep playing well. Once you get to the playoffs, anything can happen.
Drew Storen was promoted to High Class-A Potomac yesterday. He seems to have acclimated well as he pitched 2 innings and got the save. Storen allowed one hit, no walks, and struck out 3 batters. He is holding batters to a stingy .190 batting average.
Lance Lynn will pitch tonight for the Class-AA Springfield Cardinals. Game time is 805p eastern.
In little league, the Brownsburg 12s play McCutcheon tonight in the first game of a best-of-three series to decide who wins the Section 1 title and the chance to play in the state tourney. The Brownsburg 10s start play tomorrow in the state tourney.
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