The Braves took a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning last night, but two singles and a home run later, they were defeated by the Dodgers 5-4. Rafael Soriano was the goat, giving up the three runs on three hits in the ninth without retiring a batter. Soriano is on a pace to throw 75 innings this year. The last time he threw over 70 innings in a season was in 2007. The next season he only threw 14 innings and was hurt most of the year. The ninth inning of Soriano's ruined a great performance by the rest of the team. Derek Lowe gave up 2 runs in 6-1/3 innings while Eric O'Flaherty and Peter Moylan pitched well in relief of Lowe. Chipper Jones had 3 hits, including a solo homer. Matt Diaz had three hits and an RBI, while Adam LaRoche chipped in with 2 hits and an RBI. The teams play tonight at 1010p. It looks to be a good pitching matchup as Jair Jurrjens will pitch for Atlanta against Chad Billingsley.
The Braves are 7.5 games behind Philly in the NL East and are half a game behind the second-place Marlins. Atlanta is 5.5 games behind San Fran in the wild card standings.
Lance Lynn pitches tonight for the Class AA Springfield Cardinals. It looks to be a tough game as his pitching opponent is Texas League ERA leader Samuel Dedundo. Considering that Springfield's offense has the worst batting average in the league, it looks like the best we can hope for Lance is that he pitches 7 innings and allows less than 3 runs to have any chance at a win.
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