The Braves lost to the Astros last night 2-1 on a walk-off two-RBI single from Houston's Miguel Tejada off Atlanta closer Rafael Soriano. That hit ruined the best pitching performance of Tommy Hanson's young career. Hanson threw 8 innings, giving up no runs on 5 hits with 7 strikeouts. He threw 100 pitches and was removed by Booby Cox to give Soriano a clean start to the 9th inning. The offense was pitiful, garnering only 3 hits including a RBI single by Matt Diaz. In the past 5 games, the Braves have scored 7 runs, a pitiful 1.4 runs per game. The pitching has been great in those 5 games, giving up 13 runs for a 2.6 runs per game average. I don't think it matters anymore, but game 3 of the series is tonight at 805p. Derek Lowe will pitch for the Braves.
Atlanta is 9 games behind the Phillies in the NL East and 8.5 games behind the Rockies in the wild card race with 23 games left to play.
Lance Lynn pitches for AA Springfield tonight in game two of the Texas League semi-finals. Springfield is down 1-0 in the series after a 6-0 loss last night.
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