It's OK when you get beat by the best, but not OK to lose to teams you should beat

The Atlanta Braves faced the 2-time defending NL champion Phillies and their starter Roy Halladay on Wednesday night. Halladay has been one of, if not THE, best pitcher in baseball over the past 5 years, so it was a tough task for the Braves. The Phillies won 2-0 in a game where the Braves had a few chances to get on the board, but could not get the important hits that they got over the last few games. The leadoff man got on in the sixth inning, but he was stranded there. In the seventh inning, a Chipper Jones single, a Brian McCann single, and a Jason Heyward walk loaded the bases with one out and the Braves down 2-0. Yunel Escobar, a great RBI man the past two years, grounded into a double play that killed the rally. It was a great baseball game, it was too bad that the Braves came out on the losing end.

The Ball State softball team struggled against Purdue on Wednesday and lost both games of the double header, 6-4 and 7-0. The team has now lost 4 games in a row. BSU returns to MAC play this weekend, hosting Bowling Green for two games on Friday and single games against Toledo on Saturday and Sunday.

The Ball State baseball team lost to Butler yesterday 10-5. The Cardinals used 6 pitchers in the game to set up the rotation for the weekend. This weekend, BSU travels to MAC West leader Central Michigan for games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Ball State is one game behind CMU in the MAC West.