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The Atlanta Braves ended their 4 game skid last night in Arizona with a huge early offensive surge to give support to Jair Jurrjens who went to 5-2 with the win.

From MLB.com: “The Braves made a big offensive statement in ending their four-game losing streak. Sparked by Yunel Escobar’s three-run homer in the third inning, Atlanta put up 10 runs after four innings, a large enough cushion to give Jair Jurrjens his fifth win of the season. The starter helped himself with a two-run double…”

Let me know what you think about the Braves benching Jeff Francouer and calling up Gregor Blanco or Jason Heyward or even Gorkys Hernandez?

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Well if you were looking for a good pitching matchup you definietly tuned into the right games as D-backs ace Dan Haren and Braves ace Derek Lowe squared off tonight. For the Braves D Lowe went 7 strong innings giving up 5 runs, but only 3 earned. He gave up 10 hits and struck out 2. And for the Arizona(21-27) Dan Haren went 8 innings allowing 2 runs and striking out 8 while walking 0 batters and Chad Qualls pitched a perfect 9th to earn his 12th save on the year.

The dagger came in the 4th inning for the D-backs as the they plated 4 runners, 2 of which came after Kelly Johnson was unable to field a Justin Upton ground ball cleanly. That was all the D-Backs needed to win the game.

For the Braves offense Kelly Johnson had 2 doubles and scored twice(didn’t do enough to make up for that error if you ask me). Also Casey Kotchman added 2 hits and an RBI, along with Chipper Jones also batting in 1. The struggles continue for the Atlanta outfield as Schafer, Anderson, and Francouer combined for 5 k’s and 1-10 showing. What to do what to do…I sense a shakeup coming soon! For Arizona Eric Byrnes scored 2 times and Justin Upton added 3 hits and 1 run.

Another tough lose for Atlanta as the pitching continues to be strong, but the offense has yet to consistently show up and help out the Braves staff. Something needs to be done soon…! Well there is always tomorrow…Braves vs. D-backs play tomorrow again at 9:40 PM with Jair Jurrjens on the mound.

GO BRAVES !!!

Tonight’s Box Score

Tonight’s game features Braves ace Derek Lowe vs. current Diamondbacks ace Dan Haren(Brandon Webb is hurt) tonight at 9:40 in Arizona. The Braves come off a sweep by the Giants so they look to get back on track tonight against with Lowe on the mound. Lowe has been an excellent pick up by the Braves and tonight he goes for his 7th win of the season.

One of the problems all year has been the inconsistency of the bats all year so they hope to find their swings this series. It won’t be easy as they face the sometime dominate Dan Haren. The Braves sit in 3rd place and are only 3 games behind the Mets so they hope to get some more consistent offense and hopefully can string together some wins. As I said tonights games is at 9:40pm in Arizona.

GO BRAVES!!!

So I just read today that the Braves might be sending slumping outfielder Jeff Francouer to the Red Sox for either cash or a minor league player. Idk I live in Boston so it would be cool seeing Jeff here, but I’m a Braves fan also. I think he is a good player and they should wait on him this year and then possibly deal him! What do you think?

Jeff Francouer’s stats

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