The Braves seemed to use up all their offense in Monday's 13-2 victory. John Smoltz, pitching on three days rest, held the Marlins to just three runs over six innings and struck out seven. But the Marlins had nothing on the Braves who struck out 19 times including five by Jeff Francoeur, in their 4-3 loss. Chipper Jones tied the game up at 3 a piece with a two run homer in the eighth but the Braves were held scoreless through the rest of the game. Oscar Villarreal gave up the game winning hit in the 11th to Alejandro De Aza that scored Alfredo Amezega. The Braves who are now 3-6 on this road trip will look to salvage the series against a struggling Dontrelle Willis. The action starts at 7:05 PM/est on FSN.
Games behind NY Mets in NL East: 6
Games above .500: 3
NL Wild Card Leader: San Diego Padres
Braves Notes: Both Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann are heating up in the dog days of August. Teixeira recieved NL player of week honors and McCann has hit five homers in the past nine games. Now if only everything would start clicking for that post season run.
NASCAR Update:
Ken Schrader will be giving the command to start the race from his truck on Sunday at Gateway International. He'll then jump in his street car and head up to I-55 Raceway in Pevely, MO, a track he co-owns and compete.
Sad news, Jack Roush's mother, Georgetta Roush has passed away at the age of 92.
Popo in my crib News:
A little update on the Lance Briggs story. Turns out he was driving his black lamborghini which he rapped around a light pole. He fled the scene, panicked and called the police and told them that the car was stolen. He later admitted that he was actually driving the car. When asked by reporters if he thought Briggs was under the influence while driving the car, coach Lovie Smith got upset like that was not a logical question. Watch out Lance, because the popo are on your tail!
Houston Rockets Guard Rafer Alston was arrested on Tuesday for stabbing a man at a Manhattan nightclub. Apparently the two men bumped into each other at Club Stero and got into an argument. Alston then slashed the man's neck. Because who doesn't get bumped into at a club in New York? Alston was arraigned on felon assault charges and then was released. But this isn't Alston's first brush with the popo this month, Rafer was arrested three weeks ago for public intoxication and misdemeanor assault in Houston. Watch out Rafie, because the popo are on your tail!
News & Notes: Sad news from the world of soccer yesterday when 22 year old Sevilla player Antonio Puerta died on Tuesday, three days after collapsing on the field. Puerta was able to walk off the field but then went into cardiac arrest in the locker room and was rushed to a nearby hospital. He is survived by his wife who is very much pregnant with their first child...The Yankees pulled struggling start Mike Mussina from the rotation and will replace him with Ian Kennedy. Oh and they beat the Red Sox 5-3 off of a Johnny Damon homerun...The Mets had the opposite kind of night in Philly, after leading 2-0, the Metsies allowed the Phils to tie it on a Aaron Rowand dribbler in the ninth which forced the game into extra innings. And then Ryan Howard did what he does best, hit a walk-off homerun...At this point, if you can't score against the Orioles, you should just close down your franchise. After last week's 30 run special by the Texas Rangers, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays notched 11 runs in one inning against the O's in their 15-8 win...And finally, the Giants GM Jerry Reese told reporters he has had constructive talks with holdout Michael Straham. Mikey, I love you, but seriously either get your ass on the field or hang out with Tiki on NBC's broadcast and taunt Eli Manning, becuase he needs all the motivation he can get!
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It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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