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Braves Update:
The Braves came up huge in the first three innings of Tuesday's game against the Mets, scoring six runs, including a Matt Diaz solo shot in the first and a Jeff Francoeur three run homer in the third. But the Mets crept up scoring a run in the fourth and two in the fifth which ended Buddy Carlyle's night. Luckily for the Braves, their bullpen was outstanding keep the Mets scorless in the final four innings and handing the Braves a 7-3 win. John Smoltz takes the mound against Orlando Hernandez tonight with the game starting at 7:10 PM/est on ESPN.

Games behind NY Mets in NL East: 3.5
Games above .500: 7
NL Wild Card Leader: San Diego Padres

Braves Notes: Julio Franco has accepted his assignment and will most likely end up with the Class A Rome Braves. The Braves are hoping to bring Franco back up when the roster expands on September 1st...The Braves sent pitcher Joey Devine back down to Richmond and promoted infielder Martin Prado.

NASCAR Notes:
NASCAR has fined Robby Gordon $35,000 and placed him on probation until December 31st for his actions at the Busch race on Saturday at Montreal. Gordon already was forced to miss the Cup race at Pocono on Sunday because of that incident.

News & Notes: Barry Bonds is the new homerun king after belting number 756 on Tuesday night against Washington Nationals Mike Bacsik. The Giants did fall to the Nats 8-6. Bonds was congratulated on a video monitor by Hank Aaron. While commissioner Bud Selig was not in attendence members of his office were there to congratulate Bonds as well. To watch the historic at bat click here...The Yankees won a wild one on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2. Roger Clemens and Joe Torre were tossed and Alex Rodriguez finally got some pay back for his little "got it" bush league play from a few months ago by being hit by a pitch...Eric Byrnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks finally came to an agreement on Tuesday. The hustling left fielder received a 3 year, $30 million contract extension from the team. The D'backs, who have been a roll as of late, fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3...Finally, the Mariners will not punish their mascot the Mariner Moose after he hit Red Sox out fielder Coco Crisp with an ATV during Sunday's game. The Mariners have appologized to the Red Sox and they have accpeted their apology. Thank god for you tube, you can watch the clip here.

Random Quote: "Never really gotten hit by a moving vehicle before. That was the most athletic thing I did all day." - Coco Crisp (source)

It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate