The Braves and Mets played another thrilling game at Citi field, but this time the Braves prevail and beat the 1st place Mets in 12 innings! The Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes struggled once again only lasting 3.0 innings, giving up 4 hits, 5 earned runs, while walking 3 and striking out no body. Not the start that the Braves were looking from Reyes. But the bullpen picked up some of the slack for him.
The struggles continued for the Braves closers, this time it was Rafael Soriano, giving up a game tying home-run to Gary Sheffield in the bottom of the 8th.Then in the top of the 9th with the scored tied 7-7 Yunel Escobar lead of the inning with a double to deep left. Mets closer Fransisco Rodriguez then intentionally walked Chipper Jones, giving the Braves runners on 1st and 2nd with 0 outs. Garret Anderson then flied out and Escobar was thrown out trying to advance to 3rd. Jeff Francouer then struck out, a great oppurtunity wasted by the Braves offense…
It wasn’t until the top of the 12th inning that the Braves would strike when Martin Prado hit a 1 out solo home-run off Ken Takashi to break the 7-7 tie and give the Braves the lead 8-7. An in the bottom of the 12th the Braves called on Mike Gonzalez to hold the 1 run lead. And the first batter he faced, Jose Reyes knocked a double to deep left. Louis Castillo then sacrificed Reyes to 3rd. Gonzalez then got Carlos Beltran to strike out swinging, and then got Gary Sheffield to wiff also to end the game and pick up the save.
For the Braves Chipper Jones, Garrett Anderson, and Omar Infante all had 2 or more hits. Jones hit 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs. While Anderson drove in 3 and had 3 hits. Infante got 2 hits and scored 2 runs for the Braves. It was a great win for the Braves who capped off their road trip and picked up 6 wins while on it. The Braves are off tomorrow, but resume play on Friday against the Diamondbacks.
Today’s Box Score
g to the mound for the Braves as the Mets send lefty Jon Niese. Reyes so far this year is 0-2 with a 5.48 ERA and has 20 strikeouts, and his last start was plagued by the long ball. Reyes is 0-9 in his last 17 starts so today he looks for a win.
A lack of run support has allowed him to only have 3 wins, but Jair Jurrjens is trying to prove that his rookie season wasn’t a fluke. So far this year Jurrjens is 3-2 and has a 2.01 ERA, and hee gets another shot tonight against the Mets and Mike Pelfrey. Pelfrey is 4-0 with a 5.46 ERA on the season, but has won his last 3 starts. The Braves hope to keep swinging the hot bats as the go into game 2 of this 3 game series against the Mets. Tonights game starts at 7:10 PM at Citi Field.
Tonight the Atlanta Braves have defeated the New York Mets and Johan Santana by a score of……Led by Yunel Escobar and Matt Diaz the Braves scattered 16 hits. Escobar went 3-4 scoring 2 runs and added 1 RBI, while Diaz went 3-5 with 2 RBI’s and scored 1 run. Escobar has had a recent 3-game hot streak, while Diaz has struggled of late so this is good sign for him as he looks to turn his season around.
e will keep this up. His counterpart Johan Santana went 6.1 innings giving up 2 runs(none earned), walking 1, and striking out 6. Once again Santana was let down by his bullpen and once again D. Lowe was helped out by the bullpen who secured the game for him by shuting down the Mets.
w York Mets. Tonight the Braves were helped out by the hot Casey Kotchman, who had 2 hits and added 2 RBI’s. Also Jeff Francouer also added a hit and 1 RBI. It was a big statement win for the 4th place Braves. They look too make it 5 in a row as Jair Jurrjens goes up against Mike Pelfrey.
Tonight the Atlanta Braves, lead by Derek Lowe(4-1), will face the New York Mets and Johan Santana(4-1) at 7:30pm at Citi Field. The Braves look to not only get to Santana with their bats, raise his 0.91 ERA, and also beat the Mets for the first time this year. 
The Braves just got their star catcher, Brian McCann back and outfielder Garret Anderson, and now Chipper Jones goes down with another injury. Jones said it is 50% that he will play tonight. He did however say that there is a greater chance that he will be in the lineup Tuesday!
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