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Jurrjens Masterful, Braves Tank Jays
Written by Colin on June 27, 2008 – 9:42 pmJair Jurrjens held the Blue Jays scoreless through eight innings and held them to three hits as he continued his dominant streak as of late. Jurrjens has pitched 23 and 2/3rds innings of baseball with no earned runs – dating back to June 5 (Seattle scored 3 runs but they were all unearned). Jurrjens continues to show maturity and composure beyond his years as the Braves got out to a great start to their road trip with a 4-0 victory over the Jays.
Mark Teixeira is absolutely on fire right now – he opened up the game with a two run home run before Jurrjens even went out to the mound the first time. He added another RBI in the third inning as he knocked Gregor Blanco in on a double. Blanco added an RBI of his own in the seventh.
Jeff Francoeur continues to struggle – striking out to end the top of the 8th and leaving two men on base. He was 0-4. We’ll hope Frenchy an pull through here soon. Good to see some solid defense on the Braves tonight – Jones laid out for a nice grab in left field, and Mark Teixeira made a couple nice plays at first.
Mike Gonzalez came on to close the game out in the ninth – and he looked good. Working quickly, Gonzalez retired the side and the Braves walked away from Toronto with a win. Jurrjens got the win and is now 8-3 on the season. 4-0 Braves.
Let’s hope we can build on it tomorrow!
Tags: Jair Jurrjens, Toronto Blue Jays
Posted in Game Analysis | 4 Comments »
By JB on Jun 27, 2008 | Reply
Great game tonight. I especially love seeing good pitching on the road and Jurrjens has been great to watch all year. Win #8 for him and another good ninth for Gonzo. He’s had 3 of 4 good appearances (scratch the ninth against Seattle on Sunday and he’s been perfect).
Let’s at least get one more on the road and have some momentum going back home against the Phils.
Only 3.5 out!
JB
By Colin on Jun 28, 2008 | Reply
I agree JB – great to see Jurrjens have the best outing of his year so far. Gonzo was great too.
You’re right, we have to take at least one more game on the road before coming back to play the Phillies. And we all know we need to take all of those.
By JB on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Great game tonight. I especially love seeing good pitching on the road and Jurrjens has been great to watch all year. Win #8 for him and another good ninth for Gonzo. He's had 3 of 4 good appearances (scratch the ninth against Seattle on Sunday and he's been perfect).
Let's at least get one more on the road and have some momentum going back home against the Phils.
Only 3.5 out!
JB
By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I agree JB – great to see Jurrjens have the best outing of his year so far. Gonzo was great too.
You're right, we have to take at least one more game on the road before coming back to play the Phillies. And we all know we need to take all of those.