Jurrjens Looks For Redemption

Written by Jonathan on April 22, 2009 – 6:06 pm

Jair Jurrjens finally found his stride against the Pirates Friday night.  After struggling with control for his first two starts of the season, Jurrjens threw a great outing, going 6 2/3 innings and only giving up one run.  Unfortunately for Jair, the Braves failed to put a run on the board and he was stuck with the loss.  Jurrjens comes into tonight’s game with a 2-1 record and a 2.04 ERA.  He will face off against a struggling John Lannan, who has posted an 0-2 record with a 6.46 ERA so far this season.

The Braves are looking for a much needed win tonight after dropping two straight to the Washington Nationals and 7 of their last 8 games.  Stay with us for in game updates.

Braves: 1 Nationals: 0
Bot 9th:	Soriano in to close. Dukes strikes out. Willingham pops out to left. Belliard strikes out. Braves win, 1-0. Tough break for Jurrjens however.
Top 9th:	Diaz singles with one-out. Kotchman hits into a fielder’s choice. Schafer walks. Infante in to run for Kotchman. Hinckley on to pitch. Prado walks. Kelly Johnson draws a bases loaded walk. 1-0 Braves. Julian Tavarez strikes Escobar out on 3 pitches.
Bot 8th:	Zimmerman draws a two-out walk and Jurrjens is done. That’s 14 1/3 straight innings of work for him without one run of support from the offense. Gonzalez on to pitch. Strikeout to Adam Dunn. No decision for Jurrjens.
Top 8th:	Garrett Mock in to pitch for the Nats. 1-2-3 for the Braves in the inning.
Bot 7th:	Willingham doubles to lead off the inning. Sac bunt moves him to third. Two solid outs by the defense saves a run.
Top 7th:	0-0 game at the stretch. Second start in a row for Jurrjens to pitch a great game and just not getting the offensive backing.
Bot 6th:	One LOB for the Nats. No runs.
Top 6th:	Braves put a runner on base but no scoring. No run support for Jurrjens again.
Bot 5th:	Dukes singles to center to lead off the inning. Nats put two on base but a double play ends the inning.
Top 5th:	Top of the Braves lineup down 1-2-3.
Bot 4th:	Zimmerman leads of the inning with a double down the left field line. Dunn grounds out and moves Zimmerman to third. Defense manages to keep the run from scoring.
Top 4th:	Leadoff single for Brian McCann. Francoeur hits into a fielder’s choice. Kotchman with a two-out double into left. Francoeur to third. Intentional walk to Schafer to load the bases. Jurrjens strikes out to end the threat.
Bot 3rd:	Jurrjens responds with a 6-pitch 1-2-3 inning of his own.
Top 3rd:	1-2-3 inning for John Lannan.
Bot 2nd:	Dukes strikes out looking. Willingham walks. Belliard grounds into a fielder’s choice and advances to second on a throwing error by Yunel. Stranded there however.
Top 2nd:	Leadoff single for Jeff Francoeur. Kotchman draws a one-out walk. Schafer comes a foot short of a home run, but moves Francoeur over to third. Jurrjens grounds out to third. Once again, we need to plate leadoff base runners.
Bot 1st:	Nick Johnson with a one-out single. A couple of easy outs and Jurrjens is out of the inning.
Top 1st:	Kelly Johnson leads off the game with a single. Yunel grounds out, but advances KJ to second. Chipper strikes out looking. Slow grounder downs McCann. No production from the leadoff hit.

Tags: Jair Jurrjens, John Lannan, Washington Nationals
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