Anderson to DL, Braves In Cincy

Written by Jonathan on April 24, 2009 – 6:12 pm

After a couple of days of nursing his reaggravated left quad, Garret Anderson is headed to the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 20th.  Brandon Jones has been called up from AAA Gwinnett to take his spot on the roster.  It’s unknown when Anderson will be ready to return as he has been nagged with this injury off and on since early March.  I’m sure we’ll have more updates over the next few days.

Today is Chipper Jones’ 37th birthday.  In his career on his birthday, Chipper has a .500 average (18 for 37) with 4 HR, 8 RBI and 10 R.  Let’s hope he can keep that up tonight.  Brian McCann was also a late scratch for the game with further eye issues.  David Ross will take his spot in the lineup.  Here’s to trying to get a win streak started tonight as the Braves kick off the last series of the road trip in Cincinnati.

Stay with us for in-game updates, looks like great weather in Cincinnati for baseball.  Javier Vazquez brings his solid season performance, averaging 12.5 strikeouts per 9 innings, to face off against Edison Volquez.  Volquez is 2-1 on the season, but showing a 6.46 ERA.  Hopefully the Braves offense can show up for the game tonight and help Javy out.

Braves: 4          Reds: 3
Bot 9th: Gonzalez on to close it out and try to get the save. Taveras strikes out looking. Hairston grounds out back to Gonzo. Votto strikes out looking. Gonzo was dominant. Braves win 4-3.
Top 9th: One-out single to left field for Kotchman. That’s about it for the Braves in the inning. Only 4 hits for the offense all night.
Bot 8th: Soriano in to pitch. Jay Bruce leads off the inning with a double into the right field corner. Encarnacion walks. Hernandez bunts the runners over to second and third. Sac fly for Gonzalez scores Bruce. Encarnacion stays at second. 4-3 Braves.
Top 8th: Kelly Johnson hits a two-out single to right. Yunel can’t move him at all however.
Bot 7th: Moylan on to pitch for the Braves. He gives out a two-out walk to Dickerson. Votto reaches on an error by Moylan, but he avoids any runs scoring.
Top 7th: Yunel walks to lead off the inning and Chipper gets him over to second. Francoeur draws his second walk of the night. Diaz singles up the middle to plate Escobar. 4-2 Braves. Masset is replaced on the mound by Herrera. Schafer grounds out to end the inning.
Bot 6th: Encarnacion singles with one out to left. The defense puts away two more. The night’s likely done for Vazquez.
Top 6th: Schafer draws a leadoff walk off of Nick Masset who has taken over for Volquez. No further offense for the Braves though.
Bot 5th: Votto singles past short with two outs. Vazquez strikes out another two. That’s 9 for him.
Top 5th: Francoeur with a two-out solo homer. Braves’ first hit of the night makes it a 3-2 Braves lead.
Bot 4th: Phillips walks to lead off the inning. Hernandez with a two-out single to put runners of first and second. Gonzalez singles up the middle scoring Phillips. 2-2 Game. Vazquez has 7 strikeouts of his own.
Top 4th: Kotchman walks to lead off the inning. Francoeur walks. Kotchman strikes out. Schafer and Ross walks to load the bases. Vazquez walks to bring in a run. 1-1 Game. Johnson walks to bring in another. 2-1 Braves. Volquez has struck out six but walked seven.
Bot 3rd: 1-2-3 inning for Vazquez. Good to see him getting hitters to keep the ball on the ground.
Top 3rd: Yunel hit by a pitch with two outs. Yunel is not happy and has some choice words for Volquez. Benches and bullpens empty. Chipper grounds out to end the inning.
Bot 2nd: Hernandez doubles off the left field wall with one out. Two more Ks for Vazquez.
Top 2nd: Francoeur and Diaz with a one-out walks. Schafer grounds out but moves the runners up a base. Ross strikes out, Volquez’s 4th.
Bot 1st: Taveras leads off with a single and reaches second on a passed ball. Votto singles and Taveras scores. 1-0 Reds. 3 strikeouts in the inning for Vazquez.
Top 1st: 2 strikeouts and a quick grounder gives Volquez a 1-2-3 inning.

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