Dodgers Swept Out Of Atlanta

April 21, 2008 – 1:05 pm

Jair Jurrjens and the Braves completed the sweep of the Dodgers yesterday afternoon. The series score was 24-3 in the Braves favor, giving them 32 runs scored to only 3 allowed in their last 4 games. For an offense that has struggled to find their stride so far this season, this has been a welcome change. Mark Teixeira added 3 more RBIs and a home run to his season stats yesterday; is this a glimmer of hope that his slow start is starting to fade?

The downer on the day was Chipper Jones coming up gimp on a slide into second and promptly leaving the game in the next inning to be replaced by Martin Prado. He’s listed as day-to-day after reaggravating his injured quads. We’ll see how he comes along and hopefully he doesn’t miss any time as he has the best bat in the league right now.

Jurrjens looked strong and finally got the run support he needed to extend his record to 2-2. He pitched 7 solid innings, only giving up 1 run on 3 hits. He also struck out 8 batters. His one run came on a solo home run to Russell Martin in the 4th inning. The Braves look to continue their hot hitting and solid defense tonight against the Nationals.

Tags: Chipper Jones, Hiroki Kuroda, Jair Jurrjens, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Teixeira
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Jurrjens Tries For Sweep

April 20, 2008 – 10:31 am

Jair Jurrjens has pitched a lot better this season than his 1-2 record may indicate.  In his 3 appearances thus far, he has only given up 8 earned runs; the offense just hasn’t provided the needed run support to help get him in the win column more often. The Braves’ bats have looked hot in the last few games however, so here’s hoping they can continue that today to get Jair a win and earn a sweep of the Dodgers.

I’m looking for Jurrjens to go at least 6 today and leave the game in a position for the bullpen to earn him a win and I definitely would like to see an absolute blowout.  However, Kuroda is pitching for the Dodgers and has looked about on par with Jurrjens thus far this season.  He’s 1-1 and given up 8 runs as well in 1/3 inning more work than Jurrjens.  Should be a good day for afternoon baseball. I’ll be heading to the stadium for batting practice and keeping things updated from the game again.  And for those reminiscent about the old days, the game today is on TBS.

Tags: Hiroki Kuroda, Jair Jurrjens, Los Angeles Dodgers
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