Looking To End On A High Note

Written by Jonathan on April 26, 2009 – 11:57 am

Halfway through the road trip, it looked like there was no hope of having a decent road trip for the Braves.  The first five games yielded a 1-4 record, including two shutouts at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Since then however, they have compiled a three-game win streak and are looking for the sweep today in Cincinnati to complete a winning road trip.  After  yesterday’s 10-2 win, the Braves have a 9-8 record on the season.

Today, Kenshin Kawakami (1-2, 4.76 ERA) faces off against Micah Owings (0-2, 5.59 ERA) to close out the series.  Brandon Jones will make his first start in left field since being called up to replace the injured Garret Anderson.  It’s still not clear how much time Bobby Cox will have Jones spend in the field, but it’s good to see him get the opportunity to gain some playing time. 

Stay with us for in-game updates as the Braves look to take the sweep and come back to Atlanta with a winning road trip.

Braves: 2          Reds: 8
Top 9th: Matt Diaz singles with one out. Kelly Johnson strikes out. Escobar singles up the middle. That’s the ballgame. Reds win 8-2.
Bot 8th: Parr gives up two singles but no runs.
Top 8th: Chipper Jones with a leadoff double to left field. 3-4 on the day. Brandon Jones singles and scores Chipper. 8-2 Reds.
Bot 7th: James Parr gets the Reds 1-2-3 in the inning.
Top 7th: Ross with a solo home run to left with one out. 8-1 Reds. Johnson singles. Yunel singles to right but is thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.
Bot 6th: Buddy Carlyle gives up a single to Micah Owings, but nothing more.
Top 6th: Chipper singles to lead off the inning. He has two of the Braves’ three hits today. Nothing further from the offense in the inning.
Bot 5th: Hernandez singles to right and Janish is hit by a pitch with no outs. Owings singles off of Hernandez’s foot, who’s out on the interference call. Taveras singles to load the bases. Votto doubles to right to scores three. 5-0 Reds. Phillips singles to right, scoring Votto. 6-0 Reds. Jay Bruce with a two-run homer, his second of the day. 8-0 Reds.
Top 5th: David Ross draws a leadoff walk but never advances past first base.
Bot 4th: Joey Votto puts the Reds’ first hit on the board with a one-out double down the right field line. Votto to third on a wild pitch. Jay Bruce sneaks a two-run homer in by the left field foul pole. 2-0 Reds.
Top 4th: Brandon Jones hits a two-out single but Schafer strikes out. We need to start getting some guys on base with less than two-outs.
Bot 3rd: 1-2-3 inning for Kawakami. 33 pitches through 3.
Top 3rd: Braves down 1-2-3 in the inning.
Bot 2nd: Jay Bruce walks to lead off the inning and is thrown out on a fielder’s choice by Encarnacion. Ross throws out Encarnacion trying to steal second and Hernandez grounds out softly to end the inning.
Top 2nd: Brandon Jones draws a one-out walk. Schafer strikes out and Ross tacks on a two-out walk. Kawakami can’t help himself out however and strikes out.
Bot 1st: Kawakami hits Votto but no offense from the Reds in the first.
Top 1st: Chipper sends a two-out single to right field. Kotchman grounds out to end the inning however.

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