Filthdelphia 5, Braves 4

-Weird little game. Braves put a four spot on the board in the first on Cole Hamels and then serve up four runs in return. What followed was less miracalous and more strange as fuck. Chuck James actually tossed scoreless frame after scoreless frame. Five straight, actually, after the first and retired the last 16 batters he faced.

-However, Hamels had calmed down himself and was getting enough groundballs to overcome not having his best stuff. That led to the bottom of the seventh when Peter Moylan replaced James. After a single and a bunt, Greg Dobbs hit a deep short grounder that Mr. Dynamic Yunel Escobar tried to do entirely too much and Mark Teixeira did entirely too little to keep it in front of him. That led to an error and the go-ahead run and eventually, winning run.

-Braves managed six hits, but five were part of the first. Matty hit a solo bomb before Chipper doubled and scored on a Teix single. After Francoeur singled and the runners advanced on an Andruw groundout, McCann doubled in both for the early lead. The Braves would not get another hit until the top of the 8th when Francoeur doubled with two outs.

-Andruw Jones should be on the DL. He just can't swing right now.

-For the second time this week, we lost a game in which we had a chance to at least tie the game in the ninth. After McCann opened the inning with a walk, Woody ran for him and took second on a KJ groundout. KJ was ahead 2-0, but swung at ball three (after a four pitch walk no less) and grounded back to the pitcher. That left it up for Willie and Mr. Dyanmic, but neither could get the ball out of the infield.

-Tough loss, though Yatesy had a good game a day after his Big Apple meltdown.

-Octavio Dotel was placed on the DL and in a move that just confuses the fuck out of me, Manny Acosta gets the call. Why, Bobby, why?

-Adam Eaton and Lance Cormier tonight. Las Vegas is predicting 20 runs from this game.

-Not really...well, maybe they are, I don't know.