Section 435 An Atlanta Braves blog. From the upper deck at Turner Field.

Pre-Ordained

Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 3. A game in which we couldn’t get out of the first inning without committing three errors seemed pre-ordained from the get-go and your Atlanta Braves played like it. The boys ended up with four errors on the night (plus a defensive miscue in left by Brandon Jones that probably should have been) and a wild pitch.

Yunel got tossed for throwing his helmet in anger arguing a play in which he was obviously out. That came back to haunt us in the 9th when the tying and winning runs were on base and the only “bat” we had left on the bench to pinch “hit” for the pitcher’s spot was Corky Miller.

On the plus side, Tex had another good game, scoring the first run and driving in the second and third on a line drive home run that was crushed.

And Francoeur is probably having his best stretch of baseball this season. Take a look at his recent numbers: over his last 1 game, he’s batting a whopping .500. Astounding! Welcome back, Francoeur.

I feel your pain, Shaun. The Cubs were down 2 and had bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th with 0 outs and couldn’t score a single run. We ended up with 3 straight strikeouts but the last batter was Henry Blanco as he was the last guy on the bench who could pinch hit. I would have rather had Carlos Zambrano out there!!