Homestand Kinda Salvaged
Atlanta 4, Milwaukee 2. Apparently the winning team was required to score exactly 4 runs in this series and the Bravos were on the 4 side today. Jorge Campillo had another strong outing: 4H, 2ER, 6K, 0BB in 7 innings.
Can we take Campillo seriously yet? I’ll say it again: his BB/K ratio (12/53 in 67.1) is a pretty good sign that he hasn’t just been lucky. I like watching him pitch.
Campillo also went 2-3 today to raise his average to a Francoeur-crushing .267. Jorge Campillo is our Full Throttle Energy Drink Player of the Game.
Our musical chairs injury list added Yunel Escobar today who strained a hamstring while getting beat down by Bobby Cox for his poor play and temper tantrum yesterday. Omar Infante stumbled pretty visibly rounding first and limped into second on a double in the second inning. Brent Lillibridge took over and (finally) got his first major league hit today, a double down the left field line.
On the other end, Mike Gonzales made his third appearance since returning from Tommy John surgery and got his second save of the season. He’s looking as good as you can expect from someone in his position. Hopefully, he’ll add some stability to the back end of our rotation.
Brandon Jones’s defense in left the last couple of days is making me long for Greg Norton. He may not know where to throw the ball after he catches it, but at least he has the good sense to keep the ball in front of him.
Bullpen
One highlight of this otherwise unfortunate series with the Brew Crew was the bullpen. Here’s the line for the whole bullpen for the series:
| IP | R | H | K | B |
| 11.2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Your Daily Kotsay
Mark Kotsay was in the lineup as DH for the MIssissippi Braves last night, going 0-4 but feeling fine.
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