Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Bust out the brooms Braves fans!

        Atlanta must have Milwaukee number. Fresh off the Hawks shoving aside of the Milwaukee Bucks, the Braves are all saying I came, I saw, I conquered.
         There was absolutely nothing to complain about during this series. Big Red (Tommy Hanson) set the tone Monday night firing eight scoreless innings.Troy Glaus, and Martin Prado both went yard, a refreshing sight considering Atlanta has been so deprived of the long ball. Pardo ended the Major's longest Grand Slam drought (253 games)
with a towering slam landing in the left field bleachers.  

              Tuesday marked the awaited return of rookie phenom Jason Heyward, and he didn't disappoint slapping two singles and driving in a run. Although the offense exploded for 11 total runs, Tuesday game was more about the defense. Tim Hudson seemed to struggle a bit. Brooks Conrad made a spectacular play at third. Glaus was picking it at first, and Prado-Infante-Glaus turned a brilliant double play getting Hudson out of a bases loaded jam with only one out. It was still anyone's game until Atlanta busted it open scoring eight runs in the final three frames, highlighted by a mammoth home run hit by first baseman Troy Glaus.
             Wednesday the Braves completed the three game sweep of the Brew Crew. It was by no means an easy win as The Brewers sent their ace (Yovani Gallardo) to the mound. While Atlanta would counter with struggling Derek Lowe. Lowe came out sizzling taking a no-hitter into the 5th inning. Gallardo seemed to have his A-game until taking a bullet off the shin from Jason Heyward. The game played out similarly to Tuesday night affair. It was all tied up through six 2-2, with two out in the seventh Heyward delivered an RBI double like he;s done so often this season. Next up was McCann who line a soft single to center field scoring Heyward, and the Braves would never look back. Atlanta would ass two more runs off a Brooks Conrad homer in the eighth. And the scoring was not over yet, as Chipper Jones would send a pinch hit double to right field scoring Heyward. And we're still not done Conrad put a ball off the right field wall for a double which scored two more Braves, and also capped off the scoring, as the Braves won 9-2.




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