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Game 141 Recap: Braves 1, Cardinals 0

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by Jeff Roberson - AP

It was quite a nail-biter tonight for the Braves -- especially in the ninth inning. But that was all after Jair Jurrjens made the best team in the National League look like the best team in the Southern League. JJ held the Cardinals scoreless through 8 innings while striking out 7, including Albert Pujols twice. Jurrjens worked his way into no-out trouble a couple of times, but he was able to get out of those jams. He had the benefit of an umpire with a wide strike zone, but give JJ credit for realizing that and hitting the corners all night.

The offense was once again pretty anemic. They had their chances and couldn't come through (except once). They also grounded into 3 double play rally killers. Their one run was thanks to some hesitance on the part of the Cards offense.

Rafael Soriano came in for the ninth -- another questionable decision that worked out this time. JJ had only thrown 105 pitches and looked pretty good in the eighth. Soriano cruised through the ninth picking up a strikeout, a groundout, and a flyout -- the important thing being that he picked up three consecutive outs and his 23rd save of the season.

The Braves also had some great defense from Martin Prado and Ryan Church, and an almost awesome play by Yunel Escobar, who turned what he thought was a triple play when Pujols ran into the batted ball, but when it hit him on the basepath the ball was ruled dead.


Final - 9.11.2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Atlanta Braves 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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so can we close the trade jurrjens thread now?

by McCann's the Man on Sep 11, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

TRADE JAIR JURRJENS!!

Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
"Wait, bait and bash." - Jason Heyward's personal philosophy.

by mvhsbball on Sep 11, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Those red hats are ugly.

by blitzerlover on Sep 11, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dude… no way, red kicks ass

by MatM on Sep 12, 2009 2:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought the red hats were awesome.

by Sparhawk on Sep 12, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Red hats would be great with the Sunday red uniform shirts. Not sure they go well with the road unis.

by John Holton on Sep 12, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a 9/11 thing.

Don’t really think they were worrying about whether it was home or away and whether or not it looked good.

by BravesRaleigh on Sep 12, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this^

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by HEYJUDE on Sep 12, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

JJ, MVP of the game!

Very good game, excellent pitching by JJ. I wasn’t too worried about Soriano,he usually does well after a day of rest, he’s not done bad except when Bobby runs him into the ground. But JJ was impressive and I love a well pitched game. Looking like our young guns are going to be the future of the Braves. Offense was terrible, we only got the one run because the Cards defence didn’t do it’s job. LOB was the offense tonight.

Senator, we have another old saying,"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Fletcher

by jimmontg on Sep 11, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great job by Jurrjens, who took the one run the Braves gave him and made it stand. The Braves have to do something about the offense; let’s just hope it doesn’t involve trading Jurrjens.

by John Holton on Sep 12, 2009 9:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Definitely don't want to lose Jurrjenns

Senator, we have another old saying,"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Fletcher

by jimmontg on Sep 12, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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