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The Braves returned the favor by beating the Boston Redsox 14-0 after losing 13-3 earlier today. Game one was absolutely pathetic by the Braves, but game two was a complete turnaround. Let's hope this motivates the team after a poor stretch of games and makes them continue to win.

Game One

-Anthony Lerew had a bad start. He also had elbow soreness and was removed from the game after 2 innings.

-Mark Redmond, who just came off the DL, was put in for long relief and continued his horrible pitching. Redmond gave up 4 earned runs in 1.1 innings. He has an 11.63 era for the season. Time to say goodbye.

-Chad Paronto, who I thought was going to have a good season, is also a bad pitcher. He gave up 5 runs (4 earned) in 1.1 innings. That is an 8.25 era for Mr. Paronto so far this season. I don't see any reason to keep him on the team any longer.

-Andruw Jones went 0-4 and has a .219 batting average. This guy is completely useless right now. As I mentioned before, he needs to be removed from the cleanup spot of the order until he learns to hit again. He should start taking advice from hitting coach Terry Pendleton now and quit trying to pull everything.

Game Two

-John Smoltz pitched an excellent game today. The pinky he dislocated on his pitching hand in his last start obviously had no effect. 7 innings, 3 hits allowed, 1 BB, and 7 k in todays game. He also lowered his era to 2.85.

-Chipper Jones went 3-5 with his 12th homerun of the season. A great example of why this guy is needed in the lineup as much as possible.

-Kelly Johnson went 3-6 with a homerun and 5 rbi. I am hoping this gets him going agian. A much needed performance he had tonight. He was a single short of going for the cycle.

-Brian McCann also had a good game going 3 -6 with 2 rbi.

Tomorrow the Braves will have Tim Hudson on the mound vs. Kason Gabbard. Gabbard has never pitched in the Majors before and will be making his 1st debate. I expect a win here from the Braves. A series win would be a good start to the interleague play.