June 3rd Game Rant

The Braves failed to capitalize on a Mets loss today by losing the final game of the series to the Cubs 1-10. Why can't the Braves ever sweep a team? The only sweep this season is from opening series against the Phillies. It would be nice if they could go on a little winning streak.

-Lance Cormier looked like a little league pitcher out there today surrendering 8 earned runs in 4 innings. I know it is just one start, but it is obvious that he is not a solution for the 5th starter either.

-The Braves again failed to hit against a pitcher with little experience. The Braves make poor or young pitchers look like Pedro Martinez in his prime.

-What made me angry, is that Aramis Ramirez was hit by a ball off of Jacque Jones' bat while running to 2nd base. Ramirez was out and the ball was dead. Had Ramirez not got hit by the ball, a double play should have been made to end the inning. Instead, Cormier gives up a grand slam to former Brave Mark DeRosa.

-Kelly Johnson continues to hit well. Going 2-4 in today's game. Why he was benched yet agian for yesterday's game has me confused. The only reason I could think of was that Rich Hill is a left handed pitcher. I wonder if Bobby Cox looks at stats at all, because Johnson hits lefties better than righties. .325 avg/.513 slug/.413 obp vs left .282 avg/.500 slug/.390 obp vs right

-Jarrod Saltalamacchia got a little action at 1st base. He had a nice diving grab on one play but made a throwing error. I think Renteria could have caught the throw, but he just watched it fly by. I think sooner or later Scott Thorman will lose his job if he can't get anything going.

-Renteria has no range. There were two ground balls in the 1st inning that could have been fielded by him. Instead they just slowly rolled by him. At least dive for them Edgar, put a little more effort in.

Tomorrow Tim Hudson will be on the mound to face Wes Obermueller and the Marlins. This game should be won easily.