Braves Lose Third Straight

After starting the season on a tear, the Braves appear to be human after all as they lost their third straight game on Saturday afternoon, 7-4. They have lost seven of their last ten games.
The offense gathered seven hits in the loss. Freddie Freeman had two of those hits, he also drove in a run for the Braves. Justin Upton hit his Major League-leading twelfth home run of the year in the eighth inning, it is the first time the Braves have lost when they hit a home run. They had been 15-0 in games they homered in. Andrelton Simmons, B.J. Upton, Juan Francisco and Jordan Schafer all added a hit for the Braves, Dan Uggla also got an RBI on a bases-loaded walk.
After dominating the Majors in the second half of last season, Kris Medlen has struggled to begin this year and Saturday was another bad outing. Medlen pitched five and a third innings but gave up five runs on ten hits, including homers to Detroit's Jhonny Peralta and former Brave Omar Infante. Medlen suffered the loss and is now 1-3 on the year, he didn't lose a game last year as a starting pitcher. Jordan Waldin pitched a perfect inning and two-thirds and struck out two batters after he replaced Medlen in the sixth inning. Luis Avilan came in to pitch in the eighth inning and could only get one out while giving up two runs on two hits. Cory Gearrin had to come in and get the final two outs for the Braves.
Atlanta is now 15-8 on the year. They will wrap up their three-game series with the Tigers on Sunday night at 8:05 p.m. on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Mike Minor (3-1) will get the ball for the Braves against the Tigers' Doug Fister (3-0).

Freddie Freeman hits an RBI single, he had two hits for the Braves in their 7-4 loss to Detroit on Saturday.
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