The Braves offense had eight hits, but could only push across the two runs and both of those came on bloop singles. Gerald Laird and Andrelton Simmons provided both of those bloop singles and both finished the day with two hits apiece. Reed Johnson, Chris Johnson, Evan Gattis and B.J. Upton each added a hit for Atlanta. The Braves offense has become stagnant after dominating the first two and a half weeks of the season.
Kris Medlen started the game and did well at first but then struggled over the last couple of innings. He pitched six innings all together and struck out six batters, but he did give up three runs on seven hits. He suffered the loss and is now 1-2 on the year. Luis Ayala started to pitch the seventh inning but he didn't record an out and he gave up a run. Luis Avilan returned to the mound after suffering his hamstring injury a few days ago and threw a scoreless inning. Cory Gearrin pitched again and completed a scoreless ninth inning.
The Braves are now 13-5 on the year. Their next game will be tomorrow at 8:40 p.m. when they start a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies have won eight of their last nine games and are also 13-5 and share the best record in the Major Leagues with Atlanta. Mike Minor (2-1) will start for the Braves and Jeff Francis (1-1) will start for the Rockies.
Kris Medlen throws a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon. The Braves lost for the third straight game, all to Pittsburgh.
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