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Call Them the Comeback Kids!
Atlanta, Georgia
April 7, 2010
Associated Press
The Atlanta Braves do it again. After jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first behind Brian McCann's first homerun of the year.
Jair pitched a strong game but the lead was squandered in the 7th inning by the bullpen when the Cubs took a 3-2 lead. Chipper Jones committed his second error in as many games allowing the Cubs to begin crawling back into the game in the 5th inning.
Atlanta left an astounding twenty-one on base this game but managed to come back in the bottom of the 8th inning to take a 4-3 lead. A wild pitch by Caridad gave him his first blown save of the season and gave Atlanta the 4-3 lead. Eric O'Flaherty picked up his first win of the season in relief, pitching a scoreless 8th inning. Billy Wagner came in during the 9th to again go three up and three down to get his second save of the young season.
In other news across the MLB, Minnesota's catcher, Joe Mauer, will miss five weeks because of an oblique strain. That could make for a very long five weeks for the Minnesota Twins. Jeremy Bonderman has signed a 2 year extension to stay with the Tigers after this season, making 5.4 million dollars.
Only four undefeated teams are left in the majors, with Texas, St. Louis, Washington, and Atlanta all sitting at 2-0.
In the final game of the series, Atlanta will send Tommy Hanson to face Randy Wells of the Cubs.
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