Ok, so last night’s game wasn’t a blow out, but it was nice to get a win against the tough-as-nails Florida Marlins.
The Braves’ bats finally came around last night against the fierce Floridians with the help of the birthday boy, Chipper Jones. Chipper went 3-3 with a homerun, demonstrating once again why he’s the Braves MVP up to this point, if not the NL MVP. If Chipper can stay this hot through this weekend up at Shea, where he has had huge games in the past, the Braves might be able to make even more ground in the NL East standings.

 
Another highlight from last night’s game included Brian McCann’s first career triple. Seeing McCann haul around the bases just confirmed why this guy, and the rest of the young Braves are so great. They play the game hard and they play it well. The young guys also seem to have a really good sense of humor about the game. So, in honor of B-Mac’s first career triple, and in the spirit that these guys play the game, there will be a tribute post coming shortly.

 
As far as pitching goes, Chuck James got the job done with a little help from his friends, but was immediately sent down to Richmond so the Braves could bring up a fresh arm for the bullpen. Glavine is scheduled to go against the Nats on Tuesday, so hopefully Tom will have better luck on the dirt in DC than last time.

 

Bring on the Mets.