Georgia sports for Friday, August 24th

The Braves have stumbled out of Cincinnati, after losing 3 of the 4 games in their series against the Reds. Last night, the Braves fell in 12 innings in the 9-7 final. The winning blow came courtesy of Adam Dunn, who knocked a 2-run homer off closer Bob Wickman to end it. That ruined a night for Chipper Jones, who matched a career-high with 5 RBI's. With the loss, the Braves fell farther back in the wild card race, 3 games behind leading San Diego. In the chase for the NL-East division, the Braves remain 6 games behind the Mets. Atlanta's road trip continues tonight, opening a series in St. Louis.

Warner Robins' little league team has moved into the U.S finals of the Little League World Series. They beat the team from Chandler, Arizona on Thursday by the 16-6 final.
Warner Robins will face a team from Lubbock, Texas tomorrow for the U.S crown. The winner of that contest moves to Sunday's international game for the chance to claim the Little League World Series championship.

Georgia sports for Friday, June 15th

On the verge of salvaging one win in the 3-game series at Minnesota, the Braves instead blew a 2-nothing lead in the bottom of the 9th inning, and lost to the Twins 3-2. Minnesota sweeps the series.

Mike Redmond capped the Twins' comeback with an RBI-single off closer Bob Wickman. It ruined a great start by Tim Hudson, who allowed only 2 hits with no runs through
7-and-a-third innings of work. Rafael Soriano got the remaining 2 8th-inning outs, before giving way to Wickman in the 9th. Offensively for Atlanta, Brian McCann hit a solo home run, his first in a month.

The Braves have now lost 9 of their last 12 games--they open a series in Cleveland tonight.


Golfers at the U-S Open in Pennsylvania begin round-2 play this morning.
Checking on the results of Georgians in the golf major out of Thursday's 1st round: Former Georgia Tech star Stewart Cink finished his round 4 strokes off the lead. He fired a 2-over-par 72. Other Georgians on the board include Davis Love the Third from Sea Island, he finished 5-over-par. Charles Howell the Third from Augusta had a rough afternoon on Thursday, as he carded a 76 for 6-over-par.

Georgia sports for Tuesday, May 1st

It was a great start for the Braves to their homestand, scoring the exciting 5-2 win over the Phillies last night in Atlanta. Andruw Jones broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the 9th inning with a 3-run home run off Antonio Alfonseca to end it.
Earlier in the game, Chipper Jones also knocked a homer. Starting pitcher Tim Hudson turned-in another strong performance with 4 hits and 2 runs allowed across 8 innings.

Before the game Monday, Braves closer Bob Wickman was placed on the 15-day disabled list with an upper back strain. Wickman had two poor outings over the weekend in Colorado, including a blown save Sunday against the Rockies.

Braves wrap road trip on down note

The Braves returned home to Atlanta Sunday night off a road trip where they won 5 of 9 games, but lost in agonizing fashion earlier in the day at Colorado. It was a 9-7 loss in 11 innings, in a game that featured another 9th inning meltdown from closer Bob Wickman.

For a 3rd straight appearance, Wickman was not effective in his role of locking-up a Braves win. On Sunday he gave up a 2-run lead with a hit, 3 walks and a hit batter. The game ended in the 11th with a Matt Holliday 2-run homer off Steve Colyer.

The Braves had plenty of offense in the game--7 runs produced off 16 hits. But their pitching made things difficult by issuing 13 walks.

Immediately following the game, the Braves announced the trade of outfielder Ryan Langerhans to the Oakland A's. In return, the Braves will get either cash or a player to be named later. Langerhans has struggled offensively all season, batting only .068. He had a hit on Sunday, with just his 1st RBI of the season.

The Braves are now back to start a long homestand--the 1st of 3 games against the Phillies at Turner Field is Monday night.