Atlanta (30-33) at Cincinnati (32-31)

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Braves want momentum on their side

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
The Braves are hoping that their remaining games at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park will give them some much-needed momentum after dropping 6-of-19.
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Braves probable pitcher

Javier Vazquez

  • #33 RHP
  • (4-5) 3.31 ERA 105 SO
Like teammate Jair Jurrjens on Wednesday, Vazquez fell victim to the Braves' lack of run support on his way to a tough no-decision on Thursday. The native of Puerto Rico tossed eight outstanding innings, surrendering just two hits and striking out 12 Pirates. Unfortunately for Vazquez, one of those hits was a solo home run and the Braves offense was unable to give him the win. In his April 24 start against the Reds, Vazquez got the win after pitching six innings and allowing just one earned run on seven hits.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 131-134 4.28 2355.0 620 2120 .258
Season 4-5 3.31 84.1 16 105 .225
June 0-1 1.93 14.0 0 19 .130
Vs. Cincinnati 1-0 1.50 6.0 1 9 .280

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/17/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 30 33 .476 6.5 15-17 15-16
Cincinnati Reds (NL Central) 32 31 .508 3.0 15-14 17-17
Stats - 06/17/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .257 265 48 252 20 392 4.11 570.0 554 227 482
CIN .244 269 63 257 33 419 3.86 576.0 538 239 427
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Herrera slight of frame, but imposing

Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
After earning his first big league victory in Tuesday's win over Atlanta, Daniel Herrera proved that intimidation can come in a small package.
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Reds probable pitcher

Micah Owings

  • #33 RHP
  • (3-7) 4.64 ERA 45 SO
Owings has pitched better than his record indicates, suffering some tough losses. He got burned again in Thursday's 3-2 loss in Washington, leaving after 5 1/3 innings with a 2-0 lead, but the bullpen couldn't hold it. He had control problems that night, giving up four walks and hitting two despite giving up just one run on four hits. Owings threw 102 pitches but said that he's learning with every start and is getting better.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 17-24 4.90 323.1 125 238 .257
Season 3-7 4.64 66.0 34 45 .268
June 0-1 2.38 11.1 7 10 .209
Vs. Atlanta 1-0 1.29 7.0 3 6 .231

Braves hitters vs Micah Owings

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - .333 3 0 0
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan - - - - .429 7 1 3
Conrad, Brooks - - - - .000 1 0 0
Diaz, Matt - - - - - 0 0 0
Escobar, Yunel .250 4 0 0 .364 11 1 3
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar - - - - .333 3 0 1
Johnson, Kelly .250 4 0 0 .154 13 0 0
Jones, Brandon .500 2 0 0 .500 2 0 0
Jones, Chipper .667 3 0 0 .500 8 1 1
McCann, Brian - - - - .143 7 0 0
McLouth, Nate .667 3 0 1 .364 11 0 1
Prado, Martin - - - - .000 2 0 0
Ross, David 1.000 1 1 1 .250 4 1 1
Sammons, Clint - - - - - - - -
Schafer, Jordan .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0

Reds hitters vs Javier Vazquez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alonso, Yonder - - - - - - - -
Balentien, Wladimir - - - - .000 2 0 0
Bruce, Jay .000 3 0 0 .167 6 1 1
Dickerson, Chris .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Francisco, Juan - - - - - - - -
Gomes, Jonny - - - - .125 8 0 1
Hanigan, Ryan - - - - .667 3 0 0
Heisey, Chris - - - - .000 2 0 0
Hernandez, Ramon .667 3 0 0 .238 21 0 0
Janish, Paul - - - - - - - -
Phillips, Brandon .000 2 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Rolen, Scott - - - - .182 11 0 0
Rosales, Adam - - - - - - - -
Stubbs, Drew - - - - - - - -
Sutton, Drew - - - - - - - -
Taveras, Willy .333 3 0 0 .278 18 0 1
Valaika, Chris - - - - - - - -
Votto, Joey .667 3 0 1 .667 3 0 1

Home sweet homers (30-34) (33-31)

Reds 4, Braves 3

Left seeing Red

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
The effort might be best described as too little, too early in the case of the Braves, who grabbed the lead from the Reds with Yunel Escobar's two-run jack in the third, but gave it back two frames later. With a chance to make noise in a wild seventh, Atlanta didn't fully take advantage.

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Owings helps himself

Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
Nick Masset got into a jam in the seventh, but the Braves scored just one before being left stranded by Arthur Rhodes. That 'pen effort kept Micah Owings' win intact -- a win he earned not only on the mound, but by belting a three-run shot in the fifth inning. Jay Bruce also homered.
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Reds 4, Braves 3

Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McLouth, CF 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 .252
Escobar, Y, SS 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 .290
Jones, C, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .309
McCann, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .323
Anderson, G, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .260
Kotchman, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .283
Francoeur, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Johnson, K, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229
Vazquez, J, P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077
  a-Diaz, M, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .272
Totals 34 3 7 2 4 0 15  

a-Walked for Vazquez, J in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: McLouth (10, Masset).
HR: Escobar, Y (7, 3rd inning off Owings, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: McLouth 2; Escobar, Y 5; Jones, C; Anderson, G; Kotchman; Francoeur.
RBI: Escobar, Y 2 (35).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Vazquez, J; McLouth; Anderson, G; McCann; Escobar, Y.
GIDP: McCann.
Team RISP: 0-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.
 
Cincinnati AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Taveras, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .224
Gonzalez, A, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219
Phillips, B, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
Nix, L, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .262
Hernandez, R, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
Bruce, RF 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .217
Hairston, J, 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .239
Hanigan, C 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .313
Owings, P 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .278
  Masset, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Rhodes, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  Weathers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Cordero, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 27 4 4 4 2 7 5  

BATTING
HR: Bruce (16, 2nd inning off Vazquez, J, 0 on, 2 out), Owings (2, 5th inning off Vazquez, J, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Bruce 4; Hanigan 2; Owings 4.
RBI: Bruce (33), Owings 3 (7).
2-out RBI: Bruce.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, A; Bruce.
S: Owings.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Phillips, B (7, 2nd base off Vazquez, J/McCann).

FIELDING
E: Owings (2, fielding), Taveras (3, fielding).
DP: (Phillips, B-Gonzalez, A-Hernandez, R).
 
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Vazquez, J (L, 4-6) 8.0 4 4 4 2 7 2 3.41
 
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Owings (W, 4-7) 6.0 6 2 2 2 0 1 4.50
Masset (H, 4) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.38
Rhodes (H, 12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.52
Weathers (H, 10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.74
Cordero (S, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.86

WP: Masset 2.
Pitches-strikes: Vazquez, J 99-69, Owings 108-67, Masset 15-5, Rhodes 5-5, Weathers 7-5, Cordero 19-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Vazquez, J 11-6, Owings 7-11, Masset 2-0, Rhodes 3-0, Weathers 0-1, Cordero 2-1.
Batters faced: Vazquez, J 30, Owings 26, Masset 4, Rhodes 3, Weathers 1, Cordero 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Rhodes 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Joe West. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: Paul Schrieber. 3B: Ed Rapuano.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, R to L.
T: 2:44.
Att: 27,455.
June 17, 2009

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