Odd West Coast Road Trip For Atlanta

The Atlanta Braves finished their west coast road trip with an even record of 3-3. In the first and sixth games of their road trip, Atlanta outscored their opponents by the score of 19-16 and went 1-1 in those two contests. In the middle four games, the Braves were outscored by the opposition 17-6 and went 2-2 in that stretch.

Atlanta lost two out of three to Arizona and came back to win two of three from the San Diego Padres. Atlanta blew a 9-8 ninth inning lead in their first game against the Diamondbacks, to fall 10-9. They were blown out in the second game, 13-0, before finally salvaging a win against 'Zona in the third and final game of the series, 2-1. The San Diego series was bizarre, especially the first two games. In game one of the series, San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy set an all-time Padre record for strikeouts in a single game, getting Atlanta hitters to whiff 16 times. Yet, Atlanta won the game 3-1. Braves' pitcher Jorge Sosa allowed two hits and no earned runs in his game 2 start against the Padres, yet, he got the loss, due to two errors and two unearned runs, in a 2-1 loss to San Diego. Then, last night, both teams' bats woke up, in a 10-6 slugfest win for the Braves.