Jair Jurrjens started for the Braves on Tuesday against the Padres and allowed just one run on five hits and four walks in 7 2/3 innings, striking out seven. San Diego only managed to score against him with a solo homerun by Adrian Gonzalez, his 34th of the season. Out-dueled by Mat Latos he left the game trailing 0-1, but Atlanta came back in the ninth to tie it on a two-out RBI single by Adam LaRoche. However it wasn’t enough, as the Padres regained the lead in the 12th on a RBI double by David Eckstein. The Braves couldn’t come back another time and lost 1-2. They are now 66-59 this year, seven games behind the Phillies in the NL East and 5.5 in the wild card ranking behind the Rockies.
Around the Majors:
- Outfielder/DH Andruw Jones was assigned to the disabled list on Tuesday with a torn left hamstring. He was batting .217 (OBP .329/SLG .482) with 17 homeruns and 41 RBI in 298 plate appearances over 74 games.
- Starting pitcher Rick van den Hurk of the Florida Marlins was sent down to Triple-A a few days ago, but most likely will back with the big league club in September, when rosters in the MLB expand. He already pitched five scoreless innings for the Zephyrs on Saturday, improving to 5-1 this year. He had a 2-2 record with an ERA of 5.12 in six starts in the National League.
- Since being traded to the Cincinnati Reds, Wladimir Balentien is hitting .273 (OBP .360/SLG .364) with one homerun, four runs scored and six RBI in 18 games.
Around the Minors:
- No European minor leaguer was assigned to the Arizona Fall League so far, as Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the winter league on Tuesday.