ESPN.com – MLB – Box Score – Diamondbacks at Braves

We have to get the guy in the pickup to pay a visit to the rest of the Braves, because the only guy who really had a good game today was Reitsma (who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth).  Obviously, I didn’t see the game, because nobody in North America saw it except for Skip Caray, but the accounts suggest that nobody on the Braves was particularly interested in playing and that Bobby had the right idea when he got himself ejected in the first.  Myself, I’m disgusted.

Smoltz struck out ten and didn’t walk anyone.  Unfortunately, he allowed two homers and four doubles, more than enough to lead to four runs.  After going down 2-0 early, the Braves tied it at 2 in the third on Marcus’ single.  It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that at that point, they stopped trying.  Or stopped succeeding.  At any rate, they apparently began swinging at everything, perhaps in an attempt to fan themselves, and generally began doing their best to get back to the clubhouse to rest up for the second game.

I could say more, but why should I exert myself any more for these jokers?  Consider this the game thread for the second game.