ESPN – Braves vs. Diamondbacks Box Score, July 29 2007 – MLB

This does not mean that the Braves don’t need another hitter.

The Braves scored in each of the first seven innings and chased our old pal Livan after four. After Chipper drove in a run with a sac fly, Andruw hit a two-run homer to give the Braves a 3-0 in the first, and they cruised from there. Chipper hit a bases-loaded double in the second. Even Woodward and Thorman got into the act; Woodward doubled in Escobar in the sixth and scored on a wild pitch, and Thorman hit a pinch-hit homer in the seventh.

The Braves finished with nineteen hits, with all the regulars (as you’d expect) contributing at least one. Chipper was 1-1 with two sac flies before leaving the game to rest, and had five RBI. Francoeur had three hits, and five Braves — Harris, Renteria, KJ, Escobar, and Thorman, the last two off the bench — had two.

Tim Hudson didn’t have any real problems, going seven and allowing just three hits and one walk, striking out five. He needed just eighty pitches. You know, if you’re going to try for a complete game, this might have been the time.

The Braves designated Fredo for assignment and called up Ascanio, who pitched the eighth. They seem to hope that Ledezma will clear waivers and can be converted to a starter. The McBride deal looks worse and worse. Wickman, for some reason, pitched the ninth… Teixeira update: the Braves had to pull Matt Harrison back after he developed shoulder tendinitis. Since they won’t trade Reyes, the deal has to be reworked some. Most people still seem to think it will happen.