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Atlanta Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

2009-04-25 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 33015 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph R to L · 2:38

Atlanta Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds 10–2. Atlanta Braves put up 4 in the 2nd. Derek Lowe earned the win. Yunel Escobar went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	10	12
CIN	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Derek Lowe L: Bronson Arroyo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Estabrook · 1B: Jeff Nelson · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Tim Tschida · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kelly Johnson	4	2	0	0	1	1
Yunel Escobar	4	3	3	4	0	0
Chipper Jones	4	1	2	4	0	2
Casey Kotchman	5	0	2	0	0	1
Jeff Francoeur	5	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Diaz	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan Schafer	2	2	1	0	2	0
David Ross	4	2	2	1	0	0
Derek Lowe	1	0	0	0	1	0
Greg Norton	1	0	1	1	0	0
Omar Infante	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Dickerson	5	0	0	0	0	4
Jerry Hairston	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Votto	3	0	0	0	0	2
Brandon Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Bruce	3	1	1	0	1	2
Edwin Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Gonzalez	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ryan Hanigan	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bronson Arroyo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darnell McDonald	2	0	0	0	0	1
Laynce Nix	2	0	1	0	0	1
Paul Janish	1	0	1	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Derek Lowe	7.0	4	2	8
Eric O'Flaherty	1.0	0	0	2
Jeff Bennett	1.0	2	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bronson Arroyo	5.2	9	3	5
Danny Herrera	1.1	0	0	1
Mike Lincoln	2.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kelly Johnson: W
Yunel Escobar: D8/F78XD+.1-H;B-3(E6/TH)
Chipper Jones: S9/G3.3-H
Casey Kotchman: S8/L89M.1-2
Jeff Francoeur: 64(1)3/GDP/G6.2-3
Matt Diaz: K23

Bot 1

Chris Dickerson: K
Jerry Hairston: 53/G5S
Joey Votto: HP
Brandon Phillips: 31/G34S

Top 2

Jordan Schafer: 31/G3+
David Ross: S5/G5.B-2(E5/TH)
Derek Lowe: W
Kelly Johnson: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Yunel Escobar: S7/L5D+.3-H;1-2
Chipper Jones: HR/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Casey Kotchman: 9/F9D+

Bot 2

Jay Bruce: D8/F89XD+
Edwin Encarnacion: 63/G6
Alex Gonzalez: HR/F78XD+.2-H
Ryan Hanigan: S9/L4D
Bronson Arroyo: 54/SH.1-2
Chris Dickerson: 7/F7LM-

Top 3

Jeff Francoeur: 7/F78D
Matt Diaz: 23/G-
Jordan Schafer: W
David Ross: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Jerry Hairston: K
Joey Votto: 7/F78D
Brandon Phillips: 8/F89D

Top 4

Derek Lowe: 53/G56
Kelly Johnson: K
Yunel Escobar: HP
Chipper Jones: K

Bot 4

Jay Bruce: K
Edwin Encarnacion: 63/G6
Alex Gonzalez: 7/F78M

Top 5

Casey Kotchman: K
Jeff Francoeur: 3/G3
Matt Diaz: K

Bot 5

Ryan Hanigan: D7/F7LS
Bronson Arroyo: FC2/SH.2-3;B-2
Chris Dickerson: K
Darnell McDonald: K
Joey Votto: K

Top 6

Jordan Schafer: D7/F7D+
David Ross: D7/F7S.2-H
Derek Lowe: 14/SH.2-3
Kelly Johnson: 7/F7S
Yunel Escobar: HR/F8LXD+.3-H
Chipper Jones: K

Bot 6

Brandon Phillips: 31/G34S
Jay Bruce: W
Edwin Encarnacion: 8/F8RD
Alex Gonzalez: 8/F8RD

Top 7

Casey Kotchman: 9/L9S+
Jeff Francoeur: 63/G6
Matt Diaz: 8/F89D

Bot 7

Ryan Hanigan: W
Laynce Nix: K
Chris Dickerson: K
Darnell McDonald: 2/P2F

Top 8

Jordan Schafer: W
David Ross: WP.1-2
David Ross: 53/G56S-
Greg Norton: D7/F78XD+.2-H
Kelly Johnson: 31/G34.2-3
Yunel Escobar: 43/G4

Bot 8

Joey Votto: K
Brandon Phillips: 3/F4-
Jay Bruce: K

Top 9

Omar Infante: 53/G5
Casey Kotchman: S9/L9S+
Jeff Francoeur: S8/L8LS-.1-2
Matt Diaz: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 9

Edwin Encarnacion: 53/G6S-
Paul Janish: S8/L8LS-
Ryan Hanigan: 46(1)/FO/G4
Laynce Nix: S8/G4M+.1-2
Chris Dickerson: K

Notes & reviews

both sides warned as a result of the continuing series of hit batters from the previous day's game
Hairston and manager Baker ejected by HP umpire Estabrook for arguing called third strike

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