The Braves are on a roll. After a poor April, people started giving up on them again this year. After 14 division titles in a row and numerous rallies after poor starts during several of the past 14 seasons, why would anyone give up this early?
It's not just that the Braves have won 8 out of their last 10 games, but it's the exciting way that they have done it. Jeff Francoeur hit a walk-off grand slam on Saturday. On Monday catcher Brian McCann hit a three-run homer, finished with a career-best five RBIs and helped the Braves overcome a 5-0 deficit to pull out a wild 11-8 victory over the Marlins. On Tuesday the Braves came from behind and won 4-3 in 11 innings when Matt Diaz singled in the winning run. That was made possible by Francouer's homer that tied it in the ninth.
Tonight, Chipper Jones hit a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning for the victory. That was only possible because the Braves made a comeback to tie up the game in the ninth inning.
The Braves are now back to the .500 mark and are 4.5 games behind the Mets, after being 9 games behind about one week ago.
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