One bad pitch by Wil Ohman of the Marlins turned a profitable evening into a ho hum grinder of a night as the Marlins lose in the bottom of the ninth to the New York Mets. The Cubs send the Nationals to their third straight loss as Carlos Zambrano gets the win by going seven and one third innings and striking out 8. One play for the early action this afternoon. There may be one more play coming for the night games.

Four in a row?

Atlanta Braves @ Colorado Rockies
Colorado seems to have Atlanta figured out with the Rockies winning seven of the last 10 against the Braves. Manager Bobby Cox of the Braves hopes Jaris Jurrjens (5-4, 3.91 era) can end their road trip on a high note with a victory this afternoon at Coors Field in Denver. Jurrjens in his last 3 starts brings an impressive 1-0 record with a 2.11 era. Atlanta's bats seem to have gone cold while in Denver and that will need to change if the Braves want to avoid a sweep this afternoon.

The Rockies have won three in a row by scoring only five runs each of the last two nights. They send Esmil Rogers ( 2-2, 4.53 era) out to the hill. He will be making his first career start against Atlanta and will be hard pressed to keep the Braves down this afternoon. Colorado starts the day 10.5 games behind the San Diego Padres in the NL West race and will be looking to the future as they, "play out the string."

Jaris Jurrjens looks to end a losing streak

Atlanta should get the job done here as they look to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Rockies. Their bats will wake up at the hitters friendly ballpark known as Coors Field. The oddsmakers have the Braves as a slight favorite at -120. Playing a day game after a night game, Colorado might rest a few starters and get some young kids in there. The Braves at -120 will be my first play.