Sixteen days after his last start, Jair Jurrjens came off thedisabled list Wednesday and still didn't have anything resemblinghis first-half effectiveness. Jurrjens was knocked around for five runs and eight hits in sixinnings of a 7-5 loss against the San Francisco Giants at TurnerField, a game made interesting by the Braves' improbable four-run, two-outrally in the ninth inning. "It was good to see the life at the end of the game," saidmanager Fredi Gonzalez, whose Braves briefly entertained thoughtsof a third walkoff win in a row against the Giants. "We had thetying run at plate and the guy we want [Brian McCann] at theplate." After Jason Heyward's two-out RBI single in the ninth, shortstopOrlando Cabrera dropped Michael Bourn's flare pop-up to let in arun. Martin Prado&
Jurrjens’ rough return
Published August 18, 2011 at 4:40 AM
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