Jair Jurrjens

Yardwork: Jair Jurrjens Thinks Little of Your Bats

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday

Today’s Yardwork was written by TBL contributer, commenter, and Major League Jerk founder, Hef. (Don’t hold any of that against him.) Braves 7, Phillies 2: Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings while allowing only four baserunners in the victory. Brian McCann hit two home runs including a grand slam in the ninth to break the [...]

Saturday thread: Another listless night for the bats

Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | yesterday

It took 26 outs before the Phils finally exploded for two runs in an 8-2 loss to Atlanta. Fragments today instead of cohesive sentences. A game this bad deserves nothing better. It deserves primal grunting actually, but it’s difficult to translate to the page. Three whole hits off Jair Jurrjens through eight innings. Jurrjens (which sounds like primal grunting) is a good, young pitcher, but the “good...

McCann's 2 HRs support Jurrjens' gem in Braves win

The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

PHILADELPHIA — Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-2 victory over the Phillies on Friday night.

NL: McCann, Jurrjens star as Braves top Phillies

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Friday's NL roundup: Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 8-2.

McCann's 2 homers support Jurrjens' gem

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Friday night.

Rookie Jurrjens records 10th win

ajc.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Philadelphia — Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Friday night.

• Phillies Woes Continue, Lose To Braves 8-2 - CBS 3

McCann's 2 homers support Jurrjens' gem

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Friday night. Jurrjens (10-5) allowed three hits, struck out six and walked one....

McCann's 2 homers support Jurrjens' gem

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jair Jurrjens pitched eight scoreless innings and Brian McCann hit two homers, including a grand slam, to lead the Atlanta Braves over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Friday night.

UNCLE!! Game Thread 7/25/08 ATL @ PHL

The Good Phight (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Phillies return home to CBP for a three-game series versus their favorite divisional whipping boy of the season, the Atlanta Braves. The Braves, expected to contend this season, six five games under .500 at 58-63. Tonight, Jair Jurrjens takes the hill for Atlanta, versus Kyle Kendrick, who's hoping to recover from his start in Florida earlier this week, one of the worst of his professional career....

Game chat: Phils face tough customer in Jurrjens

Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | yesterday

Twenty-two-year-old right-hander Jair Jurrjens (9-5, 3.22) faces the Phillies for the second time this season when the Braves visit Citizens Bank Park for the first of three games. First pitch is 7:05 ET. Preview: Jurrjens, who allowed four runs in seven innings in his only other start against the Phils, tries to rebound from a five-run, six-inning loss to the Nationals his last time out. That’s nothing...

• Atlanta Braves (48-53) at Philadelphia Phillies (54-48), 7:05 p.m. - kansascity.com

Lannan beats Jurrjens in rookie matchup

The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

ATLANTA — Willie Harris and Ryan Langerhans combined for five hits and five runs, John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens and the Nationals rolled past the Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night.

Lannan beats Jurrjens in rookie matchup

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens, Willie Harris continued his strong series against his former Atlanta teammates and the Washington Nationals rolled past the Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night.

• McCann's 3-run double lifts Braves past Nationals - Miami Herald
• McCann's big hit lifts Braves past Nationals - ajc.com

Jurrjens, Braves fall to Nationals

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens, Willie Harris continued his strong series against his former Atlanta teammates and the Washington Nationals rolled past the Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night.

• McCann's 3-run double lifts Braves past Nationals - Miami Herald
• McCann's 3-run double lifts Braves past Nationals - The Washington Times
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Lannan beats Jurrjens in rookie matchup

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

John Lannan won his rookie matchup against Jair Jurrjens, Willie Harris continued his strong series against his former Atlanta teammates and the Washington Nationals rolled past the Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night.

Infusion of youth in rotation keeping Braves afloat

The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

ATLANTA — Jair Jurrjens was supposed to inject a little youth into an aging Braves rotation, to take the first step in a gentle transition to what's next for the Braves. Instead, he opened the floodgates.