Giants pregame: Stratton tries to rebound from worst career start
ATLANTA - Just in time for this story about how young the Braves are, they call up 37-year-old Jose Bautista to play third base.
Actually, Joey Bats is the perfect complement to 20-year-old outfielder Ronald Acuña and 21-year-old second baseman Ozzie Albies.
The Giants risk getting run over by a thresher over the next three days. The 21-10 Braves are playing out of their minds and lead the National League East by 1½ games after they gutted the Mets by scores of 3-2, 7-0 and 11-0 in New York.
That conjures an image of Chipper Jones going into Shea Stadium and taking no prisoners. Jones hit so well there he named his son Shea.