Bennett climbed the bump after Jair Jurrjens was scratched from the start early Wednesday afternoon. Jurrjens slipped leaving the clubhouse following Tuesday's road-trip-opening 10-5 loss, injuring his ankle. It happened on the same day Tom Glavine left after three innings with a strained elbow, landing the future Hall of Famer on the disabled list, and on the same day John Smoltz underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in Birmingham.
Jair Jurrjens
12 June 2008
wo-plus innings, Atlanta falling 7-2 to drop two games below .500.
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11 June 2008
According to some reports on the Web this afternoon, Jair Jurrjens injured his ankle while leaving Wrigley Field last night and will not make his scheduled start tonight against the Cubs.
Jeff Bennett will toe the slab for the Braves, making his first start since April 23. Bennett has made three starts this season: against Pittsburgh on April 3 (the Mike Hampton warming-up, then straining his pec game), against Los Angeles on April 18 and at Florida April 23.
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Clearly, the plans for Smoltz, Glavine and Hampton to augment Tim Hudson and Jair Jurrjens in the Braves’ rotation have fallen apart. As a result, Atlanta has turned to youngster Jo-Jo Reyes and little-known Jorge Campillo to round out the rotation, and now in all likelihood will promote promising hard-thrower Charlie Morton to replace Glavine.
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