Venters Gives Up Grand Slam, Braves Suffer 6-4 Loss To Yankees

Mike Minor was pitching a great game into the eighth inning, but as soon as Fredi Gonzalez pulled him for Jonny Venters, everything went downhill in a heartbeat.
Wild Jonny showed up today and ruined what had been a well-pitched game by Minor when he gave up an eighth-inning grand slam to Alex Rodriguez, and the Yankees pulled out a 6-4 win.
Minor was staked to an early 3-0 when Matt Diaz hit a bases-loaded double off CC Sabathia in the first inning. Minor scattered four hits through seven innings and outside of the first inning, was never …









