Braves Turning to Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe on Three Days' Rest

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With a shortage of starting pitching and their season in danger of slipping away, the Atlanta Braves will use veterans Tim Hudson and Derek Lowe on three days' rest Tuesday and Wednesday, general manager Frank Wren confirmed in an interview on MLB Network.

The Braves, a 1/2 game behind wild-card leading San Diego to start the week, used rookie Brandon Beachy on Sunday, will start Tommy Hanson on Monday and will be without injured right-hander Jair Jurrjens until at least Friday as he waits to determine the effectiveness of a new dose of anit-inflammatory medication aimed at alleviating the pain from a torn meniscus in his right knee.

That combination of factors left manager Bobby Cox with two choices -- pitch rookie Mike Minor and Hudson on regular rest, knowing that Minor has a 9.37 ERA in September, or go with Hudson and Lowe on short rest.

In the end, it probably wasn't much of a choice at all for Cox. Hudson and especially Lowe have been durable for much of their careers (although Hudson did return from Tommy John surgery at the end of last season), and both have experience pitching on short rest with everything on the line.

 

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