Friday's Braves Report: what happened to the bullpen?

Bullpen hits wall, gives up seven runs

          In the seventh, Atlanta led by one. A couple innings later, the night ended with the Braves losing 9-3 to San Diego.

          The game inspired debate about the future of all sorts of pitchers. Brandon McCarthy gave up two runs in 5.2 innings, but things weren't so good for four relievers.

Of days next week could be full of rotation decisions

From beat writers David O'Brienand Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter

(Brandon) McCarthy has allowed right-handed hitters to bat .327 -- sixth-highest mark vs. RHP.  RHH have hit .323 vs his sinker, which accounts for 41.3 pct. of his pitches vs. RHH. They've hit .400 (14-for-35) vs. CB and .438 (7-for-16) vs. SL, a pitch he essentially ditched a month ago./MB

San Diego improved to 4-32 when trailing after six innings./GB

With his third-inning triple, Swanson is now hitting .327 (17-for-52) against pitches on the outer third of the plate.  He hit .221 (31-for-140) against such pitches last year./ MB

Freddie Freeman has hit safely in 25 of last 26 games. He's hitting .379 in that span./GB

Next

vs. San Diego, Saturday, 5:10 p.m., FoxSportsSouth