On Thursday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves reliever Scott Blewett took the mound in the 9th inning to finalize a 10-4 victory over the Diamondbacks and…blew it.

The surname is a terrible one for a reliever — he’s a walking headline, low-hanging fruit for us wordsmiths. To be fair to Blewett though, he wasn’t the only one to blow it . Atlanta is a family of Blewetts blowing it. The meltdown was a tandem affair with closer Raisel Iglesias in which both pitchers surrendered a total of 8 runs on 7 hits over the last two innings, sticking the Braves’ at the business-end of a three-game sweep . Imagine being in that Braves dugout watching Arizona’s rally bloom. Imagine sitting in the cabin of the subsequent flight out west. A five hour travel time — and no one said a word.

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