Chipper Jones couldn’t believe the Braves’ ugly collapse against the Diamondbacks on Thursday.
With Atlanta up by six runs after seven innings over Arizona, the baseball Hall of Famer was pretty confident his former team would eek out a win and avoid a three-game sweep.
“Today is a good day…..9-3 good guys!” Jones wrote on X.
The Braves’ lead looked so safe, Jones moseyed off for a midday siesta.
A couple of hours later, Jones awoke to some terrible news.
“Omg……9-3……nap…….11-10!” Jones wrote on the platform.
Despite leading 9-3 at the beginning of the eighth inning and 10-4 with one out in the ninth inning, the Braves took an 11-10 loss after a wild comeback by the Diamondbacks.
Arizona tallied five hits, including two home runs, and two walks during the seven-run rally to shock the Braves on their home field.
Entering the ninth inning, the Braves, leading 10-4, had a 99.9 percent chance of winning, per MLB.com.
Before Thursday, the Diamondbacks were 0-419 in games when they were down six or more runs after the eighth inning.
It was the first time since July 17, 1973 — when Jones, who played his entire 19-year MLB career in Atlanta, was just a 1-year-old — that the Braves blew a ninth-inning lead of six runs or more and lost.
The devastating loss adds to what has been a miserable season for the Braves.
It was Atlanta’s fourth straight defeat, dropping it to 27-34 on the season.
The Braves are sitting in fourth place in the National League East with the fourth-worst record in the senior circuit after coming into the season with World Series aspirations.