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Braves, U.S., Lose
The Braves had their 10-game streak end with a close 1-2 loss to Pujols and the Cardinals. There was not too many exciting things about this game except Frenchy had another great game going 2-2 and Prado had a very good day going 3-3 with an RBI.
Kawakami had a decent outing going 4.2 innings only giving up 2 runs and a walk, but he did give up 7 hits. Our bullpen was almost perfect again as they only gave up a hit over their 4.1 innings. Here are the box stats for the Braves
|
Atlanta |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
|
Anderson, J, CF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.219 |
|
Gorecki, CF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.625 |
|
Infante, SS |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.367 |
|
Hicks, SS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
Johnson, 2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.321 |
|
Conrad, 2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.130 |
|
Kotchman, 1B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.364 |
|
Freeman, 1B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.280 |
|
Francoeur, RF |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
Heyward, RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.280 |
|
Diaz, LF |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.385 |
|
Jones, B, LF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
Prado, 3B |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.310 |
|
Hernandez, D, 3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.304 |
|
Ross, C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
.167 |
|
Boscan, C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.400 |
|
Kawakami, P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
.000 |
|
Boyer, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
a-Norton, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.222 |
|
O’Flaherty, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Marek, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Totals |
34 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
15 |
|
|
a-Flied out for Boyer in the 7th. |
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|
BATTING |
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|
Atlanta |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
|
Kawakami (L, 2-1) |
4.2 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.86 |
|
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.25 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
The Braves will play the Astros today at 1:05 ET. We have our ace Derek Lowe on the mound to start.
The U.S. had a disappointing loss yesterday as well. The lost to Puerto Rico 11-1 in a game that got cut short in the 7th inning because they were down by 10. The U.S. pitching was just Horrible!! Peavy started and gave up 6 runs over 2 innings while Thornton sweetened the game by giving up 4 runs over 2/3rds of an innings. The rest were decent, but it didn’t matter as the offense wasn’t good either and only scored 1 run. Brian McCann had a decent game going 2-3 with the only RBI, a double, and a strikeout with runners in scoring position. Chipper wasn’t himself again as he went 0-3 with a strikeout. The U.S. will play an elimination game against the Dutch. If they win, they will stay in. If they lose, they are out and will leave embarrassed. They need to step in up.
Javier Vazquez of the Braves was pitching for P.R. against the U.S. and had a great game. He got the Win going 5 strong innings and gave up 1 run (from teammate Brian McCann’s RBI double), 4 hits, and struck out 2. Even though we lost, I am glad Vazquez had a great game against this loaded lineup. I can’t wait to see how he does against the Mets and Phillies. He probably has Beltran and Delgado figured out since they are teammates on Puerto Rico.
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Good for Javy, and let’s hope the U.S. picks in up. They play the Netherlands today at 7:30 ET.
Braves and U.S. Win; Chipper Hurt
Sorry I’m a little late, but the Braves beat the Phillies while U.S. came back to beat Venezuela.
To recap the Braves game…
We had Tommy Hanson on the mound and he pitched solid yet again. Hanson really should start off in Atlanta. He has completely dominated since Spring Training began. He went 4 innings allowing 4 hits and 1 run against the World Champions. He also struck out SEVEN (7) batters. That’s unbelievable. The kid has some serious talent and needs to stay at this level.
Brandon Jones was the only other noticeable player going 2-4 with a run scored.
The final score was 7-2
Here are the box stats provided by Mlb.com
|
Atlanta |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
|
Infante, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.294 |
|
Gorecki, CF |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.600 |
|
Prado, 3B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.211 |
|
Parr, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
b-Young, PH |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
|
Bueno, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Johnson, 2B |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.316 |
|
Conrad, 2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.071 |
|
Freeman, 1B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
1-Canizares, PR-1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
Escobar, SS |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.429 |
|
Gonzalez, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Moylan, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
a-Heyward, PH-RF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
|
Francoeur, RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.111 |
|
Colina, A, C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
Jones, B, LF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
Sammons, C |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.444 |
|
Hicks, SS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.111 |
|
Hanson, P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Hernandez, D, SS-3B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
|
Totals |
37 |
7 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
a-Singled for Moylan in the 6th. b-Singled for Parr in the 8th. |
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|
BATTING |
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|
Atlanta |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
|
4.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
4.50 |
|
|
Gonzalez (W, 1-0) |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.80 |
|
Moylan (H, 2) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.50 |
|
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
In the U.S. game, Chipper was the only Brave playing as McCann was taking a rest. Chipper had another bad day as he went 0-3 with 2 Strikeouts. He also felt discomfort so he might miss the next U.S. game. Hopefully it’s nothing serious. The U.S. beat Venezuela 15-6.
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Other Braves in the Classic
Panama
Concepcion Rodriguez went 0-4 with a strikeout.
Yeliar Castro pitched 2 innings giving up 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 home run, 1 walk, and 3 strikeouts.
Venezuela
Gregor Blanco had a great day going 3-5 with an RBI, 1 run scored, 1 triple, and a stolen base against the U.S.
The
Braves are playing an inter-squad game today. Tomorrow we play the Astros with
Derek Lowe scheduled to pitch the first four innings.
Notes:
- The Braves pitching has yet to allow a Home Run yet this spring (not counting inter-squad games).
- They are tied with the Pirates for first place in the Grapefruit League.
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Braves Have Big Day
Let’s start with the WBC…
U.S.A. narrowly beat Canada in a thriller 6-5 victory. The Canadians beat the U.S. last year, so extra effort was put in today in their opener. There was a total of 5 home runs hit in the game; 3 for the U.S., 2 for Canada. One of the home runs was hit by Brian McCann. He hit a 2 run home run that broke the tie and gave the U.S. a lead that they held the rest of the game. Congrats Brian. You are representing our club and country well. Check out McCann’s blast. Chipper’s face looks priceless when he hugs McCann.
McCann also had a Sac-Fly that tied the game until Joey Votto’s blast. He ended the day going 1-2 with 3 RBIs, 1 run scored, and a walk along with that home run. Chipper was a little off today going 0-4 with a walk and 3 strikeouts.
Other Braves playing today in the Classic:
Javier Vazquez started for his country, Puerto Rico. He went 4.1 scoreless innings allowing 4 hits, walking 1, and striking out 3. He earned the win and PR won 7-0 against Panama.
Concepcion Rodriguez didn’t have such a big day as his country, Panama, lost and he went 0-3 with a strikeout.
The Dutch somehow beat the DR today with really nobody on their team. Andruw Jones played with them in 2006, but he had to do Spring Training this year to try to make the Rangers. Jair Jurrjens also decided not to play for them since he pitched so much last season. It will be remembered as one biggest upsets in the WBC.
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Now about those Braves…
They stayed hot and beat the Yankees 3-1. This is the 2nd time this Spring that we beat the Yankees. Jair Jurrjens was on the mound and gave a great performance going 3.2 innings giving up 1 run, 4 hits, no walks, and struck out 3. The one run ended up being the only run given up. Our bullpen has been exceptionally good so far this spring. It is a very good sign.
The runs we scored were all off solo home runs hit by Casey Kotchman, Greg Norton, and Brandon Jones. That really summarized it all up. Here is the box stats:
|
Atlanta |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
|
3.2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4.76 |
|
|
1.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13.50 |
|
Atlanta |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
|
|
Anderson, J, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.316 |
|
|
Gorecki, CF |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.667 |
|
|
Johnson, 2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.294 |
|
|
Conrad, 2B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
|
Kotchman, 1B |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.357 |
|
|
Canizares, 1B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
|
|
Norton, DH |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.167 |
|
|
a-Timmons, PH-DH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
|
Francoeur, RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.125 |
|
|
Heyward, RF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
|
Escobar, SS |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.417 |
|
|
Hicks, SS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.000 |
|
|
Diaz, LF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.313 |
|
|
Jones, B, LF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
|
|
Infante, 3B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.357 |
|
|
Hernandez, D, 3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
|
Ross, C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.222 |
|
|
Boscan, C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
|
|
Totals |
33 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
a-Grounded out for Norton in the 8th. |
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2B: Johnson (3, Wang), Canizares (1, Texeira, K). BASERUNNING FIELDING |
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The Braves will play Sunday afternoon at 1:05, against the Phillies. Tommy
Hanson is expected to start.
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Braves Stay Hot in Spring Training
First off I would like to say good luck to the U.S. and the other teams in the World Baseball Classic and hope you represent your country well. The Braves players representing their country are
Chipper Jones and Brian McCann (U.S.),
Javier Vazquez
(Puerto Rico),
Jorge Campillo (Mexico),
Manny Acosta, Yeliar Castro,
and Concepcion Rodriguez (Panama),
Gregor
Blanco (Venezuela),
And Scott Diamond and Bryan Dumensil (Canada)
Also, congrats to Andruw Jones who had 2 hits in his game. It may not sound big, but it’s huge for Andruw. He now has a batting average over .200. He also didn’t strikeout any and walked once. Amazing.
Now about the game against the Astros….
Reyes pitched another excellent game. He pitched 4 innings of no-hit ball while walking 2 batters and striking out none. He is making a case for himself and he is doing it well. He has a 1.00 ERA and is showing that he is good enough to keep in the Braves organization.
Everyone else also pitched very well. We allowed 0 runs, 2 hits, and 3 walks. We only struck out 4 the whole game, but it didn’t matter as they couldn’t do much offensively.
|
Atlanta |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
ERA |
|
Reyes (W, 1-0) |
4.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.00 |
|
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.50 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.00 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
We did well with our offensive as well as we scored 13 runs. Lately, we have been putting up many runs due to our patience in the batters box. Today is the 2nd day in a row that we have walked 8 times. He also had more runs than hits…again. This is a good sign and I hope we keep it up.
Garret Anderson did strain his calf while warming up, and he was replaced by Matt Diaz who had a big night going 3-4 and was a triple away from the cycle. Martin Prado also had a big night going 2-4 with 3 RBIs and a walk. Here is the box for the hitting stats.
|
Atlanta |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
|
Anderson, J, CF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.375 |
|
Gorecki, CF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
|
Johnson, 2B |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.286 |
|
Conrad, 2B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Diaz, LF |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
.357 |
|
Jones, B, LF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
Kotchman, 1B |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
|
Bennett, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Colina, A, C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
Escobar, SS |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.300 |
|
Hicks, SS |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
|
Francoeur, RF |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.154 |
|
Heyward, RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.273 |
|
Prado, 3B-1B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
.200 |
|
Sammons, C |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.429 |
|
Logan, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Acosta, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
a-Young, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Redmond, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Reyes, P |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Hernandez, D, 3B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
Totals |
36 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
|
2B: Anderson, J (3, Nieve), Diaz (2, Norris).
HR: Diaz (1, 1st inning off Nieve, 1 on, 1 out).
RBI: Diaz 4 (6), Anderson, J 2 (2), Sammons (1), Francoeur (1), Prado 3 (3).
I know it’s doesn’t matter at all but the Braves are tied with the
Pirates for best record in the NL and half a game behind the Orioles in
the Grapefruit League.
The Braves will play the Yankees for the 2nd time this spring with Jair Jurrjens, Buddy Carlyle, and Blaine Boyer scheduled to pitch. Hopefully they will come out with a W.
Braves beat Panama; U.S. beat Yankees in Early Spring Training Exibitions
Braves beat the Panama national team 11-2 behind a strong start from Tommy Hanson. The top-10 prospect struck out 3 over 3 innings and allowed 2 hits and a walk. The only run that was scored was an unearned one because of a Kelly Johnson throwing error. The pitching looked like this
|
Atlanta |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
|
3.0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
1.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
1.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Because Chipper, McCann, and Blanco were playing for their countries, we had to adjust, and we did fine with that. We had many of are young players coming in the game once we had a comfortable lead. Our other star prospect Jason Heyward hit his first Spring Training homer in the 8th. Here are some of the batting stats
BATTING
2B: Norton, Sammons, Conrad, Jones, B
HR: Gorecki (8th inning off Campos, 0 on, 0 out), Heyward (8th inning off Campos, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Infante; Gorecki 4; Johnson; Conrad 2; Norton 3; Francoeur; Heyward 4; Young; Jones, B 2; Ross; Sammons 2; Hernandez, D 2.
RBI: Francoeur (1), Infante (1), Johnson (1), Norton (1), Sammons (1), Gorecki (1), Heyward 2 (2).
We also had Concepcion Rodriguez and Yeliar Castro playing for Panama. They are in our farm. Rodriguez went 1-4 with a run and Castro pitched 2.1 innings allowing 1 run, 2 hits, and 2 walks.
In the U.S.-New York game, we had McCann going 0-3 and Chipper going 1-2 with a walk and a run. The U.S. ended up winning that game by a close score of 6-5.
Gregor Blanco went 0-1 playing with Venezuela.
The Braves will have a tough challenge ahead of them tomorrow as they face the Yankees. It should be a great game.
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