Braves Game Discussions

someone should remind B-Mac to take his bat out to the on deck circle with him next time so he doesn't have to walk back in the dugout...

4 innings played, 9-1.

Phils lead 6-1, Lee has a no-hitter so far..... swell!



well the Marlins are tied 2-2 in the 1st...

[quote name='braveschopbraves' post='118416' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:32 PM']Phils lead 6-1, Lee has a no-hitter so far..... swell!



well the Marlins are tied 2-2 in the 1st...[/quote]





they scored one even with a no hitter?

Infante with another RbI single.

feels like forever since Chipper homered, be nice to see one here.

11-1 going to the bottom of the 5th

[quote name='amarant00' post='118418' date='Aug 19 2009, 05:37 PM']they scored one even with a no hitter?[/quote]

yeah, Feliz made an error.



They do have a hit now however.

[quote name='braveschopbraves' post='118425' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:47 PM']yeah, Feliz made an error.



They do have a hit now however.[/quote]



I wish he would just start pitching bad...He didn't have numbers much better than Lowe before he came over to the NL.

defend Chipper's fielding in other threads, and he does something like that...

ruled hit not an error...

11-2 after the RBI double by Pagan.

LaRoche just rubbing dirt in the wound now..

Diaz decides to throw some more in, 14-2

most runs scored this season by our sluggish offense...

where was this last night or against the Phillies?

ha... gotta love this.

Braves having a fiesta and pre game parade on my Birthday

Gorecki gets his first at bat of his career coming up, in front of his home town. Maybe he will start it off with a homer

Leadoff triple, JJ gets out of it, through 6, 14-2 Braves

Gorecki flies out to center in his first at bat...

http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2...nta_braves_blog

I’d like you to take a look at the stats for the past 13 starts for each of these two pitchers, see what you think.



• Pitcher “A” is 6-5 with a 4.00 ERA and .257 opponents’ average in 87-2/3 innings in that span. He has 55 strikeouts and 25 walks, and his team is 6-7 in his past 13 starts.



• Pitcher “B” is 2-3 with a 3.70 ERA and .238 opponents’ average in 73 innings in that span. He has 41 strikeouts and 26 walks, and his team is 7-6 in his past 13 starts.



The two are the opposing pitchers for tonight’s Braves-Mets series finale.



Pitcher “A”, with the 6-5 record, 4.00 ERA and .257 opponents’ average, is Mets ace Johan Santana.

Pitcher “B” is Kenshin Kawakami, with the 2-3 record, 3.70 ERA and .238 opponents’ average in his past 13 starts for the Braves.



I mention this not because I think that Kawakami is even close to being as good as Santana in overall ability or performance or anything else; of course he’s not.



But it’s remarkable how perception colors what we think of certain players, rather than their actual performance. Kawakami’s last 13 starts are a representative sample of his whole body of work this season, save for one bad month — the first month, April, when some fans formed their first impressions of him, and haven’t been willing or bothered to alter them as we’ve gone along.

Yeah, funny how Santana has been pitching much like Kawakami, isn't it? This should make the match-up a better one.

1. Infante, 2B

2. Anderson, LF

3. Jones, 3B

4. McCann, C

5. Escobar, SS

6. Diaz, RF

7. LaRoche, 1B

8. Church, CF

9. Kawakami, P



1. Pagan, CF

2. Castillo, 2B

3. Murphy, 1B

4. Francoeur, RF

5. Sullivan, LF

6. Tatis, 3B

7. Schneider, C

8. Hernandez, SS

9. Santana, P

Looks like runs for the Braves and trouble for the Mets, if you ask me.

sorry I haven't been here tonight, been out of town all day trying to get stuff sorted out for college classes I am going to be taking, got home in time to turn the tv on and see the Braves score their 2 runs though.

Boog with the jinx.. Gorecki with the Francoeur throw

[quote name='braveschopbraves' post='118900' date='Aug 20 2009, 08:04 PM']Boog with the jinx.. Gorecki with the Francoeur throw[/quote]



Gorecki has some arm strength for sure, just needs to learn to control it...

great grab by Infante there...

McCann is CRUSHING balls right now