Braves’ 9th-inning rally falls short in 6-5 loss to Mets
NEW YORK – When he faced the New York Mets on July 15 in his first major league start in two years, Braves pitcher Ben Sheets and his medical marvel of an arm allowed just two hits in six scoreless innings.
On Sunday night, they tagged him for three hits and two runs before Sheets recorded his second out.
Sheets gave up two runs in the first inning and five runs (four earned) in six innings of Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Mets. (AP Photo)
The Mets scored three runs in the first two innings and built a five-run lead before hanging on — barely — for a 6-5 win at Citi Field, where the crowd let out a few collective gasps before the Braves’ four-run ninth-inning rally fell short.
Martin Prado had a two-run, two-out double in the ninth — the only Braves hit in a wild inning — before Jason Heyward struck out with two runners in scoring position to end it.
“The guys battled the whole game, and we had the right guys at the plate in the ninth inning,” said manager Fredi Gonzalez, whose Braves finished with a 4-2 record and two series wins on a six-game trip that began in Philadelphia.
“I love this team because we battle all the way to the end,” Prado said. “We came up short, but we tried. We played hard.”
Freddie Freeman’s second-inning leadoff homer accounted for the Braves’ only run in eight innings against Mets left-hander Jonathon Niese (9-6), but they mounted an improbable rally against some shaky relievers in the ninth on four walks, a hit batter and Prado’s opposite-field bases-loaded double.
Prado’s hit looked like it might get to the corner and and clear the bases to tie the score. But right fielder Mike Baxter fielded it before it got to the wall and threw to the cutoff man, and the Braves held up Mike Bourn at third.
“They were playing deep,” Prado said. “The only thing I could do was go to second and try to get them to throw to second and Michael try to be aggressive. I knew he was running fast and we’d have a chance. But there was no chance because they he didn’t want that run to score. He threw to the cutoff man.”
When the ball was hit, Gonzalez said he thought there might be a chance for Bourn to score if it got to the corner.
““Either that or up against the wall,” he said. “And it didn’t do either. I’m thinking if it hugs that side wall there, he’s going to spend a little more time digging for it, maybe we have an opportunity for Snit [third-base coach Brian Snitker] to send him. Other than that, he had no chance. It would have been really hard to send him there and you’ve got the middle of the order up.”
Heyward followed Prado and struck out swinging at a slider. The pitch squirted away from catcher Rob Johnson and Heyward raced toward first base, nearly beating a low throw that first baseman Ike Davis had to make a good play on to catch.
“Even the last strikeout to end the game, I think it surprised [Johnson] that Jason was going to run that hard down to first base, and we made it a bang-bang over there,” Gonzalez said. “I was thinking with the trajectory of that ball, it looked like it might have been in the dirt and here we go.”
Said Braves third baseman Chipper Jones, who started the ninth-inning rally with a leadoff walk: “[The strike 3 pitch] needed to skip away a little farther…. We just dug ourselves too big a hole tonight. Gave ‘em a scare. That’s what you want to see out of your ballclub when you’re down like that. Be patient. If guys want to give it to you, take it.
“I think we only got one hit that inning, but we threw a little scare into them.”
After Paul Janish’s two-out single in the second, the Braves didn’t get another hit until Brian McCann’s two-out single in the seventh.
It was only the fourth loss in 18 games for the Braves, who missed out on an opportunity to pick up a game on National League East leader Washington after a rare loss earlier Sunday by the sizzling Nationals. Atlanta still trails them by 4-1/2 games.
In his sixth start since coming out of semi-retirement, Sheets (4-2) allowed a season-high five runs runs (four earned) and eight hits in six innings, with one walk and five strikeouts. He threw 70 strikes in 107 pitches, also a season-high.
Sheets has lost two of his past three starts, allowing 26 hits and 10 runs (eight earned) in those three games after giving up just 13 hits and one run in 18 innings while winning his first three starts.
“Just got to find a way to get out the gates better,” Sheets said. “Give myself a chance to get some momentum. If you know anything about my career you know that first innings are not very good. And I’ve just got to be better, man. Just really got to be better than that.”
In an Aug. 1 loss against Miami, the only three earned runs he allowed came in the first inning. Sheets gave up a season-high 11 hits and four runs (one unearned) in 6-2/3 innings in that one.
The Braves trailed 2-0 when Freeman led off the second inning with his 15th home run of the season and second in as many nights. He has 17 hits including five doubles and four homers in his past 10 games against the Mets, and 16 RBIs in his past eight games against them.
After Janish’s two-out single in the second, Niese retired 15 of the next 16 batters, with only a Heyward walk disrupting that stretch.
Michael Bourn led off the game with a double and the Braves didn’t have another extra-base hit until Martin Prado’s two-out double in the eighth.
The Braves looked ready to jump out to another early lead after beginning the first inning with a Bourn double and Prado walk. But Niese struck out Jason Heyward and induced a double-play grounder by Chipper Jones.
Atlanta didn’t have another runner reach base until the eighth inning, other than Freeman trotting past it when he homered.
They scored their other four runs in the ninth when reliever Frank Francisco issued bases-loaded, two-out walks to Juan Francisco (who fouled off four consecutive full-count pitches) and Bourn before Prado’s two-run single. The Mets’ David Edgin had walked two and hit Freeman with a pitch to load the bases, and Bourn was nearly hit in the face by his ball-4 pitch from Francisco.
“If they’re not going to throw strikes, you’ve got to take what they’re going to give you. We threw some good at-bats up there. Juan had a great at-bat. Their lefty [Edgin] was a little wild there to start the inning. So was Francisco. But Jon Rauch saves the day.”
Rauch, the Mets’ third pitcher in the ninth inning, struck out the only batter he faced, Heyward.
For Sheets, it was the first of his six starts that wasn’t a “quality start” of six innings or more with three earned runs or fewer.
Opposing hitters were 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position against him in his first five starts, but that streak ended when Ike Davis’ singled to drive in the second run of the first inning. He followed an RBI double by David Wright, who went to third on Heyward’s throwing error.
Three of the first four batters he faced got hits, and the Mets pushed the lead to 3-1 in the second inning with a run on two singles and a sacrifice bunt.
After Ruben Tejada’s two-out RBI single in the second inning, Sheets settled down and retired nine of the next 10 batters, allowing only a walk in that span. But that ended in the fifth when Wright doubled with two out and scored on Davis’ single. The Mets pushed the lead to 5-1 when Jordan Valdespin led off the sixth with a homer.
“He settled down” after the first two innings, Gonzalez said. “I think the only pitch that I saw that was out over the plate was that change-up to Valdespin, and he put it right in the wheelhouse. But other than that, a couple of base hits that go through the infield. But he gave us an opportunity to win the game.”
It was the second homer against Sheets in 38 innings, both in his two starts on the trip. John Mayberry’s homer Monday at Philadelphia was the only run allowed in 7-1/3 innings by Sheets in a 6-1 Braves win.
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NorCal Brave
August 13th, 2012
1:06 am
Only saw 2nd half of game and looked to me like Sheets was up in the zone a lot. Give Braves credit for patient AB’s in the 9th. That last out at first only beat Heyward by half-step.
Bo
August 13th, 2012
1:31 am
One thing I need to have answered. How come Sheets charged with Loss when winning run was scored a couple of innings after he was replaced?
Henry D.
August 13th, 2012
1:53 am
I don’t think I would call Heyward;s last at bat patient. He swung at two pitches that bounced in the dirt.
JC Boscan III
August 13th, 2012
1:54 am
It’s a rule in baseball score-keeping that the starting pitcher gets the loss if his team never comes back to tie the score at some point during the game. So, even though the deciding 6th run was not scored off of Sheets, he still gets the loss. That’s just how it is…..
blackdog
August 13th, 2012
3:14 am
If Heyward swings at strikes we might win
Lobosolo
August 13th, 2012
3:15 am
Henry D, I’m sure from the couch that’s what the pitches looked like to you… I imagine if you were in J-Hey’s shoes it would have looked like it was coming right into the zone before it dropped off rapidly as he swung at the last second before it reached the plate… it’s called a sinker, I believe, and that’s why it’s used by so many pitchers… Once again, the armchairs call ‘em as THEY see them, after the fact from the advantageous perch in the living room… You would’ve known the difference in that and a fastball, I presume, and laid off of it… You guys crack me up…
Mitchell
August 13th, 2012
3:19 am
I will definitely give credit for their patient at-bats in the 9th inning, all of them.
Oh, all except Jason Heyward.
Thank you Jason.
You could have maybe not swung, sort of like every teammate of yours that proceeded you in the inning since the 99% of the pitches thrown weren’t anywhere near the plate.
But you swung anyway.
Way to be clutch, dumb ass.
Mitchell
August 13th, 2012
3:37 am
Since when is sitting in your living room watching a game more advantageous a position to be in than the athlete on the field who gets to fly home on a chartered jet after the game and not have to account for completely blowing a golden opportunity to not only cap a clutch two out comeback rally but gain a much needed game on the first place Nationals?
I mean, if it were David Wright maybe he would wish he was the guy sitting at home on his living room couch instead of having to deal with the New York media but as we’ve established, Jason Heyward plays in Atlanta where he doesn’t have to answer to the media if he doesn’t want to even if he did completely blow the game with a terrible at-bat and should want to invite criticism for bringing about such a frustrating and disappointing end to a must win game.
If I had Jason Heyward’s phone number I would text him right now with just one word. “Boo!”
And not boo like a ghost. Boo, as in, “Boo! You suck, Jason. How could you? You blew it.”
Okay, I probably wouldn’t do that. I would consider it though.
Whoever said “Same s!@#, different year” about this team, they knew what they were talking about.
clay
August 13th, 2012
4:36 am
Love how Jason gets the blame for swinging when it was Sheets that put us in a hole from the get go. Just because Jason swung at pitches, the pitcher he faced wasn’t the same guy everyone else did. Rauch can throw the ball pretty well. The ump needs to get the blame for the call at first at the end of the game.
Jerry Willard
August 13th, 2012
4:54 am
Mitchell you are an IDIOT!!! If Heyward hits a homerun you love em. You are typical fair weather fan.
Do us a favor, find another team.
Go Braves.
mark
August 13th, 2012
5:29 am
Now put Ugglys but back in the order where he belongs! he belongs at gwinnett but at least get him back there with the pitcher in the batting order
mark
August 13th, 2012
5:29 am
Now put Ugglys but back in the order where he belongs! he belongs at gwinnett but at least get him back there with the pitcher in the batting order
Kyle
August 13th, 2012
5:50 am
You always know they are going to loose when they have an inning like that first one when they have two men on and no one out and don’t score. Also, they knew Washington finally got beat and they could gain ground and a real winning team would take advantage of that but then again we are getting closer to September and October so they are about ready to fall apart.
Jim
August 13th, 2012
5:56 am
Bo, the Mets took the lead with Sheets on the mound and the Braves never tied it (or went ahead), thus Sheets gets the loss.
marty
August 13th, 2012
6:15 am
heyward&uggla 6k
PaulG
August 13th, 2012
6:37 am
Atta boy lobosolo…..and, Mitchell yourfirst para makes no logical sense….some of these posts, their anger, say at JH , are infantile…..
Developmental psychologists at the local universities should realize that they have a ready research pool of retarded emotional developmental delay folks here on this blog
dean
August 13th, 2012
6:46 am
Some of these people are class A douschebags. Please go find another team to follow. You don’t deserve the 20 years of quality baseball this team has provided.
OTP
August 13th, 2012
6:54 am
They did not battle all the way to the end. They battled at the end. By then, it was too late for the offense to wake up.
Wrecker
August 13th, 2012
7:06 am
They did battle, OTP. The Niese kid for the Mets is a pretty good young pitcher. He is 9-6 with a 3.67 ERA, 1.175 WHIP, and .240 BAA for a lousy team. Give some credit where it is due.
NorCal Brave
August 13th, 2012
7:26 am
I’ll save my griping for games when it’s deserved. This was not one of those games. Heyward K’d but hustled hard to first and almost beat the throw. J. Francisco had an incredible AB to get the walk. And Prado just missed clearing the bases with his clutch double. The Braves have become dominant against division rivals who used to constantly give them fits. I’m loving the current makeup of this team.
Tim
August 13th, 2012
7:35 am
Mitchell the boob shares his joy again.
richbrave
August 13th, 2012
7:51 am
We lost. The idiots are back. What’s new? SSDD!!
Dumbo
August 13th, 2012
7:53 am
Maybe if Chumper would have been a little more selective in the 1st instead of his usual self and tried to hit the ball to the left side the Braves would’ve gotten 1 run in the 1st….but hey that’s why he’s Chumper
Larry
August 13th, 2012
7:54 am
Jaysony noit Heyward is simply not disciplined enough to bat 3rd. Your 3rd hitter is usually considered your best and most reliable, situational and circumstancial hitter. Heyward may one day get there, but today he is still primarily a “guess hitter” and his guessing was clearly evident when twice swinging at a ball in the dirt.
It is unfortunate that we have so many left handed hitters in sequence, but clearly either Chipper Jones or Freddie Freeman–or possibly Marteen Prado when Simmons returns–should be hitting 3rd. Heyward is best suited hitting anywhere from 4th-7th.
Why not let Jones, still the best hitter on this team, go out hitting where he has hit 90% of his career?
Armchair Observer
August 13th, 2012
8:07 am
* Heyward has much improved this season, but until he learns to lay off the low and away, down in the dirt pitch he will not get over the hump. Most every time the opposing pitcher needs an out pitch, we armchair observers know what is coming.
* Most everyone has jumped on the Sheets bandwagon, and I respect the job he has done so far, but we armchair observers are saying hold on, wait and see.
* We need to win the division, as we armchair observers can’t see matching up a starter against Cain or Kershaw.
* We armchair observers keep waiting for the Nationals to slump, but know deep down that our team does not have what it takes to take advantage of the situation.
* We armchair observers know to turn down the volume when Uggla gets two strikes, so the little ones do not hear the expletive.
* We armchair observers appreciate the job the beat writers do.
* We armchair observers are all better managers than Fredi.
* We armchair observers are going to miss Chipper next season.
richbrave
August 13th, 2012
8:11 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
GWINNETT
G-Men take out the BATS 5-2. MEJIA blasts his 24th long-fly.
TOMMY HANSON stops looking like a 22nd rounder and is sharp. Amazing what a little rest can do for you.
PETER MOYLAN is savaged in an inning of relief. He’s struggling, no doubt about it.
RHSP TOMMY HANSON [W 1-0, 0.00 ERA] 5.0 IP, 3 H, zeros, 2 BB, 5 SO.
LHRP YOHAN FLANDE [3.96 ERA] 2.0 IP, 1 H, zeros, 1 SO.
RHRP PETER MOYLAN [9.64 ERA] 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.
His fifth outing in GWINNETT. Two have been clean innings of work.
RHRP ANTHONY VARVARO {SV 5, 2.65 ERA] 1.0 IP, pristine.
Lead-off CF LUIS DURANGO [.285 BA] 1-4.
1B ERNESTO MEJIA [.303 BA] 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR [24], 2 RBI [85], 1 SO.
3B TERRY TIFFEE [.289 BA] 1-4, 1 R, 1 SO.
2B RUSTY RYAL [.282 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR [1], 2 RBI [2].
SS BRIAN FRIDAY [.221 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR [2], 1 RBI [29].
P TOMMY HANSON [.500 BA] 1-2, 1 SO.
richbrave
August 13th, 2012
8:25 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
MISSISSIPPI
The Bandits take the measure of the BARONS 11-4 yesterday
Lead-off CF TODD CUNNINGHAM [.318 BA] 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI [47], 1 BB.
2B PHIL GOSSELIN [.245 BA] 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI [43], 1 BB, 1 SB [11].
1B JOEY T. [.320 BA] 1-3, 2 R, 3 RBI [41], 1 BB.
SS JAIME PEDROZA [.222 BA] 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SO.
RF AL CARRITHERS [.292 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI [10].
C MATT KENNELLY [.272 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B [11], 1 RBI [20].
DH JASON CHRISTIAN [.214 BA] 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB.
RHSP ZEKE SPRUILL [W 8-11, 3.82 ERA] 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.
LHRP CHASEN SHREVE [3.95 ERA] 2.0 IP, no-hits, 1 SO.
RHRP BILLY BULLOCK [4.26 ERA] 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.
Bobo is Not the Problem
August 13th, 2012
8:39 am
Great to see Tommy Hanson dominate in minor league ball.
bostonbravo
August 13th, 2012
8:41 am
what a relief that Uggla has gotten back on form after a scary few days of contributing to the team.
harry taylor
August 13th, 2012
8:50 am
Uggla is ugly.
CLT Brave
August 13th, 2012
9:01 am
well, maybe Joe and Chip and the other cheerleaders can put their Uggla pom poms away for a while…I was really disappointed that Dan didnt make it to the plate in the ninth last night; what a golden opportunity: he would have had the opportunity to go 0 FOR FIVE!!! As it is, he had to settle for an 0 for 4 performance that included THREE rather clueless looking strikeouts. His last strike out came with two men on and we were still trailing by 6-1.
STAT update: since the All Star break, Dan is 17 for 81 = .210 average with at least 12 strike outs ( i may have missed one or three..they all seem to run together…) For the year a crisp .215
Freddi, why is Dan still bogging down the offense in Atlanta? He needs to spend a few weeks in Gwinnett……Please.
Carl Farvman
August 13th, 2012
9:16 am
“Bo, the Mets took the lead with Sheets on the mound and the Braves never tied it (or went ahead), thus Sheets gets the loss.”
I can’t believe the question was even asked.
Anyway, looks like we need to unload Sheets and blow Wren and Fredi out the door.
longtimefan
August 13th, 2012
9:17 am
Braves:
Second in NL in Batting
Sixth in NL in Pitching
First in NL in Fielding
Fifth best record in MLB
Sixteenth highest payroll
Class organization
The core young players on the team are controlled at a reasonable salary for several more years without the albatross of multiple huge guaranteed contracts to aging and underperforming player. Looks like somebody in the front office knows what they are doing.
To the nitwits making the disparaging comments about Heyward and Chipper: learn something about baseball before you make toollike comments and embarrass yourself on the blog.
longtimefan
August 13th, 2012
9:19 am
Carl-See above comment. Do you even think before you type a comment about FG and FW?
facial
August 13th, 2012
9:26 am
After all of those walk’s ahead of him and Prado working the count, JeyHey swings at the first pitch which was a ball. Two pitch’s later he swings at a ball in the dirt…..
GRAPHITE
August 13th, 2012
9:27 am
Mark,the word “but” used in the context you intended is spelled “butt”. You know as much grammar spelling as you do about baseball…….Ever wonder why a batter doesn’t stand in front of the box knowing the pitch is more than likely going into the dirt?
facial
August 13th, 2012
9:31 am
@GRAPHITE maybe this isn’t little league and the catcher see’s him move up and calls for a 94 mph fastball. Idiot’s abound.
facial
August 13th, 2012
9:51 am
@Lobosolo
“I imagine if you were in J-Hey’s shoes it would have looked like it was coming right into the zone before it dropped off rapidly as he swung at the last second before it reached the plate… it’s called a sinker”
The ball was never above his knees. It’s called impatient.
The Brave Californian
August 13th, 2012
9:52 am
Looks like Sheets really WAS too good to be true.
Rick C
August 13th, 2012
9:52 am
Larry, I think their logic in having Heyward hit third is to have speed at the top of the lineup. And it has paid off in a number of situations too where Heyward has scored from first on doubles from Chipper and Freeman. If the situation was reversed, those guys are much less likely to score from first.
Joey
August 13th, 2012
10:05 am
Impatient?
Damn, what a tough, “what have you done for me lately?” crowd.
Go take some Pamprin, gripers . . .
PMC
August 13th, 2012
10:08 am
not really sure Snitker shoudl have held Bourn…
space monkey
August 13th, 2012
10:09 am
Didn’t see the game. But was Snitker too conservative when he held Bourn, one of the fastest men in baseball, instead of sending him and forcing a play? Just wondering. In general, I think he’s too conservative.
macdwolfpack
August 13th, 2012
10:09 am
Dave, the announcers on tv were saying that the scouting reports on Sheets were saying that the consensus among scouts was that he was hitting the typical dead arm period and his velocity had declined quite a bit since his first start making him much more vulnerable. They had spoken with several scouts who were saying they were observing the same thing? They said it was to be expected based on the fact of his lack of competition over the last couple of years. How do you solve that? When Hanson comes back do you give Sheets a skip in his turn or does he pitch his way out of this? Dave, also would like to know if the Braves staff is seeing the same thing?
ted
August 13th, 2012
10:11 am
only team in mlb that starts 4 leftys against a lefty on a consistant basis fw please step in
Pippa's hiney
August 13th, 2012
10:24 am
y’all hard on Uggla.
Stumps OReilly
August 13th, 2012
11:09 am
Mets lucky to take that one. Got to give Braves credit for scaring em at the end
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nashvillewill
August 13th, 2012
11:16 am
Couldn, woulda, shoulda aside, the Braves loss last night is squarely in the hands (pun intended) of Uggla and Heyward. What do they both have in common? 0 for 4? 3 strikeouts each (out of eight total team K’s they had six)? No, not just their performance. Their approach is similar with inconsistent results. We can talk all we want about their uppercut swings and going after non-strikes, but until their approach changes I will lack confidence–too much business before the pitch! I don’t care if they stand on their heads and try to balance the bat on their feet, before the pitcher comes set. After the pitcher comes set, they must calm down and prepare. They don’t do this. This is a basic principle of hitting–watch Chipper, Prado, Freeman–very still when pitcher comes set or begins delivery. Inconsistent results will continue as long as this continues. .
Ricky
August 13th, 2012
11:55 am
@nashvillewill
Did not take you long to BASH Heyward now did it? He has been one of the reason that this team has been on a run in the second half. A bad night and you back up the dump truck? Man KICK ROCKS and go be a negativity Nashivlle Nelly elsewhere!
Nashville Nelly
August 13th, 2012
11:58 am
I resent that.
billy bob baseball
August 13th, 2012
12:29 pm
uggla’s “hot streak” is over and we’re back to the $12 Million 2nd baseman we’ve become accustomed to the last 2 years, the one who pops up to the SS, or stands at home plate with the dumbfounded look as he helplessly flails at the air, and men in scoring position die on the vine. Thanks for the memories dan, memories of what could have been last year if you had just hit your weight in April, May, June, and September, or hit at least Paul Yannish’s weight during any month this year. If you had, we wouldn’t be looking up at the Nats now, and Braves fans would not be planning on watching SF and Pitt in the Wildcard game come October. And thanks Fredi for taking the bat out of McCann’s or Freeman’s hands by batting this strikeout machine directly behind them. No pitcher in his right mind will pitch to either of these two, knowing that an automatic out is standing just a few feet away in the on-deck circle.
longtimefan
August 13th, 2012
12:43 pm
To the constant complainers:
Do any of you even try to focus on the positive in the organization or do you need to constantly point out the one wrong decision the GM or manager makes, as if all the other baseball teams are different. In a sport where failing at the plate 2 out of every 3 times is a sure ticket to the HOF, you guys are pretty hard on a player when they don’t come thru in one game-see Heyward. It is almost laughable to see everyday Joes who drive trucks os sell computers for a living give hitting advice to any major league baseball player. Remember guys- 5th best record in baseball with 14 other teams with higher payrolls behind us-all managed by two of your favorite targets, FG and FW. I’d say they are doing just fine.
David O'Brien
August 13th, 2012
12:45 pm
To the constant complainers:
Do any of you even try to focus on the positive in the organization or do you need to constantly point out the one wrong decision the GM or manager makes, as if all the other baseball teams are different. — longtimefan
It really is amazing, isn’t it? It’s why this blog’s comment section has gained a bit of notoriety. But I guess all publicity, as it were, is good publicity in this case.
Carl Farvman
August 13th, 2012
1:15 pm
longtimefan, I suppose you couldn’t spot sarcasm coming at you like a freight train. The team is doing well relative to most of the competition. It remains to be seen if this is a really good team or simply beating average to barely mediocre teams. I suspect, though, we’ll find out when they face the upper tier teams at some point.
Sundrop Kid
August 13th, 2012
1:28 pm
Fredi G always sees the opposite of what I see, and I can’t figure that out. Think he sees what he wishes he saw. I didn’t see Jason H busting his butt down to first on the 3rd strike. The first 10-15 steps were like, “well, guess I had better run”. He runs faster than that on a ground ball or from first to home when he scores. Think he was PO’s because he struck out. His head was obviously not in the game during that last at bat.
fuzzmeister
August 13th, 2012
5:11 pm
Don’t look now but the Cardinals are in position to get serious about this thing too. Don’t count them out.
Carl Farvman
August 13th, 2012
6:22 pm
“Don’t look now but the Cardinals are in position to get serious about this thing too. Don’t count them out.”
You’re very correct. I would expect that Braves fans still have last season’s fiasco in mind.
DawgNole
August 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
Kyle
August 13th, 2012
5:50 am
You always know they are going to loose when they have an inning like that first one when they have two men on and no one out and don’t score.
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You always know they are going to LOSE when they are on the national stage because that’s what ATL teams do.
DawgNole
August 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
Kyle
August 13th, 2012
5:50 am
You always know they are going to loose when they have an inning like that first one when they have two men on and no one out and don’t score.
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You always know they are going to LOSE when they are on the national stage because that’s what ATL teams do.
DawgNole
August 13th, 2012
10:14 pm
Sorry for the double post.