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1995 UPDATE
Game 6 of season, Braves @ Marlins, May 2, 1995.
Braves 000 021 400–7
Marlins 000 001 000–1
WP: G. Maddux (2-0)
LP: M Gardner (0-2)
ATL 5-1
MON 4-2 1.0 GB
PHI 3 -2 1.5 GB
NYM 2- 4 3.0 GB
FLA 1 -5 4.0 GB
I am going to be at the game. usually means a loss 🙁
Is that right? the sixth game of the season was in May? now that is schedule creep. Fun looking back though, I’m guessing Maddux walked none in that effort
Prediction, the boys tee off on Santana and Smoltz finds that cometitive spirit to battle for 8 innings and wants to come out for the 9th but Bobby talks some sense into him.
Braves 8
Mets 2
1995 started late bc of the strike
@krugerindustrialsmoothing
The 95 season was strike-shortened on the front end, as I recall.
2008 Update – We need to get to .500
A .500 record with a dash of internal Met doubt will suit me just fine.
I didn’t know the Braves could reverse entropy, Mac. In this house, like that of the Simpsons, we obey the laws of thermodynamics.
Lineups:
Mess-
Reyes ss
Castillo 2b
Wright 3b
Beltran cf
Delgado 1b
Church rf
Pagan lf
Schneider c
Santana p
Braves-
Johnson 2b
Escobar ss
Jones 3b
Teixeira 1b
Francoeur rf
Diaz lf
McCann c
Kotsay cf
Smoltz p
Good to see KJ back.
I love it that rather than go with a very intriguing Braves v. Mets, Smoltz v. Santana matchup, they’re going with the infinitely rehashed Red Sox v. Someone game on TBS.
Gotta love “progress” and “ratings”.
Fuckers.
Is anyone else having problems with mlb.tv? When I try to get into a game it says its down for maintenance. Constantly. Very frustrating.
Tom, yes was just about to post the same.
Better get working very soon
Anyone else still having trouble with mlb.tv?
6 & 7 thanks, figured I was missing something.
and i can’t get into mlbtv either. nice.
I’ve been disappointed with MLB TV so far…
Having trouble too.
I called for assistance once a week ago and they took my number and said they’d call back.
I guess the fact that they said that they would call back “later” meant any time in the indefinite future.
holy shit I can’t believe mlb tv is not working this morning. This cannot be happening.
Does Audio even work?
I can’t get the screen for the game to come up at all.
Is there a rain delay?
wfan’s website has the audio at least. i also can’t get the screen to load on mlb.tv. arg!
it’s slooooowly loading here now… I think
No delay Clarke. Two outs but Wright just walked
Sports South is supposed to have the game, but they’re showing something on Cal Ripken right now….
What’s the deal?
I got to a page that said they are ‘performing maintenance’ – are you serious!?
if not, what channel is it on?
mine just kicked on
It’s on Sports South.
Man, what’s up with Smoltzie and all the walks?
I just time out. It’s strange cause I was just watching Boston – Toronto without any trouble.
Damn it
Well SportsSouth in Columbia Sc is playing Cal Ripken Beyond the Glory- this is miserable
Just get Delgado
Smoltz had Beltran struck out twice…this ump ain’t giving him any calls. He’s clearly getting frustrated
I’m in!!!!! (to mlbtv) clicked it like 10k times.
On the radio they were complaining about the strike zone being tiny.
That called strike on Chipper was a worse pitch than about 5 that were called balls on Smoltz. Not that’s sh*tty.
Gerry Davis is a horse’s ass. He is giving Santana the high strike, the low strike, and the corner. Smoltz didn’t get any of the three.
Finally working here as well
Yeah, Smoltz got squeezed big-time in the first inning. The last 3 pitches to Delgado were the same ones called balls before.
Looks like we’ve got a genuine pitchers’ duel.
Hey, a Braves 2B made a routine play!
make that 2 routine plays
The Mets lineup right now really reminds me of the Phillies in that they have 3 excellent people (Reyes Wright Beltran v. Rollins Utley Howard) and then a bunch of decent to terrible players (Castillo to Schneider v. Victorino to Feliz).
The Braves are so winning the East this year.
How did Tex fare against Santana with the Rangers?
Ha, Skip called Santana Rafael Santana
oh dear
Andruw would have had that, and if he hadn’t he wouldn’t have turned it into a flipping double.
The awful defense from the Braves continues.
Time for the big strikeout, Smotzie.
I think they said on the radio that Tex was 4-17 before his at bat. (and no walks)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/b-pvb.cgi?n1=teixema01#choice=&throws=&minPA2=0&minPA=0&orderbydir=DESC&orderbydirb=ASC&n1=teixema01&as=batter&year_game=career&opp_id=&orderby=PA&orderbyb=Name
Smoltz is a machine!
Soriano needs to take notes on how Smoltz pitches to Wright – he swings at that slider away every time…
And David Wright still can’t hit good sliders.
Andruw wouldn’t have done that…
He is a free swinger but doing good so far.
Have to give him credit for that. Like him in the bottom of the order.
thanks for the link Joshtothemax. btw, Kotsay was 1-9 with a double
Esco!
Woop!
Escobar rules all
This guy is going to be good…
C’mon, Smoltzie. Quick inning here.
I also LOVED the squeeze play by Cox – Kelly was just going for a bunt single instead of a sacrifice. I’m liking his creativity so far this year.
Man, he’s getting up there in pitches
Church scares me
I be likin’ Kotsay now.
Kotsay would have gotten that one! And the DP!
Oh wait..!!!
very nice!
Kotsay!
Holla! That DP could give Smoltz another inning on the mound!
Skip says that Bobby Cox plans on letting Smoltz throw between 100-110 pitches.
Would someone mind describing the DP?
Matt Diaz: 7 hits in 11 at-bats in his career against Johan Santana.
Delgado on 1st. Laser hit to deep center. Kotsay to his right, catches it with momentum, then throws an absolute seed on one bounce to Teixeira, who makes an excellent stretch, catching it on one bounce to double off Delgado..
C’mon, Mac. Gotta get that guy home.
Guh.
fart
Ba Ba Booooeyyy
Kotsay actually went to his left, was in right-center.
Doh! Would have taken a strikeout vs. a double play there.
Can Smoltz and Hudson pitch every other day?
Thanks, Wryn and ububba.
Smoltz out early after five innings, Braves lose.
Buttt Smoltz only threw 78 pitches… I thought Skip said he had 100-110 in the tank?
Hope Smoltz’s shoulder isn’t hurting or something. Everyone was talking about 100-110 pitches for him today.
They just said he had his helmet on, expecting to bat, so obviously he doesn’t think anything’s wrong. Sounds like Bobby’s just being cautious with the cranky shoulder.
Four innings of the bullpen!? NOOOOOOOO
Nobody said anything about 100 pitches. They were saying around 80 b/c it was the most he threw in spring training.
He’ll have to work his pitch count up through his next few starts.
I don’t think I can watch
Looks like Smoltz re-injured his shoulder. He was taken out early and grimacing on the mound. 2 out of 5 starting pitchers down, how great would that be?
Uh oh
I could swear one of the radio fellers said 100+. Ah well.
I’ve always thought Boyer was worth a shit. Don’t prove me wrong.
it showed smoltz in the dugout with mccann and he was grimacing. it also showed a clip of him rubbing his shoulder on the mound. he’ll be ok, and if he’s not, he’ll pitch through it.
Nice work, Blaine.
Well, that chamber was empty, so the Braves survive one round of Russian Reliever Roulette. Only three more to go.
Boyer is starting to look good – especially with that fastball staying down in the zone.
Wow. Nice inning for Boyer.
That was about as good a performance as we could have expected out of Boyer. He was putting the 95 mph heater right where he wanted it; the third strike to Castillo was beautiful.
Man, the cursing sure has increased here lately…
The season’s started, Brad. We’re using our in-season vocabularies.
I thought Tex had that one. Oh well, our bullpen really needs to hold this out – Smoltz SOOOO deserves the W.
I’m trying to watch my 2 most heated fan rivalries at the same time: Mets-Braves, Rangers-Devils.
Good guys up 1-0 in each.
Oh, man…
I don’t know if Smoltz deserves it, but the team sure does need it. And Ohman terrifies me.
Ok cool…I thought I was on metsblog.com for a second there.
Ohman is right
Oh no! Curse words!
The Cubs fans were right about this guy. He reeks.
We sooo could have turned two on that. Still a nice play.
Yeah, that’s great, let the guy who can’t get righthanders face a righthander with the tying run in scoring position and two out.
Oh second thought, it’s pretty much just joshtothe”maxx”, which should be easy enough to ignore.
Last year, Renteria dives for that one as it goes into center. By the end of the year, a little more experience has Esco turning two there.
Why not walk Pagan and let him go after Schneider?
So, what do you think? Will “Damien” Ohman, or Will “Bad” Ohman?
So I would assume Moylan and Soriano to finish this game.
It’s a good thing Pagan sucks. Ohman got away with some bad pitches.
Whew.
Wasn’t crazy about that matchup either.
Let’s squeeze out another run, please.
Click. Two chambers to go.
Say what you want about him, but so far he has 5 scoreless appearances – more than I can say for the rest of the pen.
Can we get some insurance runs here, please?
Did they just say Smoltz was injured?
I’m tired of this already.
Everyone, the Mets are having a vote on which song they will have everyone sing along to every 8th inning at Shea Stadium. (http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/singalong_vote_form.jsp)
…So, what we must do is choose “Other” and fill in “Never Gonna Give you up” by Rick Astley and we’ll rick roll the mets 😛
Who said Smoltz was injured?
2 out of 5 down after 6 games – how great would that be?
Anyone else with choppy mlbtv right now?
Not fair for Wright to play defense like that behind Santana.
How ’bout a bunt here, Willie?
Ugh, Schneider. This is going to end badly.
I love it when Reyes pops up.
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
This is how were supposed to play
Just one more scoreless inning and it’s: “LP: Johan Santana (1-1)”.
Click. One more inning. Against the heart of the lineup. Please, Soriano, don’t throw the KiteBall like you did so much of last season.
Trent,
Yeah the picture is not too good right now.
One run, please.
@ 123 : Yep, me too, I’m glad to know the problem is not on my end, but I wouldn’t mind not having 1 out 2 frames skipped all the time.
I love these nerve-wrenching games – especially when we win, so lets hold it.
How many nerve wrenching games do we win? Not many. This will be a welcome change of pace
If we do end up winning. Knock on wood
I envision a crushing defeat. Maybe that’s just the Vanderbilt fan in me seeping over into the Braves fan in me.
Today, I have faith.
I had the volume down- what is the word on Smoltz rubbing his shoulder?
MLB really sucks this year. Where have condensed games gone??
MLB really sucks this year. Where have condensed games gone??
I predict Beltran or Delgado does something very bad for us.
Despite the K by Yunel, we have some excellent strike zone judgement at the top of this lineup.
Tex!
tex!
YES!!!!!!
TEX!
insurance!!!!!!
Tex! With the insurance…
😀
I did not think that would go out.
WOOO TEX!
So we’ll lose 4-3.
Yes! Don’t mess with Tex!
I’m greedy. I want Soriano pitching in another non-save situation.
This is great
All of a sudden David Wright has turned into Ozzie Smith.
No matter…nothing like beating the Mets.
You got to hold’em, Braves!
On Gameday, they are showing Yunel’s DOUBE driving in Kotsay… grammitacalll errer
Let’s get Smoltz the win here.
Ugh, leadoff walk.
Geez. Where’s the strike zone Soriano?
how was that not a strike come on
ah got him on the next one
One more…
Good D, Diaz.
C’mon, now—one more out…
Tying run at the plate
Dammit. This shoulda been a shutout.
Strikes, please.
Did they let Church steal second and decide to then intentionally walk Pagan, or is Soriano that far off the plate? I feel sick.
i hate the mets
I hate to say this, but would Soriano be better off if he had thrown 17 less pitches last night?
Teixeira saves the day.
(breathing again)
game saver – great win!!!
long term deal, please.
Wow what a game by Teixara
Beat the Mets, sweep the Mets, we just pulverized the Mets…
Tex!
Whew.
We need to give Tex elventy billion dollars so he retires a Brave.
despite their best efforts, they won
Tex should get the save.
and the braves find a way to slay the mets’ new dragon…………good job all around.
Tex: the Mets’ Xavier Nady.
Time to venture over to MetsBlog to observe…
Teixeira excuse me
anyway, great win and drama
Moylan has three holds, and we have three wins. Hmmm.
And the Braves are about to take a share of first place in the East (assuming Washington doesn’t come back against the Cardinals).
at least we saw a little emotion/excitement from the guys after the win
Oh, wow. What a finish. Should NOT have been that interesting at all. If Soriano had just thrown strikes, it would have been over two batters ago….
Also, I feel it’s worth pointing out that if Sori hadn’t pitched last night and then had this outing, the popular story would be that he wasn’t sharp because it had been so long since he’d thrown.
Anyhow, great to see Smoltz get the win, great to see the Braves sweep the Mets, and great to see Boyer and Moylan look so good. (I was really hoping they’d leave Boyer out there for another inning, but I didn’t really expect it; Ohman was okay.)
Biggest positive from this game (aside from maybe Smoltz pitching well) is how well we hit against Santana. For a while there, everyone was smoking the ball right at people. It felt like we should’ve had another 2-3 hits off of him.
Braves win!!
Give Tex what he wants, just keep him a Brave!
Jeez man, Ben Sheets is a killer when he’s not injured. Problem is, that’s usually only half of the season.
And Zito has become Russ Ortiz (when he left the Braves, he became Mark Redman)
Great game to watch. Unnecessary suspense in the end but whatever. A very nice win. Great defence finally…
Mac,
I would take Kotsay over Andruw now. I know Kotsay can hit better than .222 and he has a better and accurate arm than Andruw. Also he doesn’t weigh 240 pounds or make 18 million dollars a year.
Very hypothetical, mraver, since Soriano did pitch last night and then followed with this lackluster outing. I realize that the observation is not double-blind placebo control test conclusive, but that’s all we have to go on as we speculate.