Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – May 04, 2011 – ESPN.
That’s a lot of runs for this team, particularly with no homers. Tommy Hanson pitched well, making really one mistake, and Fredi was at least able to hold Venters and Kimbrel — if not workhorse O’Flaherty — out of the first game of a twin-bill.
The Brewers struck first, getting two-out single from Craig Counsell, who I believe is the only position player in the majors older than I am, to make it 1-0 in the second. The Braves came in the third, when McLouth led off with a double, Hanson bunted and the Brewers completely screwed up allowing him to reach on a single, and Prado singled. Hanson screwed up on the basepaths trying to score later, but McCann got a two-out single to score Prado to make it 2-1.
Prince Fielder tied it in the third with a solo homer, but Prado came through with another hit, a single to score two with the bases loaded, making it 4-2. The Braves loaded the bases again in the sixth, McLouth scoring on a wild pitch, then loaded them again when Heyward was hit by a pitch. Chipper singled to make it 7-2, and McCann capped the scoring with a sac fly to score Heyward.
Hanson needed 101 pitches to get through six — the strike zone was small all game — so O’Flaherty was up to pitch the seventh. Linebrink and Gearrin, rather than anybody important, finished up.
Now that we’re over a month into the season, is it time to worry about Hanson’s velocity? I know he’s pitching very well, it just strikes me as a possible concern.
1. Prado 3B, 2. Gonzalez SS, 3. Heyward RF, 4. Uggla 2B, 5. Freeman 1B, 6. Ross C, 7. Hinske LF, 8. McLouth CF, 9. Hudson P
Oh wow, the game started.
I think Prince was still huffing and puffing from the Prado ground out when he booted Gonzalez’s ball
It was karma.
Can you imagine how fat he would be if he ate cheeseburgers?
Struggla with the clutchness.
From only ‘watching’ online, that looked like quite an at bat for Uggla…
Greinke wishes he was in KC with a good D.
Hey, he still has Yunie.
Nice AB, Doug Uggla. That’s a start.
Lucky Greinke.
Awww, so close.
David Ross is so locked in, right now.
If the wind wasnt blowing in Ross’ hit wouldve been 10 rows deep
Is ther any way Greinke gets to throw 100+ pitches in this game? Seems like the Braves can get him out of this game early.
Greinke’s already at 49 pitches.
Prado has an 8 game hitting streak and is suddenly red-hot.
Just keep chipping away…
I think I saw that Greinke had a 90 pitch limit tonight. 54 now.
I’ll say it:
Ross should start more
Prado has 9 of his 16 rbis last 10 games. McLouth getting on base has helped.
Nice job by the scrubs.
What, McNasty just homered off Greinke?!?
Nate McLouth > Alex Gonzalez
Boom.
Hey, what’s going on here?
Wow, Nate sucks. When are we going to trade him?
NATE!?!
I’ll take it.
So is there an official Nate McLouth bandwagon now?
The Brewers might have drank too much beer last night.
The Phillies and Marlins are both winning big too, but at least if we hold on then we gain a half game tonight.
If the slightly above average Cody Ross is boss, what does that make David Ross?
CFO?
Hotter than Jennifer Anniston?
Greinke might be done for today, 86 pitches and he hasn’t really pitched much before or after the injury.
And Timmy at 57 pitches through 5.
Tim Hudson: 57 pitches through 5. Zack Greinke: 57 STRIKES through 4.
#1 – what was wrong with Hanson’s velocity? I saw 92-93 a good bit today.
I love BMac but anyone notice how efficient our starters are with Ross behind the plate? Our catchers are BEAST.
@35
So far he’s only 1mph off his average from his 2009 and 2010 fastball speed. I’m no expert, but that doesn’t seem like anything to really worry about. Especially with the numbers he’s putting up so far.
I can’t even pretend to understand what David Ross is doing right now.
John, exactly. A lot of people think Hanson should be throwing 95+ for some reason.
Remember when some people were all pissed off when Ross was signed? That man can play.
Ross and Hinske come through again.
csg, remember that when the Braves signed Ross, they’d usually been signing hamsters to be backup catchers. If they liked Ross, how good could he be?
Nate – 4 for 4, 3BB, 1 HR, 1 2B, 2RBI, 4 Runs
Brian, yeah good point. He followed Todd Pratt/Corky Miller right?
42 — He followed The Hamster.
When did other teams start to fear the Clouth?
@39 – Exactly. Pitchers start losing velocity in their mid 20s as a rule. Experience with secondary pitches and command is supposed to make up for it, and Hanson’s really good strikeout and walk rates this year seem to show that he’s compensating for any velocity drop just fine. He’ll probably lose a year to injury at some point, but it will have so much less to do with his velocity drop than the simple fact that he’s a pitcher.
Sure makes sense to play Prado at 3rd and Hinski in lf when Hudson pitches.
Actually, a lot of pitchers start losing velocity at 18 or 19.
Sure is nice when the team plays well enough that Fredi doesnt have to manage.
I’m stealing that, csg.
no prob, its yours now.
That might be it for Hudson since he’ll likely go on 3 days rest on Sunday.
Hudson’s pitching out of his mind. 77 pitches through 7 with one hit allowed and 59 strikes. That’s 76% strikes. And he’s actually gotten some strikeouts. The pitching is so, so good right now, it’s hard to believe we rolled Buddy Carlisle, Jorge Campillo, and Mike Hampton out there a few years ago.
Well, I guess Hudson will pitch another inning.
Hey, Campillo wasn’t bad in 2008. (That’s what Carlyle and Jo-Jo Reyes were for.) And Hampton could be alright on the (extremely rare) instances where he hadn’t just broken something.
And with a nine-pitch inning, why not just go ahead and have Hudson pitch the 9th?
Yeah, I shouldn’t have dissed on Campillo – I actually really liked him. Still, he was Jorge Campillo, and he was like our #2 starter at one point. He might be the long man in the bullpen on this team. I’m not sure a healthy Hampton would make this rotation either.
A “healthy Hampton” is a nonsense phrase.
He may have to pitch on 3 days rest next time
Haha. Jorge Campillo. It was so funny when he was really good for like 2 months or whatever. I loved it.
Still, I’ll take this. 🙂
Ha, that mythical beast. I swear, one time I saw him make it through six with nothing more than a bad hangnail.
56 — Him or Hanson.
I loved Campillo, too, though “smoke and mirrors” doesn’t begin to describe it.
By the way, this is Uggla’s first 3-hit game of the year.
i know it’s 6-0, but I dont get holding him at 3rd there…
Held him so as not to get Snitkered. Nice job, Freddie!
You don’t want to risk anyone getting hurt in a collision, for one thing.
This third place team could have the best run differential in the NL by the end of the night.
Fredi is coaching the 2011 equivalent of the 27 Yankees now.
Tom really needs to get a better handle on the use of “contagious”
I’m just a believer of getting all the runs you can when you can. Relying on 2 out hits (good job Freddie) is about a 25% chance, having the guy go from 3rd there was a 85% chance. Could he get hurt, maybe, but he could also get in a car crash on the way home.
Lowe is not the designated driver any more
Man, Hudson almost has a perfect game except for the Weeks double.
This is many times more impressive than Liriano’s no-hitter.
damn you Weeks…
best pitching performance I’ve seen this year…
One-hitters. Gotta love ’em.
I never told my wife, but I love Tim Hudson.
Worry not, kc, she’d understand. Unless she’s not a Braves fan. In which case… no, this is a family website. Sort of.
Recapped.
The Braves who showed up today were the team that I thought we had coming out of spring training. Now, if we could just play another 130 games like that…
Campillo? You mean the Mexican Greg Maddox? I loved that guy! Braves are beginning to turn it around, despite incompetent management.