There was no comeback magic in the air last night as the Braves were taken down by the Padres 5-4. Xander Bogaerts and a half swing was the deciding factor because of course it was. Tonight, weather permitting, the Braves will reveal what I think is the best looking City Connect Uniforms to date, which feature a hat tip to the great Hank Aaron. I know that makes TFloyd happy. Both Michael Wacha and Charlie Morton are 1-0 on the season, albeit, likely undeserving as Wacha is carrying a 6.00 ERA and Morton, a 5.06. Sam Hilliard gets another start in CF after going 2-4 last night, and Ozzie Albies gets the boot out of cleanup for Travis D’Arnaud. Somehow, Marcell Ozuna is still a thing and gets the start at DH.
Here’s that feature:
And the lineup…
And, of course, “Transaction Everyday AA” never fails to come through:
Seth Elledge and Danny Young are the same person, it’s just one has options and the other does not. It’s no surprise that Jared Shuster‘s headed back to Gwinnett as Kyle Wright will likely take his rotation spot the next go around.
Hope the weather holds tonight. I need some baseball tonight!
I believe the weather will allow the game. Rain has just stopped and it looks like it is over for the evening.
It rained a lot today, so this will be a test of the drainage system, but it should be OK. I have tickets and I’ll be there in my 1974 Henry Aaron jersey. 🙂
Helluva DP to get Charlie out of that 1st inning.
Hardest hit ball of the inning.
Soto absolutely owns Morton
Hardest hit ball of the inning.
Garbage game so far, bad defense, no hit by a guy with a 6 ERA, Morton still looking shaky.
Never seen an out at the plate like that.
This one getting out of hand quickly
That was a strange half-inning
Things could be a LOT worse.
Get outta here in the fifth and get to work. Time for Ozzie and Eddie to get something done…
I’m at the game but did not get a good look at either throw to the plate. It looked like there was time to get each runner. Were the throws off or did Travis misplay either or both?
Looked like both throws were to the wrong side of the plate. TDA tried to reach back across the plate…the first time he dropped the ball, the 2nd time he whiffed completely.
So to answer your question, neither the throws or attempted tags were good.
It was close, but I thought Cronenworth beat the tag. d’Arnaud didn’t hold on to the ball so it didn’t matter. No error was scored according to ESPN. Odor certainly would have been out as he was short of the plate, and Kim would have been held at 3rd. ESPN says the error was charged to Olson, whatever that’s worth. ESPN also says Kim scored and Odor was out, but I’m pretty sure Kim was out for passing Odor, and Odor scored after going back and touching.
Ozzie is pretty useless at the plate right now.
Thanks, brave14 and Rusty. That all makes sense. But pretty frustrating.
The really frustrating thing, though, is the inability to do anything with Wacha.
A good change up can make the best look bad. I’d like to get into their pen, like soon.
Ozuna sucks.
Dylan Lee and Danny Young – players of the game so far
I just changed a blowout dirty diaper and that’s more fun than watching Marcell Ozuna trying to baseball.
Danny Young got 3 outs, 2 Ks, and threw 11 strikes in 11 pitches.
That was just the flukiest double of all time.
EDIT: Hey, a rally!
Matt Olson came to play tonight.
Yates is so bad…
I was told that Sean Murphy is the best defensive catcher ever.
This is wild!
The local 9 has been certainly uninspiring so far tonight…
Alright, gotta go get ’em, Braves…
For such a big deal about being a great defensive catcher, Murphy hasn’t looked very good at blocking stuff in the dirt.
For supposedly being a great bullpen, our bullpen is kind of a dumpster fire. Even when Iglesias returns and Minter moves down a notch, who gets it to the 8th? Luetge, Yates and Tonkin are not stellar. It’s pretty much Anderson and Lee to get it to the 8th I guess
Recapped.