They are the worst Cardinals team in essentially a generation. The Braves have been on a roll. We had Spencer Strider going. Somehow, the Braves lost and lost big. How could that happen? Hmm?
First, when the opposition scores 11, it is unlikely that the starting pitcher was effective. I mean it is POSSIBLE that the starter pitched 6 innings with only 2 runs and the bullpen dropped 9 in 3, but it is also possible that a bullfrog will not bump his ass when he jumps.
If you want to see an awful pitching box score you can go here.
I am not going to comment on it in detail.
Recounting all of the negatives will take half the day and I have to head toward Savannah by 3. Besides Strider, Dylan Lee also gave up 3, Darius Vines 1 (but at least in 2 innings), and Joe Jimenez 1. Add that to Strider’s 6 and that comes to 11.
If the cost of getting Matt Olson‘s bat going is that we have to endure pitching failure at this level, then just strike out, Matt. I think historically, teams are around 90% winning when they score 6. But sometimes it is the other 10 %.
I know that isn’t much, but do any of you really want to read anything about this? I didn’t think so. And, I really don’t want to spend any more time writing about it.
Co-signed. Thanks for recapping a crappy night off, Cliff. Sometimes it ain’t our day.
Yeah, this pretty much sums up how I feel about this game, too. On to the next one.
It was good to see Olson go back to mashing homers again, though. Some of his numbers this year are just mind-boggling: 152 wRC+, .591 SLG, a 14.2% walk rate, and an otherworldly .321 ISO (!!). What a year he’s having. Sure, he strikes out a ton and doesn’t usually hit for average, but when you can obliterate the baseball the way he does, none of that matters.
Feels like the first 2 games of this series are a hangover the team is having after that long and successful 8-2 west coast trip.
Hopefully Fried will play the part of stopper tonight.
Yes, agreed. This is not the first time the Braves have completed very successful series’ against very good teams and then fell flat against also-rans. Happened earlier this year. I suppose we shouldn’t think it’s unexpected. Hopefully we can salvage one and then rip the Pirates.
Just like the end of the road trip, this season has been so successful, I’m not sure any of the rest of the regular season matters too much (except not getting injured and maybe breaking some records).
“Just like the end of the road trip, this season has been so successful, I’m not sure any of the rest of the regular season matters too much (except not getting injured and maybe breaking some records).”
I generally agree, but it would be nice to put the Phillies in their place, since they are the closest team in the division standings and because the Braves are very likely to see them in the playoffs. Plus, I live in Philly and want to see the hearts of the Philthy Phaithful broken at every opportunity.
It’s interesting to see what causes us to dislike certain teams. For me it’s the Dodgers (since the days of Lasorda; don’t have anything much against the current group) and the Mets/Yankees/Red Sox (resentment of their treatment by the national media).
Soroka won’t need surgery, at least. Thank goodness for small things.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38345728/braves-michael-soroka-done-season-need-surgery
The Braves do not look like a good matchup for Adam Wainwright.