Braves Minor League Recaps 9/9

by gondeee on Sep 9, 2008 8:38 AM EDT in Braves Minor League Recaps

One game was a gem, the other was a stinking pile of dung:

Mississippi 5, Carolina 4

The M-Braves pulled off a come from behind win to do what the Atlanta Braves haven't been able to do all season -- win a one-run road game. Deunte Heath started the game and managed to only give up four runs, despite allowing 11 baserunners, and the Mississippi bullpen held the Mudcats scoreless into extra innings. Kala Ka'aihue tied the game at four in the eighth with his first homerun of the playoffs, and 28-year old backup catcher Jean Boscan drove in Van Pope for the winning run in the top of the tenth inning.

J. Schafer 3-5, 2 2B, CS
K. Ka'aihue 2-5, HR, E
J. Holt 2-5, 2B
L. Valdez 1.1IP, 2K, W
S. Marek 1.2IP, 1H, 1K

Potomac 15, Myrtle Beach 0

This game was nothing to write home about. The best performance came from former Braves prospect and first-round draftee Luis Atilano... remember him? He was the Tommy John injured pitcher we traded for pinch hitter Daryle Ward at the trading deadline in 2006. Atilano has now thrown 11-straight scoreless innings in the playoffs. Though he really didn't need to in this affair. As you can see from the score, the Braves pitching was not too good, but it was not to be outdone by the Braves fielding. Four errors led to six unearned runs before the flood gates opened. Cory Gearrin was the only Pelican's pitcher that did not give up a run.

E. Campbell 2-4, 2B, E
T. Jones 2-4
T. Flowers 1-3, BB
J. Heyward 0-3, BB
E. Mejia 0-3, 2 E

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i shut the beach game off in like the 4th inning when it was only 5-0…i also turned off the m-braves when they were down 4-1. oops

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by bigjoe on Sep 9, 2008 9:27 AM EDT reply actions

i forgot to listen to either one.

by 10-4 on Sep 9, 2008 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

anyone have the probable starters for tonight? i’d ASSUME redmond is going for mississippi, but the beach cannot possibly trot rivas out again after what happened last time. as underwhelming as cofield has been this year (LOOK HOW LOW THAT ERA IS! dude is crazy lucky), i think he’d give us a better chance to win than rivas…which would then pin the entire series on rohrbough and reynoso, on the road.

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by bigjoe on Sep 9, 2008 3:35 PM EDT reply actions

we have to win 2/3 of games started by redmond, hanson & medlen. i mean, come on. birmingham scored a whopping 2 runs off them in 24 innings. thats an ERA of 0.75. their WHIP was even lower, at 0.67.

M-BRAVES REPRESENT!

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by bigjoe on Sep 9, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Cofield is injured.....

by secondbass on Sep 9, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

he last pitched last week, which is weird if he is hurt. regardless, it is rivas, and he’s been staked to a 4 run lead. just HOLD THEM FOR FOUR INNINGS AND LET THE PEN TAKEOVER.

also, m-braves up by a couple after a couple

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by bigjoe on Sep 9, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions