Braves Get Shutout by Cubs in Series Finale

But the Cubs had more guys crossing the plate, which is what matters.

And those ads for the Home Depot are nothing compared to those Meth ads-the anti-meth commercials drive me to drink more.

Sucks we got a game in 18 hours. Rest up guys.

won the series!!!

I would feel worse about this game if our bats were completely helpless but we were hitting the ball well for the most part.. just couldn’t plate anybody. Outside of the two solo shots our pitching was absolutely fantastic.

The Cubs certainly deserved to win this game but I say if we played these exact same lineups and pitchers again, 8/10 we win the game.

NAHWAL results up (as will the next couple threads about to go up)

Poor Mike Gonzalez just loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th. He’s having a terrible time.

- we looked like the 2009 braves the way we left runners in scoring position
- i’m honestly starting to believe i’m bad luck since they only won 2 out of 12 games i went to last year and then lost the first one i went to this year
- we should leave this game knowing we SHOULD have won, but just let it slip away
- BUT if we win every 2 out 3 this year we will have 108 games

ugh. Sweeping the Cubs would have been pimp.

We’re going to have a lot of games like this.

No consistent power hitters, no speed to make things happen on the bases. Just like last year, we’ve basically got to string together 3-4 walks/hits in an inning to get one across. If those hits/walks are scattered over the course of a game, rather than bunched up, we’re going to have a lot of men left on base.

We also really need our lead off hitter to get on base with Prado clearly being the hottest hitter on the team so far.

….the strike zone was a bit weird tonight. Look at Matty’s AB. Really cheap strike 2…fouls of the next pitch (in roughly the same location), then whiffs belt-high and away.

Heyward’s last AB highlighted the first set of adjustment(s) pitchers will make on him. He demonstrated in the first two games he can get around on the inside fastball, so Marmol adjusted and threw him three inside (nasty) sinkers.

Glaus, after his first AB, had a good night, so maybe y’all ain’t gonna need to call up Freddie Freeman next week, who knows…

Finally, they had opportunities….Esco hit into the DP….Hinske just missed the GWPHHR….hopefully they can take the Giants down a peg this weekend…‘night y’all….

Hey that Chavez guy looked really good along with EOF coming out of the pen. Crazy how one year we have an offense with no Bullpen and then have a solid pen with no offense. Yeah I know it’s only game 3 but man I still feel the pain of 2009. I’m looking at you F@#$ing Scott Norton!

Our attendance (27,443) seems disappointing, right? Well, it was the biggest crowd in MLB tonight, edging the FLA @ NYM tilt (25,982). Of course, the other games were in Pittsburgh, Oakland, DC, KC, Tampa, Cincy, and Texas, so it’s not that impressive. But still, gotta count for something, right?

Cody hit a 3-run HR in the top of the 5th inning during his Mississippi debut.

But in true Cody Johnson fashion, he also has 2 strikeouts in 4 AB’s.

I see nothing has changed.

Disappointed in the outcome, but not disappointed with the team. They had a ton of chances last night but couldn’t get it done. Sometimes you’re the dog, sometimes you’re the hydrant. I think we know which one the Bravos were last night.

Like Bobby has said, you’ll never get to the World Series unless you win more series than you lose during the season.

That makes us 1 for 1 in that. Pretty good ratio.

(repeat of my post in another thread, meant to post this here – lost track of window I had open)