Braves Can't Hit Moyer, Lose to Phillies 7-0

That is right, a guy who shares the first name with many American woman just shutout out the pathetic, the horrid, the crappy, the choke-artist of a hitting lineup that not even little leaguers would fear, the Atlanta Braves today.

The Braves managed a whopping two-hits off the 47-year old lefty. Moyer’s 83 MPH fastball sure overpowered the pathetic Braves hitters tonight. His 78 MPH changeup was also effective as it induced ground ball out after ground ball out. Moyer also struck out 5 of the 28 hitters he had to face, and he walked none.

Moyer last threw a shutout in; get this, 1980friggin6, that’s right 24 years between shutouts. What an embarrassment the Braves lineup is. Last night Atlanta was getting no-hit all the way into the 8th inning against Scott Olsen. Don’t forget they already got no-hit against Jimenez earlier in the year.

The Braves hitters don’t even belong in a batters box they are so crappy. They should just send the pitcher out and see if he can NOT allow a run for 9 innings, because if he could do that then at least we know the Braves can play an extra inning game. Either that or just blindfold them, and ask them to stick the bat out — maybe they would have more luck.

Anyways, congrats Jamie Moyer, you are now 2-0 against Atlanta with an ERA of 0.00 over 15 innings in 2010. Against anyone other then a pathetic Braves offense Moyer is 2-2 with a 7.12 ERA. He hasn’t had a game in which he allowed fewer then 4 ER against anyone else. Just goes to show how pathetic the Braves are.

I wonder if Moyer has taken his nap yet?

UUUGGGGHHHHHH.

Oh well, at least the Craig Kimbrel era has officially begun. He will soon be dominant closer. Just watch.

Must of heard him wrong…I guess.

phils fan…(just giving the background…not here to revel in your misery).

I don’t get what’s wrong with y’alls offense this year. Despite fear of jinxing, I posted in the Phils games log that a braves lineup sans Heyward, Escobar, and McCann seemed pretty impotent, based on their performance this year. Wow, was that an understatement.

Chipper look lost, and nobody else in that lineup seems to be able to do anything, and I don’t understand it because the Braves were a pretty decent lineup last year, weren’t they? What’ve you lost? Frenchy….Kelly Johnson (who sucked in an ATL uni, but is lights out for ARZ).

I’m not writing the Bravos off just yet, but it’s not looking good.

No adjustments to Moyer’s slow, slower, and slowest pitches. This lineup is awful.

Only the people who sat and watched this game or the no-hitter all the way through should be allowed to watch the winning streaks we are going to have when we start hitting again.
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We are going to start hitting again, right?

Being 2-hit by Jamie Moyer isn’t great. Can’t take too much positively from this game. Good job by Glaus and the Bullpen though, especially Kimbrel. Nice to see that he performed well in his ML debut.

3-pitch inning. Ouch. Can’t possibly do worse than that. As I type this though, I’m about to watch Strasburg’s first AAA start and the person doing the anthem is terrible. So I guess it could be worse.

Well in defense of the Braves offense we had a lot of bench players playing today (Infante, Cabrera, Diaz, Ross) which kind of contributes to a lack of production 2 nights in a row. I really wish Bobby would put our everyday players in the same lineup against lefties and stop platoon lineups.

I would love to be patient with this team but as of right now they aren’t cutting it plain and simple. I’m not going to say to trade players however I will suggest some changes.

=> if Medlen pitches good tomorrow and in a possible 2nd start then I say move Lowe to the pen. He has been terrible. No other words to describe it.

=> Try Hinske or one of our minor leaguers in LF (like Matt Young) and reduce Cabrera, Diaz and maybe Mclouth to bench roles or ship them out. Young may not have any power but he has shown himself to make solid contact and get on base at a good clip.

=> Rest Chipper. Plain and simple I believe he isn’t 100% and the offense has won without him and can continue to do so. He will not help us in the field or at the plate being 37 and playing through injuries. We have plenty of options to play 2B or 3B (Infante, Conrad, Hicks, even Glaus)

I mean I don’t honestly know what else could be done. I feel as though because of Bobby’s loyalty he is less inclined to make some serious moves to some of the “star” players but it could be the shake up we need

TPTB, someone open a venting thread, cause I need it.

Let’s take it to the Thunderdome! I missed the game, but I’m completely dumbfounded how the Braves only managed 2 hits and got shut out by a old dead guy.

Well, I watched this one at a local sports bar, and oh my god, the reactions from the bar crowd. I did my best to calm the masses using the arguments many have made here as to why we should basically ride this thing out, while getting blasted with “Fire TPs” and “Look at Kelly Johnson”…the fat old guys at the sports pub sound a lot like some of the folks who come on here to bitch and throw a fit every time we lose.

I am not going to read the rest of these posts, just because I am having a good night and don’t want to ruin it.

I will say that I am thoroughly pissed at myself for missing Craig’s debut. The kid deserves all the success that he can get. A top-notch guy and not a bad pitcher either!

and saw Iron Man 2. That movies sucked but from what I read it was way better than this game. Yet tomorrow I am going to be sitting on my couch like an asshole saying “we gotta a chance” or “just wait till we get rolling, then they’ll see”. But hey basbeall isnt life so relax have a few beers and enjoy the weekend.

“Moyer throws complete game shutout at age 47
   
  Jamie Moyer, 47, became the oldest player to ever throw a complete game shutout on Friday night.

Knuckleballer Phil Niekro was 46 when he accomplished the feat. Moyer surrendered just two hits to the Braves, who have to be absolutely humiliated after getting blanked by a guy whose fastball tops out at 83 mph. The last time Moyer had a two-hit shutout was 1986, and don’t expect it to happen again anytime soon. Everyone except the Braves has been teeing off on Moyer all season. "

“Braves manager Bobby Cox isn’t optimistic about when Jason Heyward (groin) will return to the lineup.

“I think it’s worse than day-to-day,” Cox said before Friday’s game against the Phillies. “We’re gonna wait a few more days and see if it gets better. Hopefully we don’t have to disable him. That would be rough right now.” Heyward’s importance to the lineup is only underscored by the team’s pathetic offensive output over the past two nights. Be sure to stay tuned on his status this weekend. May. 8 – 1:20 am et"
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rotoworld

…is reminding me a lot of Jeff Parrett. He’s not lobbing it straight it, everything is moving but too often it’s down out of the zone or it’s a breaking ball that starts high and then sets itself on a tee for someone like Werth to smash.

I wonder how long is Frank Wren and Bobby Cox is going to wait before they shake up this ball club because WE SUCK!… Also has anybody else notice the dip in velocity of Lowe fastball since he arrived in ATL? He’s in the 89-87 range with his fastball instead of being in the lower 90’s.

but just watched it on DVR. Holy cow…those pitches are filthy. I’m officially cool with Wags retiring after the season to be with his family. I wish he’d come back, but Kimbrel got this.

…that Kimbrel and Venters each had to make their debuts in bummer games. If they develop like they look like they should, we can all laugh about that in years to come.

It isn’t Bobby’s fault that we’re doing so horribly. The real problem is our hitters. They have little to no motivation—you can see it in their faces when they’re at the plate. Until something happens to the player’s motivation levels, nothing’s gonna happen. So please don’t even suggest that Bobby could do anything with the lineup…because lineups make no difference, if your players can’t hit with a will, or hit well.

I think we make some changes like firing Terry Pendleton we`re hitting so inconsistant right now!

Is this what it’s like to be a fan of a crappy team? I’m still hoping this is just a bad streak but christ, how do Pirate fans do it?

Its alot of pressure on our pitchers to not give up runs because we`re not hitting right now so they`re trying to throw perfect pitches and its coming back to bite them!