Billy Wagner Blows Save, Padres Beat Braves in 12
by BenDuronio on Jul 21, 2010 11:38 PM EDT
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PrintThe game seemed all but over when Billy Wagner took the mound in the top of the ninth, but the normally dominant closer couldn't seal the deal. Wagner allowed a home run to Scott Hairst, a single to Jerry Hairston Jr., and a double to Yorvit Torrealba as the Padres scored two in the ninth to send it to extras.
The Padres bullpen was impressive, as expected. Their 'pen threw seven shutout innings as Tim Stauffer picked up his third win (3-1) and Heath Bell earned his 27th save, tops in the majors.
Jon Garland allowed four runs in the third inning thanks to four straight hits by the Braves, including a home run by Brian McCann and a two RBI single from Chipper Jones. The Braves didn't muster up any offense other than that inning, but Jason Heyward, Alex Gonzalez, and McCann each had two hits.
Tommy Hanson was struggling for the first three innings but managed to allow just two first inning runs. He ended up throwing 6.1 innings, striking out five, walking two, and hitting two batters. Jonny Venters followed Hanson up with 1.2 innings and two strikeouts, setting it up nicely for Wagner.
Kris Medlen tried to extend the ballgame in the twelfth but gave up two runs on a Nick Hundley double. Someone was going to score eventually, and unfortunately it was the Padres.
This was definitely a tough loss, but the Braves can still come away with a series victory with a good outing by Tim Hudson (9-5, 2.60 ERA, 4.34 FIP, 4.25 xFIP). Opposing Huddy will be lefty Clayton Richard (7-4, 3.53 ERA, 3.69 FIP, 4.00 xFIP).
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Cause he doesn’t winz.
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by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 22, 2010 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions
WINNAR!
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by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 22, 2010 4:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously though...
why Medlen and not KK. I’d have figured Meds would be starting sometime soon so unless KK is taking his turn in the rotation coming up, I don’t get that decision out of the ’pen.
by Mr. Sanchez on Jul 22, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Your guess is as good as mine.
I think we are a better team with Meds in the ’pen…maybe someone that matters realized this as well?
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by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 22, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yahoo's got...
Lowe slated for tomorrow, and Medlen for Saturday. I guess we’ll find out what the deal is then.
by Mr. Sanchez on Jul 22, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
CAVEMAN SWING BIG STICK TOMORROW.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
because you touch yourself at night...
''We cover the outfield like kudzu covers the land around here" - Bobby Cox, 2004
+ all the interwebs.
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by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jul 22, 2010 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions
that stunk
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jul 21, 2010 11:46 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We will get um thurs huds wont let us down and i have a feeling the bats are comming alive GO BRAVES!!!
by cali viking on Jul 21, 2010 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep
Of all 162 games I could’ve spent all night watching, stoked I chose this one.
by Nathaniel Edwards on Jul 21, 2010 11:55 PM EDT reply actions
I was thinking the same thing when I saw that play.
I was happy to see Alex make the top ten with the great play he made at SS tonight.
Washington Tribune, June 29 2010 – "The stonecutters carving Stephen Strasburg’s name onto the Washington Monument have been directed to await further instructions."
That's why we have insurance.
Fuck the Padres.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
I see a troll under that bridge!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jul 22, 2010 12:08 AM EDT reply actions
well that sucked
good news…JHEY looked good, Hanson looked great after 2nd inning, and Phils lost and Mets are tied in bottum 9
Jason Heyward...great guy
i wish the Glausosaur would get his groove back
this loss sucked cuz we had it in the bag but tomorrow redemption will be sweet. I always worry about how a loss like this will play on team morale
A lot of room in right center, if he hits one there we can dance in the streets, the 2-1....
Why are we not going after David Dejesus?
I know he’s another lefty. But so is Nate, and he’s just not good. He’s an average defender and he’s been productive (though not flashy) for his entire career. Why is this off the radar?
Total shitfest
How did we lose that game?
"Sharks have a week dedicated to Jason Heyward."
by Scott Coleman on Jul 22, 2010 2:09 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Mets lose in 14th
Got swept by the D-Backs. Braves’s big division lead still intact.
by LEastCoastBears on Jul 22, 2010 2:27 AM EDT reply actions
Lots of fun.
14 innings ends in a walkoff loss to cement a DBacks sweep. That’s not a jolly airplane ride the Mets are heading to right now.
"There was a time when we'd take a guy like you in the back and beat you with a hose." - Captain O'Hagan
Big day game tomorrow
Braves have great day game record. Good opportunity to win 4 out 6 against the Padres for the season (somehow we did take 2 out 3 at San Diego during the relatively inconsistent April).
I’m starting to be more concerned about the overall NL standing for homefield throughout the playoffs. It’s a great feeling despite the very tough loss tonight (or technically last night)…which is costing some sleep.
by LEastCoastBears on Jul 22, 2010 2:30 AM EDT reply actions
Man I wish we had won
Could’ve boost the lead even more but we didn’t lose any ground to the Mets and Phils so it’s all good! I wish someone would take that jinx fanshot down about the Braves having the division in the bag!
Random facts from the MLB.com Preview for today’s game:
Gonzalez has logged more doubles, home runs and extra-base hits as a shortstop than any other Major Leaguer at that position this season. (Hit safely in 5 of 6 games w’ Atlanta)
Atlanta veteran Troy Glaus played in his 1,500th game on Wednesday night
Chipper Jones is one home run behind Juan Gonzalez (434) for 37th place on the all-time chart. Jones is also six walks behind Jeff Bagwell (1,401) for 26th place on that list.
Atlanta rookie Jonny Venters got five outs on Wednesday and leads all qualifying rookie relievers in ERA (1.04).
Heyward had two hits, giving him a five-game hitting streak and five hits in the first two games of this series.
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. ~Robert Frost
These losses happen.
It sucks, but they’re a reality. Lets marvel at how shocked we are that this happened to Wags and hope he gets right back on the shut down train.
The Padres must've had a good scouting report on Wags.
They were all over his first pitch tonight (of which most, if not all, were fastballs). I don’t want him to change up anything too much, but if he comes in today, I wouldn’t mind seeing him throw something offspeed the first pitch.
Can someone explain to me...
Why with 2 outs in the top of the 12th, we walked Oscar Salazar (who was 0-2 with a couple groundouts) to face Nick Hundley? It just makes no sense to me. If there was 1 out or nobody out, I’d understand this alot better, but with 2 outs? That was what bothered me most last night…
"It said 'Bear Left,' so they turned around and went home...." - John Smoltz
create force plays and make them use their last available position player maybe...
not a bad idea, and probably directly from the book on creating force plays alone.
San Diego only had one reliever other than Heath Bell in Ryan Webb, whom the Braves tagged for some runs on Tuesday. By walking Salazar, Bobby forced SD to pinch-hit with Hundley in that situation in hopes of Webb entering the game and giving up some hits.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
by TonyAlmeyda on Jul 22, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
anyway we could get the score in the game writeup next time?
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
I blame the fact that...
We have KK and Lowe on our team, traded away Escobar, Andrus, Wainwright, gave up a 3-run homer to Jim Leyritz in the 1996 WS, and moved from Milwaukee in 1966. If none of the above had happened, the Atlanta Braves would not have blown this game. Bad decisions come back to haunt us yet again.
That's a lot like that "What if..." nonsense on the WWL's College Football show...
Except you were actually funny…
This crap with overthrowing his fastball
Hanson needs to stop. His hitting batters rate is starting to get ridiculous. It’s like he was trying to make his case to MLB that he nor his teammates never hit Braun/Fielder on purpose.
"Give him the heater Ricky."
Well now...
The blown save was unfortunate (which will happen from time to time) but the worst part about the game to me was:
They held our offense to 9 straight scoreless innings. We never scored again after the 3rd.
To me, that is much worse than the rare off night by Wags.
Let’s get the Series WIN today and let’s put the Padres behind us.
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"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
In their defense the Pads bullpen really is awesome
still i understand what you’re saying
A lot of room in right center, if he hits one there we can dance in the streets, the 2-1....
play at the plate
as a former catcher I am surprised that no one mentioned B Mack missing that tag at the plate… he definitely should’ve gotten him in my view. He’s more than a man and less than a God, but proved faliable last night on that play.
"If I had known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself" ~ Mickey Mantle
he could have blocked the plate a little better and let the ball come to him instead of reaching out for it…but he did a pretty good job…nothing major he did wrong…it was a great slide…it happens
"No. Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not even allowing natural selection do its work. Pssh. You're like the guy who invented the seat belt."
Dwight Schrute
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