Dickey, Reyes Lead Mets To A 6-4 Win Over Braves
by SCrebel10 on Jun 5, 2011 11:26 PM EDT
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In the rubber match of the three-game series, New York used a great outing from knuckle-baller R.A. Dickey and another standout offensive performance from Jose Reyes to beat Atlanta 6-4. A listless offensive performance from the Braves was masked by a Diory Hernandez's three-run homer in the ninth inning.
Braves starter Tim Hudson struggled from the get go, as he lasted only four innings before being removed for Cristhian Martinez. Hudson's final line was 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R (all earned), walking 1 and striking out 5.
The Mets got the offense going off Hudson in the first inning as Jose Reyes led off the game with a single and advanced to second on a grounder from Justin Turner. Carlos Beltran doubled to center with one out to score Reyes from second, and was driven in on an Angel Pagan sacrifice fly two batters later. That gave the Mets a 2-0 lead after the first inning.
The rest after the jump..
Jason Pridie started off the second inning with a single, and advanced to second on a grounder from Ruben Tejada. Hudson walked Reyes with two outs, and then gave up a single to Justin Turner that scored Pridie to bump the Mets lead up to 3-0. Reyes came in from third to score on a wild pitch from Hudson to make it 4-0.
Reyes continued his offensive onslaught in the fourth inning, as he doubled with two outs to score Tejada to give the Mets a 5-0 lead.
Cristhian Martinez replaced Hudson in the fifth, and allowed a run when he walked Tejada with the bases loaded to bring in Willie Harris as the Braves fell behind 6-0.
The Braves finally got to Dickey in the eighth inning, as Brian McCann led off the inning with a towering home run to right-center field to cut the lead to 6-1.
Mets reliever Manny Acosta came in to pitch the ninth inning, ending Dickey's day. Dickey finished with a line of 8 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's.
Acosta struggled, walking Martin Prado to start the inning, and then gave up a double to Freddie Freeman who kept up his hot hitting as he went 2-4 for the game.
Closer Francisco Rodriguez replaced Acosta, and left a 3-1 fastball over the heart of the plate to pinch hitter Diory Hernandez. Hernandez took advantage and crushed a home run to left field, lessening the deficit to 6-4. That was as close as the Braves got, as Rodriguez struck out Eric Hinske and Joe Mather to end the game.
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The Braves are off tomorrow as they travel to Florida to begin a series with the Marlins on Tuesday.
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I missed a lot of this game
Did Earl manage to get through the night without trashing Hudson’s repi-twah?
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
Last Braves game
Hate to have to leave on a loss! Ship out to basic tomorrow hopefully the Braves can pick it up for me! See you all in a few months.
In baseball, you're supposed to sit on your ass, spit tobacco, and nod at stupid things. Perfect life might I add.
by HeywardFTW! on Jun 5, 2011 11:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
have a safe trip!
I pray to Jason Heyward every night
by JasonHeywardisGod on Jun 5, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Good luck to your sir.
"If you go out to a bar, pick up a chick, take her home, but can't close the deal, we used to call that "Calling Dan Kolb in for relief."-Talking Head
Good luck, be safe
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Good luck mate. I know your immediate family is proud but I might overstep my bounds in saying that your TC family is proud too. 2 of my girlfriend’s brothers just shipped out so I wish you and all of y’all serving the best.
I hope you didn’t make this decision just to maximize the potential for topless car rides though….
Get Off Here Private!!
And do some pushups!!
"All I know is good and ball and RAPE!"
by mad_dog_maddux on Jun 6, 2011 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Good luck.
Enjoy the gas chamber ha :)
Shark in the water.
by AvoidTheDolphin on Jun 6, 2011 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Convince the mets to take uggla...
can we just get rid of this guy? I’d rather have Diory in there right now..
I know there’s plenty of the season left, but I hate losing ground to the Phillies. Why did Hudson have to suck today?
Twitter: @TAlmeyda
That's the problem with guys who
don’t strike out people. There are going to be starts where he gets BABIP’d to death. His location was off tonight, and when that happens, he’s got nothing.
"If you go out to a bar, pick up a chick, take her home, but can't close the deal, we used to call that "Calling Dan Kolb in for relief."-Talking Head
It is difficult for me to reconcile what is a decent record with my perception of under-performance. I look at our stats and then our record and I, as a Braves fan, feel incredibly lucky.
Our season so far has been built largely on incredible pitching and excellent defense. If we are missing one, or god forbid both, of those elements then it is always a rough night for us. Though our record is tolerable, watching the games and analyzing the stats you can tell that this team is severely under-performing in so many different ways. I didn’t realize that Dan Uggla’s BA is worst in the Majors. That by itself isn’t very meaningful but more important is that I doubt anyone is close to his level of bad performance with the number of ABs that he has. Call me old school, but we need to let him confront his demons. I find it hard to believe that this is pure regression or any kind of deterioration of skills. I’m starting to buy that he needs to see someone. Seriously, the man plays with his heart on his sleeve and right now his heart looks like Chris Farley in the SNL “Da Bear’s” sketch.
I am disappointed in our team, but I love my Atlanta Braves and I believe that a hot streak is coming. The only kind of hotstreak we have seen those far is built more on the other team’s incompetence than us playing well and that has made it hard to watch thus far.
"Todd's just had anudder heart attack..."
More and more, Fredi reminds me of Eddie Haas.
"They’ve always provided me incentive to try to make left turns at first base instead of right".- L.W. Jones on his Gothamite friends.
Not really suprised by the outcome after seeing the lineup. Our best outfielder was playing with a broken face. We’re hanging in on good pitching, Huddy didn’t have it tonight. How do you sit Chipper vs the Mets?
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
I don't know
I love watching the Braves. I’ve watched the vast majority of the games since we got cable in 1974. I don’t know what to think about this team. They should be kicking the NL East’s collective ass, but are just hanging in/hanging on. Injuries have us by the short hairs I guess.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Yea, the way you know it is bad is when you stop looking forward to Braves games. Right now it is like going to work in the morning with a massive hangover. But I believe that the tides will turn (they have to..right…?) Its not just high-profile injuries (with the obvious exception of Jason Heyward and Chipper’s fragile state) its the key injuries. The absence of Kris Medlen and Peter Moylan (whose boredom has driven him to cross-dressing) are very, very noticeable. And anytime you can consider the absence of a CF who is bad defensively, and had a career bad year any kind of significant then something is really, really wrong.
It makes me ask a lot of questions bighop. I am really trying not to be too pessimistic but the frustration is beginning to move out of the realm of “this has to be an exception” to me asking if this is a year of significant underperformance. I really hope it is an exaggerated case of the former…
"It makes me ask a lot of questions"
No kidding. I’m trying to keep reminding myself that we’re boatloads better than those teams I grew up with in the 70’s and most of the 80’s. I was really excited about the offense before the season started, I was just hoping the pitching could keep from being humiliated by the Phillies rotation. Good God, I missed the boat on both counts!
It should get better. We have too many good players to be this inept for an entire season.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Uhm….Schafer is not our best outfielder. Maybe defensively.
My buddy and I just decided that the braves would be set if we could get Matt Kemp, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols.
by willlinn on May 17, 2011 2:13 PM EDT
Nose-Picker....I mean Nit-Picker
With Prado at 3B, the outfield of Hinske, Schafer and Mather, any of the 3 could be called our best outfielder.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Not to be overly negative, but just for reference: The last time the Braves scored 8 runs (Twice in the May 4th doubleheader against the Brewers.)
Last time we scored 10 runs? April 3rd, 11-2 victory against the Nationals. Who would have predicted we would have scored more than 8 runs only 6 times by June 5th? And 4 of them came in April….
But if I had had to wager pre-season, even including a slow start I would have figured we would have scored run at least 3 or 4 times by now. That April 3rd game is the ONLY time we have scored more than 10 all year.
10 runs
I was just about to post about the night they scored 10 runs against the Dodgers in LA with 8 coming in the 9th inning.
by Tomahawk Mafia on Jun 6, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I hear ya...
And we scored 8 in one inning late in the Dodgers game.
The Braves wait too late to score runs. We were down 3-1 in the 8th on Friday night, too.
It’s sad when I see a 4-0 score and think the Braves are done.
I’m not in the mood to discuss how bad Uggla is…He’s a drain on the entire offense.
"Insert witty and/or funny quote here" ~ The Person Who Spoketh Said Quote.
Why is Alex Gonzalez batting 2nd? It just makes no sense. I’m usually not overly critical of managers, but Fredi’s style and his decisions are killing me.
His lineups make me scratch my head. Why was Chipper even resting tonight? We have an off day tomorrow, and didn’t we just have another off day recently? I don’t want to dissect numerous other decisions that leave me baffled.
Uggla is officially driving me crazy as well. I attribute much of our offensive struggles to his performance. When the middle of your lineup is hitting below .180 in June, it puts a much greater burden on the guys lower in the lineup. Granted, he’s now hitting 6th or 7th, but the team really does look to him for production. He’s taking a lot of this on his shoulders, but unfortunately, this is justified.
Uggla's getting worse
He’s something like 5 for his last 60, that’s .083 for about 2 weeks worth of AB’s.
Was that Valentine that broke down his swing/feet tonight? I hope somebody with some authority was watching, Uggla needs to make some changes. Whether Valentine knows what he’s talking about or not, Uggla got pulled tonight. Maybe something will be done. It’s time.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
That looked like an accurate assessment to me. Uggla better figure something out quick because I’m starting to lose patience.
Twitter: @TAlmeyda
Like I’ve said before. If he was one whit less the hustler, team player and high work ethic guy that he is I would be far more upset.
By God he does hustle, could you imagine if he started loafing down the line. That would be ugly.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Beyond that, I love that when he dives towards the runner to catch a ball that was badly thrown by Brian and then touches his own chest to indicate that it is his fault. I love it. I love that he takes responsibility for anything that he could possibly control. The flip side though, is what is his current streak at the plate doing to the psychology of a man who feels that kind of obligation and responsibility? Someone a while ago mentioned a sports psychologist and the more I think about it the more I think it is a good idea. Or perhaps some yoga. Or maybe he and Peter can go out on the town in a couple of tight black numbers.
I hadn’t really considered how much he responsibility he holds over himself. That’s an interesting tangent, and probably pretty accurate. He’s been “the man” the last few years as a Marlin, is he struggling being just a player on the team?
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Considering how long Fredi and Dan have been together, one area I would trust Fredi’s opinion in is what Dan Uggla is thinking and feeling. Maybe I just haven’t been paying attention but I’ve heard very little from management and front office on this point…
Chipper Out
From what I’ve read, this was the plan to give two of our go to guys some much needed rest – McCann is not starting on Tuesday as he caught all three games, and Chipper sat out today so he gets two days of Back-to-back rest.
Essentially Fredi was trying to give two guys two days of rest apiece, but not have both out of the lineup at the same time.
Uggla – God – I watched the game tonight, and he just looked awful. Mechanics? Head? I don’t know what can fix him, I’m thinking something voodoo, alternative medicine – talking stick – SOMETHING, but this guy isn’t where he needs to be. Not in his head, not in his at bats…. I have no doubt that he will get back to where he needs to be, but I would dearly love if he could figure it out in the minors and not be the automatic out that he seems to represent in the lineup.
"You just got lesson number one: Don't think; It can only hurt the ball club."
I didn't
want to suggest it, but maybe it would help???
"You just got lesson number one: Don't think; It can only hurt the ball club."
pelican
Don’t worry about older women until you turn 22. It’s called the Saltalamacchia.
by bwellnjonesco on May 19, 2011 4:13 PM PDT
by Klemson Krash on Jun 6, 2011 5:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Chipper and McCann need 2 off in a row. I’d have reversed it. Chipper is hell vs the Mets.
"Bunting's my favorite." Fredi G
Well -
I don’t know if ANYONE could have hit that guy tonight. He was just ridiculous, and because he’s a knuckler, the pitch count doesn’t matter. I was watching with my dad, and he said – “Yeah – he could probably throw 130 and not worry about it….”
I for one was just hoping to get to the bullpen. I guess we got to them one inning too late.
"You just got lesson number one: Don't think; It can only hurt the ball club."
Hmmm...
Uggla – God – I watched the game tonight, and he just looked awful. Mechanics? Head?
Maybe some good head would do the trick. Frank, find Dan a hooker!
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
OT: Lets get some brain activity in this bit.
So why is it that women seem to not find Monty Python funny? Sure I’m running with a stereotype here, but I’ve seen it rear its ugly head in enough individual situations to think it has some sort of weight to it. It’s like an anti-Oprah kind of thing.
By the way, I hope the lovey ladies of TC beat me down for saying it. I’m just speaking on what I’ve observed and I’d love to have more proof to the contrary to weigh against…
My wife loves Monty Python
Although her being from England might have something to with that…..
"All I know is good and ball and RAPE!"
by mad_dog_maddux on Jun 6, 2011 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Brits UNITE!!!! :-)
I’m not British but I live over here and the women I’ve encountered (including my American wife) love Monty…. but I think it’s more a british humor thing. I think alot of American’s in general don’t get it…. I still don’t get all of it but there ya go… I out stereotyped your stereotype… you’re welcome. :-P
Don’t worry about older women until you turn 22. It’s called the Saltalamacchia.
by bwellnjonesco on May 19, 2011 4:13 PM PDT
by Klemson Krash on Jun 6, 2011 5:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I love it. If women ever need solid proof who actually IS the weaker sex…. ;-P
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Ohh.....
Wicked…..bad…..naughty Zeut…
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
;-) I couldn’t resist.
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Me neither =))
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Please…we are doctors. ;-)
"In the happy moments, praise God. In the difficult moments, seek God. In the quiet moments, trust God. In every moment, thank God." - Robert A. Wood
Well… There’s nothing wrong with THAT!!
Torment me no longer!!
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Back to back
not so great outings by our pitchers has me worried. like someone posted above, we already have one leg of the three legged stool (defense, offense, pitching) being weak (offense). We cannot afford to have another start being shaky, or we will go down in a hurry.
Really hoping the bats pick up soon. Great to see the HR by Diory. Gotta give credit where it is due, though, regarding McCann and Freeman. They are tearing it up recently.
The great thing about pitching is that each day it has different major players. It isn’t like a lineup where you expect a certain amount of production on a daily basis from certain slots. With pitching you expect there to be major contributions by everybody over the course of the week. And with as talented a staff as Atlanta has, you expect the names to differ on a weekly basis. A couple of bad starts are in no way indicative of future performance because equal weight is given to 5 different guys every 5 days.
Even if Braves baseball has been a depressing (even if not overtly unsuccessful) prospect recently, don’t worry about pitching. We have that in spades and even during injuries (because I would argue that injuries have hit our pitching staff much harder) our pitching will be just fine.
Yep, I'd be worried too.
Two different pitchers happened to have one single “off” performance on back to back nights. Surely one more would wreck the remaining 3.8 months of season left.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
im sorry to rant but if you lose a fuckin series to the MUTS you're pathetic. im just pissed right now
ESPN can give the Philthies all the verbal BJs they want, Braves will still clinch the east!
by suicide bunting is a sin on Jun 6, 2011 2:39 AM EDT reply actions
Ok Braves fans.... Back off the ledge... again...
The ebb and flow of this season seems to really drive some to the brink of jumping. Yes, we have a young, inexperienced hitting coach… but we also have Chipper on the bench who knows a thing or two about helping hitters out… Not to mention, isn’t Terry our 1st base coach? So everything will be ok. It will, I promise.
Our pitching had an off night… It’ll happen. We are spoiled as Braves fans w/ great pitching night in and night out… There’s alot of pressure on our staff to produce and for the most part, they have. So everything will be ok. It will, I promise.
Our hitting has had a rough beginning of the season but we have Chipper, Prado, McCann, Freeman (coming on), and believe it or not, the supporting pieces have the ability to be primary contributors (Uggla, Schafer/McLouth, Gonzo) at the drop of a dime. If Uggla gets himself figured out and can keep motivating this team, he’s already playing a defensive stalwart and as y’all have all said, his hustle and attitude are incredible…. Everything will be ok. It will, I promise.
Yes, we lost to a team we should beat. We will lose to teams we should beat and we will beat teams we should lose to. It’s baseball and it happens. I hate losing to the mutts as much as the next guy but it was just one series. What can you do when a Knuckleballer is on his game? We already can’t hit soft tossers, we know this. Yes I wanted the sweep or at least the series win but alas, there is tomorrow. And at the end of the year, everything will be ok. It will, I promise.
Don’t worry about older women until you turn 22. It’s called the Saltalamacchia.
by bwellnjonesco on May 19, 2011 4:13 PM PDT
Big series, Tuesday….
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
It's sad...
When I feel better with Diory at the plate instead of Uggla.
I wish Uggla would volunteer to take hacks in the minors. He needs to tweak and work on his swing in live action; however, I’m tired of him using our games as batting practice. I doubt it will happen, but it may do him some good. McLouth seemed to hit better last season after spending time in the minors…
Ugg…
"Insert witty and/or funny quote here" ~ The Person Who Spoketh Said Quote.
It’s about time to find some sort of phantom injury to justify giving Uggla a “rehab” assignment in the minors.
Q: If not us, who? If not now, when? A: The Batman. And "when you least expect it."
Maybe we can put him on the bereavement list
as his offensive game has certainly died….
Don’t worry about older women until you turn 22. It’s called the Saltalamacchia.
by bwellnjonesco on May 19, 2011 4:13 PM PDT
by Klemson Krash on Jun 6, 2011 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Reyes was on national tv (and has a pretty big contract coming up.....)
lol, and ESPN kept the cameras fixated on that crazy, wild-eyed guy the whole night. (they would have done the same thing had he gone 0-4).
Unless we go on a tear starting on Tuesday, that may be enough to put us out of it. We have to win that series. It’s the biggest series of the year for us. Either Uggla gets his groove back in Florida, or, in short, we’re really screwed, here.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
AJC vs Talking Chop
One thing I have always respected about TC is when I come on here despite the struggles of our beloved Braves I don’t see a doomsday disaster taking place when I read the threads. Its constructive criticism that if Frank Wren, Fredi G, or Ugly ever glanced here they would consider listening to you guys.
I don’t see the temper tantrums, the endless threads of Fire Wren, fire Fredi G, send Uggla and Heward to the Oklahoma City softball team with Peter Moylan in a dress for batting helmets that can fit Jordan Schafer doom and gloom I see on the AJC threads. Even while rosterbating the scenarios purposed more often than not seem reasonable compared to the armchair GM’s I see in the AJC suggesting that Freddie Freeman should be sent down and a trade should be made to get a another first baseman. For almost three years I have been bouncing in and out of these threads and you guys continue to bring insight and laughter that is truly appreciated.
Chief Noc-A-Homa, I agree with your assessment of how Jose Reyes carries himself. I chuckle every time I see him stare into the camera cause to me cause he looks like a smaller version of Booker T.
by RazorbackBrave80 on Jun 6, 2011 9:07 AM EDT reply actions
lol, Reyes has the personna of a 7 year old in a candy store.
Once he gets paid, he goes back to playing his games on the bench. Watch.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 6, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
If he does a Spin-A-Roonie, I would pay him 30 mil a year....
just for the entertainment value.
Don’t worry about older women until you turn 22. It’s called the Saltalamacchia.
by bwellnjonesco on May 19, 2011 4:13 PM PDT
by Klemson Krash on Jun 6, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
poor editing
too early in the morning for a night owl like me scratch the second cause
by RazorbackBrave80 on Jun 6, 2011 9:09 AM EDT reply actions
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