Braves Win 10,000th Game In Rout Of Nationals
by TonyAlmeyda on Jul 15, 2011 11:28 PM EDT
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It took the Braves franchise 135 years to reach 10,000 wins, and they did it in a dominating fashion.
Martin Prado homered and drove in two in his return from the DL in an 11-1 drubbing of the Nationals. Tim Hudson was equally impressive, throwing seven innings and striking out seven while also contributing a pair of hits offensively.
Once the Nationals scored in the first inning, it went downhill from there for them. Michael Morse booted Jordan Schafer's ground ball in the bottom of the first and then threw the ball away trying to recover. His two errors on one play led to a four-run inning for the Braves. Freddie Freeman, Dan Uggla and Nate McLouth all recorded RBI hits in the inning against starter Livan Hernandez; another run scored when Ian Desmond misplayed a David Ross grounder.
The Braves added another run in the third on Hudson's RBI single to score David Ross, who had doubled with one out. In the fourth, Martin Prado connected for his ninth home run of the season leading off the inning. Hernandez was chased after only four innings and allowing eight hits. Reliever Ross Detwiler didn't fare much better: he allowed three runs in the sixth inning on three hits, a walk and the fifth Nationals error of the game. Freddie Freeman tacked on two more runs with a double in the seventh off Todd Coffey.
Every starter had at least one hit and all of them but two (Schafer and Gonzalez) had at least one RBI; of Washington's eight hits, only one was for extra bases. Michael Morse committed three of Washington's five errors in the game.
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Fun Fact:
I just realized that we have an outside shot of becoming one of those rare 100 win wild card teams.
My dad taught me how to make meat for sloppy joes and my mom let me turn over hot dogs on the grill.
by ChopMaster on Jun 25, 2011 7:25 PM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Jun 28, 2011 9:50 PM EDT reply actions
by ChopMaster on Jul 2, 2011 12:53 PM PDT
just like the Giants in ´93
ohh wait….
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by Ivan the Great on May 20, 2011 12:31 PM VET
Never gets old to chase Livan around does it?
A great team win. Early scoring, and we hit their pitching the whole game. And of course, Huddy locked it down tonight after minimizing the damage in the 1st inning.
Just got back from the Ted. Great win overall and very cool to be there for 10k
Couldn’t have asked for a better start coming out of the break. Hope to see the offense keep it up against the lefties tomorrow and Sunday. Another encouraging game from Dan tonight
OT, but...
Watching the Rangers-Mariners game on Gamecast… the M’s just intentionally walked Josh Hamilton with 1B and 2B occupied.
"Some people give their bodies to science. I gave mine to baseball." -- Ron Hunt
Oh yeah? Well, THE PIRATES ARE IN FIRST PLACE!!!
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by TonyAlmeyda on Jul 16, 2011 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Dan Uggla
I say this obviously with caution, but he looks like Dan Uggla again. He should’ve had two hits, charging Zimmerman with an error on that play wasn’t fair. It was scorched and had a crazy hop, Ozzie Smith couldn’t have made that play. So good to see him hitting the ball hard.
Prado’s the man, that’s all I can say. Freeman continues to rake. Heyward had a hit and two walks, the latter being very encouraging.
This just seemed like a completely different offense with Prado back, despite McCann getting the night off. And any night where the Braves win and none of O’Flaherty, Venters, and Kimbrel make appearances is a great night.
Yeah, it is a real good thing to see the offense pound out the hits. Not to mention WHEN they did them, a vary good 9 for 16 with RISP. Love to see that!
Lived in AZ when i signed on, but that was only for nine months. Had a southern mom, and lived in NC for many years, watching Braves on TBS. Live in Oregon now.
by BravesFaninAZ on Jul 16, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
very*
Lived in AZ when i signed on, but that was only for nine months. Had a southern mom, and lived in NC for many years, watching Braves on TBS. Live in Oregon now.
by BravesFaninAZ on Jul 16, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
welcome back Prado
our offense started showing signs of exploding especially with Uggla starting to hit now with Prado healthy it’s gonna get scary for the remaing pitchers we gonna face beware
by Brian Ahmed on Jul 16, 2011 12:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Exactly. For the 2nd half, I’m looking for Uggla to turn it up, Chipper to come back healthy, Heyward to get out of this slump, and McCann and Prado to continue to be the better hitters on this team. Alex is trash on offense but at least we have a dominant bullpen. This team is special and I feel that they’re better than Philly and San Fran (bench and bullpen favors Atl and SP to match).
by Philly Bravo on Jul 16, 2011 12:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Like I've written before
When this team has all of it’s weapons, it’s one of the best in the game.
"You feel really comfortable with Scotty Proctor in that situation to handle those guys." - Fredi Gonzalez
FTFY
When this team has all of its weapons, it’s one of the best in the game.
by crimsonqueen9 on Jul 16, 2011 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
What a good night
-10k wins
-Solid hitting with RISP
-Popeye making solid contact
And Ben Revere with the most entertaining triple since the McCann triple/bellyflop/earthquake a few years back.
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by Kolb-Wickman Effect on Jul 16, 2011 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
Who is Popeye and who is Ben Revere?
Lived in AZ when i signed on, but that was only for nine months. Had a southern mom, and lived in NC for many years, watching Braves on TBS. Live in Oregon now.
by BravesFaninAZ on Jul 16, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
He's right.
Uggla is Popeye.
And Revere tripled, and fell and flipped over on the way to third, only to get up and keep moving and make into third.
K/W Effect: any current lead is equal to or less than the amount of runs surrendered by your closer when effect is active. The way in which these runs are surrendered is the variable and is everchanging.
by Kolb-Wickman Effect on Jul 16, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
kind of odd with Hudson having Ross as a personal catcher after Fredi said that wasn’t the case a week or so ago. I wonder if it creates a weird vibe in the club house
Actually, if I remember the quote correctly, he said no one has a personal catcher but those two have been such a good tandem lately he doesn’t want to break them up right now. So, it is more of “streak” thing, like playing the hot hand.
"Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated."
I wouldn’t think so. The only person it should be weird for is McCann, but I can’t see it bothering him. I’m sure he appreciates the rest, plus when he first broke in he was Smoltz’s “personal catcher”. That worked out pretty well.
Joyful game to watch.
The pesky gNats always give us fits, but it looked like we came out last night with a purpose in mind. Of course, it helps that they obliged our mission with the errors early, but I like the fact we didn’t score a few and stop like we sometimes do.
I am so happy with the game Prado had. He looked anxious in the pregame interview and I’m sure last night did a lot to put his worries at ease.
Hopefully, the success of last night will help them face the next 2 lefties with confidence.
~ "The NL - where our pitchers do more than just play with their balls." ~
Great to Odarp back in the lineup
He clearly makes this team better. Let’s go chase down the Phillies!
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." -Albert Einstein
by 6 seconds of hell on Jul 16, 2011 9:26 AM EDT reply actions
Great game.
This is what our offense should do to bad teams and bad pitchers.
Is anyone else as annoyed with the constant ground balls to 1B/2B that Heyward is rolling over on? He gets his solid hit in, but man, for a 6-5 guy he doesn’t seem to get a ton of lift on his hits. However, when he smacks one – he smacks it.
The Pirates are not going to trade Andrew McCutchen - please stop suggesting this.
Just curious why we had such a big blowout and Proctor wasn't used as the garbage man.
Then Linebrink and Sherrill would be more available today to give as much rest as possible to O’Ventbrel.
by Southern IN Chopper on Jul 16, 2011 11:06 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe because if Proctor would have been used it would have turned into a close game and we would have had to use O’Ventbrel?
You won't always agree with me...Because sometimes you're wrong.
by JonnyBravesFan on Jul 16, 2011 2:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They're trying to preserve what little trade value Proctor still has
by not letting anyone see him.
"Some people give their bodies to science. I gave mine to baseball." -- Ron Hunt
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