Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals Series Recap: Ugh!
by moorebraves on Sep 12, 2011 12:04 AM EDT
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PrintWell this past series in Busch Stadium certainly wasn't fun at all. The Braves were swept in the three game weekend set and extended their losing streak in St Louis to seven games. By losing all three games, the Braves allowed the Cardinals to creep back into the wild card race, now just 4.5 games back. Although the Braves are playing some terrible baseball right now, they do still hold that lead and are coming home for six games during which they could right the ship.
Friday night, the Braves developed an early 2-1 lead that held until it was extended to 3-1 in the top of the ninth. Craig Kimbrel's scoreless streak blew up in his face in the bottom of the ninth though. The Cardinals came back to tie the game up in the ninth and walked off on a Nick Punto sac fly in the tenth.
Saturday and Sunday's games were less heartbreaking but more discouraging. The Cardinals were able to get on the board with sizeable leads early on against both Derek Lowe and Tim Hudson. Lowe gave up four runs in the first three innings but pitched very well in the next three to let Atlanta creep back into the game, though ultimately falling short 4-3. Huddy let the Cards get out to a 6-0 lead and the Braves only managed to put up three runs in their comeback effort to lose 6-3.
There aren't a whole lot of encouraging statistics to take from this series. Prior to today's game, I figured I would be able to remark that Michael Bourn was a bright spot, having gone 6-for-10 in the first two games, but an 0-for-4 day today made his series much more pedestrian. Seeing Hudson give up five runs in an inning was probably the most troubling thing to me as he should be Atlanta's number one starter in the postseason. This was hopefully just a hiccup for Kimbrel and him over the weekend.
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I am personally freaking out!
That's the thing about baseball, no time clock. Anything is possible until the last out.
If we lose tomorrow, I propose Danny does another one of these:
http://www.talkingchop.com/2010/4/29/1451155/the-official-thunderdome
"It's not about me, it's about the team." - Martin Prado
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Being a Braves Fan in St. Louis
I get to watch the Braves live two or three times a year. I don’t know what it is but we do NOT play well in St. Louis and it drives me insane. Literally insane. We can’t have trouble with the Padres or the Astros, it has to be the freaking Cardinals. So after a barrage of text messages making fun of me today all I want to do is scream at the team. It was truly pathetic, infuriating baseball. I guess I used up all my anti-Cardinals karma in 1996. God I hope that doesn’t last a lifetime.
I like this!
That's the thing about baseball, no time clock. Anything is possible until the last out.
by BravesFaninAZ on Sep 12, 2011 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Well being a braves fan is ...
keeping us on our toes ……think about those who wish to be spoilers coming up…
Still all in all this is what attracts me to the game, the last dramatic moments of the season, and the stats…
He whose words outnumber his deeds, know that his death is better than his life.
Dear Mr. moorebraves,
I wish to pick a bone with the following quote from your series recap:
Prior to today’s game, I figured I would be able to remark that Michael Bourn was a bright spot, having gone 6-for-10 in the first two games, but an 0-for-4 day today made his series much more pedestrian.
A .429 BA is far from pedestrian. Please report for termination. One of your clones will be released from cold storage soon thereafter.
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. ~Walt Whitman
agreed
for sure. I did say MORE pedestrian, meaning that his series performance didn’t actually sink all the way to pedestrian. but in three games one would really hope that someone would knockmymuddafugginsocksoff. And I was hoping that would be Bourn with another big one on Sunday.
"Braves, your offense, WOOF!!!" -Kevin McAllister
What discouraged me was our manager smartly moving Chipper to bat 2nd saying he needed to get more OBP there then turning around and batting Jack Wilson and his career .308 OBP 2nd the final 2 games. Now sure batting order doesn’t matter a whole lot but it matters enough that you shouldn’t bat Jack Wilson 2nd.
The Braves are professionals, have an even-keeled manager and excellent veteran leadership, and most definitely know what they have to do.
While a 2-6 road trip is obviously discouraging and upsetting to fans, we should not think this is necessarily or probably a sign that the team is going into a collapse or will panic or quit with 15 games to play.
Go Braves.
The Braves’ next 4 series are against the NL East bottom dwellers. Surely they can win, say, 7 of those 12 games. There should also be good chances for wins in the final series against Philly who will long since have entered preparing-for-the-playoffs mode. At least 91 wins seems assured. The Cardinals are very unlikely to go 12-4 to tie. Plus they have a 4 game series vs Philly when the Phils are still playing meaningful games.
"creep back into the wild card race"
I think I would have used a word other than “creep”. “Roar”, “roll”, “race” come to mind…
"You owe it to yourself to be successful. After that you'll owe it to the IRS."
The bullpen was a bright spot, despite Kimbrel finally giving up a run. Both Martinez and Varvarro pitched 2 scoreless and if my memory serves me correctly, perfect innings. With Moylan back and hopefully rounding into form, our bullpen just got better. It’s proably just the law of averages catching up with Kimbrel and Venters. 2 weeks left to get it out of their systems.
Quick question
So as i am checking my fantasy team this morning I noticed they dropped 4 pts I was like what?! how?! Then I notice at the bottom by my pitchers there is a red P that says slot is only available for relief appearances? What does that mean my starters dont count now? I use ESPN fantasy by the way.
In baseball, you're supposed to sit on your ass, spit tobacco, and nod at stupid things. Perfect life might I add.
"Although the Braves are playing terrible baseball right now..."
Really? We lost some games to two of the hottest teams in MLB this week. Two of the losses were 4-3 scores. One was due to a blown save, Kimbrel giving up his 1st runs in 3 months. We don’t seem to be making a blue million errors. We’re getting hits, albeit they could be more timely. “Terrible”?
"First!"...Who gives a damn if you are first
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