The Braves sat around a rain delay for upwards of two hours on Friday night and then embarrassed themselves in an absolute beatdown at the hands of the division rival Phillies, 13-0. Facing a Phillies lineup that scored 1 run over 27 innings against the Astros, Bryce Elder got torched for the third start in … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1914: In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8-4 and 10-4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into seventh place with yesterday’s win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap. 1935: Lloyd Waner … Read more
If there is one positive about the Atlanta Braves this this year, it is that if they face a quality opponent not from the NL West, they typically do pretty well (10-6 vs non NL West teams with a .550 or better W% this year.) They also are now 4-0 against the rival Mets this … Read more
Y’all wonder what the lag is between MLB.com having the lineups loaded into it, and the game preview on Savant updating with the lineups? It’s an automated process, I don’t get why there needs to be some kind of communication between whatever databases or data systems the two are using.
I’ve done game coverage twice in the span of a few games now, and these lineup posts have been amusing. In the series finale against the Mets, the Braves used the same lineup as in the middle game of the series. Doing so gave Drake Baldwin back-to-back starts for the first time in close to … Read more
They did it… The Atlanta Braves actually swept the New York Mets at Truist Park last night. Now the looming question is… can they do it again? Ok, let’s take one game at a time. Although the bats were striking hot and pitching overall was magnificent this past week, we can’t get our hopes up … Read more
Drake Baldwin has cooled considerably since the otherworldly start to his rookie campaign, but the young catcher continues to put up strong at bats and make life difficult for the opposition. Baldwin has only made two starts over the last week, and he’ll look to get things going once again against Mets righty Paul Blackburn. … Read more
Coming off arguably their most important win of the season, the Atlanta Braves will turn to reigning Cy Young winner Chris Sale on Wednesday night against the New York Mets. Sale was a little slow out of the gate this season (by his lofty standards, anyway) but has been as good as anyone in the … Read more
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Sunday saw Hurston Waldrep have a very strong start, grand slams from Jarred Kelenic and Douglas Glod, and a good pair of games from John Gil during a doubleheader. Unfortunately the story of the day is going to have to be Cam Caminiti, who not only battled command – but also left the game with … Read more