The Atlanta Braves are in a complete nosedive, tail spinning in the last half of August. Our baseball club has won one game in the last two weeks, going 1-12 in the last thirteen games.
The New York Yankees clobbered the Atlanta Braves this afternoon20-6. A casual sports fan may see the score on the bottom ticker of ESPN and think, “Well, it looks like the Atlanta Falcons need to step up their game. Can’t be losing to the New York Jets 20-6.” Then they realize, “Oh wait, this is baseball. What’s going on with the Braves?”
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Our usually reliable front of the rotation starterJulio Teheransuffered his second loss of the season at Turner Field this afternoon. The long ball is what got to Teheran, as the Yankees went yard off Julio three times. Teheran lasted just 4.1 innings, allowing 8 earned runs on 9 hits, while walking 3.
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Earlier in the series, the Atlanta Braves had to useJonny Gomesas a pitcher in the top of the ninth inning to save the bullpen. I was hoping for another position player to get a chance on the mound. We will never know ifNick Markakishas a nice breaking ball because the bullpen was disastrous.
Jake Brighamsurrendered another 8 earned runs on 9 hits, walking 4 in his 1.2 innings of work. I though he’d be an improvement overWilliams Perezbut apparently not.Ross Detwilergave up another 3 earned in his one out of work andPeter MoylanletAlex Rodriguezknock in some runs in his pinch hit appearance. The Yankees scored nine times in the top of the seventh, nine times!
This two-week stretch is the worst I’ve seen the Atlanta Braves since I started reading back in 1995. I kept looking in the stands and wondered why there wasn’t a mass exodus from the Atlanta faithful after this pitiful pitching performance. Then I realized 80% of the crowd were Yankees fans and were having a great time at the Ted. At least some baseball fans in Atlanta had fun today.
The worst part about today’s game is that the Atlanta Braves had a strong day at the plate scoring 6 runs.Adonis Garcia,Andrelton Simmons,Freddie Freemanand Nick Markakis all had multi-hit games for the Braves this afternoon.
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Perhaps the greatest silver lining to this game besides it being over is that it wasn’t aShelby Millerstart. The amount of tears that would have fallen in the Atlanta metropolitan region if that were the case would have drastically improved the Chattahoochee River’s water supply.
Miami comes to town for a three-game set this week. Perhaps Shelby Miller achieves that elusive sixth win of the season against the Fish on Tuesday night. We can look forward to that and the Yankees leaving town after today’s deflating loss for our Atlanta Braves.
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