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Shelby Miller Winless in 21 Straight Starts, Braves Lose 7-2

By Jonathan Savitske

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Shelby Miller remained winless in his past 21 starts after Thursday night’s contest, as the Atlanta Braves fell to the New York Mets by a final score of 7-2.

Shelby Miller‘s winless streak is now approaching historic significance, as the Braves young pitcher suffered his 14th loss of the season. On Thursday, Miller pitched well over the course of 6.0 innings, but allowed 3 earned runs on 7 hits. Both teams both had to endure a 2 hour and 20 minute rain delay before the match could commence, making tonight’s game a long affair.

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Former Braves Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson, acquired by the Mets from the Braves on July 24th, made their former club pay on Thursday. The Mets got out to a 1-0 lead after catcher Kevin Plawecki drove home both Uribe and Johnson, following two hits to leadoff the inning, giving the Metropolitans a 2-0 lead. Then in a cruel twist, pitcher Bartolo Colon helped himself out with an RBI single to drive home Plawecki, making the score 3-0 in the bottom of the 4th inning. Colon’s single was his career high 8th hit of the year.

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The Mets would add to their lead, as once again former Brave Juan Uribe hurt his old club, singling home Curtis Granderson to increase the Braves deficit to the tune of a 4-0 score. The Braves would finally get on the board in the bottom of the 7th. Nick Swisher led off the inning with a line-drive single up the middle, and would score during the subsequent at-bat as Jace Peterson hit an RBI triple into the right-field corner to make the score 4-1.

The Braves would add another run in the 7th, as Andrelton Simmons singled home Jace Peterson to make the score 4-2. After tonight’s game, Andrelton Simmons is now an outstanding 11-20 against Bartolo Colon after 2 hits against the Mets pitcher.

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Edwin Jackson allowed a fifth run to score in the top of the 8th inning. Wilmer Flores led off the inning with a single and would be replaced by pinch runner and former Atlanta Brave Eric Young Jr.. Young would score off a grounder by Kevin Plawecki to make the score 5-2 in favor of the visitors.

Juan Uribe continued to inflict damage on his former team, as the third-baseman roped a 2-run double into left-centerfield off of Braves’ reliever Ryan Kelly, scoring Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson, giving the Mets a 7-2 lead. Uribe had 3 RBI’s in his first game back to Turner Field since the late July trade.

Some more interesting facts about Shelby Miller’s winless streak:

  • Before Thursday’s game, Shelby Miller was 2-7 at home.
  • Miller is 0-6 in his last 11 home starts.
  • In 7 of 11 of those home starts, Shelby Miller has received 0 runs of support.

This winless streak for Shelby Miller and regular season continue to get wilder and more depressing by the day. The Atlanta Braves will try to even this 4-game series with the Mets up tomorrow, as Matt Wisler is expected to rejoin the Braves starting rotation, and will be opposed by Mets top prospect Steven Matz. 

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