Sunday Baseball Thread

[McCarroll21]

Braves vs. Tigers is on FSN today.

Lineups (VS DET):
Tigers:
Curtis Granderson CF
Carlos Guillen SS
Magglio Ordonez RF
Sean Casey 1B
Mike Hessman 3B
Timo Perez LF
Ramon Santiago 2B
Steve Torrealba C
Zach Miner P

Braves:
Chris Woodward 2B
Edgar Renteria SS
Martin Prado 3B
Ryan Langerhans CF
Brian McCann C
Craig Wilson 1B
Brandon Jones RF
Willie Harris LF
Tim Hudson P

Gameday: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.html?2007_03_18_detmlb_atlmlb_1&brand=mlb


We also have a SS game going on elsewhere...

Lineups (AT CIN):
Braves:
Kelly Johnson 2B
Pete Orr 3B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Matt Diaz LF
Doug Clark CF
Scott Thorman 1B
Brayan Pena C
Tony Pena SS
Buddy Carlyle P

Reds:
Alex Gonzalez SS
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Jeff Conine RF
David Ross C
Aaron Harang P


Gameday: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.html?2007_03_18_atlmlb_cinmlb_1&brand=mlb

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I for one am very happy about getting to watch Brandon Jones. I've never gotten to see him play and will be good to get to see him.

[McCarroll21]

I'll try to work PBP of the Tigers game.

TOP 1

Granderson grounds out to Woodward. 1 out.
Guillen grounds out to Woodward. 2 out. [32482352324 pitch at bat]
Ordonez flies out to Jones. 3 out.

Headed to our half...

Kelly Johnson reached on an error and scored on a Francoeur homer against the Reds. The Braves lead 2-0 in that game.


BOTTOM 1 (Tigers)

Woodward flies out to Granderson. 1 out.
Renteria grounded out to Guillen. 2 out.
Prado doubles to RF.
Langerhans strikes out looking. 3 out.

Scoreless after 1.

[McCarroll21]

TOP 2

Casey singles into RF.
Hessman flies out to deep CF. 1 out. Runner on 1st.
Perez grounds out to 1B. Casey to 2nd. 2 out.
Santiago grounds out to Prado.

BOTTOM 2

McCann homers into DEEP RF. 1-0 Braves.
Wilson strikes out looking [didn't look like a strike]. 1 out.
Jones doubles into left center field. 1 out.
Harris grounds out to Hessman, Jones to 3rd. 2 out.
Hudson singles down 1B line. Jones scores. 2-0 Braves.
Woodward strikes out? I missed it.

2-0 Braves after 2.


Against Cincinnati, Kelly Johnson just homered. 3-0 Braves in that game.

[vnodnarb]

keep the groundballs coming tim

[jones2510]

atl 2 cin 0 jeff homered

[jones2510]

brian home run:)

[McCarroll21]

TOP 3

Torrealba grounds out to Prado. 1 out.
Miner walks.
Granderson grounds in to force out. Miner out at 2nd, Woodwards throw goes into the dugout and Granderson gets second on the error. 2 out.
Guillen grounds out to Woodward.

To our half, we're up 2-0.

BOTTOM 3

Renteria grounds out to Guillen. 1 out.
Prado singles into LF. 1 out.
Langerhans grounds into force. Prado out at 2nd, Langerhans safe at 1st. 2 out.
McCann flies out to LF.

2-0 Braves after 3.


Joe has said that Elvis is in uniform for the game against Detroit and may get to play.

4-0 Braves against Cincy. Pena hits sac fly to score Clark.

[jones2510]

3-0 atl kelly homers vs cin

[McCarroll21]

TOP 4

Ordonez singles into RF.
Casey flies out to CF. 1 out, runner on 1st.
Hessman strikes out swinging. 2 out.
Perez grounds out to Woodward.

Still up 2-0 after 3 1/2...

BOTTOM 4

New pitcher for Detroit: Chad Durbin

Wilson grounds out to 2B.
Jones grounds out to 2B. He hit it hard though.
Harris grounds out to the pitcher.

2-0 Braves after 4.

[McCarroll21]

TOP 5

Santiago grounds out to Craig Wilson.
Torrealba hits ground rule double into right center. 1 out, runner at 2nd.
Durbin strikes out looking. 2 out.
Granderson strikes out looking.

Headed to our half, up 2-0.

In the Cincy game, Francoeur just threw out a runnner trying to get to 2nd on a double. He's still got it. :D

[B]BOTTOM 5

Hudson flies out to LF.
Woodward grounds out to 2B? [I'm eating so I missed everything but the throw].
Renteria singles into LF.
Prado grounds out to 2B.

Still 2-0 after 5.

Braves leading 4-1 in the 6th vs. Cincy.

[jones2510]

bottom 4th braves up vs cin 4-0

[Nasadega]

Nice sinker huddy

[McCarroll21]

TOP 6

JS Jr. and Elvis Andrus are in the game at 2B and SS. Villarreal in to pitch.

Guillen strikes out swinging.
Ordonez pops up right behind the plate. 2 out.
Casey flies out to RF.

Still leading 2-0.

Against Cincy, the Braves added another run to push the lead to 5-1, they're going to the bottom of the 6th.

BOTTOM 6

Langerhans singles into LF.
McCann flies out to LF.
Wilson lines out to LF.
Jones homers to DEEP RF. Braves lead 4-0. [Yes, LSU ... he's a better option than Jacque.]
Harris flies out to CF.

After 6, 4-0 Braves.

[Nasadega]

schuerholtz jr and elvis andrus in at 2b and ss, it will be nice to qsee the latter playing

[jones2510]

braves 5-1 vs cin

[Nasadega]

Wilson's sance looks like Roachy's but righthanded ...

[Nasadega]

Wow that was a big shot by brandon jones :eek:

[McCarroll21]

Wow that was a big shot by brandon jones :eek:
He also had a pretty nice opposite field double earlier in the game. This guy is going to be a player.

[McCarroll21]

TOP 7

Miller in to catch.

Hessman singles into LF.
Perez doubles to RF corner. Hessman to 3rd.
Santiago singles into RF. Hessman scores, Perez to 3rd. 4-1 Braves.
Torrealba flies out to deep LF. Perez scores. Runner on 1st, 1 out. 4-2 Braves.
Espinosa singles into RF. Santiago to 2nd.
Granderson strikes out swinging. 2 out.
Dlugach safe at 1st on ground ball to 2nd. Wilson throws Santiago out trying to score from 2nd.

Finally headed to our half of the 7th...

BOTTOM 7

Elvis grounds out to SS. Almost beat it out.
JS Jr. walks.
Cabrera pinch hitting for Oscar.
JS Jr. goes to 2nd. Ball got away from the catcher.
Cabrera strikes out swinging.
Injured pitcher, pitching change.
Prado walks.
Langerhans lines out to 3B.

Braves lead 4-2 after 7.

[Nasadega]

frenchy got an outfield assist, he threw a runner out at 2B ... good job

[McCarroll21]

TOP 8

McBride pitching.

Raburn pops out to Elvis.
Hannahan pops out to LF.
Hessman strikes out looking.

Another great inning from Macay. Braves still leading 4-2.

BOTTOM 8

Heredia in to pitch for Detroit

Miller singles in between the LF-CF-SS triangle. No one called it and it dropped in.
Wilson strikes out looking.
Jones strikes out. Foul tip into glove.
Harris pops out to CF.

Still Braves 4-2.

[Nasadega]

6-3 in the cincy game

[jones2510]

8th braves and cin 6-3

[McCarroll21]

TOP 9

Moylan pitching.

Perez walks.
Santiago walks. Perez to 2nd.
Sardinha strikes out swinging. 1 out.
McIntyre singles into LF. Santiago to second. Perez scores. 4-3 Braves.
Watson grounds into DP. Andrus-JS Jr.-Wilson.

Game over. Braves win 4-3.

[jschafer5]

Just thought I'd put this here instead of creating a new thread...
Runs HR RBI SB AVG
<TABLE class=tableBody cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#f2f2e8><TD align=right>71</TD><TD><NOBR>Brian McCann
, Atl C</NOBR>
</TD><TD align=right>67</TD><TD align=right>20</TD><TD align=right>78</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>.287</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

That's ESPN's predictions for Brian...I think his average will be higher, but everything else I think is pretty close...

[McCarroll21]

AVG HR RBI R SB
0.315 23 83 64 2My predictions for McCann.

[oyhstah crachah]

I wonder who's ever gonna break it to little JS that batting .184 at AAA won't get you to the bigs...

[Nasadega]

I wonder who's ever gonna break it to little JS that batting .184 at AAA won't get you to the bigs...

not his father obviously

[Nasadega]

Bravos win!

[McCarroll21]

not his father obviously
Until his father brings him to the majors I could care less.&nbsp; He'll run out of options at some point. :D<br>

[jones2510]

braves win!:)

[McCarroll21]

Braves just beat the Reds 6-5.&nbsp; Startup pitched the 9th and got the save.<br>

[oyhstah crachah]

Braves just beat the Reds 6-5. Startup pitched the 9th and got the save.

Is that a typo? Gameday has it at 6-3, but Gameday can't really be trusted. :D

[gobravez]

No, its right, startup gave up a few runs in the ninth.. the final was 6-5 braves win

[vnodnarb]

how did Hudson look? i see the results are positive, how did his stuff look?

[McCarroll21]

how did Hudson look? i see the results are positive, how did his stuff look?
VERY GOOD! I was pleased. He looks to be in great shape and ready to go.

[McCarroll21]

McCann's homer hit Paul Snyder's car today.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070318&content_id=1849017&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp

As for Brian McCann, his second-inning homer off Tigers right-hander Zach Miner left a lasting impression on legendary scout Paul Snyder.

Well, actually, the impression was left on the trunk of Snyder's Lexus, which was located in right-center field, approximately 420 feet from home plate.

[vnodnarb]

Snyder must have given him a bad scouting report

[CB1]

McCann's homer hit Paul Snyder's car today.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070318&content_id=1849017&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp

As for Brian McCann, his second-inning homer off Tigers right-hander Zach Miner left a lasting impression on legendary scout Paul Snyder.

Well, actually, the impression was left on the trunk of Snyder's Lexus, which was located in right-center field, approximately 420 feet from home plate.
Classic. The guy who approved the Braves drafting him just got paid back big time.
:D