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McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 02:36 PM
Lineups
Indians:
Grady Sizemore CF
Trot Nixon RF
Travis Hafner 1B
Victor Martinez C
Casey Blake 3B
David Dellucci LF
Jhonny Peralta SS
Josh Barfield 2B
Adam Miller P

Braves:
Kelly Johnson 2B
Edgar Renteria SS
Brian McCann C
Jeff Francoeur RF
Scott Thorman 1B
Craig Wilson LF
Yunel Escobar 3B
Willie Harris CF
Chuck James P

Gameday:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.html?2007_03_19_clemlb_atlmlb_1&brand=mlb

James/Wickman/Gonzalez/Soriano all due to pitch today.

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I'm a little late on the PBP, but Chuck had an easy first inning and the Braves were just retired in the 1st. Scoreless after 1.

Won't be doing any play-by-play but if anything important happens I'll post it.
vnodnarb
03-19-2007, 02:50 PM
some good pitching going today for us against a good lineup, should be interesting
Nasadega
03-19-2007, 03:32 PM
5 shutouts innings for both teams. good for james, not for our hitters... Miller who ?
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 03:38 PM
Adam Miller is very good. He's going to be a stud.

McCann just tripled off the top of the CF fence, scoring Tony Pena. JS Jr. is pinch running for him.

Doug Clark with a 2B scoring JS Jr. 2-0 Braves.

Thorman with an RBI single to RF, thrown out trying to get to 2nd. 3-0 Braves.
gobravez
03-19-2007, 03:53 PM
gameday says its still tied... stupid gameday is slow as hell

3-0 BRAVES

soriano in to pitch now... top of the 7th

Soriano pitches a perfect 7th with 2 strikeouts
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 03:55 PM
It's 4-0 now. I missed exactly how the run scored, but we're up 4-0 going to the 8th.
Chopaholic
03-19-2007, 04:00 PM
Diaz must not be hurt too bad he PH in the 7th.
Nasadega
03-19-2007, 04:00 PM
Brayan Pena got the 4th rbi and Harris scored it. Don't see how though since it looks like they both hit singles
gobravez
03-19-2007, 04:03 PM
gameday says harris doubled and pena singled to drive him in
Nasadega
03-19-2007, 04:06 PM
3 innings, 0 hits, 4 K's 0 BB from the Big 3 relievers, yay!
Martin Kove
03-19-2007, 04:06 PM
why is JS's boy playing? he stinks.
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 04:08 PM
Thorman just went yard. 6-0 Braves.
gobravez
03-19-2007, 04:09 PM
Thor's bat is really starting to heat up he almost went yard yesterday
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 04:18 PM
Braves win! 6-0

Wickman, Soriano, Gonzalez and Paronto pitched perfect innings. Good quick ballgame, hopefully we have quite a few of them this year.
gobravez
03-19-2007, 04:38 PM
Im really hoping Paronto gets a spot in the bullpen!

With a bullpen like:

LR- Villareal
MR-Paronto
MR-Yates
MR- McBride
SU- Soriano
SU- Gonzalez
CL- Wickman


we would have it all. I heavy sinker/groundball pitcher in paronto. A couple of major heat throwers in Yates and Soriano. The McBride is a lefty specialist.. then in the 8th and 9th we have 2 of the best closers in the NL
CanadaBravesFan
03-19-2007, 04:58 PM
That pen is sick! I can't wait for April!
Jsh1284
03-19-2007, 05:27 PM
Less than two weeks .... I can't wait!

However since I have to, I hope Chipper, Aybar, Diaz and Hampton recover quickly in the mean-time.
CanadaBravesFan
03-19-2007, 05:29 PM
Less than two weeks .... I can't wait!

However since I have to, I hope Chipper, Aybar, Diaz and Hampton recover quickly in the mean-time.
I'LL Drink to that!!
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 05:32 PM
Hampton threw again today and felt great. He may get on the mound as soon as tomorrow.
CB1
03-19-2007, 05:34 PM
Less than two weeks .... I can't wait!

However since I have to, I hope Chipper, Aybar, Diaz and Hampton recover quickly in the mean-time.
:beer:
Jsh1284
03-19-2007, 05:36 PM
Hell yeah!
CosmoBravo
03-19-2007, 05:40 PM
I'LL Drink to that!!


I already am. :beer:
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 05:46 PM
Here's the thing with Hampton... [this probably should be moved to another thread but whatever]

Since he bats right handed, while throwing left handed, his oblique he pulled/strained/whatever he did is not the one that stretches when pitching. This is why he's healing ahead of schedule. He asked Hudson and Woody Williams about the typical heal time, they said a month before you can even throw again. That's where they 6 weeks came in. What they didn't factor in is that it wasn't the more vital oblique to his delivery, so he's way ahead of schedule, he just has to be careful when he's hitting.
Jsh1284
03-19-2007, 05:48 PM
Our lineup is looking pretty good, so I hope he dosen't try to do too much with the bat. If he can still lay down a bunt that's good enough for me.
Hobbes
03-19-2007, 06:35 PM
Yeah, let Hampton lay down a bunt in every at-bat, even with the bases empty. He's a good-hitting pitcher, but right now I'd rather he get back to pitching than worry about hitting and re-aggravating that injury.
Jsh1284
03-19-2007, 06:38 PM
FYI .... I just read the little clip over at AJC about James' outing and our starters have a 2.25 ERA this spring. These games don't mean a thing, but that's still an extremely great frickin statistic.
McCarroll21
03-19-2007, 06:53 PM
Is that the guys that start games or the 6 guys that could be in the rotation? It may not have said it, but I wonder if that includes the times that Cormier came in relief to pitch in innings 3-8 even though he is a starter.
Jsh1284
03-19-2007, 07:21 PM
Good question. It didn't say .. but my guess is that it's just the guys who have started games.

From ESPN:

Atlanta's starters have stellar ERAs. Buddy Carlyle (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6324), who has not allowed a run in 10 innings, is followed by Lance Cormier (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=7359) (1.29), Tim Hudson (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6245) (1.80) and John Smoltz (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=4232) (1.93). Braves starters have a 2.25 ERA, allowing 18 earned runs in 72 innings.