Dodgers 6, Braves 2
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – August 18, 2012 – ESPN.
You know, you don’t often see a pitcher (or a team — in three innings of work the bullpen allowed no hits or runs) allow four hits, all of them home runs, in a game. (AAR says that pitchers have allowed at least four homers and no other hits 32 times in major league history.) Six runs on four hits is unusual enough. Every baserunner Ben Sheets allowed (he walked two) scored. Needless to say, his magical start is beginning to run into mundane reality.
The Braves actually scored first, Michael Bourn leading off the bottom of the first with a walk and scoring on a Martin Prado double. But from there, it was frustration after frustration for the Braves, who finished the inning by leaving the bases loaded. They were just getting started, as for the nith they stranded eleven men to the Dodgers’ one. In the second, Sheets allowed three consecutive solo homers with one out. He then retired the next thirteen in a row, until two out in the sixth, when he walked two men then grooved a pitch to Hanley Ramirez, who hit his second homer of the night to put the game away.
Prado homered in the ninth, which hardly mattered at that stage. The Braves got perfect innings from Luis Avilan and The Lisp, while Jonny Venters allowed only a walk in the ninth.
The Braves packed a whole boatload of suck into that one game. I hope they got it out of their systems.
August 18th, 2012 at 10:17 pmWell at least Washington lost.
August 18th, 2012 at 10:23 pmThank you for the recap, Mac.
August 19th, 2012 at 8:29 amOh for god’s sake.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/exclusive-daily-news-uncovers-bizarre-plot-melky-cabrera-fake-website-duck-drug-suspension-article-1.1139623
The Jeff Novitzky Comeback Tour is so on now.
August 19th, 2012 at 9:10 amGood grief, Mac’s recap was up before I got home from the game. Took my son and one of his friends. Had a great time as usual. Some random observations:
~ The palpable love / respect for Chipper is impressive. Worth every effort to experience it.
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~ I’d go forty times a year, but coming from the suburbs (sorry, Sam) I swear the last two miles in and the first two miles out are like hand-to-hand combat.
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~ Don’t know if they showed it on tv, but the guy who sang “God Bless America” acappella was incredible.
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~ Then they followed it up with “Cotton Eye Joe”. Oddly, it seemed to work.
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~ One forgets how many attractive ladies there are in Atlanta.
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~ Like disco, the wave refuses to die. But, like disco, surely it will. Surely?
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~ Hanley’s second homerun whizzed right by our seats. You could hear it. Stinger missiles are quieter.
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~ Looks like we’ll be back to a five-man rotation.
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~ Apparently, the home plate umpire arrived just after calling the Little League World Series and brought his ridiculous strike zone with him. I’m surprised Jason didn’t club him to death.
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~ Watching the (near capacity) crowd, every now and then it seems “The City Too Busy to Hate” lives up to its’ (self-appointed) nickname.
There simply are very few things better than being at the game.
August 19th, 2012 at 9:19 amspike – thanks for the link.
That is truly incredible.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to play baseball.
Ripped, juiced and stupid isn’t, either.
August 19th, 2012 at 9:23 am@4
Tremendous! I couldn’t be happier reading that, really.
August 19th, 2012 at 9:27 amThat’s a new way to lose.
What could Sheets’ pitch count have been?
I wish he’d been allowed to go a couple more innings to see if he could have given up several more runs on one (or fewer) hits.
August 19th, 2012 at 10:05 amWatching Avilan in person is impressive. Wish Fredi would have brought him in to face Hanley.
I know it’s lefty v. right, but Avilan is nasty.
August 19th, 2012 at 10:12 amGame on TBS today! Awesome!
August 19th, 2012 at 11:00 am“San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera attempted to avoid a drug suspension by creating a fictitious website selling a fictitious cream, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.”
Awesome.
August 19th, 2012 at 11:19 amMelky is totally making it up to Braves fans after sucking in 2010.
August 19th, 2012 at 11:26 amOh, Melky…
#5
August 19th, 2012 at 11:43 amDisco never dies–it just changes its name & mutates into various sub-genres.
BOLD PREDICTION:
Uggla will have a crummy day today.
August 19th, 2012 at 11:44 amMelky Cabrera doesn’t appear to be very smart.
August 19th, 2012 at 12:22 pmAll of the money.
August 19th, 2012 at 12:55 pmDon’t expect too many quick recaps, Justhank. You will probably see a lot of middle of the night efforts, though.
August 19th, 2012 at 12:56 pmI’m just weary of McCann at this point.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pmTake the out, stupid.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pmTake the out, stupid.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:11 pmTake the out, stupid!
Good grief, why can’t professional ballplayers learn that?
August 19th, 2012 at 1:12 pmJust a bad play. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn into a big inning.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:12 pmAnd Jason saves a run!
August 19th, 2012 at 1:12 pmThanks, Burn in Hell!
August 19th, 2012 at 1:12 pmI do not feel good about this.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pmWoo-hoo!
August 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pmWay to go Mike!!!!!
August 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pmWell, that worked out just fine.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pmOk, now I feel a lot better.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:17 pmDoes he … know how to win?
August 19th, 2012 at 1:20 pmThe old Mike Minor woulda given up a grand slam. I like the new Mike.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:21 pmThe current state of the
August 19th, 2012 at 1:21 pmBraves is pretty good right now — I mean, the current Whipping Boy is Tommy Hanson, and he’s leading the team in innings pitched at about a league average level.
Perfect game for Billingsley.
Perfect game for Billingsley.
Perfect game for Billingsley.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:25 pmMelky….what??? LOL
August 19th, 2012 at 1:28 pmThe link:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8282185/san-francisco-giants-melky-cabrera-launched-fake-website-ruse-report-says
August 19th, 2012 at 1:30 pmHey, Chip didn’t go nuts on that flyball to the wall because he watched the outfielder! Please, hopefully he’s finally learned.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:34 pmJASON!
August 19th, 2012 at 1:40 pmDunggla
August 19th, 2012 at 1:44 pmDan Uggla’s thought process:
“Well, I’ve got this guy on the ropes, I’ve only had one hit against him in my career, and I’m having a terrible season, so I will swing at the first pitch”
August 19th, 2012 at 1:44 pm#14 called it.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:44 pmI didn’t know my disdain for Uggla could grow, but I was wrong. Learn something new every day.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:45 pmIn a season of craptacular ABs, that might have been Uggla’s worst. No consideration of how Billingsley is fatiguing and slightly struggling to throw strikes, just hack away. Larry Parrish would be proud.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:45 pmWhy can’t they invent time machines? Seriously, I don’t ask for much.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:46 pmI’m alttcly the grandson of zig who sometime posted on here I wining into baseball but I want to play now
August 19th, 2012 at 1:46 pmOh no.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:50 pmWho the hell is Luis Cruz?
August 19th, 2012 at 1:51 pmUggla with a bad AB; Minor gives up a HR; dog bites man.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:51 pmWho is Luis Cruz and why is he destroying America?
August 19th, 2012 at 1:52 pmDon’t fall apart, Mike.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:53 pmJesus, that was about a foot and a half outside.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:54 pmTake him out.
August 19th, 2012 at 1:54 pmWhen is tonight’s barves game ?????
August 19th, 2012 at 2:06 pmWhen is tonights barve game ????
August 19th, 2012 at 2:07 pmCard nil game going right now nobody is wining yet cardinals. Vs parities
August 19th, 2012 at 2:10 pmOK, enough with this pitchers duel.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:12 pmI’m ethan I’m 8
August 19th, 2012 at 2:13 pmIt’s true that zig is my grandfather
August 19th, 2012 at 2:14 pmAnother reason to Pay The Man: as much as Prado does well, he still hits way too many DP balls.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:15 pmCan we start tipping our cap and beat the traffic?
August 19th, 2012 at 2:19 pmScore a frickin’ run already.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:31 pmOk, guys. You can’t really ask for that much more from Minor, how about you go score some runs.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:32 pmBallgame.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:44 pmDangit.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:45 pmI love it when a plan comes together. We should be out of this inning already.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:45 pmDamn.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:46 pm“Ballgame.”
True the moment Durbin entered.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:47 pmWell, Durbin’s induced a double-play ball, and three popups… Can’t blame him for this one.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:48 pmBases loaded in the 8th, down 2 runs. God forbid we should use Kimbrel.
August 19th, 2012 at 2:59 pmDoesn’t matter because we have zero runs,guys.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:08 pmlolHeyward
August 19th, 2012 at 3:12 pmDammit, Jason.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:12 pmWe clearly need new sunglass suppliers.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:13 pmI think we should do the smart thing and blame Andruw.
My God, I’ve never seen anyone lose two balls in the sun in consecutive innings like Heyward what happened?
August 19th, 2012 at 3:14 pmThat’s a clown game.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:14 pmWell…
August 19th, 2012 at 3:18 pmCollapse-worthy play today.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:18 pmDidn’t we see this movie last night?
August 19th, 2012 at 3:19 pmtypical Gonzalez ….. leave Martinez in when he clearly doesn’t have it …. Kimbrel .. he aint gonna use Kimbrel when they are loosing .. even though your only down 2 if ya can get out of jam … he had a day off last night … id use him to get out of the threat and hope for best in the bottom of ninth.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:30 pmWell, thanks for a lovely afternoon, Braves.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:32 pmIt wasn’t all Martinez’ fault, tad. Two different popups lost in the sun ruined that inning, and Kimberl isn’t worth bringing in with runners on, already down by 2, with the offense on strike.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:35 pmI know your probably right Brian J .. was just following online .. didnt know sun was an issue … offense did take day off for sure … guess you dont want to waste Kimbrel with Nats series starting .. but Im always thinking theres a chance to final out .. too competitive I am.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:39 pmWhy is anyone complaining about managerial moves when we didn’t score any runs?
August 19th, 2012 at 3:49 pmRecapped.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:51 pmRadio post-game show said Freeman and McCann were 2 for 41 this homestand. That’s like having 3 Ugglas in the lineup.
August 19th, 2012 at 3:54 pm