7/5/15 GDT: Braves, Miller try to keep the line moving vs. Phillies

[rico43]

Is this game the official Hamels audition reel? Got to wonder if this might be his final game with the Phillies;


BRAVES LINEUP

1. Jace Peterson (L) 2B
2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF
3. Nick Markakis (L) RF
4. Chris Johnson (R) 1B
5. A.J. Pierzynski (L) C
6. Pedro Ciriaco (R) 3B
7. Jonny Gomes (R) LF
8. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
9. Shelby Miller (R) P


PHILLIES LINEUP
1. Odubel Herrera (L) CF
2. Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B
3. Maikel Franco (R) 3B
4. Ryan Howard (L) 1B
5. Carlos Ruiz (R) C
6. Cody Asche (L) LF
7. Freddy Galvis (S) SS
8. Domonic Brown (L) RF
9. Cole Hamels (L) P

[The Chosen One]

Woke up and read this title as "Braves trying to move Miller by the deadline"

[nsacpi]

Expecting a huge game from the Andreltonian.

[clvclv]

A bit surprised to see Uribe sitting today. He can definitely use a day off (and Ciriaco needs to play), but you'd think Juan would be the guy you want in there with the other lefty-mashers against Hamels if you're really trying to stay hot and in the playoff conversation.

[stpeteirish]

AJ is certainly durable he's in there almost every game. Pretty surprising for a 38 year old catcher. Day game after a night game most 28 year old catchers sit.

[The Chosen One]

AJ is Fredi's Ass in the Hole.

[Julio3000]

AJ is Fredi's Ass in the Hole.

Nice.

[The Chosen One]

CJ wouldn't have gotten that.

[WaitingFor2017]

No no-hitter this time, Cole.

[Hawk]

Nice move by Maybin there to avoid the tag.

[WaitingFor2017]

Ciriaco just missed a grand slam. They need to get on Cole early, so the Phillies will wilt again.

[USMA76]

Pure dumbassery by Gomes--you know, the guy we're paying for his example and veteran leadership.

[cajunrevenge]

Getting a hit and then getting picked off should he called a Melvin.

[Heyward]

Shelby with high pitch count so far, needs a quick inning soon or he'll be lucky to make it to 6.

[UNCBlue012]

Need to break through soon, Shelby may not be going incredibly long today.

[UNCBlue012]

Miller just has not had his control the last few games. He's throwing balls like it is not man's business.

[WaitingFor2017]

Gotta take charge in the upcoming schedule before the break:

After the break, it's Cubs, Dodgers, @Cardinals, @Orioles....Yikes.

[Heyward]

Gotta take charge in the upcoming schedule before the break:

After the break, it's Cubs, Dodgers, @Cardinals, @Orioles....Yikes.

We probably aint making the playoffs if we're being realistic.

But the team has done alot better than anyone could have asked/hoped.

[Heyward]

Miller/Hamels on similar pitch counts, but Miller has thrown alot more high-stretch pitches.

[UNCBlue012]

Man, lead off double for Herrera. (or however you spell it)

WAIT, GOT HIM OUT AT THIRD.

[USMA76]

Man, lead off double for Herrera. (or however you spell it)

WAIT, GOT HIM OUT AT THIRD.

He evidently is a graduate of the Johnny Gomes School of Baserunning.

[UNCBlue012]

Miller's pitch count is incredibly rough right now.

[Heyward]

Miller has 1 inning left unless he has a 5-7 pitch inning.

[UNCBlue012]

Good stuff Avilan! It wasn't a great day by miller, but he somehow kept it to no runs. That's an ace!

[buck75]

Avilan's sinker/change-up is working

[UNCBlue012]

Simmons is back to being hot garbage at the plate.

[buck75]

Rangy guy in RF!

[buck75]

Simmons is back to being hot garbage at the plate.

Lunging every AB

[stpeteirish]

Remarkably inept day of offense by two bad teams today. Bottom of the 8th a real piece of work.

Someone will win on a walk, sacrifice, wild pitch and an error, or some variation of such.

[bravesnumberone]

Good time for Marky Mark Heyward to pop that cherry.

[VirginiaBrave]

We probably aint making the playoffs if we're being realistic.

But the team has done alot better than anyone could have asked/hoped.

Why can't we let the results decide that. Instead of just running a white flag up. Way too early to be writing these guys off. Might not be the best Braves team ever but definitely most resilient.

[bravesnumberone]

:Sad:

[Heyward]

Not good.

Not much in the bullpen left, had to win it there.

[Garmel]

That was terrible.

[sturg33]

Why can't we let the results decide that. Instead of just running a white flag up. Way too early to be writing these guys off. Might not be the best Braves team ever but definitely most resilient.

I thought you said they looked defeated recently

[bravesnumberone]

Still a pretty frustrating offense to watch.

[jsebe10]

Every knew that glob was going to see three straight sliders there

[bravesnumberone]

Every knew that glob was going to see three straight sliders there

Carp would have thrown him a fastball. :FrediConfident:

[bravesnumberone]

Of course. Now we're going to give up a run.

[jsebe10]

Fckn scrub ass Masset

[bravesnumberone]

Seems like a prime time for Howard to hit another home run against us.

[jsebe10]

Seems like a prime time for Howard to hit another home run against us.

Ooooo noooo. Not with the intimidating Dana Eveland on the mound!!!!!

[jsebe10]

6 pitch walk coming.

[USMA76]

Not surprising. When you piss away an opportunity to walk off with a win, this is what usually happens.

[Braves1976]

Carp would have thrown him a fastball. :FrediConfident:

Carp would've gave him a homer off his slider (NLDS vs Dodgers) and his best 96 mph fastball (Braves vs Nationals recently). At least that is his track record vs Uribe. :)

[bravesnumberone]

Hope Ciriaco was paying attention there. That's what the **** you do with a runner on third.

Jesus Christ, Fredi. Really?

[Mrs. Meta]

Masset done shat himself.

[Heyward]

Not good.

Not much in the bullpen left, had to win it there.

Right again.

[Braves1976]

I figured with the Masset-Eveland combo this inning that this game was going to the Phillies. They're our worst relievers right now.

[jsebe10]

Right again.

You enjoying sucking your own dick?

[bravesnumberone]

I figured with the Masset-Eveland combo this inning that this game was going to the Phillies. They're our worst relievers right now.

And not surprisingly Fredi used them while we still had other guys in the pen.

[Braves1976]

And not surprisingly Fredi used them while we still had other guys in the pen.

Plus he wasted Grilli vs the bottom of the order. I disagreed with both moves.

[bravesnumberone]

I've always thought the Phillies kept Ruiz all these years so they could bask in the glory of him destroying the Braves.

[UNCBlue012]

Thanks Fredi. Pitchers gonna pitch, but the manager can relieve the pain. Bad loss, we need to get to .500 at some point, ya' know,

[jsebe10]

Plus he wasted Grilli vs the bottom of the order. I disagreed with both moves.

Honestly doesn't really matter. They should have walked it off in the 9th...****ty play this game period

[bravesnumberone]

Good line for Masset today. Chance to get to .500, and we took a dump.

[striker42]

Masset is not very good at baseball.

[Heyward]

You enjoying sucking your own dick?

Surprised you spelled that right, props.

But no.

[bravesnumberone]

Surprised you spelled that right, props.

But no.

Figures. You don't seem to enjoy much of anything.

[Braves1976]

Masset is not very good at baseball.

Yea, I have been calling for his release for a while now. He can take Eveland with him, I was in favor of signing Eveland given our needs at the time. But now I am ready to move on from him too.

Hopefully Viz and some others replace them soon.

[stpeteirish]

[QUOTE=striker42;244(our bullpen) is not very good at baseball.[/QUOTE]

Seriously, what the hell is Fredi supposed to do. If we had just used AAradsma instead of Massett..a are you kidding me? He has two guys (Johnson and Grilli) you can count on, so he uses them. What the hell else is he going to do?

[bravesnumberone]

It truly is amazing how many turd relievers we've had stocked away this year.

[jsebe10]

How can Simmons ever be taken serious as an all around player when he's just one demensional. I'm afraid he just can't hit.

[Garmel]

Masset will probably be gone tomorrow morning.

[nsacpi]

Masset is not very good at baseball.
But he does love it

[striker42]

Seriously, what the hell is Fredi supposed to do. If we had just used AAradsma instead of Massett..a are you kidding me? He has two guys (Johnson and Grilli) you can count on, so he uses them. What the hell else is he going to do?

Totally wasn't Fredi's fault. Just noting that Masset is bad at baseball. Gotta call up Viz. At least he has potential so the struggles would have some purpose.

[Braves1976]

Viz pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout and no hits or walks today for Gwinnett. I would imagine he will be called up very soon.

[keithlaw]

David O'Brien ‏@DOBrienAJC 3s3 seconds ago
#Braves dfa Masset and Eveland, call up Carpenter and Vizcaino

That didn't take long

[WaitingFor2017]

Atlanta knows how to lose in style when they lose home extra inning games. Seems as if they give up multiple runs at home in extras the last few years in losses.

[Garmel]

Viz pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout and no hits or walks today for Gwinnett. I would imagine he will be called up very soon.

Bowman was saying that his curveball still needs work. Have you noticed that or is Bowman full of it as usual?

[Garmel]

David O'Brien ‏@DOBrienAJC 3s3 seconds ago
#Braves dfa Masset and Eveland, call up Carpenter and Vizcaino

That didn't take long

LOL! I though Masset would at least last until morning. I'm looking forward to see what Vizcaino and Carpenter can do for us.

[Braves1976]

Bowman was saying that his curveball still needs work. Have you noticed that or is Bowman full of it as usual?

His curveball looked very good for the most part a few games with Mississippi but his last game in Rome and his first game in Gwinnett he was having some issues with it. So I can see saying it needs some work, esp. if you're going by those two games alone. But if you go by the two before in Mississippi you'd think he was ready. I didn't see today's game so I cannot say how good it looked today. I'll try to review via my MILB.tv account later today's game when they archive it.

[Braves1976]

LOL! I though Masset would at least last until morning. I'm looking forward to see what Vizcaino and Carpenter can do for us.

That was fast and also good to see Carpenter coming up too. I figured we'd see Carpenter at some point but I wasn't sure when, he has MLB experience with the Angels and has been great with Gwinnett this year. Now we can tell folks David Carpenter is a Brave again and mess with them. :)

[depley]

Atlanta knows how to lose in style when they lose home extra inning games. Seems as if they give up multiple runs at home in extras the last few years in losses.

OK, I have one question, you had a decently quick person at 3B a slow as heck guy at 1B with one out, you had Ciriaco a player with better than average speed, but a part time player who had been 0 for 3 up to that point. Why would you not call for a safety squeeze pushing the ball to 1B side to try and score that winning run? It is not as though Ciriaco is a power guy you expect to hit a deep fly ball.......

[Garmel]

That was fast and also good to see Carpenter coming up too. I figured we'd see Carpenter at some point but I wasn't sure when, he has MLB experience with the Angels and has been great with Gwinnett this year. Now we can tell folks David Carpenter is a Brave again and mess with them. :)

I know nothing about Carpenter except for what I have read about him. Do you think he has good enough stuff to overcome his high walk rate?

[thewupk]

Still a pretty frustrating offense to watch.

But still more fun to watch

[VirginiaBrave]

I thought you said they looked defeated recently

I did. And they did. However, in the same thread I said I wasn't giving up and wouldn't be surprised if they bounced back and they have. The very definition of resiliency.

[buck75]

Keep bringing up the rooks

[buck75]

I think they might put Peraza in the outfield and bat him lead-off after the All Star break.

[Braves1976]

I know nothing about Carpenter except for what I have read about him. Do you think he has good enough stuff to overcome his high walk rate?

If he can keep getting ground balls with his sinker he could do well here with our up the middle defense. He hasn't allowed a homer yet this year either. He doesn't have a big fastball, so he won't wow you on the radar gun but he has had a lot of success in Gwinnett with his sinker and slider this year. He doesn't throw his slider for a strike much but it's a good strikeout pitch.

[gilesfan]

I did. And they did. However, in the same thread I said I wasn't giving up and wouldn't be surprised if they bounced back and they have. The very definition of resiliency.

Here come the playoffs!

[VirginiaBrave]

Here come the playoffs!

Yep...and they knock your boy Harper out...

[sturg33]

Right again.

Can we expect you to update us every time your stupid matter of fact statements are proven wrong? That will really help boost your post count

[kendiz]

OK, I have one question, you had a decently quick person at 3B a slow as heck guy at 1B with one out, you had Ciriaco a player with better than average speed, but a part time player who had been 0 for 3 up to that point. Why would you not call for a safety squeeze pushing the ball to 1B side to try and score that winning run? It is not as though Ciriaco is a power guy you expect to hit a deep fly ball.......

Yup...it was worth a shot. Kelly is a great base runner.

[gilesfan]

Right again.

Man, took a rocket scientist to figure that out.