GDT: Cubs @ Braves 5/15

[salmagundy]

Keep going

Viz gives it up in 9th, Braves had 3 hard hits, 7 Ks, and couldn't beat the Umps and replay "brotherhood" in NYC. Folty done after 106 pitches in 5th.

And it was a long night.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Viz shouldn't be the closer. He has one pitch.

[Heyward]

That one stings.

[Jay212033]

ok..we can stop complaining about the Umps.. they blew the calls.. we had the lead and we let this game slip away...

There will be days like this every year.

Yea but you shouldn't lose games like this at home. We've lost our past 4 games at home which is unacceptable!

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

ok..we can stop complaining about the Umps.. they blew the calls.. we had the lead and we let this game slip away...

There will be days like this every year.

not for the cubs (jk)

[bravesfanMatt]

Viz should lose his closer spot to Minter/Winkler until he shows he has his slider again. No way he can go with one pitch... And I still have no idea why you shift on a guy then throw heat up and away.. especially after he took an inside out swing the pitch before. Maybe Viz missed. IDK..

[bravesnumberone]

Gotta learn to throw strikes and get the ball down. That loss sucked. But hopefully Acuna gets rolling again.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Two losses to the Cubs sting more than any other I can think of

Big lead

Hotshot rookie hits a go ahead that he badly needed.

Nope with either.

[striker42]

Two lessons from tonight. Viz needs to be demoted to middle relief and Holbrook and Wolf should be fired along with everyone involved in replay.

[striker42]

Viz should lose his closer spot to Minter/Winkler until he shows he has his slider again. No way he can go with one pitch... And I still have no idea why you shift on a guy then throw heat up and away.. especially after he took an inside out swing the pitch before. Maybe Viz missed. IDK..

Viz just needs to lose the closer role period. He's not a closer. Lacks the mental side completely.

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

Yea but you shouldn't lose games like this at home. We've lost our past 4 games at home which is unacceptable!

But we’re number 1 in the NL East and tied for the best record in the NL?

[Garmel]

Two lessons from tonight. Viz needs to be demoted to middle relief and Holbrook and Wolf should be fired along with everyone involved in replay.

I went back and watched the play again. For the life of me I can not see how this is an honest mistake by the replay guys.

[bravesfanMatt]

need to regroup and get them tomorrow..

[msstate7]

This loss really sucks considering we have McCarthy going tomorrow and face Lester Thursday

[ixiXSolidXixi]

This why we need a real closer with experience. We need to go hard for Kimbrel or Allen. If we are going to have a closer struggling I preferred Minter that way he can learn from his mistakes.

[bravesfanMatt]

Hopefully Acuna can get it going.

Also, hopefully we are down to our last few games of Bustista..

[striker42]

I went back and watched the play again. For the life of me I can not see how this is an honest mistake by the replay guys.

It's not an honest mistake. Replay is about backing up umpires. If Joe Torre coming out after the wild card game infield fly and saying it was the right call taught us anything it's that baseball doesn't care about getting it right, only about backing up their umps.

[AerchAngel]

Winkler for closer. Minter is too wild and unpredictable and Viz is right on his tail in both departments.

......or maybe Gohara. He won't walk people and have great stuff and he doesn't worry about conditioning at all. Just let it loose an inning or two.

[CrimsonCowboy]

[thewupk]

That one sucked. Honestly less irked about Viz because blown saves happen from time to time but that with the umpiring fiasco just makes it a **** game.