Since we were down last night I thought it'd be fun to talk about the game and how the Braves showed themselves.
Freeman, Markakis, and Albies didn't really show much in their few at bats. One walk. Freeman did hit a ball pretty hard to straight away center but it didn't quite have enough. I do like that Smotzie is on Fox now, so we get some Braves love. He talked up Albies there in the 9th inning only to have him pinch hit for (which tied the game).
Folty pitched really well. I don't think I've looked at his overall numbers this year, but when they showed them it struck me how good he's been. Only 7-5 though cuz the Braves refuse to score runs for him. That was an issue for him last year too.
Overall, the game felt like a microcosm of today's baseball. 90 men came to the plate, half of them did not put a ball in play. 25 strikeouts, 10 walks and 10 home runs. All the runs scored off of homers. Of the 45 balls put in play, 10 were hits. Only one double.
And, as usual, the AL won. They always win.
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