Yunel Slams Braves Past Phils, 9-1

Written by Jonathan on March 14, 2008 – 5:31 pm

Royce Ring took the hill for the Braves today after a rain-threatened game caused Bobby Cox to pull Tim Hudson from the starting role.  To prevent Hudson from losing pitching time after rain shortened batting practice, Cox instead scheduled him to pitch a simulated game.  Ring pitched two innings, giving up a run on a solo home run to Greg Dobbs.  Five other Braves pitchers finished off the game, only allowing the Phillies a combined 3 hits.  Peter Moylan pitched a hitless inning and continues to look strong while easing back into the bullpen lineup.

The Braves got on the board early and strongly in the game.  With two outs and the bases loaded in the 2nd inning, Yunel Escobar continued his hot-hitting preseason with a grand slam, his first home run of the preseason.  Scott Thorman added a 3-run home run of his own in the third inning to top off the Braves scoring for the day.  Neither team touched the scoreboard after the 3rd inning.

Some quick notes from the game:  Escobar is now batting .516 on the preseason (16-31).  Brent Lillibridge was hit by two pitches.  Brandon Jones added 2 RBIs to his preseason total with a 2nd inning single.

The Braves face off with the Astros and the Rays in a split-squad pair tomorrow.  John Smoltz will make his preseason debut for the Braves in the home matchup against the Rays and is expected to pitch 5 innings.  Closer Rafael Soriano will make his first preseason as well against the Rays.  Jair Jurrjens will start the road game versus the Astros.


Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Game Analysis | 2 Comments »

This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.


2 Responses to “Yunel Slams Braves Past Phils, 9-1”

  1. By JB in ATL on Mar 15, 2008 | Reply

    Hey I love the site!

    Good to hear how hot of a Spring Escobar is having. I hope he takes that .516 avg into April to get us off to a good start.

    I’m also running a site and I’d love for you to check it out and chime in. I just posted on Escobar and his impressive 2007 season and my excitement about having him start in short everyday.

    I’ll be stopping by your site regularly. I like what you’ve got on here.
    Keep Choppin’
    http://bravesblog.net
    JB in ATL

  2. By JB in ATL on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Hey I love the site!

    Good to hear how hot of a Spring Escobar is having. I hope he takes that .516 avg into April to get us off to a good start.

    I'm also running a site and I'd love for you to check it out and chime in. I just posted on Escobar and his impressive 2007 season and my excitement about having him start in short everyday.

    I'll be stopping by your site regularly. I like what you've got on here.
    Keep Choppin'
    http://bravesblog.net
    JB in ATL

Post a Comment


BravesBlast.com is not affiliated with or sponsored by the Atlanta Braves organization. Views expressed on this site do not reflect the views of the Atlanta Braves organization.