Francoeur Beaned, Braves Win

Written by Colin on March 16, 2008 – 8:02 pm

There was a scary moment in today’s 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals – it included the young face of the franchise going down after being hit in the face by a ball.  Jeff Francoeur’s lip was busted, but an x-ray showed no bone damage, so we can breathe a sigh of relief.  He’ll probably sit out til Wednesday or Thursday.

Tom Glavine pitched five innings today, allowing two runs and six hits – he looked good.  Jeff Bennett also pitched two innings and looked great – he only allowed one hit and kept his balls down for lots of ground outs.  Solid pitching from the Braves today.

Yunel Escobar is still swinging a ridiculously hot bat – hitting a two-run homer today and  going 1-3 on the day.  He’s on fire.  Chipper Jones added his first homer of the spring for the Braves’ third run of the day.

Next up we have Mike Hampton going back to the mound.  Since Hampton has been more fragile than John McNamara’s temper lately, we’ll hope he can keep any pieces from falling off when he’s pitching against the Cards tomorrow.


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4 Responses to “Francoeur Beaned, Braves Win”

  1. By Jonathan on Mar 16, 2008 | Reply

    Good to see Frenchie making it through okay. Wouldn’t want to see him missing any time.

  2. By Smitty on Mar 18, 2008 | Reply

    This was a bit scary as Jeffery has a steel plate already in his face, a result from previous injury.

    Not to be Mr. Doom & Gloom(tm), but had the ball hit him in the wrong spot on his handsome mug, it would have been “Say Goodnight, Gracie,” to his MLB career.

    Glad he’s ok.

    Smitty

  3. By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Good to see Frenchie making it through okay. Wouldn't want to see him missing any time.

  4. By Smitty on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    This was a bit scary as Jeffery has a steel plate already in his face, a result from previous injury.

    Not to be Mr. Doom & Gloom(tm), but had the ball hit him in the wrong spot on his handsome mug, it would have been "Say Goodnight, Gracie," to his MLB career.

    Glad he's ok.

    Smitty

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