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Braves Drop Exhibition To Tribe
Written by Colin on March 28, 2008 – 11:57 pmIt was great to go back to Turner Field and watch baseball. Though the crowd was light, the evening was perfect – the sunset and great weather combined with seeing the Braves made it a great evening. Unfortunately, the Braves dropped the game 7-1 to the Indians behind a bad fourth inning outing by Blaine Boyer.
Jair Jurrjens got the start, giving up two runs in over three innings of work. However, one of those runs should be charged to Boyer, who did not look good at all in the fourth after he came in. Some other quick observations:
- Yunel made some great plays defensively, including a nice leaping catch. I’m excited to see him play a full season.
- Kotsay made a diving grab in the outfield that scared me a little bit – he seemed to catch his arm a little bit but he came up fine.
- I was impressed by Kotsay on the basepaths. He stayed alert and stole second when the catcher simply dropped the ball. Caught everyone off guard. It resulted in Atlanta’s only run of the day.
- We had a “Andruw would have gotten that” moment tonight – but it was later in the game and I think Gregor Blanco was in center, not Kotsay. So we won’t pop that counter yet. At least not until the regular season.
- Chipper still won’t run out infield ground balls.
- Fernando Nunez looked good today. Never heard of him before today, but he looked good.
- Acosta looks good – he’ll be an important part of our bullpen this season.
- The Kelly Johnson / Yunel Escobar double play duo this season will be fun to watch. They’re getting in the groove and should be really smooth here soon.
Next up, Hampton starts against the Indians at 1:10 tomorrow. The Braves will have their 25-man roster done tomorrow at some point too. They have to have it set before Sunday’s game against the Nationals.
Tags: Blaine Boyer, Chipper Jones, Cleveland Indians, Jair Jurrjens, Kelly Johnson, Manny Acosta, Mark Kotsay, Mike Hampton, Preseason, Yunel Escobar
Posted in Game Analysis | 2 Comments »
By Jonathan on Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
I was definitely worried when I saw Kotsay dive for that ball. Great catch but I was pretty worried that that was going to be the end of the season for him right there. I’m sure there will be a number of those moments this year.
By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I was definitely worried when I saw Kotsay dive for that ball. Great catch but I was pretty worried that that was going to be the end of the season for him right there. I'm sure there will be a number of those moments this year.