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Smoltz K’s 10, Braves Shut Out Fish
Written by Jonathan on April 18, 2008 – 12:01 am |
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Here are a couple numbers to consider:
Firstly: 4 plate appearances, translating into two homeruns, a double, and a walk. Bringing the average for the season up to .440
Secondly: 5 scoreless innings pitched, 10 strikeouts, bringing the total career K-count to 2996.
Yes, Chipper Jones and John Smoltz, the elder statesmen of the team, combined for a masterpiece of teamwork tonight. And it felt so good to get back in that “W” column.
But there’s more:
- Brayan Pena pinch hit and scored on Kelly Johnson’s home run.
- Kotsay triples, Kotsay doubles.
- Immediately following Chipper’s second homer, Teixeira and MCann do the same.
- THE BULLPEN DOES IT RIGHT!
- Ohman, Resop, Acosta and Buddy Carlyle perform superbly.
Obviously demoralized from a slew of recent bad news, prior to the game the team had a brief meeting with normally reticent Bobby Cox. I don’t know what he said, but it worked.
Yes, Moylan may be out for the season.
Yes, Soriano is on the DL.
Yes, Glavine and Hudson both underwhelmed recently.
Yes, going into this game, our starters had the next-to-last worst league average for innings pitched.
But something tonight was in the water. Like all the planets lined up and the Braves found everything they needed in order to get it done. Here’s hoping they are on to something.
And I can’t wait to see Mr. Smoltz get his 3000th strike-out.
Tags: Chipper Jones, Florida Marlins, John Smoltz
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