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Glavine Pulls In First Win Of Year
Written by Colin on May 15, 2008 – 9:08 amTom Glavine finally got some run support last night as the Braves held off the Phillies 8-6 for his first win of the year. Yunel Escobar led off the game with a home run and Chipper followed with a homer of his own later in the first to put the Braves up early. Glavine didn’t have a great outing, but he held his own against the Phillies’ offense – giving up four earned runs in five and two-thirds innings. He struck out four, walked two, and gave up a two-run homer to Chase Utley. But thanks to the offense, the Braves stayed out front. Some extremely rare clutch hitting on the road came from Brian McCann (who had 3 RBIs), Gregor Blanco (2 RBIs), and Kelly Johnson, who added a home run of his own in the second.
Of course, the win couldn’t come without some late drama, courtesy of Blaine Boyer – who already blew two saves when Glavine was in line to get the win. Blaine came in for the last out of the eighth and then stayed on to try for the save in the ninth. After retiring the first two batters, he gave up a run on three back-to-back singles before getting the third out on a long fly ball to Jeff Francoeur that made it to the warning track.
The Braves walked out with a win on the road – but they’re still just 6-15. That mark has to improve for the Braves to compete in the East – despite some recent great play, they’re still 2.5 games out in fourth place. Tonight we’ll look forward to Chuck James (2-2) taking on the Phillies’ ace, Cole Hamels (4-3). If the Braves can score some runs, we’ve got a chance. We desperately need another road win.
Tags: Blaine Boyer, Brian McCann, Philadelphia Phillies, Tom Glavine
Posted in Game Analysis | 6 Comments »
By Josh on May 15, 2008 | Reply
I would love to win tonight. This not being able to win on the road is starting to really bother the sh** out of me. We are really lucky that we are only 2.5 games back. Lets get the win tonight and get back home for interleague play. GO Braves Please change ejection counter to 137
By Shaun on May 15, 2008 | Reply
After pitching some gems for NDs, Tommy G sure deserved to get a W even without his best stuff.
Hamels has been roughed up a bit his last few outings after starting out hot, so maybe we can take advantage of that.
By Jonathan on May 15, 2008 | Reply
Glav definitely deserves a win after Boyer stole them away from him all season. Plus Ring stole a win from him when Tommy couldn’t get the last out of the fifth. It’s about time for Tommy.
I’m glad we’re still as close to the top of the division as we are with how our road record is going. That has to change though.
The counters’ll be updated today….blame Colin…he left the country with the counters.
By Colin on May 15, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, the counters are on their way to being updated, but my time out of the country was absolutely awesome and very relaxing. Just what I needed.
Good to see the Bravos pulling a good home record, now we just need to pull to .500 on the road, one win at a time.
By Jonathan on May 15, 2008 | Reply
The counters are updated now. Order has been restored.
By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Glav definitely deserves a win after Boyer stole them away from him all season. Plus Ring stole a win from him when Tommy couldn't get the last out of the fifth. It's about time for Tommy.
I'm glad we're still as close to the top of the division as we are with how our road record is going. That has to change though.
The counters'll be updated today….blame Colin…he left the country with the counters.