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Braves Win On The Road?
Written by Akshay on May 29, 2008 – 5:58 pmJorge Campillo’s ERA rose after today’s outing as our fifth starter, while the Braves secured a rare 8-1 road win. Campillo, who’s ERA was 0.86 before the game, allowed a home run to Russell Branyan to increase his ERA to 0.99, just disgusting. That’s the first run that Campillo has given up since assuming a starting role.
In all seriousness though, the Braves were hopefully able to put two one-run road losses behind them on their way to Cincinnati to take on the Reds. Campillo (2-0) pitched five innings and allowed one run on the homer for his second win, another converted reliever, Seth McClung (2-2), took the loss after allowing six runs in four and two-thirds innings.
Campillo struck out six in his five innings and walked none. Campillo also got his first major league hit and RBIs on a flair to right fielder Corey Hart.
Mark Teixeira homered in the win, his first in the last 19 games, as he continues to show signs of life with his second four-RBI game this week. Teixeira’s .290 batting average is 30 points higher than his .262 average in April and only figures to get higher going into the summer.
The Braves did not start the game out soundly. Yunel Escobar singled on the first pitch of the game. After Kelly Johnson popped up on the second pitch, Chipper Jones singled and Teixeira walked. Greg Norton, getting the start in left field while Kotsay is nursing his sore back (Blanco made the start in center), grounded into a double play—a signature of the Braves season.
In the third, Escobar singled and moved to third on a Chipper single. Teixeira hit the ball to the right side that would have scored Escobar anyway, but Teixeira was safe at first and Chipper moved up thanks to Rickie Weeks’ throwing error.
In the fifth, Kelly Johnson singled and stole second on a mental error by the Brewers—they didn’t hold the runner with Chipper at the plate. With first base open, Chipper was intentionally walked before Tex unloaded to right field for a 4-0 lead. Campillo later singled with the bases loaded for a 6-0 lead.
In the eighth, the Braves loaded the bases with two outs, but Manny Acosta grounded out to first. Atlanta replicated that in the ninth, but this time Kelly Johnson’s single scored two to put the Braves up 8-1.
Some strange occurrences happened in this game. After Brian McCann’s strike without being in the box last night, the umpire was involved in a very rare call today as well. With Ryan Braun attempting to steal third, Corky Miller’s throw to third sailed into left field and allowed Braun to score. But before that happened, Hart was called out on batter’s interference because he stepped out of the batter’s box during the throw attempt. The hitter is required to stand in the batter’s box to avoid this call. This cost the Brewers a run that would have tied the game.
Chipper watch: Chipper went 2-4 today to raise his average to .420, the fourth highest batting average through May 28th this late in the season.
Injury update: Matt Diaz’s PCL is partially torn, but he will not require surgery. He will, however, be out six weeks for treatment. Soriano threw the ninth inning today with his fastball reaching 94 miles an hour, he allowed a base runner on a walk but did not allow a hit. Smoltz will pitch for Rome tonight and Gonzalez was cleared to go on a 10-day minor league rehab assignment.
Tags: Jorge Campillo, Milwaukee Brewers
Posted in Game Analysis | 16 Comments »
By JBinATL on May 29, 2008 | Reply
I’m tellin you. It’s the grey jerseys and blue caps. We’re undefeated in them.
I love Campillo. I wish he just could go 7 but the 5 he’s been giving us have been solid. I hope it lasts.
By josh on May 29, 2008 | Reply
Thank God for a road win. Lets keep it up against the reds.
By Colin on May 29, 2008 | Reply
Campillo is the man. Thank goodness we actually came out with a win on the road.
Soriano had some control issues from what I heard on the radio – walked a batter, threw a wild pitch. But it’s good to see him back in the game and on the roster.
By The Penguin on May 30, 2008 | Reply
You sure allowing Johnson to take 2nd in the 5th was a mental error? I didn’t get to see it live but assumed the walk was intentional.
By Akshay on May 30, 2008 | Reply
Yep, pretty sure. Why wouldn’t the hold Johnson at first when a guy with a 0.420 average is at the plate? If Chipper singles in that instance, Johnson takes third easily. Holding him makes it a little tougher for him to get a good jump towards second.
By Cameron on May 30, 2008 | Reply
They let Johnson take second so they could intentionally walk Chipper. It was pretty clear what the Reds were trying to do and it didn’t pay off for Yost and Tex followed and hit a three run bomb.
By Cameron on May 30, 2008 | Reply
my bad what the brewers were trying to do
By Akshay on May 30, 2008 | Reply
If that was the case why wouldn’t they have just walked Chipper? It’s pointless for them to let Kelly go to second, he’s not exactly Sean Casey running the bases, the guy’s got speed and can steal a base whenever he needs to, especially with Kendall behind the plate. Kendall, in his career, has thrown out only 29% of base-runners.
By Jonathan on May 30, 2008 | Reply
It’s a saving-face thing, that’s all. It doesn’t look as bad if you intentionally walk someone with first base open. Tex just made them pay.
By JBinATL on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I'm tellin you. It's the grey jerseys and blue caps. We're undefeated in them.
I love Campillo. I wish he just could go 7 but the 5 he's been giving us have been solid. I hope it lasts.
By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Campillo is the man. Thank goodness we actually came out with a win on the road.
Soriano had some control issues from what I heard on the radio – walked a batter, threw a wild pitch. But it's good to see him back in the game and on the roster.
By The Penguin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
You sure allowing Johnson to take 2nd in the 5th was a mental error? I didn't get to see it live but assumed the walk was intentional.
By Akshay on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Yep, pretty sure. Why wouldn't the hold Johnson at first when a guy with a 0.420 average is at the plate? If Chipper singles in that instance, Johnson takes third easily. Holding him makes it a little tougher for him to get a good jump towards second.
By Cameron on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
They let Johnson take second so they could intentionally walk Chipper. It was pretty clear what the Reds were trying to do and it didn't pay off for Yost and Tex followed and hit a three run bomb.
By Akshay on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
If that was the case why wouldn't they have just walked Chipper? It's pointless for them to let Kelly go to second, he's not exactly Sean Casey running the bases, the guy's got speed and can steal a base whenever he needs to, especially with Kendall behind the plate. Kendall, in his career, has thrown out only 29% of base-runners.
By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
It's a saving-face thing, that's all. It doesn't look as bad if you intentionally walk someone with first base open. Tex just made them pay.