Sometimes it’s hard to understand this team. On Monday afternoon, a game in which had the dumbest start time, the Braves got their asses handed to them by the pitcher who has the most losses in the Major League, Barry Zito. This second loss in a row to a team with a worse record was a fitting end to wrap up the homestand, which had the lackluster record of 1 -7.
Jorge Campillo started this game, and was less than his usual dominant self. He went 6 and 2/3 innings, while allowing 7 hits, 5 earned runs, a walk, and striking out two. Ohman relieved him, and did so with a strikeout. Boyer and Nunez followed, each perfect. Boyer had two strikeouts. Nice job, bullpen.
There’s not much to say about this offense. They had 7 hits, but couldn’t push a single run against the losingest pitcher in the Majors. So instead of talking about how they managed a bunch of singles, I’m going to complain about the start time of this game.
4:30 PM EST? C’mon, why such a weird time? Attendance was said to be 18,000+, but in the beginning of the game, there looked to be about 400. If the west coast teams can’t cater to the east coast teams whenever they come into town (I’m looking at you, 10:10 PM EST starts), then I don’t see why the east should do the west any favors.
Brian McCann gazes in disbelief at the crappy start time
I mean, has being nice ever gotten anybody anywhere? It has? Dammit.
Braves lose, 5 - 0.