Braves Report

Well, I don’t know what happened on Monday, but the Braves seem to have gotten it out of their system. At first, it seemed like we were going to see the same anemic offense that likes to rear its ugly head, but that just wasn’t the case tonight. The Braves scored when they needed to, and the pitching was phenomenal. Let’s go.

Tommy Hanson started this game and looked great. He went 6 innings, threw 100 pitches, allowed a run, 4 hits, 4 walks, and struck out 7. He was hitting 96 mph on the gun and made it look effortless. Moylan and Saito followed him, each allowing a hit in their inning of work. Wagner pitched the 9th and struck out 2. Overall, good job pitching staff. It’s nice to see this piece of the puzzle back in place.

At the beginning and end of this game, the offense struggled. They struck out 12 times in total, including 6 times in a row in the 8th and 9th innings. All seemed lost until the 6th inning, when Brian McCann doubled in a pair of runs. Jason Heyward singled in McCann after that for his 10th RBI of the year. In the 7th inning, I begged Glaus to do something.

He did.

He belted a three-run shot to the upper deck in left field, the same place where Andruw used to hit them, for his first home run as a Brave. He shut me up. Other than that, Prado had a double, but struck out 3 times. Chipper and Yunel also had singles. Keep up the good work.

Braves win, 6-1.

Next game, Thursday @ 6:35 PM EST on Sports South.