Braves 9 Dodgers 8
Saw just the beginning and end of this one, which means I missed most of the good stuff. Random thoughts while the Braves get the heck out of LA with two unlikely wins:
-- So I go and insult Garciaparra for not playing in the opener, and it's taken all of three games for Chipper to miss a game with a strained abdominal muscle. Here we go again -- fortunately, Betemit stepped up just like last year with a 2-run HR.
-- Pete made much of HoRam ditching his cutter, but no matter. He still stinks, and John Thomson may be the beneficiary of the injury Horacio received while running the bases. One can only hope.
-- Feast or famine again with Renteria, who got on base three times and drove in two, but committed the error that allowed the Dodgers to tie the game in the seventh. Thank goodness we don't have to juxtapose Furcal's D with Renteria's again for a while.
-- Balanced offense for the third straight game, with contributions from everyone except LaRoche, who got the start against LHP Odalis Perez. Speaking of Odalis, you have to wonder whether he's ever going to realize his potential -- from the sounds of it, he doesn't take instruction very well, and certainly hasn't progressed much as a pitcher. Glad he's not our problem anymore.
-- Reitsma impersonated a reliable closer, getting 5 easy outs on 13 pitches. Quite a relief indeed after another shaky bullpen cattle call.
Jorge Sosa makes his mound debut tomorrow (he scored a run as a pinch runner tonight) against the Giants and Noah Lowry. Unfortunately for the already-taxed bullpen, it's a day game after a night game and overnight flight. What kind of crappy scheduling is that?
-- So I go and insult Garciaparra for not playing in the opener, and it's taken all of three games for Chipper to miss a game with a strained abdominal muscle. Here we go again -- fortunately, Betemit stepped up just like last year with a 2-run HR.
-- Pete made much of HoRam ditching his cutter, but no matter. He still stinks, and John Thomson may be the beneficiary of the injury Horacio received while running the bases. One can only hope.
-- Feast or famine again with Renteria, who got on base three times and drove in two, but committed the error that allowed the Dodgers to tie the game in the seventh. Thank goodness we don't have to juxtapose Furcal's D with Renteria's again for a while.
-- Balanced offense for the third straight game, with contributions from everyone except LaRoche, who got the start against LHP Odalis Perez. Speaking of Odalis, you have to wonder whether he's ever going to realize his potential -- from the sounds of it, he doesn't take instruction very well, and certainly hasn't progressed much as a pitcher. Glad he's not our problem anymore.
-- Reitsma impersonated a reliable closer, getting 5 easy outs on 13 pitches. Quite a relief indeed after another shaky bullpen cattle call.
Jorge Sosa makes his mound debut tomorrow (he scored a run as a pinch runner tonight) against the Giants and Noah Lowry. Unfortunately for the already-taxed bullpen, it's a day game after a night game and overnight flight. What kind of crappy scheduling is that?
posted by Sam Bass | 1:32 AM
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