Rockies 9, Braves 7 (10 innings)
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Sheesh. Well, I guess that in a game in which you walk 13 men and have an unassisted triple play turned against you, you're probably lucky to get to the tenth inning. I guess.
Davies sucked out of the gate, somehow got past the first, then allowed four runs in the second (blowing a lead from a solo homer by Thorman). Thorman then cut it to 4-2 in the fourth by singling home Andruw (who had doubled) but the Vulture gave the run back with a homer.
Thorman drove in two more runs with a single in the sixth. Langerhans (who had earlier in the game had his first hit since
Wickman's apparent collapse, however, continued. He walked three men, two of whom scored, and allowed an infield "hit" that was a routine forceout at second for any shortstop with complete use of his arms and legs. He got a soft groundout to score the tying run, then hit the next batter. The surgent (he's not resurgent, he's never surged before) Kali came in to get the last batter, which he only did because Francoeur made an outstanding catch in right.
Thorman doubled to lead off the tenth, but was erased when he fell down trying to scramble back on a lineout. Then Colyer came in, walked the second guy (Helton, who walked five times today) and gave up a homer to end it. Meanwhile, Mike Gonzalez was playing Sudoku in the bullpen or something. I don't know.
The Braves had twice as many hits as the Rockies, 16-8, but oh, those bases on balls. Everyone in the regular lineup (including Pena for McCann) had a hit and only Chipper and Langerhans (.068) had less than two.
posted by Mac @ 4/29/2007 05:57:00 PM
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18 Comments:
an infield "hit" that was a routine forceout at second for any shortstop with complete use of his arms and legs
yeah, ok.
2 out of 3, can't really complain, except the way this one ended.
We gotta keep the walks down.
Edgar needs to not suck.
Maybe Soriano should be the closer for a week, give Wickman a rest.
This is a plus when you have 3 guys who can close. With the way Yates and Moylan are throwing right now, it wouldn't hurt.
Also, sending Davies down for few starts to work on his control is an option. Bring up somebody else for a little bit.
Just some thoughts.
Davies doesn't need to go down for a couple of weeks. He needs to spend the rest of this season in Richmond. Right now, he has no clue where his pitches are going, and his confidence is shot. That's not something that can be corrected in a matter of a few starts.
Langerhans got traded to Oakland for a player to be named later!
-Heard it on Braves postgame radio show.
Wooooooooooo
Nothing on the wire about that. I hope not; Langerhans is a good fourth outfielder.
I'm a little shocked. From DOB:
LANGERHANS TRADED TO OAKLAND.
For cash or a player to be named. Braves are bringing up Willie Harris, who’s batting .362 with a homer and seven RBIs in 17 games at Richmond, and .412 vs. right-handed pitchers.
Bobby says doesn’t know how he’ll use him when I asked if it’d be platoon. But I think it will be.
I wish Langerhans the best. He was horrid this year, but has been decent for us in the past. Let's hope we don't regret trading a good late inning defensive replacement.
Initial reaction: dumb. Langerhans can't hit, but he runs well and plays good defense. He's a good fourth outfielder. What do we get? An A-ball pitcher with no potential...
Willie Harris? Why?
Yippee.
Langerhans was killing us & we got rid of him. I wish him well.
These games just sting. I'm having flashbacks to last season, and I'm starting to wonder if after awhile, being a closer for the Braves does something to you. It single handedly ruined the post-All Star year of the Kolb era, and a discussion on Reitsma isn't necessary right now.
It doesn't take a high paid analysis to know that you can't walk double digit batters and hope to win. But going into the ninth inning with a lead and losing twice on get away days is a tough pill to swallow.
The bottom line is, I don't have a lot of confidence in any of the bullpen players because of consistency issues and as far as starters go, Redman and Davies have only been consistently bad.
You should never have sixteen hits and lose. The Mets are too good a team, especially over 162 games, to lose games like this loss and the Florida loss last week. In another month, the Braves, and Braves fans like us, might be rooting for a Wild Card spot.
- KB
You don't solve the Langerhans probably by getting rid of him. You solve the Langerhans problem by diminishing his role to one that will help his strengths and hide his weaknesses (late-inning replacement, fourth outfielder). You give Diaz more playing time. You make a trade for a left fielder. I just think it's dumb. I'll probably be alone though.
i find it a little unfair that a lotta people here complain to high heaven about langerhans when he plays, and now complain when he's traded. make up your mind! love 'em or hate 'em.
An outfielder who can't hit at all has no value on a major league roster, and Langerhans had no options. The Braves were likely going to waive him if they couldn't deal, at least this way they get some miscellaneous live arm or minor league filler, which is more than Langerhans is worth at this stage.
I can't argue with the trade. Maybe Langer would've come around, but it's not like we're talking about Andruw Jones here.
Look at Langer's career numbers. We can put a lot of people out there who are going to be better than Langer.
I liked Langer's defense & I loved his hustle. But, after nearly 500 MLB PAs, the guy has never proven that he can hit MLB pitching on the level of other MLB LFs. Guy can't hit. Sorry.
Next...
MAC -
It was an 11 inning game (Header)
The horrible pitching and blown saves are starting to give me a sickening feeling like last year.
I hope if Wickman is hurt he won't pull a Reitsma on us and try to pitch through it for 2 months, blowing saves left and right and costing us our season.
A change of scenery is for the best for Langerhans. I hope Redman and Davies aren't far behind him heading out the door.
Is it impossible for Kelly Johnson to play left field due to his arm surgery of last year? If not, what do you guys think of putting him in left and calling up Prado?
an infield "hit" that was a routine forceout at second for any shortstop with complete use of his arms and legs
yeah, ok.
Reality, Mac. Mac, reality. Thought you guys already knew each other.
Robert
wow, "routine forceout"?
all this Yunel Escobar talk yet our best prospect is right here. Mac, you should try out and make the club out of spring training next year. Escobar ain't got @#%$ on you.
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