ATL: Mike Hampton vs FLA: Al Lieter
Begin your pregame thoughts when ever.
ATL: Mike Hampton vs FLA: Al Lieter
Begin your pregame thoughts when ever.
2003 Hybrid World Champion (115-47 reg season, 11-4 playoffs)
TBL: Anaheim Angels 2006-present (238-244 regular season, 1 division title)
MSL: St Louis Cardinals 2013-present (2734-2936 regular season, 5 division titles, 2 championships)
TSSL: Seattle Mariners 2006-2029, Pittsburgh Pirates 2030-present (209-277, 5 division titles w/SEA, 1 championship w/SEA)
My thoughts: Atlanta better won.
Yesterday's loss was embarassing. Atlanta always starts their year off very slow, but no team should get shut out on opening day.
Good game. Tied at 1 in the top of the 12th. Runners at 1st and second for Atlanta though. 1 Out Brian Jordan up.
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Nate Bump has come into to pitch for the Marlins.
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1st pitch double play going to the bottom of the 12th.
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Encarnaccion leads off the 12th with a shot to left caught by Jordan at the track.
Gonzalez singles to left directly following.
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Bump bunts Gonzalez over and now it's up to Juan Pierre .
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Pierre grounds out to first and we go to the 13th inning of play.
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"Nothing is what rocks dream of."-Aristotle
Solo shot by Chipper Jones gives Atlanta a 2-1 lead with no outs in the top of the 13th.
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Andruw Jones barely hits the ball and Lo Duca runs down the first base line and dives and knocks the ball into fairer ground before it went foul. Jones had fallen down, so the pitcher just picked it up and handed it to Delgado for the out. Wacky play but a great one by Lo Duca.
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"Nothing is what rocks dream of."-Aristotle
Bottom of 14th coming up 2-1 Braves (10 hits for each team!).
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First time we get to see Kolb try to close a Braves game .
Castillo is up first. Kolb is wild pitching to him and walks him on 5 pitches. He missed WAY high on the last pitch. Cabrera up next!
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Cabrera is 0-4 with a BB today. Kolb remains wild. 2-1 pitch almost got away from the catcher. Cabrera breaks his bat on the 3-1 pitch hit it to Furcal and then a great DP (6th of the night for the Braves). Marlins are now down to there last out in Delgado. How one pitch changed that whole inning.
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Kolb is still struggling with his control. Delgado is up 2-0 already. Now 3-1. Hits a nice line drive but right to Brian Jordan. Good game and great win for the Braves. Tough loss for the Marlins. Kolb didn't have his best tonight and they had a chane to do something but they just didn't. Hudson has start #1 with the Braves tomorrow .
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"Nothing is what rocks dream of."-Aristotle
Damn, that was a tough one. Braves had to fight for that one, but Chipper came up huge.