Weekend Wrap

Yeah, I fell behind again in my updates. Both Saturday and Sunday's games were loses anyways and I don't really take pride in talking about them, especially when it was against a division rival.

It's best to remember that season still very early yet, and that things are likely to get better shortly.

Saturday

Phillies 10, Braves 2

What an ugly game. Every pitcher the Braves threw out on the mound gave up at least two runs. The good news is that the guys that pitched out of the bullpen are the worst in the bullpen. The most expensive yet the worst pitchers named George Sherrill and Scott Linebrink certainly earned their money this time.

- Brandon Beachy kept the Braves in it right up until the 7th inning. He pitched six innings giving up seven hits, four earned runs (one earned from RP) two walks, and struck out two.

- The bullpen was horrible. Of course it was the worst pitchers of the bullpen that did so.

- George Sherrill is going to have to get it together very quickly. He gave up a hit, walked one and had two earn runs and yet didn't record an out. That's zero innings pitched!

- Scott Linebrink gave up a nice fat grand slam to Carlos Ruiz on a 0-2 pitch count. Way to go!

- Cristhian Martinez pitched two innings giving up four hits and allowing two runs to score.

- The bats were pretty bland. Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt didn't really dominate on the mound either. Alex Gonzalez had the best day going 2-4 with a run.

Sunday

Phillies 3, Braves 2

Another awesome game by the Braves. They had a couple opportunities to score yet did a usual pop up or ground ball right at someone when a hit was needed the most.

- Derek Lowe has pitched games allowing zero runs, one run, and two runs yet sits with a record of 1-2. Lowe pitched another good game going seven innings, giving up seven hits, two earned runs, and striking out two.

- Jonny Venters pitched a scoreless inning.

- Kimbrel gave up his first hit (fluke) of the season to Jimmy Rollins who later scored. The run wasn't earned because of a Jason Heyward error.

- Nothing worthy of noting offensively other than that Dan Uggla was hitless all series.

One thing I did enjoy was watching Brian McCann walk back to the dugout after his at bat and stopping to yell explicit words at Phillies Carlos Ruiz. Apparently Ruiz was crying at the umpire about balls and strikes and McCann decided to shut him up. Perhaps because Ruiz was catching balls in the opposite batters box that were called strike three on Friday night?

Take a look at McCann's baseball reference page and look at the sponsor advertisement (in yellow box).

McCann > Ruiz is what it says. Someone (not me) paid money to put it there.

The Braves got today off which was much needed. Such a coincidence that the Phillies get the day off as well before facing another NL East opponent. They have one less game played than the Braves too.

* The Florida Marlins will be visiting Atlanta tomorrow. Tommy Hanson will look to finally get things going. The Braves need to get the series win.