Who Is to Blame?

Going into Monday’s game:

Heyward batted .140 in his last 17 games, with one RBI & 19 strikeouts.

He went 0-12 with 7 strikeouts in the first three postseason games.

Infante batted .197 in his last 17 games.

The team batted .214 in their last 15 games.

In the first three postseason games they batted .165, with 37 strikeouts.

Brooks Conrad:

…batted .350 with a 2B, 3B, HR, & 6 RBI in last 6 regular season games.

…led Braves with a .378 avg with RISP this season (4^th best in the NL).

…led Braves with a .313 avg and 1.115 OPS in close-and-late situations.

…had 10 extra-base hits in 48 close-and-late at-bats, including a team-high 5 HR & 17 RBIs.

…1st time a Brave hit a walk-off grand slam when down by 3 runs since 1955.

…one of 4 players to put his team ahead with a bunt hit in the 9th inning.

…5th player in last 60 years to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in same season.

…1st player to hit three go-ahead HR in 8th inning or later off the bench since 1995.

…4th rookie in Braves history to win a 1-0 game with a home run.

(Stats courtesy of Mark Bradley and Dave O'Brien)

And we won’t even talk about Melky.