SEPT 19: Crushing for the Braves to lose Tuesday afternoon on a Simmons error and Kimbrel blown save. First time in his career giving up three runs. His season stats are still amazing…as are Simmons. Then Tuesday night they don’t hit.
Last night the Braves only got one hit in the first five innings. Freddie Freeman made an error. Then after Fredi and Wood were ejected they got seven hits in four innings. Perhaps it was the wake-up call they needed. First pitch home runs from Uggla and Justin. Gattis single and McCann RBI double. Simmons scores from first. Schafer takes third on a bunt. And Uggla and BJ struck out. Fredi needs to play Todd Cunningham more. Even Bethancourt would be better than BJ. Hopefully Heyward will return next week.
Funny suggestion that after his ejection, Fredi should’ve donned a Gerald Laird jersey and returned to the dugout. Umpire CB Bucknor had a smirk on his face when he threw Wood out of the game. Bucknor called the 3-2 pitch to Werth a ball, then later calls a pitch even further inside a strike.
September 19, and the Braves have the best record in the National League. Second best record in baseball. A nine game division lead. All this despite all the injuries, and giving the starting pitchers an extra day of rest the last two weeks. Wood had been on track for a Quality Start, as no earned runs were allowed in his 4-2/3 innings pitched (no ER the entire game).
Worked til 5:30 Tuesday night. Ceil cooked a chicken & dumpling casserole thing. I cleaned up the kitchen, then went to WalMart to more ink. Then upstairs to read the Sexton book.
Yesterday I got a haircut on the way home. Ceil fixed spaghetti and meatballs. Watched the Braves, then drove to Sandy Springs to pick up Anna. She was babysitting Margaret Ewing Gaither’s two kids. When I arrived Margaret and her husband Will were in shorts and T-shirts. For their date that had gone cycling on the Silver Comet Trail.
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