Game Thread Barves vs. Dodgers 6/4/2010

[chicagobrave]

Line-Ups:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=300604119

[sdp]

Vamos!

[Hobbes]

Thread title fixed. ;)

[chicagobrave]

I hope I did not step on anyone's toes by starting the game thread tonight.

[Dreamscape]

I hope I did not step on anyone's toes by starting the game thread tonight.

Feel free to start game threads. The more participation, the better.

[Hobbes]

I hope I did not step on anyone's toes by starting the game thread tonight.
Not at all. Anybody who wants to start the thread is more than welcome.

You just misspelled "Barves". :p

[Hobbes]

Philthies just won their game.

[chicagobrave]

Oops!! I swear sometimes I just can not type.

Go Braves!!

[chicagobrave]

There goes Prado's 1st a bat 5 game hit streak. Too bad. Would have been nice to see it continue.

[Hobbes]

Oops!! I swear sometimes I just can not type.

Go Braves!!
Sorry to confuse you. We've been referring to the team as the Barves around here. You did originally type "Braves".

[Dreamscape]

By the way, a barve can also (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Barve) be small, six-legged animal raised for its meat. Their unclean reputation led to the word barve being used across the galaxy as an insult. The insult was especially prevalent among bounty hunters.

/isn't a nerd

[chicagobrave]

Good hustle from Heyward to get on base after the strike out.

[jlcct]

By the way, a barve can also (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Barve) be small, six-legged animal raised for its meat. Their unclean reputation led to the word barve being used across the galaxy as an insult. The insult was especially prevalent among bounty hunters.

/isn't a nerd
lol :)

[Dreamscape]

This just in...Kershaw is nasty.

[Hobbes]

Kershaw makes the first three hitters look foolish.

[chicagobrave]

Hopefully Kawakami will get some run support tonight and pick up a win.

[jlcct]

yikes, he struck out the side.

[jlcct]

Hopefully Kawakami will get some run support tonight and pick up a win.
I predict he hits an RBI single.

[Dreamscape]

Kershaw makes the first three hitters look foolish.
And the fourth hitter, too.

[Dreamscape]

Saito DL'd, Kimbrel called up, btw.

Jair Jurrjens also pitched a simulated game.

[chicagobrave]

Kimbrel has been called up to take Saito's spot since he is now on the DL.

[Dreamscape]

Leadoff walk to Furcal...probably not the best idea.

[Dreamscape]

Runners on the corners, nobody out...and hopefully, Kawakami can limit some damage here.

[Hobbes]

Dodgers take the early lead.

[chicagobrave]

Come on Kawakami settle in and get some strike outs. That was a scary looking Sac fly.

[chicagobrave]

That was an awful throw from Ross.

[Dreamscape]

Kawakami won't get hurt by lack of run support...he will just have an awful game.

[Hobbes]

The ground-rule double actually helps as it keeps Loney from scoring.

[chicagobrave]

Kawakami looks like he is throwing batting practice. This is getting scary already. The Braves got a break there. It looked like that pitch was going to leave the park without bouncing over the wall.

[Chris_Moderato]

It's only two runs. Hopefully the Barvos can post some runs this inning.

[Hobbes]

Mercifully the inning ends without further damage.

[chicagobrave]

Now the offense needs to get up there and figure out how to get hits to score runs. That could have been a lot worse than it was..

[Dreamscape]

McPopUp is at it again.

[Dreamscape]

Kawakami...that was too good of a pitch to take.

[chicagobrave]

This is going to be a long night if the offense does not produce runs when they have a chance to. Stranding base runners does not tend to win games.

[chicagobrave]

Nice play by KK. Scary but it worked.

[chicagobrave]

KK please figure out how to pitch without giving up any more runs. The offense can not score unlimited runs to bail you out tonight.

[Hobbes]

These commercials on MLB.TV are killing me.

[chicagobrave]

I know Furcal can run but is something wrong with Nate's arm? He does not seem to want to try to throw out base runners lately.

[chicagobrave]

Come on Heyward. A 3 run HR would be really helpful here. Run up his pitch count guys.

[jlcct]

Come on Yunel. Smack a double.

[chicagobrave]

Wow the Braves are on the board. Nice Job Yuni.
Now 4-2 due to an error.

[Hobbes]

There's one run back.

[jlcct]

Atta boy Yunel. He was Mr. Clutch last year. Maybe he is getting back at it.

[Hobbes]

That's two fluky runs in one inning.

[jlcct]

Okay! Right back in it.

[jlcct]

Kershaw with almost 60 pitches through 3. Maybe we can tax their pen for some leverage for the next two games.

[jlcct]

We really need Kawakami to hold 'em here.

[chicagobrave]

KK just got hit above the foot on the shin. He still made the play and got the out. The trainer is out on the field now.

[jlcct]

Gameday is all screwed up tonight. If anyone feels like doing a play by play at the end of each inning it would be much appreciated.

[chicagobrave]

KK with his first perfect inning tonight. Inning ended with a strike out.

[chicagobrave]

Gameday is all screwed up tonight. If anyone feels like doing a play by play at the end of each inning it would be much appreciated.

If you have any questions about what is going on let me know. I have tivo and can rewind if something is missed. I am not the greatest at doing play by play.

[jlcct]

Nice. Kawakami takes a 4 pitch walk.

[-Dr. Brave-]

If you have any questions about what is going on let me know.

I'm waiting for his question to be, "What happened last inning?"

[chicagobrave]

Top 4th
Nate flys to Center – 1st Out
KK-Walks
Prado lined out to RF-2nd Out
Infante Lines out to end the inning.
No runs scored.

[-Dr. Brave-]

The Dodgers are hitting a lot of gappers tonight.

[jlcct]

Gameday is putting all of Kawakami's pitches at the top of the strike zone.

[jlcct]

and he's running every other count full.

[-Dr. Brave-]

Gameday is putting all of Kawakami's pitches at the top of the strike zone.

His location has been off tonight... not hitting his spots and leaving pitches out over the plate.

[chicagobrave]

Bottom 4th
Martin doubles
Carroll bounces out to short -1st out
Kershaw flies out- 2nd out
Furcal lines to first base
No runs scored

Looks like KK maybe settling in even though his location has been off.

[jlcct]

He's thrown 71 through 4. At least Gameday is good for something. I'm giving up on Gameday. Time for some P2P :)

[chicagobrave]

P2P?

[chicagobrave]

Top 5th
Heyward-Strikes out looking
Glaus- Flys out
Escobar lines out

Kershaw might have roled his ankle throwing out Escobar. He limped off the field.

[jlcct]

Peer to peer. I'm streaming the game. It just came up now. I'm not sure how it works exactly but somebody watching the game puts it on their computer as it's going on and they put a link up for people like me to watch it. I'm probably seeing the game about 10 or 15 seconds behind everyone else here but at least I can see it. I think it's frowned upon. It might actually be illegal but I'm not overly concerned about it. Cox Communications caught me downloading a movie once and they just sent me an email telling me to knock it off and erase the movie from my hard drive.

[jlcct]

Actually I'm about 2 minutes behind Gameday so I'm probably 3 minutes behind everyone here.

[chicagobrave]

Peer to peer. I'm streaming the game. It just came up now. I'm not sure how it works exactly but somebody watching the game puts it on their computer as it's going on and they put a link up for people like me to watch it. I'm probably seeing the game about 10 or 15 seconds behind everyone else here but at least I can see it. I think it's frowned upon. It might actually be illegal but I'm not overly concerned about it. Cox Communications caught me downloading a movie once and they just sent me an email telling me to knock it off and erase the movie from my hard drive.

Do you still need play by play?

[jlcct]

Kawakami is 81 pitches through 5.

[chicagobrave]

Bottom 5th

Kemp lines out to short
Manny 2 out Single
No runs scored

[jlcct]

No, I'm okay now. Thank you.

[chicagobrave]

The offense needs to wake up and start scoring runs now.

[chicagobrave]

Great bunt by Ross. 2 on and nobody out. Melky get your head out of your butt.

[Devil Wears Prado]

Looked safe to me.

[chicagobrave]

Me too. I rewound the game to see that again. That was a messy inning. I hope Ross is ok. It looked like he lost his footing on the bases and fell.

[sdp]

That inning went from promising to over in the blink of an eye.

[jlcct]

He did look safe but you gotta tip your cap to Martin. I just can't believe he got caught. Just another reason for me to continue hating on Melky Cabrera.

[chicagobrave]

The offense needs to stop wasting opportunities. Too many left stranded so far.

[chicagobrave]

It would have been nice if Omar had caught that or at least knocked it down.

[chicagobrave]

KK did not look comfortable out there that inning. Perhaps someone should be warming up in the bullpen.

[sdp]

Hard to not waste opportunities when you have a .176 McOut in your lineup.

[chicagobrave]

Ok guys stop swinging at garbage and make him earn outs while his location is off.

[chicagobrave]

Good at bat for Glaus to pick up the walk. Kershaw is gone after 110 pitches. 2 men on 2 outs. Hope someone can get at least one RBI here.

[Hobbes]

TIE GAME!!

[chicagobrave]

Games is now tied 4-4 after the ball gets passed Manny. It is so funny to watch him trying to play defense. Double for Yuni. Come on Melky make up for your stupid mistake earlier.

[Agent-X-]

So good to have Yunel hitting again!!

[sdp]

I called it. I knew a fastball was coming there and Yunel didn't miss it.

[chicagobrave]

KK is done. O'Flairity coming in now.

[Hobbes]

Dodgers are threatening now and KK is coming out.

[Hobbes]

Crap!

[chicagobrave]

That was not a good pitch from O'Flairity there.

[Hobbes]

The DP helps.

[chicagobrave]

Hopefully the offense can pick up O'Flairity here. Unfortunately Manny won't be around to help our offense any more tonight.

[Agent-X-]

Maybe if we stopped dropping relievers into runners-in-scoring position situations they would be able to exit innings without giving up runs.... oh well.

[chicagobrave]

Odd to see a player bat without batting gloves. Come on bullpen please have a quick scoreless inning.

[Hobbes]

Okay, our last chance...against Broxton.

[chicagobrave]

That was a little to close to Prado's head. Come on Martin make them pay for that.

[Hobbes]

It comes down to Heyward.

[Hobbes]

Braves lose. 5 Ks for Heyward.

And the streak ends. It was always going to be a tough game with KK against Kershaw.

[chicagobrave]

Ugh there goes the winning streak for the Braves. Hopefully things will go better tomorrow. See you all Sunday since I will be out doing karaoke tomorrow night. Go Braves!!

[sdp]

Heyward needs a day off.

[-Dr. Brave-]

Heyward needs a day off.

I was thinking the same thing.

[jlcct]

Maybe if we stopped dropping relievers into runners-in-scoring position situations they would be able to exit innings without giving up runs.... oh well.
Lowe went 8 on Wednesday and Medlen went 7 plus yesterday. Hudson had gone 6 before Lowe. You can't really excuse the pen. It seems like they should have been rested.

[jlcct]

I was thinking the same thing.
I agree. I only got to see his last couple at bats but one of em for sure was a bad called three strike. lol He still gets the sombrero :D

[Hobbes]

I agree. I only got to see his last couple at bats but one of em for sure was a bad called three strike. lol He still gets the sombrero :D
5 strikeouts is one damn big sombrero.

[Chris_Moderato]

5 strikeouts is one damn big sombrero.

It's the nacho sombrero, made out of corn chips, with a bowl of salsa in the middle that you slowly eat away at. Ole!

[Hobbes]

It's the nacho sombrero, made out of corn chips, with a bowl of salsa in the middle that you slowly eat away at. Ole!
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