Gamethread: Braves @ Dodgers, August 7th, 2009 (110/162) WIN

[sdp]

N. McLouth cf
M. Prado 3b
G. Anderson lf
B. McCann c
A. LaRoche 1b
Y. Escobar ss
R. Church rf
K. Johnson 2b
J. Jurrjens p

Go Braves!

Chipper scratched with an oblique strain during BP...

[Lauren T.]

Chipper's scratched, per Braves Live. Tweaked his oblique in BP.

[Lauren T.]

Revised lineup, per DOB (http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2009/08/07/braves-try-to-slow-ethier-dodgers/comment-page-4/#comment-245818):

McLouth
Prado (3B)
Anderson
McCann
LaRoche
Escobar
Church
Johnson
Jurrjens

[BigWorm]

Awesome. Like a kick in the nuts.

[Lauren T.]

Church drives in Escobar in the top of the 2nd -- 1-0 Braves!

[Andy G.]

WHAT THE FRICK?!?!

The umpire calls the pitch a strike then changes his mind? Bull sh**! You can't fricking do that. Why do the umpires keep screwing us? What the hell is going on? We go from a strike 'em out throw 'em out double play to no outs and two guys on.

Now Manny gets struck out but Blake hits a three run homer?!?! WHAT THE FRICK!!!!!!!!!!

[4maddux_cy's]

Actually joe was wrong it would have just been strike 2 but nonetheless it was still absurd.

[Andy G.]

Unbelievable. This has to be some kind of sick joke.

[sdp]

I'd hate to be a giraffe with a sore throat.

[Hobbes]

Nice hustle by Prado.

[CharlotteBrave]

Shocker... Batting Greg Norton in the 9th, and he's out in 4 pitches... 0 balls. Why is he in the Bigs again? Last year shouldn't mean anything in August....

[Andy G.]

Anderson ties it up with a single!

[Hobbes]

Way to go GA!

[Andy G.]

Alright, we've two on and two outs. Come on Escobar. Laroche couldn't come through for the Braves or my fantasy team. You have a chance to help out both as well.

[Andy G.]

Escobar and Church have been huge today. 9-5 Braves!

[argentina brave]

it's 9:24 am in bulgaria, and i awoke to a delightful top of the 12th! let's go braves....3 more outs!

[argentina brave]

BRAVES WIN!!

[Andy G.]

Glad you got to see the fireworks AB. :thumbsup:

Sidenote: Jason Heyward was 2-3 with a double, a homerun and two walks tonight. If Frank Wren really is thinking about bringing him up, Heyward's doing his best to make the decision an easy one.

[JanShan12]

That was an emotionally exhausting game... but glad it worked out for us. These west coast games are killing me. I'll be sleeping in as late as possible tomorrow.

[Lauren T.]

I couldn't keep watching -- I went to bed after that awful call in the 6th. I'm glad to see we pulled out a win, but seriously, what did we ever do to these umpires??

[Hobbes]

I had to pack it in at 1:30. I'm glad we won, but an extra-inning affair on the West coast is a killer.

[JanShan12]

Yes they are! Even on the weekend. Hopefully tonight's goes much smoother, but with Kawakami facing Kershaw, I'm not too confident.