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Post by GTfan on Oct 2, 2004 22:27:26 GMT -5
July 31st ATL- 9 NYM- 3 F
WP- Paul Byrd (4-7) LP- Steve Trachsel (5-5)
HR- Mike Cameron (14) Marcus Giles (16)
Player of the Game Paul Byrd- CG, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 13 K
August 1st ATL- 6 NYM 5 F
WP- Terry Sanderson (3-1) LP- J. Seo (3-8) SV- John Smoltz (24)
HR- Mike Cameron (15) Mike Piazza 2 (21) Marcus Giles (17) Andres Galarraga 2 (16)
Player of the Game Andres Galarraga- 2 for 4- 2 HRs, 3 RBIs
Up Next: @ HOU
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Post by GTfan on Oct 2, 2004 22:19:36 GMT -5
Atlanta Braves (60-42) vs. New York Mets (48-56) Turner Field, Atlanta 3 Games Impact- 9
Series Preview The Braves are facing off against the Mets once again after finishing the last series with 2 blowout wins, but the season series is only a 5-4 Braves advantage. This game has a lot of impact of whether the Braves can pull away in the East.
Who's Hot Mike Piazza has kept a .296 avg. and just needing a few hits to get over .300 and leads the team with 18 HRs.
July 30th ATL- Horacio Ramirez (9-7) vs. NYM- Aaron Heilman (6-5)
Pitching Matchup Today's two pitchers are very simular in ERA and record. Both ERAs are high and both have average records. Ramirez's once low ERA jumped after a rough outing in Kansas City back in interleague play, but he's started to pitch up to his potential again so watch out.
PLAY BALL Both pitchers cruised through 2 innings, but in the 3rd inning, Aaron Boone led off with solo-blast on the first pitch from Heilman and the Braves had their usual early lead.
1-0 ATL End 3rd
But the Mets came right back in the 4th with an RBI from Vaughn and Ramirez got the double play ball that should have ended the inning but Giles was taken out on a slide and another run scored.
2-1 NYM Mid 4th
But Marcus Giles tied it right back up in the 4th by killing the first pitch he saw into the center field seats. And Galarraga regained the ATL lead by hitting a sac-fly to score Chipper.
3-2 ATL End 4th
But Ramirez's good outing suddenly turned into a slugfest in the 5th. Floyd started it with a 2-run double with 0 outs. And then Piazza cleared the bases with a ball driven over the wall for a 2-run homer to make the lead 3. But Ramirez finally got a double play to end the nitemare inning.
6-3 NYM Mid 5th
Then in the bottom of the inning, Heilman hit his second batter of the day to put 2 runners on for Drew and the Braves dugout was getting a little restless. But Drew came through with a double to score both runners to throw it in Heilman's face.
6-5 NYM End 5th
When Heilman batted in the 6th, a few pitches came very close, but amazingly there was no warning issued. When hit his 3rd batter of the day in the 6th, which happened to be Andruw Jones, on the shoulder, pandomonium broke out. Andrew sprinted to the mound ready to kill somebody. When the teams were finally separted, Andruw was ejected and Matthews Jr. came in to replace him. Highlights were galore in the 6th when Matthews stole second and Galarraga fired one to center field but Cameron made an amazing diving catch. Then Perez flied out to end the inning. But they started threatning again in the 7th when two bad defensive plays loaded the bases for Matthews with 1 out. And a grounder is once again misplayed and the tieing run scores. (none of these plays were errors, but were stupid and probably wouldn't happen in real life) And then Strickland capped off the horrible inning full of mishaps by walking Galarraga to score the go ahead run. Then Estrada got some insurance with an RBI base hit, but Matthews was thrown out to end the inning.
8-6 ATL End 7th
And then Smoltz made up for the loss in the last series by closing out in dominating fashion once again by striking out the last batter to finish out one of the craziest games of the year for the Braves.
8-6 ATL F
WP- Jung Bong (9-3) LP- Strickland (5-6) SV- John Smoltz (23)
HR- Mike Piazza (19) Marcus Giles (15) Aaron Boone (10)
Player of the Game J. D. Drew- 2 for 4- 2B, 2 RBI, run scored
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Post by GTfan on Oct 2, 2004 10:12:40 GMT -5
Here's a look at the early race for Cy Young and MVP in the NL:
NL Cy Young Race 1) John Smoltz- ATL 2) Roberto Hernandez- PHI 3) Jeff Weaver- LA 4) Ben Sheets- MIL 5) Jason Schmidt- SF 6) Mike Hampton- ATL 7) Tony Armas Jr.- MON 8) Roy Oswalt- HOU 9) Brett Myers- PHI 10) Steve Sparks- ARI
NL MVP Race 1) Andruw Jones- ATL 2) Barry Bonds- SF 3) Bobby Abreu- PHI 4) Carlos Delgado- PHI 5) Albert Pujols- STL 6) Orlando Cabrera- MON 7) Morgan Endsberg- HOU 8) Todd Helton- COL 9) Geoff Jenkins- MIL 10) Nomar Garciaparra- SD
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Post by GTfan on Oct 2, 2004 0:55:04 GMT -5
Atlanta Braves (57-41)@ Pittsburgh Pirates (40-58)4 Gms Series PreviewWell, the Braves are facing off against the Pirates again. This time a 4-game series after the 2 games 4 days ago that the Braves swept. The Pirates are lowly ranked in every catogory except their #1 in fielding. They are now 16.5 games out of the Central race with their postseason hopes long gone. Who's HotJason Kendall gave the Braves a hard time last time, and has continued to light up the baseball with a .330 avg. and 10 HRs and a league leading 25 doubles. July 26thATL- Paul Byrd (3-7)@ PIT- Josh Fogg (2-9)Pitching MatchupToday's matchup was between a struggling pitcher and one that is just starting to pitch well, Paul Byrd. Byrd has been the disappointment in the Brave's rotation, but has had a decent ERA at 3.54. Fogg on the other hand is at 4.45. PLAY BALL!Wilson struck first for the Pirates in the 3rd with an RBI base hit to give them the first lead. 1-0 PIT End 3rd But then the HR machine, Andruw Jones launched a monster HR of 484 ft. to tie it in the 4th. 1-1 Mid 4th Then both pitchers dualed it out throughout the game and into the 7th. It looked like Andruw had another RBI in the 7th but a Pirate in right field made a tremendous dive to rob him and save the run. But finally Derosa's pinch-hit double in the 8th put runners at 2nd and 3rd with 0 outs. And it was Marcus Giles who came through with 2 outs to get one in, but Derosa was thrown out at the plate to keep the lead at one. 2-1 ATL Mid 8th But Mackowiak tied it up in the 8th with a solo-shot off of Alfonseca and they didn't stop there. They started threatning to take the lead with a fast pinch-runner at 2nd with 2 outs, but the ball hit off of Alfonseca and Boone made a nice play to throw him out to end the 8th. 2-2 End 8th Then the went to extras. Galarraga got the 10th started by nearly missing a homer off the wall for a double, but the Braves couldn't capitalize. Then Dominating John Smoltz failed to stop the hard charging Pirates in the 10th when Wilson got the walk-off double to give the Pirates the close win and give Smoltz his first loss. 3-2 PIT F/10 WP- Vogelsong (1-5)LP- John Smoltz (2-1)HR- Andruw Jones (40)R. Mackowiak (13)Player of the GameCraig Wilson- 2 for 5- GW doubleJuly 27thATL- 8 PIT- 2 F WP- Tim Drew (1-0) LP- N. Figuerson (4-6) HR- Marcus Giles (13) Andruw Jones (41) (Watch out Barry, the record is coming down!) Player of the GameKevin Gryboski- IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Trade NewsIn an incredible move, Boston's Nomar Garciaparra is traded to San Diego for Brian Giles. July 28thATL- 15 PIT- 10 F WP- Russ Ortiz (9-4) LP- K. Wells (3-13) SV- Jung Bong (1) (I didn't know that was a save situation) HR- J. D. Drew 2 (21) Andruw Jones (42) (This is immortal, he's not missing a game) Craig Wilson (10) Player of the GameJ. D. Drew- 3 for 5- 2 HRs, 5 RBIs July 29thATL- 4 PIT- 3 F WP- Mike Hampton (12-6) LP- Kris Benson (7-10) SV- John Smoltz (22) HR- Marcus Giles (14) Andres Galarraga (14) Bobby Hill (5) Player of the GameAaron Boone- 2 for 3- 3B, RBI Up Next: ATL vs. NYM
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Post by GTfan on Sept 26, 2004 19:18:03 GMT -5
ATL Braves (55-40) @ NY Mets (46-49) Shea Stadium, NY 3 Gm Series Gm Impact- 8
Series Preview The Braves were in for another good division matchup against the sub-par Mets. The season series is dead even between the teams, 3-3, and none of them were more then 2 run games. The Mets started out by leading the division and then holding on to 2nd place, but have since fallen below .500.
Who's Hot The Met's Cliff Floyd has been getting on base a lot with an awesome .332 avg. He has also launched 10 HRs.
July 23 ATL- Russ Ortiz (8-4) @ NYM- Al Leiter (3-5)
Pitching Matchup This matchup was between two of the premier starters in the team's rotation. Ortiz and Leiter met back on opening day and Ortiz got the win. Leiter has had a disappointing season with only 3 wins while Ortiz has started to heat up a little.
PLAY BALL The Braves showed that their defense was ready to play in the 2nd when Ortiz gave up 2 leadoff singles but was got out of it with a triple play. Then the defense of the Mets did well by getting Leiter out of a bases loaded with 0 outs jam. Ortiz and Leiter went at it for 8 innings with no score until Mike Cameron finally broke it up with a grand slam. The Mets almost scored another, but Andruw threw him out at the plate.
4-0 NYM End 8th
Then closer, Looper, came in and finished the job for Leiter in the 9th and Leiter the win.
4-0 NYM F
WP- Al Leiter(4-5) LP- Armando Almanza (1-2)
HR- Mike Cameron (13)
Player of the Game Mike Cameron- 2 for 4- Grand Slam
July 24 ATL- 12 NYM- 3 F
WP- Mike Hampton (11-3) LP- Tom Glavine (6-6)
HR- Chipper Jones (10) Eddie Perez (3) Jose Reyes 2 (10)
Player of the Game Eddie Perez- 2 for 4- 2-Run HR, 3 RBIs
July 25 ATL- 11 NYM- 0 F
WP- Horacio Ramirez (9-7) LP- A. Heilmen (6-5)
HR- Marcus Giles (12) J. D. Drew (19) Andres Galarraga 2(13)
Player of the Game Andres Galarraga- 3 for 5- 2 HR, 5 RBI
Next: ATL @ PIT
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Post by GTfan on Sept 19, 2004 20:38:15 GMT -5
Clobbered! Could be, Might be, GONE! WALK OFF HOMER!
5-4 ATL F/10
WP- John Smoltz (2-0) LP- R. Vogelsong
HR- Jason Kendall (9) Rafael Furcal (7) Andruw Jones (38) Andres Galarraga 2 (11)
Player of the Game Undoubtfully, Andruw Jones- 2 for 5- Walk off HR in 10th
July 22 ATL- Terry Sanderson (1-1) vs. PIT- S. Torres (7-2)
3-2 ATL F
WP- Terry Sanderson (2-1) LP- S. Torres (7-3) SV- John Smoltz (21)
HR- Jason Kendall (10) Marcus Giles (11) Andruw Jones (39)-(again)
Player of the Game Terry Sanderson- 6.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, K (This guys ratings are horrible, but I can pitch well with him, because his pitch meter goes by slow)
UP NEXT: ATL @ NYM
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Post by GTfan on Sept 19, 2004 20:26:59 GMT -5
Atlanta Braves (53-40) vs. Pittburgh Pirates (39-54) 2 Games Turner Field 5/10
Series Preview The Pirates have not had a good season by being 15 games under .500. Mackowiak leads the team with RBIs from the 2-spot with a measly 46 and is one of the few players who is having a decent year. This 2-game series doesn't seem like a lot for Atlanta but they need to try to distance themselves from the NL East.
Who's Hot PIT-Mackowiak has batted .266 with 11 HR and 46 RBI which is outstanding for this team.
ATL- The all-star SS on the Braves, Furcal, has been getting hits and RBIs at will and has been getting around the bases well.
July 21 ATL- Paul Byrd (3-7) vs. PIT- Josh Fogg (2-9)
Pitching Matchup Fogg has an awful record of 2-9 and a large ERA of 4.50. This could be Byrd's chance to finally put his potential to play.
PLAY BALL Well, Kendall didn't wait long to heat up by driving a deep ball to left field on the first pitch of the game from Byrd.
1-0 PIT Mid 1st
Then Pitt loaded the bases in the 5th and Wilson doubled to score everybody on the first pitch from struggling Cunnane.
4-0 PIT Mid 5th
But "The Big Cat", Galarraga, shortened the deficit with a blast into the Braves bullpen.
4-1 PIT End 5th
Then Galarraga remained the 1-man wrecking crew with another solo-shot in the 7th.
4-2 PIT End 7th
Then Furcal kept the steady comeback going with the 3rd ATL homerun of the day to make it only a 1-run game going into the 9th.
4-3 PIT End 8th
Then Furcal had the chance to be the hero in the 9th with a runner 90 ft from homeplate with 2 outs. Hit hard...
BASE HIT! We're goin' to extras!
4-4 End 9th
A combination of Alfonseca and Smoltz finished the 10th and the Braves had no more relievers left in their bullpen so they needed a quick end to the game as Andruw came to the plate in 10th.
Vogelsong stared down the league's leader in HRs and got two easy strikes on him. The 0-2 pitch...
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Post by GTfan on Sept 10, 2004 20:50:16 GMT -5
July 20th ATL- Tim Drew (0-0) vs. PHI- Brent Myers (10-3)
Pitching Rookie, Tim Drew, is getting his first MLB start of his career, instead of Ramirez pitching who was set to at first. He will face Myers has had a good year en route to 10 wins with an ERA of 2.65.
PLAY BALL The Phillies got on Drew early with an RBI triple by Delgado in the 1st for his first RBI as a Phillie. And Burrell followed that with a double.
2-0 PHI Mid 1st
Then red hot Abreu added an RBI off of Gryboski in the 5th to widen the lead.
3-0 PHI Mid 5th
It wasn't getting any better in the 6th with an RBI base hit from Marlon Byrd that scored Burrell.
4-0 PHI Mid 6th
But a Braves rally got started in the 6th started by a pinch-hit 2-run HR by Mark Derosa who wanted his starting spot back, bad. Then Giles and Drew kept it going with back-to-back RBIs to tie it and Myers hadn't even gotten an out. But he got a double play to escape the rough inning.
4-4 End 6th
Then the relief pitchers started pitching well and it went into extras with it still tied thanks to another solid effort from Jung Bong who pitched 3 scorless innings. And Bong layed down a key sac-bunt in the bottom of the 10th that brought Estrada to 3rd for Furcal.
Base Hit! Furcal wins it for the Braves in extras, 5-4!
5-4 ATL F/10
WP- Jung Bong (8-3) LP- P. Fujii (2-5)
HR- Mark Derosa (5) (Aaron Boone- 0 for 3)
Player of the Game Rafael Furcal- 2 for 5- 2B, GW RBI in 10th
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Post by GTfan on Sept 10, 2004 20:31:38 GMT -5
Atlanta Braves (51-40) vs. Philadelphia Philllies (47-45) Turner Field, Atlanta 2 Gm Series
Series Preview The Braves have dominated the Phillies this year just like they have the Expos with an 8-3 record. But Philadelphia made a huge trade yesterday by giving up Jim Thome to the Blue Jays for Carlos Delgado. Delgado now has the highest season avg. on the team.
Who's Hot Bobby Abreu is trying to turn his good first half into a good season with his 21 HRs and .268 avg.
July 19th 4-1 ATL F
WP- Mike Hampton (10-6) LP- V. Padilla (2-11) SV- John Smoltz (20)
HR- PHI- Shawn Wooten (6) ATL- Andruw Jones (37)
Player of the Game Mike Hampton- 6.2 IP, R, ER, BB, K
ANOTHER TRADE ATL trade (SP) John Thomson and (3B) Ty Wiggington to NYY for (3B) Aaron Boone and (SP) Terry Sanderson.
(I figured that Wiggington wasn't any use for me and Boone could be a good starter)
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 17:05:00 GMT -5
Trade ATL traded (2B) Jesse Garcia to PHI for (SP) Josh Hancock.
My AAA team is need of a good starter bad. Carlos Feebles will fill in for Garcia.
Call Ups/Send Downs Jaret Wright to MLB C. J. Nitkowski to AAA Carlos Feebles to AAA Ty Wiggington to MLB Lee Martinez to AA
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 17:00:28 GMT -5
July 17th- Gm 3 ATL- 6 MON- 5 F
WP- Kevin Gryboski (3-3) LP- Jason Marquis (3-7) SV- John Smoltz (19)
HR- MON- Carl Everett (15) ATL- Marcus Giles (10) Chipper Jones (9) Andres Galarraga (9)
Player of the Game Marcus Giles- 1 for 2- 2-run HR, run scored
July 18th- Gm 4 ATL- 1 MON- 4 F
WP- Jason Marquis (4-7) LP- Russ Ortiz (8-4) SV- Rocky Biddle (17)
HR- Mark Derosa (4)
Player of the Game OF- Brian Jordan- 2 for 5- 3B, 2 RBI
UP NEXT: ATL vs PHI
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 16:49:30 GMT -5
ATL- Horacio Ramirez (8-7) vs MON- Jeff Supan (8-5) Impact- 8/10
Pitching Matchup Supan is 8-5 but has an excellent ERA of 2.83 while Ramirez's has jumped to 5.67. If Ramirez can pitch like he did at the beginning of the year then they will stand a good chance in this pivatol game.
PLAY BALL Everett started it early for MON with a 2B to score Jordan and Batista's grounder scored one as well and the Expos had an early lead on struggling Ramirez and were looking to get within one of the divison.
2-0 MON Mid 1st
Then they kept it going with another RBI double in the 2nd by Guzman and the 2 or 3 Expo fans that were there were ecstatic.
3-0 MON Mid 2nd
Then Ramirez kept the rally going by walking in 2 Expos in the 6th to extend the lead to 5.
5-0 MON Mid 6th
But Chipper brought ATL closer with a 2-run HR in the 6th to shorten the lead.
5-2 MON End 6th
And just when you thought the Braves were out of it, Ramirez was replaced with Bong and he pitched 2 hitless innings. Then the Braves rally started in the 8th by loaded for Andruw. Its hit hard! Back, Back, GONE! Grand Slam for Andruw Jones and the Braves have the lead!
6-5 ATL End 8th
And all the Braves needed was a perfect inning from Smoltz and they got it and the huge win over their division rival.
6-5 ATL F
WP- Jung Bong (7-3) LP- Jeff Supan (8-6) SV- John Smoltz (18)
HR- Chipper Jones (8) Andruw Jones GS (38)
Player of the Game Andruw Jones- 1 for 4- GS, 4 RBI
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 16:22:13 GMT -5
ATL (49-38) vs MON (46-42) Turner Field
Series Preview The Braves continue their series with the 2nd place Expos right out of the All-Star Break and are trying to keep the pesky Expos away.
Who's Hot Both teams have two players in their lineup from the All-star team. MON has Orlando Cabrera at SS and Jose Vidro at 2B. And ATL has Furcal at SS and HR leader Andruw Jones at CF.
July 15th MON- 1 ATL- 0 F
WP-Tony Armas Jr (12-3) LP- John Thomson (6-6)
HR- none
Player of the Game SP- Tony Armas Jr- CG, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 12 K, 1 BB
And this game wasn't even the best in this series so you know that it is going to get better. ;D
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 12:37:27 GMT -5
All-Star Game Final NL- 3 AL- 4 F
WP- Tim Wakefield LP- Armando Benitez SV- Sasaki
HR- Vladmir Guerrero Andruw Jones
UP NEXT: ATL vs MON
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Post by GTfan on Sept 8, 2004 12:34:54 GMT -5
All-Star Team RosterAL1- CF- Carlos Beltran- Royals/Angels 2- 2B- Bret Boone- Marineers 3- RF- Vladmir Guerrero- Angels 4- SS- Alex Rodriguez- Rangers(yep, he wasn't traded) 5- LF- Manny Ramirez- Red Sox 6- 1B- Carlos Delgado- Blue Jays 7- C- Jason Varitek- Red Sox 8- 3B- Scott Spiezio- Marineers 9- P- Tim Wakefield- Red Sox --- Vernon Wells- Blue Jays Javy Lopez- Orioles Ichiro- Marineers Nomar Garciaparra- Red Sox Alphonso Soriano- Yankees Edgar Martinez- Marineers Hank Blaylock- Rangers PitchersTim Wakefield- Red Sox --- Derek Lowe- Red Sox Pedro Martinez- Red Sox C. C. Sebathia- Indians Curt Schilling- Red Sox K. Sasaki- Marineers Keith Foulke- Red Sox J. Percival- ? Julio- ? The Whole BOS rotation just about is in it and only one Yankee made the team NL1- SS- Orlando Cabrera- Expos 2- CF- Andruw Jones- Braves3- LF- Barry Bonds- Giants 4- 1B- Todd Helton- Rockies 5- 3B- Endsberg- ? 6- C- Mike Piazza- Mets 7- 2B- Jose Vidro- Expos 8- RF- Bobby Abreu- Phillies 9- P- Roy Oswalt- HOU --- Albert Pujols- Cardinals Luis Gonzalez- Diamondbacks Jeff Bagwell- Astros Scott Rolen- Cardinals Lance Berkman- Astros Rafael Furcal- BravesRoberto Alomar- D'Backs A. J. Pierzinski- Giants PitchersRoy Owalt- Astros --- Jeff Weaver- Dodgers Jason Schmidt- Giants Mark Prior- Cubs Andy Petitte- Astros M. Martei- ? Armando Benitez- Marlins Brandon Looper- Mets David Kolb- Brewers
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