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death2redemptions

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What happened? Just got home and see the score is 1-1 still.

You'd have to see the replays and reviews to understand just how bad the calls by the home plate & 3rd base umpires were and how terribly wrong the challenge at home went but basically it was runners on 1st & 3rd with nobody out and Albies at the plate...after first pitch the ball gets away from catcher and runner from 3rd tries to score....he was called out. Upon first look it appeared he was indeed out until the Braves challenged the play...turns out umpire was so obviously wrong and the hand was in way before the tag...it was so obvious that someone who was declared legally blind could still see he beat the tag. Welp, guys at NY upheld the call and that was the first out. Now with a runner at 2nd and 1 out with Albies still at the plate, on the very next pitch runner from 2nd tries to steal 3rd after a boggled ball by the catcher. This call was even worse...he beat the tag by a mile...unfortunately the Braves couldn't challenge cuz they just lost the previous one. Now it's 2 outs with Albies still at the plate after just two pitches. Nobody scored that inning. It was ridiculous.




But hey......Acuna hits a solo shot to give us a 2-1 lead in the 9th!
 

death2redemptions

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Braves need to drop McCarthy and let Gohara take his spot in the rotation. He looked really good last night in long relief. McCarthy was decent in March/April but has been awful in May. He was probably over-performing but is now coming back down to earth. I hate that Gohara has to work out of the pen.
 

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We will see how tonight goes, but I think McCarthy should have a short leash with the amount of other young talent we have.

Saw the replays of last night, how did they not reverse that call? What was the explanation? He was clearly safe at home...

Terrible loss after the Acuna HR put us up 2-1. Vizcaino blew it bad.
 

death2redemptions

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Ozzie Albies just missed another leadoff blast (by inches) but settled for another extra-base hit and Freeman drove him in for the first and only (so far) run of the game. Braves would have a 2nd run of the game but Almora made an incredible Ender-like play robbing Flowers of a straight away HR to center in the 2nd.
 

death2redemptions

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We will see how tonight goes, but I think McCarthy should have a short leash with the amount of other young talent we have.

Saw the replays of last night, how did they not reverse that call? What was the explanation? He was clearly safe at home...

Terrible loss after the Acuna HR put us up 2-1. Vizcaino blew it bad.

Yeah, I don't really think McCarthy is a horrible pitcher (not as good as April but not as bad as May numbers) or anything but I'd much rather see Gohara in the rotation, getting as much major league experience in the starter role as possible. The thing is, based on McCarthy's history it shouldn't be long before he gets injured anyway and hopefully when that happens Snitker will plug Gohara in his spot. We've also got Kolby Allard who's proving he's ready for the call (1.71 ERA/3.19 FIP/1.07 WHIP). He's most likely not the frontline starter he was originally projected to be but he's still pitched very well for a 20 year old in AAA. The strikeouts & velocity aren't there but he's still got a couple really good secondary pitches that provide plenty of movement and for the most part he's been able to locate his pitches well.
 

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Yeah baby!!!! The Albies-Acuna-Freeman trio strikes again!

Albies hits a triple, Acuna drives him in with a single, Freeman hits a double....Braves up 2-1

Bases are now loaded with 1 out and Flowers at the plate....PLEASE get at least one more!
 

death2redemptions

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For f*CK SAKES! Not again! Snitker has Vizcaino warming up for the 9th. That's just stupid. WE STILL HAVE WINKLER YOU KNOW??? The guy with the 0.98 ERA, 0.65 WHIP & 13.3 K/9 rate?? I hate this old fashioned outdated way of using the same guy for the 9th every time, even after they've just blown a game the day before when they have much better options at your disposal (you know, like Winkler?).

HOPEFULLY it will be much tougher for him to blow a 3-run lead...hopefully. Keep Winkler warming up in the pen just in case.
 

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