Keep your heads up. If you have this in July – you lose five in a row or six in a row in July – nobody worries. Gonzalez said. “What do we do?” “And I am anxious, but I know that we’re playing good baseball”. “I don’t know what’s going to happen and I never wish ill on anybody”. He was also pitching as a father for the first time in a regular-season game, as his girlfriend had a boy in March.Chacin made his debut for the Braves after he went 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in five games, with four starts, last season for the Arizona Diamondbacks.NOTES: Braves 3B Adonis Garcia, who started and batted cleanup, turned 31 on Tuesday.
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Only three major league clubs have reached the postseason after starting 0-6, according to STATS LLC: Pittsburgh (1974), Cincinnati (1995) and Tampa Bay (2011).
“He has a pretty good idea how to hit”, Baker said.
Gonzalez pitched six strong innings, Bryce Harper did what he does, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 before an edgy but eventually satisfied crowd at Nationals Park.
Ramos drove in the go-ahead run off Bud Norris (0-2) in the fifth, breaking a 4-all tie, and added insurance with an RBI single off Alexi Ogando in the seventh. He is hitting.471 with two homers and seven RBIs in the first season of a $37.5 million, three-year contract. Appearing in three games for Triple-A Gwinnett this season ahead of the promotion, he recorded six hits across 15 at bats including two doubles and a triple. Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and scored three runs.
The switch-hitting Smith looks set to platoon in center field with righthanded Drew Stubbs over the next two weeks.
On a windy night with the temperature dipping into the 50s after the first pitch, both starting pitchers were making their season debut. He singles to right field, but runners are only able to advance one base. With good hand-eye coordination, plus speed, and decent plate discipline, Smith should get on base enough to log above-average totals for stolen bases and runs.
Ortiz grounded into a double play and Hanley Ramirez struck out to end the game.
He wound up needing five stitches. “So at the end of the day it’s just moreso taking care of my everyday business, so that when I do get the call, I’m ready”. Washington, with Monday’s game, played on back-to-back days for the first time this season.
So a playlist consisting of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry”, Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” filled the room Monday night after the Braves’ 6-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, who used Wilson Ramos’ four singles and two RBIs to help cover up a shaky start by Max Scherzer. Smith was shaken up in the fourth when he was hit in the face by his helmet, causing a big gash on his forehead that left him bleeding, as he was thrown out trying to steal second. Smith offers very little, if any, power but the Braves will give him the green light to run for certain.
What can we expect out of Atlanta Braves rookie outfielder Mallex Smith? For me, you don’t bring up one of your top prospects in the minor leagues and put him on the bench.
LHP Gio Gonzalez finally gets a chance to pitch Tuesday, making his first start of the season in Washington’s sixth game.
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Center fielder and leadoff hitter Ender Inciarte is already on the disabled list with a strained hamstring.
