Braves Lose to Tigers to Open Spring

The Atlanta Braves were back on the field in a game for the first time since the National League Wild Card game. Unfortunately, things didn't go much better as the Detroit Tigers beat them 2-1.
For the offense, manager Fredi Gonzalez used a lineup similar to what he will use on Opening Day, minus Brian McCann being out. They didn't do much though, as Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla were the only two to get a hit, both singles. Those hits didn't come until the fifth inning. Jordan Parraz, Todd Cunningham, Ernesto Mejia and Joey Terdoslavich were the other Braves to record hits, all were singles, except Terdoslavich, he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Braves' only run. That should be a big boost for him after the rough season he had last year in the minor leagues.
As for the pitching, Tim Hudson had a great spring debut, pitching two innings while only giving up a walk. Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless third inning, he gave up two walks but no hits and struck out one. Luis Avilan, Cory Gearrin, Cristhian Martinez, Dusty Hughes and Gus Schlosser all pitched a scoreless inning, but Ryan Buchter had a rough outing giving up three hits and two runs to suffer the loss, he is 0-1 on the spring now.
The Braves are now 0-1 on the spring. They will take on the New York Yankees tomorrow and Paul Maholm will make his spring debut and start for Atlanta.

Tim Hudson made a strong debut for the Braves in their 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday in the first game of spring training.
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