Thursday, March 14, 2013

Braves Bash Cardinals

The Braves took out their frustrations from last year's wild card playoff game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. They pounded the Cardinals and won 12-3.
The Braves' offense used fourteen hits to score their twelve runs. Freddie Freeman, Evan Gattis and Ernesto Mejia each had two hits for the Braves. Gattis had a double and three RBI's, Mejia also had a double with two RBI's and Freeman had two RBI's. Joey Terdoslavich drove in two runs with a double, and B.J. Upton and Jordan Schafer both drove in a run with a hit. Also adding hits for the Braves were Jason Heyward, Ramiro Pena, Tyler Pastornicky and Jordan Parraz.
The pitching was mostly good for the Braves. They got a sensational outing from Julio Teheran, he pitched five innings of no-hit ball and struck out six batters. He is now 1-1 on the spring. Eric O'Flaherty returned from injury and made his first appearance of the spring. He gave up two hits, but didn't allow any runs in his scoreless inning of work. Luis Avilan was hit hard for the first time this spring. He gave up three runs on four hits in his inning of work.
The Braves also announced after the game they made ten cuts. Pitchers Yohan Flande, Gus Schlosser and Ryan Buchter, catchers Jose Yepez, Braeden Schlehuber and Louis De La Cruz and third baseman Joe Leonard were sent to extended spring training, while pitching prospects Cory Rasmus, Aaron Northcraff and Juan Jaime were sent to their respective minor league teams.
The Braves are now 10-9 on the spring. They will play the Miami Marlins tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. Kris Medlen will make the start for Atlanta.

Julio Teheran pitched five innings of no-hit ball and struck out six batters while picking up his first victory of the spring.
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