The Braves offense had nineteen hits while scoring their seventeen runs. Justin Upton had a huge day, he had three hits, including two home runs and six RBI's. The home runs were his third and fourth of the spring. Freddie Freeman also hit a home run, his fifth of the spring, and he had two RBI's. Juan Francisco also hit his fifth home run of the spring, he had three hits total for the day with three RBI's.
Tyler Pastornicky also had three hits on the day, he drove in two runs. Catcher Matt Pagnozzi had three hits too, including a triple, and he drove in a run. Jason Heyward and Kris Medlen had two hits, Medlen also drove in a run. Chris Johnson and B.J. Upton each collected a hit and an RBI to complete the offensive attack from the Braves.
Even though Medlen collected two hits and an RBI at the plate, he had a day he would like to forget from the mound. He pitched five innings and gave up nine runs on fourteen hits, including a home run to Phillies' outfielder Dominic Brown. He did pick up the victory though and is 1-1 on the spring. Craig Kimbrel made his first appearance since returning for the World Baseball Classic, he pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Eric O'Flaherty and Cory Gearrin also pitched a scoreless inning each. Adam Russell pitched the ninth inning and gave up an unearned run.
The Braves are now 14-11 on the spring. They play again on Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:05 p.m. Mike Minor will make the start for Atlanta. Also, top prospect J.R. Graham has be reassigned to minor league camp. He had an impressive spring training for the Braves and should be in the Majors by next season.
Justin Upton watches the flight of one of his two home runs in the 17-10 win over the Phillies on Monday.
Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press
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