The Braves managed only seven hits in the game off their nemesis Dillon Gee. Two unlikely men, Elliot Johnson and Paul Janish, led Atlanta with two hits apiece in the contest. Freddie Freeman blasted his nineteenth home run of the year in the bottom of the eighth inning, but by that time it was too late. Evan Gattis and Dan Uggla each added hits and B.J. Upton drove in the other run with a sacrifice fly.
Loe looked miserable and provided the Braves with one of the worst starts of the year by one of their starting pitchers. He pitched only four and a third innings and gave up five runs on eleven hits, including homers to Lucas Duda and Andrew Brown. He also walked three batters as his record fell to 1-3 on the year. Freddy Garcia then pitched two and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief while striking out two batters. Anthony Varvaro then came in and pitched the final two scoreless innings of relief.
The Braves are now 85-54 on the year. They will have an off day on Thursday before traveling to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies for a three-game weekend series. Mike Minor (13-5) will take the ball on Friday for Atlanta against Cliff Lee (11-6) of the Phillies in the 7:05 p.m. game. Also, the Braves announced David Hale will be called up from Triple-A Gwinnett before the Phillies series to provide depth in the bullpen. Hale was 6-9 with Gwinnett this year and had a 3.22 ERA, it is his first call-up to the Majors.
Kameron Loe provided the Braves with absolutely nothing in his spot start on Wednesday as Atlanta lost 5-2.
Photo Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports
No comments:
Post a Comment