Atlanta Braves News: The Morning Chop and Box Score, Draft Day!
By Jeff Schafer
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Atlanta Braves were blanketed in game three of the Pittsburgh Pirates series as the Pirates won two out of three games at Turner Field. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole was fantastic on the mound going seven innings giving up six hits, three walks and zero runs. He also struck out seven Braves hitters. The Braves lineup totaled 10 strikeouts in the game as their top five batters had eight of the 10. Cameron Maybin continues to swing a hot bat as he had three more hits for the Braves. I picked him up in fantasy, so he’ll probably cool down now.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jace Peterson 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .261 | .337 | .335 |
| Cameron Maybin CF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .296 | .371 | .428 |
| Freddie Freeman 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .367 | .521 |
| Nick Markakis RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .295 | .383 | .362 |
| Juan Uribe 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .323 | .379 |
| A.J. Pierzynski C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .264 | .307 | .416 |
| Andrelton Simmons SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .262 | .322 | .379 |
| Todd Cunningham LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .281 | .349 | .351 |
| Alex Wood P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .211 |
| Cody Martin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey Terdoslavich PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Brandon Cunniff P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trevor Cahill P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| Pedro Ciriaco PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .216 | .314 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 38 | .188 | .316 | .219 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Wood, L (4-3) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.36 |
| Cody Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.57 |
| Brandon Cunniff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.29 |
| Trevor Cahill | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.52 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3.00 |
Alex Wood ejected in Atlanta Braves’ 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh Pirates
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Alex Wood pitched five innings on Sunday giving up seven hits, three runs and one walk as he took his third loss of the season. He’s now 4-3 for the 2015 season with a 3.36 ERA. After the 5th inning, as he was walking off the field, Wood had a few words for home plate umpire Mark Carlson and was ejected from the game. “I didn’t think it was appropriate,” Wood said after the game. “I didn’t try to show him up, didn’t say anything to him during the inning (and) didn’t know I got tossed until I got up into the clubhouse.”
"Alex Wood disappointed Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez — not with his pitches, but his protest.Wood got ejected in the fifth inning and Atlanta lost for the fourth time in five games, 3-0 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.“We love Woody to death, but he can’t put himself in position to even come close getting thrown of the game there,” Gonzalez said. “We didn’t do anything offensively after that, but you’d rather have Woody try to give you a couple of more innings and stay in the fight there.”"
MLB Draft 2015: TV channel, live stream information, time
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The 2015 MLB Draft begins on Monday as the Braves have five picks in the first 75 rounds (unless they pull of more trades)…the Braves currently have picks 14, 28, 41, 54, 75 all selections are on Monday in the first two rounds. The Braves are rumored to go young (high school) and will be going after pitchers from possibly the Georgia area. Getting back to what the Braves were known for with previous leadership in the front office. Tune in tonight!
"The 2015 Major League Baseball Draft begins Monday at 7 p.m. on MLB Network.The first two rounds are Monday. Rounds 3-10 are Tuesday beginning at 1 p.m., and Wednesday is rounds 11-40 starting at noon.Coverage on Tuesday and Wednesday is not available on MLB Network but can be streamed live on mlb.com."