Atlanta Braves News: The Morning Chop, Box Score, Braves Take Loss After 13 Innings
By Jeff Schafer
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Atlanta Braves fall to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Milwaukee has taken the first two games at Turner Field as the Braves fall to 12-33 and the Brewers improve to 20-26. Not a lot to say about this one folks, other than Chase d’Arnaud should continue to be a starter for the Braves. Also, how many challenges did Brewers manager Craig Counsell have on Wednesday?? Man, it felt like more than he should have had.
Braves lose 3-2 in 13 innings!
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ender Inciarte CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .224 | .306 | .263 | .569 |
| Chase d’Arnaud 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .375 | .468 | .525 | .993 |
| Freddie Freeman 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .256 | .346 | .446 | .792 |
| Nick Markakis RF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .234 | .347 | .323 | .670 |
| A.J. Pierzynski C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .216 | .250 | .265 | .515 |
| Erick Aybar SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .185 | .223 | .212 | .435 |
| Tyler Flowers PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .341 | .329 | .670 |
| Reid Brignac 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .296 | .519 |
| Gordon Beckham PH-2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .310 | .402 | .451 | .853 |
| Mike Foltynewicz P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Eric O’Flaherty P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Francoeur PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 | .283 | .344 | .627 |
| Jason Grilli P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hunter Cervenka P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bud Norris P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .429 | .762 |
| Ian Krol P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alexi Ogando P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kelly Johnson PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .293 | .311 | .604 |
| Arodys Vizcaino P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Casey Kelly P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Mallex Smith LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .245 | .288 | .427 | .715 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 51 | .196 | .275 | .261 | .535 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Foltynewicz | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3.95 | 23 |
| Eric O’Flaherty | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1 |
| Jason Grilli, H (2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 4 |
| Hunter Cervenka, H (4) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 1 |
| Bud Norris, H (1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.21 | 3 |
| Ian Krol, BS (1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 1 |
| Alexi Ogando | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.95 | 1 |
| Arodys Vizcaino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.37 | 3 |
| Casey Kelly, L (0-2) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.75 | 19 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2.08 | 56 |
Brewers beat Braves in 13 innings after Villar single
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Cover your kids eyes, parents…the Braves are now 2-19 at Turner Field in 2016. Not the best way to send off your 20 year old stadium. The game lasted four hours and 51-minutes and the crowd at the Ted was said to be 12,869, but by the 13th innings maybe 1,000 fans were in attendance. Casey Kelly pitched fantastic in relief for the Braves as he was suppose to be the Braves starter on Saturday. The 26-year-old pitched four relief innings allowing five hits, three walks and one run (the winning run). On a night where he wasn’t suppose to pitch, he threw 76 pitches. Brian Snitker used the Braves entire bullpen in the 6th, 7th and 8th innings as the Braves had eight relief pitchers throw in this game.
"Villar’s RBI hit came off Casey Kelly (0-2), who had been scheduled to start for the Braves on Saturday. Instead, he wound up throwing 77 pitches over four innings after the Braves used up their entire bullpen by the end of the ninth — just three days after an 85-pitch outing.“The kid was unbelievable,” Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. “It’s a shame we couldn’t get him the win.”Kelly got out of his first jam, striking out Chris Carter, but he couldn’t escape when the Brewers filled the bases again in the 13th with no outs. Martin Maldonado grounded into a force at home to give the Braves a brief reprieve, but Villar came through."
Atlanta Braves legend Ryan Klesko will make an appearance on June 24 Rome Braves game
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: You remember the name Ryan Klesko. We’ll go get his autograph at the Rome Braves gave on June 24th. Also making an appearance at a minor league game is Javy Lopez. He’ll be at the Charlotte Knights stadium during the Triple-A All-Star game on July 13th. Go out and support the minors and pick up an autograph from the stars of the past.
"Atlanta Braves legend Ryan Klesko will make an appearance at State Mutual Stadium on Friday June 24th as part of Retro Night with the Rome Braves. Fans can enjoy a meet and greet session along with an autograph opportunity.Klesko, a member of the 1995 World Series championship team, became the first player to hit a home run in three consecutive World Series road games when he did so against Cleveland in games three, four, and five. He hit at least 21 home runs in eight of his 13 major league seasons, with a high of 34 homers in 1996. His best season was 2001 when he hit .286 with 30 home runs and posted a career-high 113 RBI and was a member of the National League All-Star team.“We’re happy to have Ryan come to State Mutual Stadium,” says Rome General Manager Michael Dunn. “He’s a part of the Braves family and I know our fans will enjoy the opportunity to meet him.”"