Atlanta Braves News: The Morning Chop, box score, last night made Josh Donaldson laugh
By Jeff Schafer
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The final game of this four-game interleague play series was Thursday night with the Atlanta Braves falling to the Toronto Blue Jays. This wasn’t even a game from the top of the 1st inning on. What was hyped up to be a terrific game and maybe some action, turned into a nightmare game for the Braves.
Julio Teheran continues to struggle in front of the home crowd. Which is strange because last year he was dominating opposing teams at home. Maybe he’s having trouble with the new mound at SunTrust Park or the atmosphere or something. Hopefully, he figures it out, soon.
Braves offense didn’t help Teheran out last night either…they couldn’t get the timely hits they needed and left the night with seven hits. Toronto’s starting pitcher Marcus Stroman seemed to be on a different planet last night and we couldn’t figure him out.
The entire team, coaches, announcers all seemed deflated after the news about Freddie Freeman and it showed on the field.
Braves lose 9-0
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ender Inciarte CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .261 | .315 | .400 | .715 |
| Brandon Phillips 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .282 | .326 | .395 | .721 |
| Danny Santana 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .167 | .225 | .392 |
| Nick Markakis RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .315 | .392 | .404 | .796 |
| Matt Kemp LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .336 | .373 | .588 | .961 |
| Ian Krol P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tyler Flowers C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .342 | .464 | .418 | .882 |
| Jace Peterson 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .210 | .312 | .284 | .596 |
| Dansby Swanson SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .261 | .270 | .532 |
| Rio Ruiz 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Josh Collmenter P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emilio Bonifacio LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .172 | .194 | .276 | .469 |
| Julio Teheran P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 |
| Sam Freeman P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Johan Camargo 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 35 | .206 | .229 | .235 | .464 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Teheran, L (3-4) | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5.47 |
| Sam Freeman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Josh Collmenter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 |
| Ian Krol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.16 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9.00 |
Josh Donaldson has good laugh at Braves’ expense
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Blue Jays third baseman, Josh Donaldson, has been out since April with an injured calf so he wasn’t able to be a part of this wonderful Jay/Braves series. He was, though, somewhere watching the game because he tweeted the below laughter after Marcus Stroman hit his first career home run off Julio Teheran.
What made me laugh though was all the Braves comments on his tweet. Braves fam on twitter have been hot since the start of this series and grew more and more with each hit batters (seven in the series).
The Braves took three out of four against the Jays so we should have our heads high…except for the Freddie deal. Toronto and Atlanta are not scheduled to play each other again this season (hardly doubt these two will meet in the World Series in 2017).
"Josh Donaldson is not playing for the Blue Jays, but he is getting a nice dose of entertainment from his team.The Toronto third baseman has been out since April with a calf injury and has been watching his team as they play without him. On Thursday, he enjoyed a nice laugh after watching his teammates hit back-to-back home runs off the Braves. The second homer came off the bat of pitcher Marcus Stroman, which likely caused the big reaction from the former AL MVP:"
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) May 19, 2017
Next: Get to know Braves prospect and call-up Rio Ruiz
Former Atlanta Braves player Otis Nixon serves lunch to thank Woodstock police
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Remember a few weeks ago when we heard reports that former MLB star and Atlanta Brave Otis Nixon was missing? The 58-year-old didn’t show up for a tee time with his buddies and his girlfriend reported him missing on April 9.
Luckily, it was a “misunderstanding” as Nixon would say in his new release Thursday afternoon.
To repay the gesture to the police officers who dug into this case, Nixon brought Jimmy John lunches for everyone. Not bad, hope he went with the #11 Country Club or the #15 Club Tuna. This reminds me, I didn’t bring lunch to work today…guess I know where I’m going!
"Former Atlanta Brave Otis Nixon thanked the police officers who searched for him when he was reported missing last month."
"Nixon delivered Jimmy John’s lunches to the entire Woodstock Police Department just before the lunchtime Thursday.The missing person report was a misunderstanding, Nixon said in a news release."
"To thank the law enforcement officials who searched for him, Nixon partnered with Antioch Church and Woodstock-based Jimmy John’s restaurant owner, Gregg Unruh."