| The Atlanta Braves ride the cheers of the hometown crowd to a berth in the World Series against the Los Angeles Angels, winning the final two games of the NLCS in Atlanta. The Braves got 4 runs in the 2nd inning today and never looked back, coasring to the 9-4 win. But not without a scare. In the top of the 7th after a tiring Chuck (not Chris, as I called him earlier) James had loaded the bases with two out, Oscar Villarreal comes in relief with the score 7-2, Braves lead. First batter Carlos Delgado rips a long, high one to rightfield on a ballpark homer chance. Delgado, batting from the left side with the righty Oscar on the mound, gets a 5 on the split card. However, lefties in Atlanta only have a 1-4 chance of a homer, so it ends up a long inning ending flyout. Had James (who is a lefty) still been on the mound still, Delgado would have batted from the right side and it would have been a grand slam homerun and closed the gap to 7-6 as righty batters have a 1-9 homer chance. The Braves get two more runs in the 8th and the Mets get two runs in garbage time in the top of the 9th, but it is nowhere near enough for New York There will be co-MVPs for this NLCS, Edgar Renteria and Chipper Jones. Renteria batted .357 for the series (10-28) while knocking in 7 runs, including 3 today and 3 yesterday. Chipper Jones had hits in every game for a .444 pace (12-27) and knocked in 6, four of those in the last two games. I couldn't decide between one or the other, so they both get the award as they were both instrumental in the Braves winning the series, especially the final two at home. Also, I forgot to mention that this is now the third straight season that the Indians have lost in the ALCS. The World Series will begin October 24th in California, with two 20 game winners doing battle in the form of Tim Hudson for the Braves and John Lackey for the Angels. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 New York (NL) Mets At 2007 Atlanta Braves 10/19/2007
Mets AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
J.Reyes SS 5 1 1 0 .222 K.Johnson 2B 5 1 1 0 .213
L.Castillo 2B 4 1 2 1 .317 E.Renteria SS 5 1 3 3 .370
C.Beltran CF 4 0 2 0 .282 C.Jones 3B 3 2 2 1 .444
D.Wright 3B 4 0 1 1 .242 M.Teixeira 1B 5 1 2 1 .317
C.Delgado 1B 5 0 1 1 .128 J.Francoeur RF 5 1 2 1 .227
M.Alou LF 4 1 1 0 .313 B.McCann C 5 0 1 1 .409
P.Lo Duca C 4 0 1 0 .265 A.Jones CF 4 0 1 0 .220
J.Smith P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Diaz LF 3 2 1 0 .167
E-R.Gotay PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C.James P 3 1 1 1 .200
L.Milledge RF 3 0 0 0 .154 O.Villarreal P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-S.Green PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .269 R.Mahay P 0 0 0 01.000
T.Glavine P 2 0 1 1 .500 R.Soriano P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-J.Conine PH 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Mota P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-R.Castro C 0 0 0 0 .000
D-E.Chavez PH 1 1 1 0 .400
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Totals 38 4 11 4 Totals 39 9 14 8
A-Pinch Hit For Glavine In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Milledge In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mota In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Castro In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
Mets............ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 2
Braves.......... 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 - 9 14 0
Mets (6-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Glavine LOSS(1-1) 6 9 7 6 3 5 0 134 3.26
G.Mota 1 1/3 5 2 2 0 1 0 32 6.23
J.Smith 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Totals 8 14 9 8 3 6 0
Braves (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.James WIN(1-1) 6 2/3 7 2 2 4 1 1 117 3.45
O.Villarreal HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 0 0 25 3.00
R.Mahay 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 7.94
R.Soriano SAVE(4th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.80
Totals 9 11 4 4 5 1 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,275 DATE- Friday, October 19th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Mets:12 Braves: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0 Braves: 0
ERRORS- D.Wright, C.Delgado
DOUBLES- L.Castillo(1st), M.Alou(4th), C.Jones(4th), M.Teixeira(4th),
J.Francoeur-2(5th), A.Jones(5th)
HOME RUNS- L.Castillo(1st)
WALKS- L.Castillo, C.Beltran, D.Wright, M.Alou, J.Conine, C.Jones-2, M.Diaz
STRIKE OUTS- L.Milledge, K.Johnson, C.Jones, M.Teixeira, J.Francoeur, B.McCann,
M.Diaz
Edgar Renteria had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at Turner Field where the Atlanta
Braves beat the New York (NL) Mets by the score of 9 to 4.
Atlanta had 4 runs cross the plate in the bottom of the 2nd inning when they
had 4 base hits. The big moment was provided by Renteria who brought the
crowd to their feet when he delivered a one-base hit bringing in two
baserunners. Atlanta had 14 hits for the game and New York (NL) had 11.
The win went to Chuck James(1-1) who allowed 2 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
James got relief help from Rafael Soriano who gained credit for his 4th save.
Tom Glavine(1-1) took the loss. He allowed 9 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings.
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