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Philadelphia Phillies (11-13)


VS.

Atlanta Braves (15-9):


Featuring...

Tim Hudson


VS.

Jon Lieber


At Turner Field:



Braves Team Statistics:

AVG: .264
R: 129
HR: 34
RBI: 124
OBP: .350

ERA: 4.36
K: 179
SV: 9
WHIP: 1.52


Starting Lineups for Tonights Game:

Phillies:

J. Rollins, SS
S. Victorino, RF
C. Utley, 2B
R. Howard, 1B
P. Burrell, LF
W. Helms, 3B
A. Rowand, CF
C. Ruiz, C
J. Lieber, P

Braves:


Kelly Johnson, 2B
AVG .321 HR 5 RBI 15 R 24 SB 2

Edgar Renteria, SS
AVG .340 HR 4 RBI 17 R 18 SB 2

Larry Wayne Jones, 3B
AVG .309 HR 7 RBI 16 R 20 SB 0

Andruw Jones, CF
AVG .250 HR 4 RBI 16 R 15 SB 0

Brian McCann, C
AVG .291 HR 2 RBI 13 R 7 SB 0

Jeff Francoeur, RF
AVG .298 HR 5 RBI 25 R 15 SB 0

Scott Thorman, 1B
AVG .292 HR 3 RBI 11 R 7 SB 1

Matt Diaz, LF
AVG .259 HR 2 RBI 3 R 6 SB 1

Tim Hudson, P
W-L 3-0 ERA 1.22 K 31 Walks 11 WHIP 0.97

The Phillies come to town for a three game set. We need Hudson to lock up game one for us, because tomorrow night its our number five ace in the hold Mark Redman against Cole Hamels.


Go Braves!



News and Notes:

Game Preview
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview;_ylt=Ap0ItbYw62xaGUpNtv0d8zYR0bYF?gid=270430115

Philadelphia (11-13) is four games behind the Braves, but has won seven of its last nine games after its awful start.

Braves trade struggling Langerhans to Athletics
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=braveslangerhans&prov=st&type=lgns

He entered the season with a career .254 batting average, but was hitting just .068 (3-for-44) in 20 games this season.

National League East Standings (as of 4/13/07)

-----15-8
-----15-9
-----11-13
----- 11-13
------8-17

We need this win for the simple fact that Redbum is pitching tomorrow.

I might sound like a broken record but is anyone starting to be concerned about Wickman. I say give the a couple of games off and let Soriano close if need be.

I'm not concerned yet.

He won't pitch tonight, but if he blows another in a row, I'll be concerned.

I'm also not concerned but a couple more blown saves and I will raise an eyebrow.

No traffic in these game threads like there were during the start of the season. Maybe we should start making threads for the entire series. I'm going to leave it up to you guys.

Great in tonight, AJ with the game winning blast, and what a job by Timmy.

Wickman has had a sore back. I hate that he was out there pitching with an injury when we have Gonzalez and Soriano perfectly capable of closing until he is healthy again.

Either way, another good outting from Hudson rewarded with a ND. He could easily be 6-0 with a sub 1.00 ERA right now if we scored a couple more runs and Cox didn't get greedy against the Marlins. Oh well, amazing month regardless.

And finally Druw comes up big. If he gets going this lineup is going to be tough to beat with the way Johnson (he's getting on base like nobody's business), Renteria and Chipper are batting.

HMFFL wrote:No traffic in these game threads like there were during the start of the season. Maybe we should start making threads for the entire series. I'm going to leave it up to you guys.

Great in tonight, AJ with the game winning blast, and what a job by Timmy.

That's what I suggested earlier and I still think it would be best. Much more organized and efficient.

Yes, I remember. It was clear that the overall fans here enjoyed making one daily, but in the best interest of this board, I believe we need to make one series threads. (As you suggested)

I don't mind if we start for the first game during the LA Dodgers series.

I'd be around more often, but with the Jazz in the playoffs and me currently doing Finals, I have been crazy busy..

But yes, I think Series threads would be better suited for this board for the time being.

Nobody likes my game threads

Thats ok, I'll make an awesome Dodgers series thread, esp since I'll be making the trip up for the game on Sunday.

Sweet performance by Hudson, AJ had no choice but to come up big. Chipper's last 2 Ab's were free passes and disrespectful to AJ. Hopefully Redbum doesn't stink it up tonight.

HMFFL wrote:No traffic in these game threads like there were during the start of the season. Maybe we should start making threads for the entire series. I'm going to leave it up to you guys.

Great in tonight, AJ with the game winning blast, and what a job by Timmy.

Sounds good to me.

Well, we got Redman pitching tonight (WHY BOBBY WHY?). The only game that he's started that we have won we had to score 11 while our bullpen pitched like 6 innings of relief. Just start Oscar already. He isn't great, but his worst day is better than a normal Redman outting.

I see Howard and Rollins killin us tonight.

PLEASE STOP LETTING THIS BUM PITCH! NO LEAD IS SAFE!

There has to be someone better than redman. He is g-d awful. please bobby bring someone up, this guy sucks

Holy hell he's terrible..

Barring injuries, I'll lose all faith in Cox if Redman starts another game.

I'd like us to bring up Harrison.

Redman is simply horrid.

Bobby's expression told it all last night when Redman was on the mound. It's time to do away with him and focus on the rest of the season.