Posts Tagged as ‘Charlie Morton’

November 14, 2008

Wren to San Diego, “We’ll keep the kitchen sink. Thanks.”

Unless the Padres all of a sudden cave in and lower their asking price, we won’t see Peavy make his way to Atlanta any time soon…. or presumably ever.
Here’s what Wren the man himself said.
“Jake Peavy is obviously a quality top-of-the-rotation pitcher. But our
focus is still to build our organization internally with our young
players, and [...]

September 3, 2008

Braves, Marlins Combine for 30

~JB-Atlanta, GA
Josh Anderson got this one started off with a homer and the hits just kept on coming. He finished the night 2-6 with a stolen base and had another strong performance. But before the smoke had cleared, every visiting starter got a hit in this one as both the Fish and Bravos pounded out [...]

August 29, 2008

Morton, Braves Get Series Win…Did I Just Type That?

Looks like the only team whose playoff hopes the Braves can help spoil is a team that’s already teetering out of contention.
The Braves got the series win last night behind the arm of Charlie Morton and the bat of Brian McCann.

The 4-2 victory saw Morton go 6 innings, 4 hits, 3 K’s and notch his [...]

August 28, 2008

Hampton Goes Eight Strong Innings, Can’t Get Win

 

Despite a fairly decent outing from Mike Hampton last night going 8 innings, 3 ER, and 5 K’s, Hampton got “L” #2 rather than “W” #3. 

The offense, which included Blanco in CF and Brandon Jones in LF since the latest Mark left town, couldn’t get it together against Josh Johnson. Johnson’s complete game 1 run, [...]

August 13, 2008

Morton and Cox Exit Early in Cub Pummeling

~JB, Pike Place roast coffee, Hating day/night double headers, Make it 142.
Charlie Morton didn’t stick around that long either. After giving up a sizeable 4 run lead to the Cubs who are looking to seal their Central division pennant sooner rather than later, the Braves never even got into this one. 10-2 is the [...]