Latest Gear Live Videos
Wednesday April 16, 2008 1:45 pm
1st Place Marlins Shut Out Braves
The Florida Marlins had everything working Tuesday night. Scott Olsen, Renyel Pinto and Kevin Gregg combined to pitch a shutout, and new Marlin Wes Helms drove in his first run of the year. Olsen would pick up the win, he’s 2-0 this season. Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens was the tough luck loser, he threw 6 innings of 4 hit 2 run baseball but still managed to pick up the loss.
“When you give up two runs, you’ve got to win, it’s as simple as that,” Braves manager Bobby Cox said, regarding the fact that Jurrjens lost tonight as a result of no run support from the Braves offense.
Former Met Mike Jacobs got the ball rolling for the Marlins in the bottom of the 4th inning, when he doubled in left fielder Josh Willingham. As pitcher Scott Olsen continued to roll, Josh Willingham would plate Danny Uggla in the 6th inning to put the Braves at a 2-0 disadvantage. The runs wouldn’t be needed, but former Cubs reliever Will Ohman walked Wes Helms with the bases loaded in the 8th inning to make it a 3-0 game. With his control seemingly missing, Ohman would walk the next batter, Hanley Ramirez, with the bases loaded to drive in yet another run. At 4-0, the Braves were finished at that point.
“I didn’t like the way it finished up,” Cox said. “We were in a tight ballgame and had a runner on in the [eighth], anything could have happened. But we couldn’t keep it close.”
After the game, Marlins pitcher Scott Olsen implied that he may have been able to go for a complete game. At the time of his being pulled, he had thrown just 82 pitches.
“I felt good enough to go back out there,” Olsen said. “But when you have a 2-0 lead in the seventh, you don’t want your pitcher hitting. I was very satisfied coming out of the game right there.”
- Related Tags:
- braves, brian mccann, danny uggla, hanley ramirez, larry jones, marlins
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
© Gear Live Media, LLC. 2007 – User-posted content, unless source is quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. Gear Live graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, videos, articles, blogs, forums, scripts and other service names are the trademarks of Gear Live Inc.
Comments: