Catcher’s Blog

Last night was how you really win ballgames, even though Boyer decided to make it interesting in the 9th. But still, a win is a win. Tonight we wrap the series up with Chuckie going against Cole Hammels. While we have a few guys that haven’t seen Hammels, and even though his ERA against the Braves is over 4, there are some guys in the lineup that haven’t done anything against him. But the two people I see as keys tonight are Mac and Chipper. Mac has a .444 BA with 4 hits, 2 doubles, and three RBIs against Hamels and Chipper has a .333 BA with 3 hits, 1 double, 2 HR, and 3 RBIs against Hammels. So, Mac and Chipper are my two key people for tonight’s game.  

Edit: Chipper will sit out tonight’s game after tweaking his groin last night. Let’s hope this doesn’t sideline Chipper for too long. It’ll be interesting to see how tonight’s lineup does, lacking Chipper and KJ. Lineup looks like this:

1. Escobar, SS
2. Infante, 3B
3. Frenchy, RF
4. Teixshy, 1B
5. Mac, C
6. Matty, LF
7. Kotsay, CF
8. Gotay, 2B
9. Chuckie, P

With the team on a six-game win streak, I say let’s do our best to keep it going. Today we start a four-game series against the Pirates in Pittsburgh and I’m sure it hasn’t been quite long enough to forget the first time we saw them at home. We have Glavine on the mound tonight for us facing Ian Snell. Glavine still has yet to pick up a win and his last outing wasn’t that great considering it was a Reds massacre or there about. Let’s hope he has his stuff tonight and can notch his first win of the season.

My two key people for tonight’s game that need to get it going: Teixshy and KJ. When these two are on, the lineup seems to be better and wins more ballgames. My other key person is Mac since he seems to have Ian Snell’s number or whatever you’d like to call it. Whatever the line is used, Mac owns Ian Snell. Bottom line.