Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 03, 2008
Iron Arm

For the third time this season, Cole Hamels reached the 120 pitch mark. He came within one out of a shutout, but a double by McCann after Chipper Jones doubled leading off the inning meant no shutout and no complete game. Tom Gordon recorded the last out for the 4-1 Phillies win. Hamels's ERA drops to 3.22.

Chase Utley retakes the National League lead in home runs, hitting his 24th tonight. After his hot start, Chase had only hit two dingers in his previous 25 games.

Chipper Jones went 1 for 4 and lowered his batting average to .389.

Update: The latest graph showing the probability of Chipper Jones hitting .400 is up. His probability drops to .00041. With Jones's average falling, the other Braves aren't doing much to pick him up. They've scored seven runs in their last four games.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:40 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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If Braves trade Teixeira they better get a good power hitter to hit back of Jones or the Braves will really fall apart. The Braves outfield has only 19 homers from the 7 players who have played in the outfield this season. Chase Utley has hit 5 more than that by himself.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 4, 2008 10:43 AM

With Francoeur just being demoted to Mississippi in Double A the Brave outfield is even less of a threat to hit home runs. Maybe the demotion will help Francoeur get his swing back.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 4, 2008 11:18 AM

With Francoeur just being demoted to Mississippi in Double A the Brave outfield is even less of a threat to hit home runs. Maybe the demotion will help Francoeur get his swing back.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 4, 2008 11:18 AM
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