4/26/06 Braves (Sosa) @ Brewers (Sheets), 12:05 PM CST

[wOOgiE22]

Jorge Sosa (0-3, 10.45)

 

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/2003/photos2005/0927/a_sosa_jorge_ht.jpg

 

vs.

 

Ben Sheets (0-2, 4.50)

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2005/07/10/VSyRE3vp.jpg

 

Game Preview

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TV: TBS

Radio: 620 WTMJ

Internet: MLB.com Gameday, ESPN.com GameCast

 

Braves Hitters vs. Sheets:

 HITTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA Edgar Renteria 31 8 3 0 0 5 4 2 .258 Andruw Jones 25 9 2 0 2 7 0 5 .360 Chipper Jones 20 7 2 0 2 6 1 6 .350 Marcus Giles 20 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 .400 Adam LaRoche 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 .154 Brian Jordan 9 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 .556 Wilson Betemit 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 Kelly Johnson 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Jeff Francoeur 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Todd Pratt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryan Langerhans 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Chris Reitsma 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Horacio Ramirez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pete Orr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 

 

Brewers Hitters vs. Sosa:

 HITTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA Carlos Lee 10 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .100 Corey Koskie 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 .250 Geoff Jenkins 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Brady Clark 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Bill Hall 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Rickie Weeks 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Damian Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Doug Davis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 J.J. Hardy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gabe Gross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 

[jloos19]

Very very excited for today's game. The only problem is, I have a midterm at 1230 to 150, so I will miss most of the game. Thus, I will just have to depend on the game thread to get me caught up.

[Iron Chef Napalm]

Brewers

presspass.mlb.com/docs/77...0_1263.pdf

 

Braves

presspass.mlb.com/docs/77...0_1312.pdf

 

 

Can the Brewers find a way to score for sheets?

 

Should I skip out of the office and head down to MP or listen on the radio?

[undertow67]

From USA Today:

 

2B Giles

LF Langerhans

3B C. Jones

CF A. Jones

1B LaRoche

RF Francoeur

C McCann

SS Betemit

P Sosa

 

 

Cf Gross

2B Cirillo

RF Jenkins

LF Lee

1B Feilder

3B Koskie

SS Hardy

C Moeller

P Sheets

 

Weeks, Clark, and Miller sit today. Hardy moved down to the 7 spot.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

so is this game on TBS or blacked out ? According to Charter cable it is listed as being on here in Madison.

[craigharmann]

Wow! J.J.'s hitting 7th! Well, Ned's been doing pretty well in playing these hunches of moving the guys around. I hope J.J. gets it turned around at bat and starts really hitting the ball well.

[Brian the Automator]

[ Well, Ned's been doing pretty well in playing these hunches of moving the guys around. ]

 

He's 1 for 2, I think. Moving Fielder down worked like magic, but moving Weeks to #1 has produced negative results (so far, at least).

[craigharmann]

He put Gross at leadoff (today as well). I also like Cirillo hitting second....that's where he should be whenever he's in the lineup.

[adambr2]

Still no Clark? Hmm...Yost must be just giving him a couple days to try to get him back into things -- I'm almost positive that he wouldn't be giving up on Clark this early.

 

Isn't it great having the luxury of guys like Hall and Gross that you can bring off the bench and it's not just a dead spot in your lineup like you would see with many replacements?

 

No surprise to see Weeks on the bench today, but I'm shocked that Hall isn't the one replacing him. But I'll trust that one to Ned.

 

Sheets vs. Sosa....it's a game we should win. Which is exactly why I'm very worried about it. It's great that we won this series, but dropping the finale would put us back at .500, and we need to start working our way back up north of .500, especially with the rest of the division continuing to win.

[craigharmann]

I like seeing Cirillo get the start. He needs to get some playing time and ABs to keep himself fresh to be the righty PH off the bench. The lineup today looks solid, and I think this should be a good game....hopefully Brewer victory!

[markwitx]

i like the lineup. saw this is the Mjs. With yesterdays win, this marks the first winnning series vs Atlanta in Milwaukee since the Brewers moved too the nl.

[MadScientist]

Odd that Hall isn't in, but I guess Cirillo needs the work.

 

Was it network wide or just on 1070 in madison that cut out the 'free' in the anthem?

[TheBwaz]

620 dropped it too. Its either sunspots or aliens.

[wOOgiE22]

No Don Sutton on the TBS Braves broadcasting team? Did he move over to radio or what?

[mikevan1818]

Good thing FSN is playing a replay of yesterdays game while todays game is being played on TBS.

[steve267268]

Sosa is one of those hot/cold guys.

 

i know he throws pretty hard.

 

how about 18 k's again from Benny? Is that too much to ask?

[1992casey]

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Still no Clark? Hmm...Yost must be just giving him a couple days to try to get him back into things -- I'm almost positive that he wouldn't be giving up on Clark this early.

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It was mentioned on one of this morning's articles: Ned's giving him time off to work in the cage.

 

It sounds a lot like what Ned did with J.J. last year.

[mikevan1818]

Hopefully the shadows are nice and confusing for the Braves today.

[BuckyTuba]

for those who wanted a lineup shakeup..... you got it. wow.

[1992casey]

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No Don Sutton on the TBS Braves broadcasting team? Did he move over to radio or what?

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I haven't noticed how they're doing things this year, but the Braves generally flip-flop their radio and TV guys mid-game.

[wOOgiE22]

Start the K count! 1 for Benny

[steve267268]

Here we go again... :D

[undertow67]

For those in Milwaukee, amazingly Time - warner hasn't blacked out the game on TBS. yet, at least.

[Oswald Chesterfield Cobble]

i wish i wasnt at work then http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

2 hitters 2 k's for sheets