Wednesday's Braves Report (final edition): Teheran struggles; Freeman update; Acuna=Andruw?; transactions; minor-league update; trade rumors; notes/observations
Yanks get to Teheran early, offense can’t catch up
The Yankees had more runs on Julio Teheran than innings early, with a 5-0 lead through four en route to a 6-2 win to take the series.
Teheran had eight strikeouts through four innings, but also allowed two homers and five hits in that span. Giancarlo Stanton’s laser three-run homer with two out in the third put the Yankees in some control.
Like Tuesday, Atlanta got down and tried to creep back while keeping the bullpen as rested as possible. This time, the Braves couldn’t get within a run late, only to 5-2 after six despite getting some runners on.
Ronald Acuna struck out with the bases loaded to end the first, and the Braves struggled from there.
Teheran went five, followed by two from newly-recalled Luiz Gohara and one from Arodys Vizcaino.
Freeman leaves game after pitch to elbow
Vizcaino back, Snit to be cautious
Some trade-related rumor-mongering
Next 5
Thursday, 8:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FSSE
Friday, 8:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FSSO
Saturday, 4:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FS1
Sunday, 2:10 p.m., at Milwaukee
Tuesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Toronto
From beat writers David O'Brien and Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter (and others when notable)
Teheran recorded three strikeouts during a perfect 10-pitch first inning. He got a called strike with six of the eight fastballs he threw./MB
Markakis (108) and Freeman (101) are the only pair of teammates in majors with 100 or more hits, and Albies (99) could join them to give ATL its first 100-hit trio prior to an All-Star break/DOB
These are some of the cheapest home runs the Braves have surrendered since @nickgreen20 put
that one inside Pesky Pole back in 2009./MB
Dunno why Teheran throws an 0-2 fastball to Stanton in that situation, much less one that's over the plate./DOB
Teheran is the first Braves pitcher since Tommy Hanson (5/15/10 vs. Arizona) to record at least 10 strikeouts and allow at least five earned runs in a start./MB
Freeman out of the game after being hit in right elbow by pitch last inning. Culberson moves to 1B, Santana to LF./DOB
Teheran: 5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 10 K, 2 HR. Threw 61 strikes in 107 pitches./DOB
Teheran has a 8.05 ERA over 11 starts against AL East teams since the start of 2015. He has allowed at least five earned runs in seven of those 11 outings./MB
Judge homer in the 7th, another of those that just cleared the RF fence near the corner where it's 314 feet./DOB
Updated
Snitker on Gohara fastball topping out around 96 mph today: "It was better than when he left. That was the hope, that we’d get him down there (Triple-A) and get him some starts and the stuff would start picking up./DOB”
As long as there is no longer swelling around the right triceps muscle, Snit expects Freeman will be in tomorrow’s lineup/MB