The Stick, Gloves, Shirt Fight of the Week returns to recap the first round of the playoffs. This year’s first round brought us plenty of excitement, with 11 fights across the eight playoff series. Fortunately for us, five of those fights came at once, with a line brawl coming at 7:04 left in the 3rd period of game 3 in the Ottawa-Montreal Series. Enjoy.
These road trips need to end. The Braves are dragging their feet at the end of this particularly long stretch, and just have one more series left before a 6-game homestand.
Enjoy this cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by a Pablo Sandoval impersonator.
Other than a Craig Kimbrel blown save, not much of note happened in Ohio for the Braves, who are now 20-13.
Additionally, this is terrifying:
Hugs for Homers?
Freddie Freeman had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs in a 9-4 win over the Mets.
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Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that the Braves didn’t play the Mets until May 3?
Anyways, a tough 10-inning loss tonight. Crazy WPA chart below.
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Kris Medlen is not enjoying the same luck he did last year. Medlen took his third straight loss despite giving up just three runs in seven innings. The Nationals clinched a series split with the win and now trail the Braves by 2.5 games.
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The Braves could only muster two hits in eight innings against Jordan Zimmermann, wasting a nice performance from Paul Maholm en route to a 2-0 loss. Ian Desmond’s fourth-inning home run was the difference for the Nationals, who climb back to 3.5 games behind the Braves.
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Tim Hudson gave up one run in seven innings to win his 200th game. Hudson also provided some firepower on offense, hitting a home run and a double.
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The Braves knocked Stephen Strasburg around again and came out with a 3-2 win over the division rivals.
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