Spring Training Report 3.12.15
By Jacob Mayer
A pair of potential 2015 Gwinnett Braves were the only Atlanta players to cross home plate Thursday, as the New York Yankees nipped the Braves 3–2 in Tampa, Fla.
Catcher Braeden Schlehuber pinch ran for catcher Christian Bethancourt in the fifth inning after Bethancourt drilled a one-out double to right field. Center fielder and possible G-Brave Todd Cunningham followed two batters later with a single to right to drive in Schlehuber and tie the game 1–1. Schlehuber grounded out to shortstop in his only at-bat, and Cunningham went 1-for-3, overall.
Infielder Pedro Ciriaco, a potential G-Brave who spent time Thursday at second base and shortstop, then led off the sixth with a base hit and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Alberto Callaspo. Ciriaco finished the game 1-for-3.
Other possible G-Braves players’ stats from Thursday vs. the Yankees:
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Joey Terdoslavich (RF-1B), 1-for-3, K.
Cedric Hunter (LF), 0-for-1.
Jesus Flores ©, 0-for-1.
Jose Yepez (DH, pinch hit), 0-for-1.
Two potential Gwinnett pitchers also each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Right-hander Michael Kohn worked around one hit and a hit-by-pitch in the fifth. Fellow righty Sugar Ray Marimon allowed a two-out double in the eighth but also struck out the side.
Atlanta will play a couple of split-squad contests Friday. A portion of the team will play a home game against the Detroit Tigers at 1:05 p.m. at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The rest of the squad will travel to face the New York Mets at 1:10 p.m. in Port St. Lucie.
-JM
