Spring Training Report 3.19.15
By Jacob Mayer
Left-handed starter Manny Banuelos and right-hander Cody Martin, a pair who could pitch for the Gwinnett Braves in 2015, combined Thursday to hold the Miami Marlins to one run through five innings.
The strong performances from the two candidates for spots on the Atlanta Braves’ pitching staff allowed the club to build a lead and beat Miami 6–3 at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Banuelos gave up one run on three hits with no walks and a strikeout in two innings. Martin (W, 1–0) came in relief and pitched three scoreless innings with three hits allowed and a walk to go with one strikeout.
Other possible G-Braves pitchers’ stats Thursday vs. Miami:
LHP Donnie Veal (H, 1), 1.0 IP.
RHP Aaron Kurcz (H, 1), 1.0 IP, H, BB, K.
RHP John Cornely (S, 1), 1.0 IP.
The Braves also had 14 different position players receive at least one at-bat. First baseman Joey Terdoslavich, who won the 2014 G-Braves’ “Fan Favorite Player” award, drove in the final run of the game with a double to right-center field in the eighth.
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He finished 1-for-2 with a strikeout after replacing first baseman Freddie Freeman in the sixth inning. Terdoslavich ranks second on the team with five doubles and is tied for third with six runs batted in.
Other potential G-Braves position players’ stats from Thursday against the Marlins:
Phil Gosselin (SS-3B), 1-for-4, R, K.
Jace Peterson (2B), 1-for-1, R, fielding error in the ninth inning.
Pedro Ciriaco (SS), 0-for-2, K.
Braeden Schlehuber ©, 0-for-1, K.
Todd Cunningham (LF), 0-for-0, HBP.
The Braves and Marlins will face each other again at 7:05 p.m. Friday, but this time the game will be at the Marlins’ home Spring Training complex in Jupiter, Fla.
-JM
