Spring Training Weekend Wrap-up 3.7–8.15
By Jacob Mayer
The Atlanta Braves finished a weekend that included three games in two days with a unique outcome, even for Spring Training.
Nine Braves pitchers combined to no-hit the Houston Astros through 10 innings Sunday in Kissimmee, Fla., including three hurlers who could find themselves on the Gwinnett Braves’ roster in 2015. Houston still pushed across two runs in the seventh when right-hander Mauricio Cabrera walked two and hit a batter to begin the inning before consecutive groundouts gave the Astros a 2–1 lead.
A pair of potential G-Braves tied the game at 2–2 in the eighth. Outfielder Joey Terdoslavich led off the inning with a double and scored three batters later on a sacrifice fly by outfielder Todd Cunningham. The game ended after 10 innings with the scored tied at two.
Potential G-Braves pitchers’ Sunday stats:
RHP Cody Martin, 2.0 IP, 2 BB, 3 K.
RHP Brandon Cunniff (H, 1), 1.0 IP.
LHP Ian Thomas (H, 2), 1.0 IP, 3 BB, K.
Potential G-Braves position players’ Sunday stats:
Terdoslavich (1B), 1-for-2, 2B, R.
Cunningham (RF), 0-for-3, RBI.
Jace Peterson (SS), 2-for-4, R.
Phil Gosselin (2B), 0-for-4.
Cedric Hunter (LF), 0-for-3, BB.
Pedro Ciriaco (3B), 0-for-4, 2 K.
Eury Perez (CF), 2-for-3.
Jose Peraza (2B), 0-for-1.
Yenier Bello (DH, pinch hit), 0-for-0, BB.
Braeden Schlehuber ©, 0-for-0, BB.
The Braves lost a pair of split-squad games Saturday. The New York Mets defeated Atlanta 3–1 in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and the Detroit Tigers topped the Braves 12–6 at Atlanta’s Spring Training home, Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Despite the losses, the Braves got their first look at right-handed pitcher Mike Foltynewicz, who they acquired during the offseason in a trade with the Astros that sent Evan Gattis to Houston.
Foltynewicz gave up a leadoff double to Wilmer Flores in the second followed by a run-scoring single by Michael Conforto that put New York ahead 1–0. Otherwise, Foltynewicz gave up two other hits and walked two with one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings.
Other potential G-Braves pitchers vs. New York:
RHP Aaron Kurcz, 0.1 IP, K.
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LHP Manny Banuelos (L, 0–1), 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (ER).
RHP Jose Veras, 1.0 IP, 2 BB, K.
RHP Matt Capps, 1.0 IP, 2 H.
RHP Sugar Ray Marimon, 2.0 IP, H, BB, K.
Possible G-Braves position players vs. New York:
Peraza (SS-2B), 0-for-4, 2 K.
Sean Kazmar (3B), 1-for-1.
Matt Kennelly ©, 0-for-1.
Perez (LF), 1-for-3, R.
Jesus Flores (DH, pinch hit), 0-for-1.
Six players who could suit up for Gwinnett started in the field against Detroit, and potential G-Braves accounted for eight of the team’s nine hits.
Peterson (2B), 0-for-3, BB, 2 K.
Gosselin (3B), 0-for-2, BB.
Terdoslavich (1B), 2-for-3, 2 2B, 2 R, K.
Mycal Jones (LF), 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI.
Cunningham (CF), 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB.
Hunter (RF), 0-for-3, BB.
John Buck ©, 1-for-2, 2B, 2 RBI, BB.
Ciriaco (3B), 1-for-2, R.
Schlehuber ©, 0-for-1.
Corban Joseph (DH), 0-for-2, R, K.
Potential G-Braves pitchers vs. Detroit:
RHP Williams Perez, 1.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, K.
LHP Donnie Veal, 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, K.
RHP Todd Coffey, 1.0 IP, H, 2 K.
The Braves will travel to Viera, Fla., for a 1:05 p.m. game Monday against the Washington Nationals. Left-hander Wandy Rodriguez will start for Atlanta against fellow lefty Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals.
-JM
