The Atlanta Braves got a tough win over the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday at Citizens Bank Park with the Braves victorious 7 to 5. It was a huge win that rooters with Braves tickets aren’t likely to forget. You never know what you’ll see at a baseball game so get your cheap tickets today!
Braves pitcher Kris Medlen (3.19 ERA) got the win, while Jamie Moyer (4.51 ERA) took the loss for the Phillies. Kris Medlen went 6.2 solid innings for the Braves, allowed 7 hits, 2 home runs and 4 earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Braves was Jonny Venters (1.36), and Takashi Saito (3.66). The Phillies’s starter Jamie Moyer went 5.1 innings, allowed 7 hits, 3 home runs and 7 earned runs with one walk and 3 strikeouts. Danys Baez (4.60), Nelson Figueroa (3.75), and Jose Contreras (3.04) also pitched for the Phillies. With the win, Medlen’s record goes to 6-1, while Moyer drops to 9-8. Billy Wagner earned the save for the Braves, bringing his saves up to 19.
In addition to the 7 runs, the Braves put up 10 hits and committed no errors. Martin Prado led the Braves in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Melky Cabrera’s 2 hits, and Omar Infante with 2. The Phillies didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Greg Dobbs could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Phillies mustered 5 runs, 10 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Scott Barry, Mike DiMuro, Jim Reynolds and Tim Welke. There were 44,282 Phillies ticket holders in attendance at Citizens Bank Park.