Teheran, Maybin keep Braves humming at home
The 36-year-old Moylan, who played his first seven seasons in the majors with the Braves, has been beset by two Tommy John surgeries, along with back and rotator cuff trouble.
Shelby Miller’s winless streak is still intact despite a no-hit bid, but the Atlanta Braves got a dramatic walk-off victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. “There were a lot of well-struck balls, especially as the game got deeper, that were caught in the outfield”. Give me Arizona and the better pitcher for the cheap price. Teheran posted his second straight quality start last Friday against Miami, surrendering three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings without factoring in the decision. It was the eighth start of his comeback. De La Rosa has been solid for much of the season and the D-Backs are overall the better team.
“It’s great to go out there when everything felt in rhythm all game”, he said. This will be De La Rosa’s second career game against the Braves.
Peralta had two hits, including a fourth-inning homer off Mike Foltynewicz (4-4).
Julio Teheran wasn’t concerned that Arizona scored 36 runs and had at least 15 hits in its last four games. First baseman Nick Swisher homered off the right-field foul pole against Hudson. Paul Goldschmidt added to the lead with a two-run single off Jake Brigham in the ninth. Jace Peterson singled, Andrelton Simmons doubled and Miller walked to load the bases, and Ahmed bobbled Bourn’s grounder to shortstop for an error.
David Aardsma got credit for the victory after striking out the side in the 10th inning. His numbers just weren’t quite as good as those put up by Fernandez, who besides being undefeated has 53 strikeouts and 10 walks in 43 innings.
Maybin opened with the 10th with a drive over the left field wall off David Hernandez (0-3). “For the amount of pitches he threw and pitching from behind, actually did a really nice job limiting the damage to three runs”. It was the fewest number of runs he has allowed since July 3.
Arizona had 11 hits. Ray has pitched solidly this year, going 3-7 with a 3.13 ERA.
The Arizona Diamondbacks look to keep rolling after winning five of their last eight games. His teammates provided him with plenty of offense early on, building a 6-0 lead by the fifth inning as the Diamondbacks survived a four-run Braves rally in the eighth and went on to win 8-4, leveling Corbin’s record at 3-3.
Gonzalez said he has told Jackson to use the remainder of the season as an audition for 2016. “I was trying to do pitch like I’ve been doing my last three starts and not worrying about they’ve been doing the games before”. Hale said his trainers were anxious about Tomas running full speed. Manager Chip Hale said he should be ready to return on Saturday.