Around the NL EAST and your 4/17 updates

Well we know the Mets and Phillies got rained out but lets see how Atlanta, Washington and Florida did last night.

Washington played the Braves AGAIN

This time the Nationals beat the Braves and young lefty Chuck James 5 to 1.

Chuck James started the game for the Braves and got the lost pitching 5 innings giving up 3 ER. ERA for the season 2.25

Former Met Tyler Yates gave up 2 runs in relief in just 1/3 of an inning. Yates now has a 6.75 ERA

Scott Thorman came in the game as a replacement for Jack Wilsonand had the Braves only RBI of the game.

Bobby Cox had this to say about the game..

"We had six runners on in the first two innings, and that's a lot of runners not to score one," said Braves manager Bobby Cox. "We just couldn't get [hits] at the right time."

Matt Chico started the game for the Nationals and pitched good enough to get a win. Chico went 5 innings giving up 5 walks and 4 hits but only allowed 1 ER. 5.27 ERA on the season.

Dimitri Young had a big night at the plate going 3 for 4 including a double and 2 RBI

Ryan Zimmeran had 2 hits of his own and an RBI as he try's to get on a roll after his slow start.

The Nationals bullpen in the game that consisted of Rivera Rauch and Cordero pitched 4 scoreless innings giving up just 1 hit while striking out 3 to close out the game.

Florida lost the Houston Astros 4 to 3 last night as the Marlins bullpen blew another game.

Anibal Sanchez started the game for the Marlins and though he walked 6 batters he got out of jam after jam and ended up giving up just 1 run in 5 innings of work.

Former Met Matt Lindstrom came into the game in relief and gave his first earned runs of the season as he gave up 2 runs in his 1 inning of work.

Marlins search for a new closer game to Kevin Gregg but Gregg's first day as a closer didn't go to well as he gave up 2 walks and 2 hits which led to a walk off hit by Morgan Ensberg with the bases loaded.

Hanley Ramirez was 2 for 4 with a tripple as he was thrown out going for an inside the park homerun.

Joe Borchard was 2 for 4 with an RBI raising his average to .270 on the season

Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Atlanta	8	4	.667	-
NY Mets	7	4	.636	0.5
Florida	6	6	.500	2.0
Washington	4	9	.308	4.5
Philadelphia	3	8	.273	4.5

Carlos Gomez watch until Gomez's average dips below .330

Last night Gomez had another huge night at the plate and also showed some plate discipline

Gomez was 3 for 3 with a tripple a run scored and 2 WALKS!
Now hitting .419 on the year


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Tom Glavine (2-1, 3.12)
Glavine was about as good as he could be in frigid New York temperatures on Thursday, giving up three runs in a six-inning performance against Philadelphia. He recovered from a rocky start to record career win No. 292, despite walking three in the first inning and serving up two home runs to Phillies leadoff man Jimmy Rollins.

Freddy Garcia (0-0, 0.00)
Garcia makes his long-awaited Phillies debut. The right-hander had a delayed start to his regular season because of soreness in his right biceps. In his only career start against the Mets, Garcia allowed one run on six hits in a complete-game victory, striking out seven.

~my prediction Garcia has a ruff first start off the DL and the Mets after 2 rain delays are ready to play. Score Mets 7 Phillies 3

Moises Alou will go deep~

What does Rick Peterson think about off days?

“The opportunity is we can take a couple of our young guys and we can get a couple extra bullpen [sessions]. Things we worked on all through spring training, we have a couple extra sessions…Quite frankly, besides Tommy, I think everyone can benefit from this.”

~Remember Perez is not pitching until Saturday thats what 3 bullpen sessions? Now what would you say if Perez has no walks next time out?

From USA today Glavine on his last start vs Philly

''I was rushing in my delivery and rushing to try to make pitches,'' said Glavine, who earned his 292nd career win. ''After the second inning, when I threw my warmup pitches in the third inning, I kind of tried to make a little conscious adjustment and it felt good. It felt like my pitches were a little bit better during the warmup and just tried to go with it, and it seemed to work.''