Atlanta Braves Minor League Monday, August 31

Gwinnett Braves (72-63)

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Thursday

A 1-0 Gwinnett lead heading into the bottom of the 6th inning was blown up, though Gwinnett held on to defeat Norfolk on Thursday 9-3. Manny Banuelos pitched a rehab start for Gwinnett and went 2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks. His control was off, and it was notable that some of his late bite that allows him to strike out a decent number of hitters just wasn’t there on his pitches. Victor Mateo pitched 4 2/3 innings of relief to pick up the “vulture” win. Of the Braves 9 hits, 5 went for extra bases, and the G-Braves added 5 walks as well. Cedric Hunter had a home run, triple, walk, 3 runs scored, and 4 runs batted in. Sean Kazmar had a double and a triple. Todd Cunningham had two singles. Joey Terdoslavich had a double and a walk. Mallex Smith had a single and a walk.

Friday

Norfolk jumped all over Gwinnett starter Greg Smith and reliever Vin Mazzaro to defeat the Braves on Friday 10-2. Smith couldn’t make it out of the 2nd inning, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) in 1 2/3 innings on 2 hits and 4 walks. Mazzaro followed with 1 1/3 innings of relief in which he allowed 5 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks. Joey Terdoslavich had two singles. Mallex Smith had a triple. Hector Olivera added a double.

Saturday

Gwinnett followed a tremendous start from swingman Ryan Weber to a 2-0 win over Norfolk on Saturday. Weber went 6 scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 4. Jose Yepez had a double and single. Joey Terdoslavich had a double and a walk. Hector Olivera added his 2nd double in as many days.

Sunday

The Braves put together a rally in the bottom of the 9th, but they fell short, losing to Norfolk on Sunday 4-3. Kanekoa Texeira got the start and went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk, striking out 5. No Braves hitter was on base twice on the day. Hector Olivera got his 3rd double in 3 days. Sean Kazmar added a double.

Leaders

BA: Eury Perez .297
OBP: Joey Terdoslavich .401
SLG: Joey Terdoslavich .470
HR: Cedric Hunter 12
SB: Eury Perez 28

W: Three with 6
SV: Ryan Kelly 12
SO: Manny Banuelos 69
ERA: Hunter Cervenka 0.00
WHIP: Ryan Kelly 0.67

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