But when reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum toes the rubber for the Giants on Wednesday night, McLouth plans to be the first Braves batter that he faces.
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With a secure lead during Tuesday night’s 8-1 win over the Giants, Braves manager Bobby Cox opted to use some precaution by allowing McLouth to rest his back during the final three innings.
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“Prado made a great play and Esky the same thing,cheap Detroit Tigers Hats,” McCann said. “They work on that during batting practice all the time. When you put it to work during the game, it’s fun to watch. I get the best seat in the house. Both guys made an unbelievable play.”
“Escobar is one of those guys in batting practice that wants to practice those kinds of plays,” Prado said. “That happens once in a while. It happened tonight and he was like ‘You see? I told you it would happen.’ We have a great friendship and he’s a great player. He makes us play harder every day.”
While McCann supplied four RBIs during Tuesday night’s win, the top highlight was provided courtesy of the acrobatic double play turned by Yunel Escobar and Martin Prado.
Prado said that Escobar routinely attempts to make these kinds of acrobatic turns during batting practice.
Then with Jair Jurrjens serving as an interpreter, Escobar added,Houston Astros Hats, “You practice how you play.”
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“Somebody said he was safe at first,” Prado said. “It was one of those plays where the umpire gives you that. It was a big play in that inning. I saw him coming to the bag and I just flipped it to the base. That’s the only thing I could do. It was a reaction play. I just flipped it and he was there and he jumped and threw the ball.”
“It’s been great the past couple of weeks,Scarves Sale,” McLouth said. “This is a feeling you want to continue.”
McLouth said he felt a twinge in his back during his first-inning at-bat. As he beat out a fifth-inning infield single, he showed enough discomfort to at least draw a quick visit from Braves manager Bobby Cox.
“I’ll be in there,” McLouth said. “I’ll be fine.”
With Arizona’s win over Colorado on Tuesday night, the Braves moved to within three games of the lead in the National League Wild Card standings. They’re tied with the Cubs and looking up at only the Giants and Rockies.
“Right now,Minnesota Twins Hats, we’re playing all-around good baseball,Pittsburgh Pirates Hats sale,” Brian McCann said. “We’re hitting great,cheap Florida Marlins Hats, pitching great and our defense has been unbelievable. It seems like every night our middle infielders are making highlight plays and it’s rubbing off on everybody else.”
After diving to his right to rob Travis Ishikawa of a first-inning RBI single,s birthplace., Prado flipped to Escobar, who vaulted off the second base bag and made an accurate throw to first base that at least in umpire Tim Timmons’ view beat Ishikawa.
The Giants and Rockies will stage a three-game series against each other at Coors Field this weekend.
