Rodrigo Lopez, RH John Smoltz, RH
(7-2, 4.37) (7-5, 2.88)
2B B Roberts SS R Furcal
CF L Matos LF K Johnson
SS M Tejada 2B M Giles
1B R Palmeiro CF A Jones
RF J Gibbons 1B A LaRoche
3B C Gomez 3B W Betemit
LF L Bigbie RF R Langerhans
C G Gil C B McCann
P R Lopez P J Smoltz
Game time is 1:05 on WJZ and TBS.
John Smoltz is not the pitcher want to run into when your team is on a four-game losing streak. Certainly not the last three games of Buzzsaw John Smoltz, either. After the complete roller coaster ride of yesterday's game ended with an abrupt tossing from your seat, heads smashing off the rails and all this, the team's spirits may start to get low. Things like this can really screw with players. Not all of them, but enough of them.
Lopez, inconsistent, etc. Let's win. Let's not lose.