This game on Sunday was actually shaping up to be R.A. Dickey‘s best in an Atlanta Braves uniform… nearly through the 7th inning with a 4-hit shutout working.
One more ‘working’ knuckleball might have ended the inning and turned the rest of the game over to the bullpen for a potentially happy plane ride to Toronto… if there’s such a thing.
It’s easy to point to that single pitch resulting in 3-run homer by pinch hitter (P.S. – there’s a phrase Atlanta is unfamiliar with) Tyler Moore as the downfall for the Braves yesterday, but don’t ignore this:
The Braves got 6 hits and 4 walks in 6 innings against a AAA pitcher with a 4.