Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: What happens when you have great pitching and timely hitting? You win ball games! And that’s just what happened for the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. Braves starter R.A. Dickey pitched a fantastic game going seven innings, giving up three hits, one run and had eight strikeouts. The lone run he did give up was not until the 7th inning.
Braves offense got some timely hits from Nick Markakis, Matt Kemp, and Tyler Flowers. Kemp hit his 17th double of the 2017 season.
Here’s a question for you…I realize things would be totally different if Freddie Freeman never got injured and the Braves never traded for Matt Adams, but….