Ship Righted–Braves 10, Tigers 5

I promised that I was ready to bring y’all a win, if the team did their part. You’re welcome.

Since I was able to watch Saturday’s game from the start, I took contemporaneous notes. What follows are those notes, without (much) editing.

It’s Sorokamania time in ATL! Can he keep up his remarkable run? Saturday is an opportune time for Mike to take the mound. As you know, the Braves were coming off three of the worst games of the year, two losses to the hated gnatspos and one to a weak hitting Tigers team (who somehow hit four homers on Friday night).

What we now call a TOR starter used to be known as a Stopper. That sobriquet was created for games just such as this. I don’t know how many times…