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Atlanta Braves Clippings Saturday, July 25, 2015 Braves.Com Atlanta Braves Clippings Saturday, July 25, 2015 Braves.com Banuelos, Braves drop battle of rookies By Jenifer Langosch and David Cobb / MLB.com | @LangoschMLB | 1:35 AM ET ST. LOUIS -- After opening his career with five no-decisions, lefty Tim Cooney notched his first Major League win while throwing a career-high seven innings in the Cardinals' 4-2 victory over the Braves at Busch Stadium on Friday night. Cooney received most of his support from center fielder Randal Grichuk, who connected for a two-run homer and scored twice against Braves starter Manny Banuelos. Three of the four runs Banuelos allowed over five-plus innings came with two out. The Braves shaved a four-run deficit in half with a two-run sixth that snapped Cooney's 12-inning scoreless streak. Cameron Maybin's RBI double off Cooney was Atlanta's only extra-base hit of the night. "This was definitely my best fastball command, as well as off-speed pitches," said Cooney, who finished seven innings on 74 pitches. "When you're able to locate the ball, good things are going to happen. I was definitely on today, and I feel like I've been getting a little bit better each start." With the win, the Cardinals improved to 35-12 at home this year and are a season-high 28 games over .500. The Braves have won just three of their last 11. MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Randal rakes: Just as he did on Thursday, Grichuk blasted a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the night on Friday. This one followed a two-out walk by Yadier Molina and traveled 421 feet to move Grichuk into second place on the team's home run leaderboard. Grichuk later singled, swiped second and put the team ahead, 3-0, by scoring on Mark Reynolds' two-out hit. "It's all about approach for Randal," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "If he has an idea and waits and gets the pitch that he's looking for, he can mis-hit a ball and it's still going to leave the park. Just here recently, I think some things are really starting to click for him because you're seeing the consistent at-bats." Sixth-inning scores: The Braves generated their offense in the sixth when the eight-hole hitter, Andrelton Simmons, led off with a single to center and advanced to second on Banuelos' second sacrifice bunt. Maybin doubled for the first time since July 4 to score Simmons, and then the center fielder scored on a wild pitch after taking third on a groundout. Siegrist shines as substitute: With closer Trevor Rosenthal unavailable after pitching on three straight days, the Cardinals tapped Kevin Siegrist as their closer du jour. Siegrist earned his fifth save by striking out Jonny Gomes to end the game with the potential tying runs on base. "First and second with Jonny Gomes at the plate, who historically wears out left-handed pitching, you feel pretty good about that situation," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Siegrist made some nice pitches on him." Oh, Manny: Banuelos started with a perfect first inning but surrendered runs in each of the next three frames while struggling at times with location in his fourth Major League start. "Today was a young pitcher pitching; all the signs," Gonzalez said. "You get two quick outs, kind of relax a little bit, and then the inning kind of evolves on him a little bit. Other than that, I thought he did a nice job." Banuelos' four earned runs were the most he's allowed in one start after giving up a total of three -- two earned -- over 15 2/3 innings in his first three starts. QUOTABLE "That was a tough series in Pittsburgh [to end the first half]. We went into the break and took those days and came back and have played good baseball. -- Grichuk, on the Cardinals winning six of seven games to start the second half DONE DEALS Both clubs executed trades on Friday, one week ahead of the non-waiver Trade Deadline. The Cardinals sent Double-A reliever Kyle Barraclough to Miami for veteran reliever Steve Cishek, who is expected to be in uniform on Saturday. Then, shortly before first pitch, the Braves finalized a deal that included Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe going to the Mets for young right-handers Rob Whalen and John Gant. Though the trade was not announced until after the game, the Braves had to play the game without Johnson or Uribe available. "I feel very good because I got traded to a contender," Uribe said. "I would have felt bad if I got released or sent home. I know I'm going to a good team and have a chance to be in the playoffs." UNDER REVIEW A St. Louis run that would have made the score 5-2 came off the board in the sixth when the Braves successfully challenged that first baseman Joey Terdoslavich did apply a tag on Reynolds on the backside of a would-be 5-4-3 double play. Atlanta lost a challenge in the seventh when a throwing error by reliever David Aardsma was confirmed. Terdoslavich did not corral a low throw from Aardsma on a grounder back to the mound by pinch-hitter Stephen Piscotty. WHAT'S NEXT Braves: The Braves send former Cardinals righty Shelby Miller to the mound in the second game of the series on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET. Cardinals: Carlos Martinez will make his first start of the second half in Saturday's game against the Braves. Martinez did pitch the final four innings of an 18-inning loss last Sunday. He's seeking to become the Cards' second 11-game winner this season. Braves deal Uribe, K. Johnson for Minors pitchers Atlanta adds prospect Whalen, Georgia native Gant in exchange for veterans By Mark Bowman and David Cobb / MLB.com | @mlbbowman | 12:36 AM ET COOPERSTOWN -- The Braves began unloading some of their veterans, trading Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson to the Mets in exchange for Minor League pitchers Rob Whalen and John Gant, the teams announced Friday night. This will likely be the first of several moves the Braves make over the next week before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline as they attempt to gain some value for their veterans who will become free agents at the end of this season. Whalen has posted a 3.36 ERA in the 15 appearances (14 starts) for Class A Advanced Port St. Lucie. The 21-year-old right-hander has recorded 61 strikeouts and issued 34 walks in 83 innings. MLB.com had ranked him as the Mets' 18th-best prospect, and he's now the Braves' 24th-best. Gant has posted a 3.52 ERA in 17 starts for Port St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton this year. The 22-year-old Savannah, Ga., native produced a 1.79 ERA and recorded 48 strikeouts in the 40 1/3 innings he completed for Port St. Lucie before being promoted. Rumblings of the move surfaced while the Braves were on the field for batting practice before a 4-2 loss at St. Louis. "It's tough because, what, an hour, hour and 10 minutes before the game starts, you get pulled off the field, and this is going to happen and you've got to make some lineup changes and you get ready to lose two guys that are pretty good guys on our club," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Atlanta will save approximately $2.7 million with this deal that will take two key components out of its lineup for the remainder of this season, which has long been considered one aimed toward rebuilding. Johnson resuscitated his career after rejoining the Braves this year and earning a roster spot out of Spring Training. The veteran utility man has batted .275 with nine home runs and a .772 OPS in 197 plate appearances with Atlanta. "It's tough. It's a really good group of guys in this clubhouse," Johnson said. "I've known all the coaches forever, the clubhouse guys and everything. So it's like the first time I left Atlanta, it kind of feels like that a little bit. It's home, too." After spending last year with three different American League East clubs -- the Yankees, Red Sox and Orioles -- Johnson found some consistency with the Braves, who drafted him in 2000 and kept him in the organization through 2009. He produced a .777 OPS in 172 plate appearances against right-handed pitchers and a .737 OPS in 25 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers. "This is my fourth time being traded," Johnson said. "I don't have that feeling of, 'Oh, whoa, what just happened?' It's more shock, I guess, in being traded to a team in our division and just the circumstances, too. You know the deadline is coming, but the date can be anytime, obviously. Being a week out is unique." Uribe enriched the Braves' clubhouse and provided some much-needed stability at third base after he was acquired from the Dodgers on May 27. The 36-year-old veteran batted .285 with seven home runs and an .817 OPS in the 46 games he played for Atlanta. "I was very surprised today, but I know I had no control over it," Uribe said through a translator. "I know that it's going to happen sometimes, but it was not expected today." Uribe was penciled in to bat fifth and play third base on Friday night, but Chris Johnson moved across the diamond from first, where Joey Terdoslavich took over.
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