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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
The Gwinnett Braves season came to a close on Saturday night in a rout at the hands of the Scranton WB Yankees . Jonny Venters allowed 5 runs in 3 innings of work and every pitcher the Braves brought it allowed at least 2 runs (save for Duente Heath who only pitched 1/3 inning). The Gwinnett offense got to Zach McAllister in the 5th and 6th innings but at that point it was too little too late. Van...
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Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
(Observer News Services) The Charlotte Knights' four-game winning streak over Gwinnett ended Friday in a 4-1 loss in front of 6,268 fans at Knights Stadium. Charlotte had won two at Gwinnet this week and opened the three-game series at home with two wins. The Knights struck first with DeWayne Wise's RBI single to left field that scored Stefan Gartrell. Charlotte would hold that lead until things unraveled...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Gwinnett 5, Columbus 1 R. Gorecki 3-4 RBI, BB, SB(13) B. Canizares 2-5 V. Pope 2-3 HR(2) Holy Crap! Van Pope is almost hitting .200 for the season! He is actually hitting .312 in his last 10 games. Todd Redmond pitched his second straight good game, going 6 strong innings without giving up any runs and only allowing 2 hits. He hasn't allowed a run in his last two games. Montgomery 5, Mississippi 1...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Lehigh Valley 8, Gwinnett 5 - 10 Innings C. Burke 1-4 2B, BB, B. Canizares 2-5 2 RBI, K B. Jones 1-2 3B, RBI, K V. Pope 1-4 HR(3), 2 RBI Both Jeff Bennett and Buddy Carlyle pitched in this game in rehabs assignments. Bennett gave up 2 runs in 1 inning of work and Carlyle tossed two scoreless innings. Maybe something is starting to click again with Brandon Jones as he has 4 of his 18 XBH in the last...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Norfolk 1, Gwinnett 4 K. Johnson 2-4 RBI, SB(1) C. Sammons 2-4 RBI, K J. Venters 7IP 5H 1R 1BB 2K Just a good old fashioned solid win here. There wasn't a whole lot to get excited over. Kelly Johnson has hits in 6 straight games for Richmond. Clint Sammons has also been hitting slightly better with 7 hits in his last 13 ABs to raise his average to .236. Also Van Pope is hitting .182 on the season....
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Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
(By Ben Walker, Observer News Services) Gwinnett built an early lead and held off a late Charlotte Knights rally to win 5-4 in front of 9,645 fans at Knights Stadium. The Braves scored first in the top of the first inning on Kelly Johnson's RBI sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead. Gwinnett added another run in the second inning with a Van Pope RBI single to left, making it 2-0. Charlotte got on the board...
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Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 04/27/2009
(Observer News Services) The Gwinnett Braves closed out their 10-game homestand with a 3-1 win against the Charlotte Knights in an International League baseball game Sunday. The Braves took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. Wes Timmons doubled home Van Pope, who had reached on a walk off Knights starter Wes Whisler. The next batter, Antonio Perez, singled home Timmons. Gwinnett kept Charlotte off the...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
Charlotte 8, Gwinnet 5 B. Conrad 2-3 2B, HR(3), BB, K V. Pope 2-2 2B, HR(1), BB, K K. Medlen 4IP 6H 2R 3BB 4K Nice little game by Van Pope here. This might actually his best offensive game in the last two years, which is sad. At one time he was thought to be the heir apparent to Chipper, but honestly I have never been convinced by his bat and it has really shown the last couple of seasons. His defense...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
Gwinnett 3, Durham 0 G. Blanco 0-3 BB, 3K, SB(3) V. Pope 3-4 2B, RBI Not a lot of offense as the AAA club beats uber-prospect David Price by allowing only three hits between Vladimir Nunez, Boone Logan, Francisley Bueno and Mariano Gomez. We also had a rare sighting of Van Pope in this game with three whole hits! Gwinnett moves to 4-4 on the season. Mississippi 3, Huntsville 4 G. Hernandez 1-5 2B ,...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Baseball Prospectus AFL Preview Kevin Goldstein gives us a preview of the Arizona Fall League... and doesn't mention one single Braves player -- what gives Kev? The AFL, which starts play today, will have Braves minor leaguers Tommy Hanson, Kris Medlen, Stephen Marek, Deunte Heath, and Van Pope. Originally on the roster were Tyler Flowers and Brandon Jones, but while Jones seems to have been dropped,...
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Rain Delay (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The Arizona Fall League Rosters have been announced for the 2008 season. Mesa Solar Sox (Braves, Cubs, Marlins, Phillies,Tigers) So here are the Braves Minor Leaguers taking part. RHP Duente Heath RHP Tommy Hanson RHP Stephen Marek RHP Kris Medlen C Tyler Flowers 3B Van Pope OF Brandon Jones Pretty good crop of guys, though Van Pope seems a bit out of place for some reason. Peoria [...] ShareThis
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Rain Delay (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Triple - A Off Day. Two more games with Norfolk tonight. Double -A Mississippi 1 Chattanooga 5 Matt Young: 2-3 1BB 1K Van Pope: 2-4 JC Boscan: 2-3 1BB 1K Jerome Gamble: 6.0IP 5H 4R 1BB 7K Kevin Gunderson: 1.2IP 3H 1R 2BB 1K High - A Off Day, they resume their series with Wilmington tonight. Low - A Hickory 7 Rome 5 Jason Heyward: 2-5 1R 1RBI [...]
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Charlotte @ Richmond - Postponed Huntsville 10, Mississippi 3 Matt Young - 2-4 BB K. Kaaihue - 1-3 BB J. Perry - 3-3 HR(1), 3 RBI, BB Jason Perry joined the Mississippi club today and made quite a first impression. Perry was signed as a free agent to fill the shoes of Van Pope who was placed on the DL after only playing one game since his last trip to the DL. James Parr got hammered today giving up...
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