My Buddy and Me

Buddy Carlyle allowed 1 hit (a solo homer) in 7 innings today (7IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 5K) and picked up the W for the Bravos today in their 3-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.

Carlyle, who pitched for the LG Twins in Seoul Korea last year, was immediately sent to Richmond after the game today to allow the Braves to promote RHP Blaine Boyer. Now, this is interesting because a couple days ago when I signed on to ajc.com I read a headline that Boyer was dead. Of course after clicking into the article I realized that they were talking about the 70 year old former 3B Clete Boyer (whom I had never heard of before that moment).

With Bobby Cox and company worried that John Smoltz might need to come out of the game early due to his tender right shoulder they had not choice but to add a bullpen hand - thus the "Congratulations Buddy Carlyle on your first MLB win this century, now go back to the minors" roster move. Carlyle's last, and only, big league win came on September 9, 1999 when he went 6 innings for the San Diego Padres.

Pete Orr went 0-2 in the game in which he started at second base.