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"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Talking Chop User’s GuideTalking Chop PodcastAround the NL EastBaseball Analysis PrimerAJax and Contreras power Braves to 4-3 spring training winNew Jesse Barfield Jersey ,68commentsA pair of catching prospects stood out as the Braves moved to .500 in spring training.ESTShareTweetShareShareAJax and Contreras power Braves to 4-3 spring training winReinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsFresh off their first win of the spring, the Braves came back on Tuesday with a game against the split squad Mets. Both Alex Jackson and William Contreras homered as the Braves took down the Mets by the score of 4-3.Sean Newcomb got the start on Tuesday and pitched two scoreless innings. While he did give up a pair of walks, the Mets were unable to do any damage and couldn’t even manage to get the ball out of the infield against him. Shane Carle came in after that and gave up three hits and a run in his inning of work to put the Braves behind 1-0. Here are Newcomb’s own words on how his first appearance of the spring went.Fortunately for the Braves, Alex Jackson came to the plate in the third inning and crushed a ball to left field with the bases empty off of Hector Santiago to tie the game up at 1. Patrick Weigel came in for the 4th inning. Weigel has undergone a long recovery from Tommy John surgery and, after some tweaks to his mechanics during his recovery, made his return to the mound first in the GCL late last year and then in instructs this fall. Weigel gave up a one-out double in the 4th before giving up a two-out RBI single to Braxton Lee and then getting taken out of the game.The next couple of innings were fairly quiet with a ground-rule double from Greyson Jenista being a notable exception. However, in the sixth inning, Ender Inciarte singled to lead off the inning and was replaced with pinch runner Izzy Wilson. After Izzy moved over on a grounder http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , Austin Riley hit a two-out RBI single and then William Contreras connected for an opposite field home run to give the Braves a 4-2 lead.The Mets would not go down quietly, though, as Sebastian Espino hit an inside the park home run to lead off the ninth inning off of Michael Mader to get the Mets back within a run.After a pair of groundouts, Mader allowed a walk and a single before retiring Dario Pizzano on a fly ball to end the game. Lewis Brinson, Brian Anderson, Isan D铆az and others did their best to compensate for a rough Road Chen start."WhiteFanposts Sections News & RumorsAnalysisPodcastsProspects & DraftGame CoverageFull ArchiveMasthead Social Marlins Players on TwitterFish Stripes on InstagramMarlins Media Members Fish Stripes Best of 2018 Marlins StoriesScheduleRosterStatsCommunity Guidelines StubHub 鉁昅iami Marlins Game CoverageMarlins young core players show star potential in 14-6 loss to MetsNew,16commentsLewis Brinson, Brian Anderson George Bell Jersey , Isan D铆az and others did their best to compensate for a rough Road Chen start.ESTShareTweetShareShareMarlins young core players show star potential in 14-6 loss to MetsLewis Brinson is our Player of the Game (again)Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsWhen you have 45-50 total players involved in these early Spring Training games, it’s impossible to find any significance in the final score. Focus instead on the young players trying to prove themselves, especially in their matchups with major league opponents.The Marlins lost to the Mets 14-6 on Wednesday in Port St. Lucie, but it was easily the most encouraging game from them in Grapefruit League thus far.LewisBrinson delivered his best performance, and that’s saying a lot considering he had already been off to a hot start.Brinson drilled a solo home run against Mets starter StevenMatz to lead off the second inning. As an encore, he took Walker Lockett deep to left in his next plate appearance.Spring success is nothing new for the former top prospect—he slashed .328/.365/.586 with two homers last year en route to locking up an everyday job. That certainly didn’t translate to the regular season. The potentially meaningful development here is his pitch recognition, laying off breaking balls low and away to create favorable counts. That’s critical to trimming down his strikeout rate.Newly ranked as the No. 9 Marlins prospect, Isan D铆az battled veteran reliever PaulSewald in the fifth. Sewald made this mistake in a full count and the toolsy infielder put it into orbit:Yes Dave Winfield Jersey , the Marlins lost. This vintage Road Chen outing (1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) would’ve been difficult for an All-Star lineup to overcome. A disastrous eighth inning from Kyle Keller and Ben Meyer put things out of reach, anyway.However, everybody that mattered looked like they belonged.No. 4 prospect MonteHarrison got a good read on a low line drive, hustling from first to third to set up a run. No. 18 JordanYamamoto unleashed several nasty curveballs during his two hitless innings. Even with his bat still very much a question mark Jack Morris Jersey , MagneurisSierra’s arm created an extra out, doubling off Mets Kevin Kaczmarski at the plate. September call-up possibility TommyEveld showed legitimate late-inning stuff (even though he was working the fifth in this case). The most established member of the young core, Brian Anderson drove in two runs and even stole a base.There will surely be some lineup differences when Sandy Alc谩ntara leads the Fish on the road to face the Astros for their final February game. The larger point still applies, though: keep an eye on the kids.Marlins vs. Mets box score (MLB.com)