Braves players bowl for a cause at charity event

January 17, 2013

They can play baseball, but can they bowl?

Current and former Braves players came out on Thursday for Chris Singleton's "Strikes For A Cause" charity bowling event to raise funds for at-risk youth in Atlanta Public Schools. Brian McCann, Kris Medlen, Freddie Freeman, Mark DeRosa and Eddie Perez were all in attendance (as you can see from this photo gallery) and made some fun predictions as to what their score would be and who would be the best and worst bowlers of the group:

Freddie Freeman -

Score: 170

Best bowler: Mark DeRosa

Worst bowler: Tommy Hanson (score: 112)

Tommy Hanson -

Score: 123

Best bowler: Mark DeRosa

Worst bowler: Kris Medlen (score: 95)

Brian McCann -

Score - 0 (he didn't play because of his arm)

Best bowler: Mark DeRosa

Worst bowler: Kris Medlen (score: 87)

Mark DeRosa -

His score: 170

Best bowler: Freddie Freeman

Worst bowler: Tommy Hanson (score: 90)

Kris Medlen -

Score: 300

Best bowler: Himself

Worst bowler: Eddie Perez (score: 87)

Eddie Perez -

Score: 299

Best bowler: Mark DeRosa

Worst bowler: Tommy Hanson (score: 0)

And here are the final results:

Freddie Freeman: 102

Kris Medlen: 102

Mark DeRosa: 106

Tommy Hanson: 121

Eddie Perez: 137

Medlen and Freeman tied for the lowest, proving McCann and Hanson right. DeRosa, the projected champ, came in third. Hanson, the projected loser by the majority, proved everyone wrong by nabbing second place. And, Perez, the coach, earned the highest score of the group. Most importantly, everyone had a great time and bowled for a tremendous cause.

-- Meera Venkatraman / MLB.com