In one other vital sport (as all of them are at this level), the Braves turned to Grant Holmes to hopefully ship a win towards the unintimidating Darren McCaughan on the mound for the Marlins
The primary inning began effectively, as Ozzie Albies crushed a righty on righty solo homer with one out. A single, stroll and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases following Ozzie’s homer, however in true 2024 Braves’ style, a double play ended the inning with solely the one run scored from the solo homer.
Jonah Bride hit a homer of his personal, nonetheless, within the second to tie the sport up at one. After that first inning, the one Courageous to get on base by means of 4 innings was Gio Urshela, with a single and a double. Fairly brutal offense towards an exceedingly hittable pitcher on the opposite aspect, giving McCaughan a season excessive in strikeouts at 5. Within the fourth, Jake Burger destroyed one other solo homer off Grant Holmes, giving the Marlins a 2-1 lead.
McCaughan was changed going into the fifth, and Orlando Arcia singled to steer off the inning. Michael Harris delivered to tie the sport with a RBI stand-up triple down the proper subject line. Two sharp floor balls later and it regarded prefer it is perhaps one other 2024 Braves’ missed alternative, however Matt Olson got here by means of with a single to present Atlanta the lead. Jorge Soler grounded out to finish the inning.
A stroll and a double for the Marlins with no outs offered a menace to the Atlanta lead within the dwelling fifth. That was the tip of Holmes’ afternoon, as Dylan Lee took over. It’s value mentioning that retaining Grant Holmes of all folks within the sport after the leadoff stroll with an off-day tomorrow in primarily a must-win sport is a questionable determination. Lee did an excellent job to strike out the primary two batters and bought a groundout to protect the 1-run lead.
Gio Urshela got here by means of once more within the sixth, with a solo homer so as to add to what was a terrific day for him on the plate.
Dylan Lee bought the sixth and allowed back-to-back solo homers, tying the sport again up and spelling the tip of Dylan Lee’s look as Pierce Johnson took over. After Johnson did his job, Michael Harris and Matt Olson every singled on the bottom to present Jorge Soler an opportunity to present Atlanta the lead with two outs. Jorge got here by means of with a extremely lucky lucky infield single of his personal for a 5-4 Atlanta lead. Laureano struck out to finish the rally, however the Braves had the lead that they wanted, even when it was a slender one.
Aaron Bummer was subsequent out of the bullpen and Ramon Laureano did an excellent job to chop off a leadoff single in left, getting it again to the infield in time to stop it from changing into a double. A bunt became a single, placing males on first and second after which one other bunt was fielder by Bummer, who went to 3rd with it, however a backpedaling Urshela whiffed in his try to catch it, loading the bases with no outs. Bummer did effectively to strike out the subsequent batter, earlier than being pulled for Daysbel Hernandez. Bummer has a terrific floor ball charge and a powerful strikeout charge as effectively, so I’d query this transfer from Snitker, however Daysbel did strike out Norby and bought a lucky lineup, as soon as once more dancing by means of the raindrops to protect the lead. Raisel Iglesias bought the eighth after one other scoreless inning from the offense and allowed a leadoff single earlier than recording two outs. The Marlins managed one other bloop single, however Raisel struck out Hill to stifle the rally. The Braves offense went down with out a menace within the ninth and Iglesias bought three contact outs to shut out the sport.
It wasn’t fairly, however it was a really resilient win for Atlanta to flee some jams and get simply sufficient offense, whilst they disillusioned towards McClaughan early on. Now we pull for Zach Wheeler and the Phillies (that felt bizarre to sort) tonight after which sit up for the massive Mets sequence this week.
