Justin Wrobleski answers adversity, delivers for Dodgers
Justin Wrobleski delivers six scoreless innings in Dodgers' 6-0 victory over Cubs.
The Atlanta Braves finished a challenging 13-game stretch in the NL East with a 10-3 record, including a series against the Philadelphia Phillies. They secured a significant sweep in Philadelphia and continued to build their lead in the division.
The Braves won the series against the Phillies, going 2-1 with a notable sweep in Philadelphia.
The Braves achieved a 10-3 record during their 13-game stretch in the NL East.
Key players included Ronald Acuña Jr., who hit a two-run homer, and Michael Harris II, who contributed a crucial two-run double.
The series allowed the Braves to create significant distance between themselves and the Phillies in the NL East standings.
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The Braves found themselves in what was an increasingly familiar position once the third inning rolled around: Trailing the opposition. Indeed, Atlanta went behind in the top of the third inning after Trea Turner reached back to his days of being a regular Braves tormentor by hitting a two-run dinger off of Grant Holmes to break the deadlock. Fortunately for Holmes, his lineup responded immediately and got after Andre Painter with a leadoff single from Eli White and a two-run response dinger from Ronald Acuña Jr. to bring the game back to a deadlock.
The pregame was all about Brian Snitker, who was rightfully inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in a ceremony that took place before the game started. Rain also pushed back the start by 55 minutes and while Walt Weiss and the Braves players never want to make excuses, their outfielders had a devil of a time dealing with the wet track on the field. The Phillies hit three triples in this game and aside from Ronald Acuña Jr. simply misjudging a jumping catch (which resulted in a run for the Phillies), the other two triples were aided by some literal slipshod defense.
Philadelphia went up 1-0 in the first inning thanks to Mike Yastrzemski coming up short on a diving catch that allowed Adolis GarcĂa to scamper to third and then later on in the eighth inning, Kyle Schwarber picked up a stand-up triple (good luck seeing that again) after Eli White never really looked comfortable trying to get to the ball.
This was all a bit of a crying shame for the Braves because had even one of those plays in the field resulted in outs, the Braves probably end up holding on to a slim win. The bats for the Braves continued to get it done, as they were able to get to Zack Wheeler in the fourth inning with a Michael Harris II sacrifice fly and an RBI double from Austin Riley that kept Wheeler from cruising and made it a tie ballgame. Ozzie and Mike linked up together again in the sixth inning as Ozzieâs double tied it at three and then Money Mikeâs RBI single actually gave the Braves the lead.
Remember last season when it felt like the Braves couldnât buy a win in rubber games? Boy, oh boy, times have sure changed. Not only did the Braves end up winning yet another rubber game to keep their streak of avoiding series losses going, it felt almost business-like. Chris Sale got the ball and with all due respect to Bryce Elder and Grant Holmes who delivered perfectly fine starts of their own, Sale proved why heâs at the top of the rotation with yet another great start. Sale went six innings without giving up a run and he only gave up a hit and two walks in the process. He struck out nine batters and at one point had a run where he struck out five-straight Phillies batters.
He even made an incredible heads-up catch where it seemed like he was either going to catch it or sacrifice a digit after the batted ball got through with him. Either way Philadelphia couldnât do anything with Sale a week ago and they certainly couldnât handle him on this particular Sunday.