Friday's Braves Report: One inning hurts Folty; Ozzie is fearless; no top draft pick signing; Fried to DL; minor-league update; observations
Folty sharp, except for one inning, but Braves lose
This time, it was Mike Foltynewicz’s turn to struggle early on, although his struggle was for only one inning.
Milwaukee scored three in the fifth, Atlanta got within one but that was it in the Brewers’ 5-4 win.
Atlanta has lost four in a row for the first time this season, and was the last team in the majors to suffer such a streak.
Foltynewicz stayed in the game despite the big inning, in part because the Brewers were just hitting him. Through six innings, he had seven strikeouts and no walks, and, well, two homers surrendered.
The Braves were matching the Brewers with hits, but not runs. Still, a three-run seventh made it a game.
Nick Markakis singled, Kurt Suzuki walked and Johan Camaro singled to load the bases. Ronald Acuna’s infield single brought in a run, and Acuna then left the game with a groin issue.
Dansby Swanson followed with a two-run single, and advanced to second, pinch-runner Charlie Culberson to third.
Reliever Dan Jennings came on and ended things with three straight outs, on a strikeout, grounder back to the mound and grounder to third.
Jesse Biddle took over for Foltynewicz in the seventh, and it was a 1-2-3 inning. He stranded a runner in a quiet eighth.
Atlanta lost a one-out, two-on situation in the eighth with an inning-ending double play in the eighth.
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Saturday, 4:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FS1
Sunday, 2:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FSSO
Tuesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Toronto, FSSE
Wednesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Toronto, FSSE
Friday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Arizona, FSS
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From beat writers David O'Brien and Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter (and others when notable)
(Thursday) was the second time in three days that a #Braves starter pitched 3 innings or fewer. Newcomb lasted a career-low 2 2/3 innings Tuesday and Fried a career-low 3 innings (Thur.)./DOB
Snit says McCarthy is not ready to return from the disabled list. The Braves haven't determined whether Fried will need a DL stint. His next turn would be Wednesday./MB
Braves have lost three straight for the fourth time this season. They're the only NL team that doesn't have a losing streak longer than three games./DOB
Snitker said #Braves could use Folty on regular rest Wednesday (Fried’s day). Gohara, bullpen game or someone from minors are the other options./DOB
Eric Thames keeps the damage at just a run as he makes a terrific diving catch moving toward the RF line to rob Kurt Suzuki of extra bases. Even still, a 30-pitch first inning for Peralta./Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Updated
Albies' league-leading 50th extra-base hit was also his 29th double, tying #Braves record for doubles prior to All-Star break/DOB
Folty's bid to secure an All-Star bid hasn't gone well. Saladino drilled a 408-foot, two-run shot and Aguilar added a 433-foot three-run shot during what thus far is a five-run third inning./MB
Aguilar long 3-run homer and a 5-1 lead for #Brewers in the 3rd inning, still only 1 out. #Braves' Folty had a 0.87 ERA and .146 opp avg in past 9 starts before this one, best marks among MLB qualifiers over that stretch./DOB
Entering tonight, Folty had allowed a .138 (4-for-30) batting average on 0-2 pitches. Opponents had hit .154 (30-for-195) against him on two-strike pitches./MB
Acuna will exit after he gingerly ran through first base after recording an infield single. He didn't show a noticeable limp as he went toward the dugout./MB
Acuna leaves game after his ground-ball RBI single in the 7th, not sure what happened to him, replays didn't appear to show anything obvious./DOB
Braves had 2 in scor position with none out and failed to get a run in against reliever Jennings after scoring three runs in the inning off Barnes. Jennings entered, K'd Santana and got Inciarte and Albies on ground-outs./DOB