Sunday's Braves Report: Six Flags ride breaks out at Sun Trust, Braves hold on to win (updated)
Updated.
Quite a Sunday ride in Braves’ win
Ozzie Albies put the Braves ahead in the seventh and they held on for a wild 8-7 win over Milwaukee.
Dansby Swanson’s homer tied the game in the sixth, and Albies opened the seventh with the lead shot.
And then on a day when pitching wasn’t strong, Atlanta’s bullpen held on, starter Sean Newcomb lasting only four innings and being followed by Luke Jackson, Jonny Venters, Brad Brach, and A.J. Minter (10th save).
Milwaukee led 5-4 after four, and the offense for both teams kept coming. The Braves survived being outhit 19-9.
Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis had two hits each for Atlanta.
Snitker knows the Braves can win it
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Monday, 1:35 p.m./7:35 p.m., vs. Miami, FSSO/FSSE
Tuesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Miami, FSSE
Wednesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Miami, FSSE
Thursday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Colorado, FSSE
From beat writers Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mark Bowman/MLB.com, and David O’Brien/The Athletic on Twitter (and others when notable)
LH Sam Freeman begins rehab assignment with Single-A Rome. Been on DL since July 30 with shoulder inflammation. Struggled mightily this season (5.45 ERA) after being one of bullpen's most consistent pieces in 2017. Shoulder woes might explain it. We'll find out./DOB
Braves are 6-1 in home Sunday home games. In their last one, today's starter Newcomb was one strike from a no-hitter on July 29 vs. the Dodgers. They've allowed eight runs in their last five Sunday home games./DOB
Newcomb has made 13 starts after a #Braves loss. In those games he's 8-1 with a 1.82 ERA and .188 opponents' average. Today is his 14th such start./DOB
Acuña in 20 games at leadoff spot since break, before today: .316 (25-for-79) w/ 5 doubles, 1 triple, 7 HR, .372 OBP, .671 slugging%. He just walked to start first inning./DOB
Freeman's first-inning double extends MLB's longest current hitting streak to 14 games #19FromUggs./MB
Markakis now has two triples within 24 at-bats against the Brewers this year. He has totaled five triples over 3.527 at-bats dating back to the start of 2013./MB
Acuña has 15 homers. Only #Braves w/ more homers before 21st birthday in past 110 seasons were Andruw Jones (26) and Eddie Mathews (25). Acuña doesn't turn 21 until December./MB
Make it eight homers in 80 at-bats for Acuna since the All-Star break. Kris Davis (13) Carpenter (12), Gallo (9) were the only players who entered today with more within this span./MB
Newcomb threw 98 pitches (58 strikes) in just 4 innings and gave up 12 hits, 5 runs (all earned) and 2 walks with 2 K's. Previous season high was 7 hits allowed./DOB
Swanson's game-tying, two-run homer came against this inside 95.5 mph fastball. He entered today hitting .316 (18-for-57) vs. 95+mph and slugging .607 vs. pitches on the inner third./MB
Swanson got a pitch up and in and pulled it to the bullpen beyond the LF fence. His first homer since July 23 and his 2nd in his past 38 games./DOB
Ozzie Albies' seventh-inning leadoff homer provides a 8-7 lead for the Braves, who have already matched a season-high with 18 hits allowed/MB
Update: The Braves are now 3-59 when allowing at least 19 hits dating back to 1966. Today's win was their first such victory since that game against the Padres mentioned below./MB
The Braves are 4-106 when allowing at least 18 hits dating back to 1966. Their last win when doing so was a 15-12, 11-inning victory over the Padres on July 14, 2006. Chipper and LaRoche homered twice. Andruw Jones and Piazza were also among those who homered in that game./MB
Late Saturday
As Teheran retired 10 of the first 16 batters faced, he issued two walks, hit a pair of batters and allowed two singles, including one recorded by Wade Miley. He then retired the final eight faced. 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER/MB
Brad Brach has allowed five hits, no runs, struck out five and walked one in five innings with Braves. He is helping the bullpen more than the international signing slot could have./GB
Teheran has now allowed six hits to pitchers -- MLB's second-highest total entering today. Most Hits allowed vs. P since start of 2017 17 - Corbin 15 - Teheran, Folty, Lester and Blach./MB
Biddle did not stick around to explain why he tried to barehand Freeman's flip./MB
Snitker on Biddle's dropped ball on toss he tried to barehand to start 8th inning: “It put us in a bad position. I think he just needs to use his glove there. It’s kind of set up for a lefty to use his glove. I’ll have to look at it, maybe he couldn’t."/DOB