Thursday's Braves Report (postgame edition): Nice win n NY; Gausman ready; July was tough, August will be busy
Foltynewicz breaks a slump as Braves bop Mets
Ronald Acuna led off with his first triple, scored, and Mike Foltynewicz had a nifty night in Atlanta’s 4-2 win over the Mets.
Folty improved to 8-7 with his first win since July 11, and three relievers follow with a one-hit effort in the final three innings.
A three-run third put Atlanta on top for for good, starting with Acuna singling, stealing second, advancing on a fly and scoring on Freddie Freeman’s single. Johan Camargo added a two-run single later.
Gausman eyes potential with the Braves
Next 5
Friday, 7:10 p.m., at NY Mets, FSSO
Saturday, 7:10 p.m., at NY Mets, FSSO
Sunday, 1:10 p.m., at NY Mets, FSSO
Tuesday, 1:05 p.m., at Washington, FSSO; 7:05 p.m.,MLB/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)
Gausman on first thing he noticed about Braves: “They’re a lot younger than the team I was just on."/MB
Braves are beginning a stretch in which they'll play 26 games in the next 25 days and 42 games in 42 days.
Braves are 31-16 vs. NL East teams, after going 33-43 in division games a year ago./DOB
Newcomb will now be pitching with three extra days of rest following his 134-pitch effort. Fried will be in the pen the next few days. If he's available, he'll start one of the games in Tuesday's doubleheader Sanchez (tonight's scheduled starter) pushes Gausman back a day./MB
Albies has a higher batting average (.324) than OBP (.319) in his past 18 games. He's 23-for-71 with 7 extra-base hits, 13 K, no walks and 1 sac fly in that span. (.521 slug%, .841 OPS)/DOB
Albies has a higher batting average (.324) than OBP (.319) in his past 18 games. He's 23-for-71 with 7 extra-base hits, 13 K, no walks and 1 sac fly in that span. (.521 slug%, .841 OPS)/DOB
Braves won a challenge, and it was a big one. Mets would've had two on, one out for Frazier in 2-run game. Instead two down with a man at third - Frazier popped up to end inning./GB
Johan Camargo in 11 games since ASB: .310 (13-42) with four doubles, three homers and nine RBIs./GB
Freddie Freeman vs. #Mets this season: .400 (20-for-50) with 12 RBIs in 13 games. His 95 career RBIs against them are third-most among active players behind Chase Utley (116) and Ryan Zimmerman (103)/DOB