2021 ATL Braves: Braves @ Nationals (5/5/21)

slavka Botcharnikov

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00:00Tonight, Eric Fetty back to the hill.

00:03Opened his season with a start against the Braves in which got roughed up a little bit.

00:08But since then, FP four starts has pitched to a 2.61 ERA.

00:12Marcelo Zuna went 0 for 5 last night.

00:14Comes a 2-2.

00:15Got the corner.

00:17Eric Fetty.

00:18A sharp first inning of work featuring a strikeout looking of Marcelo Zuna.

00:24Max free tonight.

00:25So for me, for Max tonight, attack the zone.

00:27He's probably looking at 75, 80 pitches somewhere in that neighborhood.

00:31So try to be efficient.

00:33And, you know, it's just good to see him back out there penciled in every five days, hopefully.

00:38And imagine what the body and the mind of Max Fried is going through after missing so much time

00:43and struggling so badly in the first handful of starts.

00:46As this one is hit slowly toward first.

00:49Freeman will make the grab and apply the tag.

00:51Harrison's retired on soft contact.

00:53Two outs.

00:54So Zimmerman way ahead in the count.

00:56Three balls into strike.

00:57Mike Contreras with a good target.

00:59And Zimmerman off the end of his bat.

01:01Pops it up first base side.

01:02Freddie Freeman is going to have room.

01:05Almost overran that.

01:07Wynn played some tricks, but no problem for Max Fried.

01:09Welcome back, kid.

01:10Three up, three down.

01:11We go to the second.

01:12And Freddie is ready.

01:13And the pitch to Swanson.

01:15Swag on.

01:16Line drive.

01:16Caught by Turner.

01:18Diving to his right.

01:19On the back of the infield.

01:21Dirt.

01:21A soft liner.

01:23And Turner makes the play to retire the side.

01:26And it's a 1-2-3.

01:27And again for Fedde who wins the battle with Swanson.

01:30Good start for Max Fried.

01:31Now Starlin Castro is the hitter.

01:33As the pitch is caught on and missed.

01:35Castro went fishing.

01:36Chased one out of the zone.

01:37Swung at ball four.

01:38And Fried has his first strikeout since coming back from the IL.

01:42That's a perfect example, Chip, of Max, what type of pitcher he is.

01:46Look, let it go.

01:47You got good movement.

01:48Ball riding up.

01:493-2.

01:49You got aggressive hitter in Castro.

01:51Got swing and miss.

01:52One ball, two strikes.

01:53As Fried checks, the runner goes.

01:55The pitch is right there.

01:57Schwarber couldn't pull the trigger.

01:58Max took a little off.

02:00And has his second strikeout of the inning.

02:01This will be the seventh pitch of the at-bat for Robles.

02:05And a curveball.

02:07Frozen.

02:07Max Fried struck out the side.

02:09And that ends the bottom of the second inning as Max strikes out Castro, Schwarber, and Robles.

02:13Let's see if they can start a third inning rally.

02:16No score.

02:16Contreras against Eric Fetty.

02:19This one is bounced up the middle.

02:20Another hit for Contreras.

02:22His second hit of the series.

02:24I'm the early lead in the clubhouse.

02:25Yep.

02:26You picked him.

02:27And that's the first Braves base runner.

02:28So now they walk Freddie Freeman and go righty-righty with Ozuna.

02:32Base is loaded.

02:32Two down.

02:33And he swings the first one and launches it to right field.

02:36Harrison back.

02:37Turns.

02:37It is gone.

02:39A grand slam for Ozuna on the first pitch.

02:43And the Braves having a grand time in Washington in back-to-back games.

02:47It's four to nothing just like that.

02:50You walk two guys.

02:51That's what we saw all year last year, Chip.

02:54You walk two guys, he would make you pay.

02:56Marcel coming into this at-bat.

02:57Four for six.

02:58With a home run off Fetty.

03:00Now five for eight with two home runs.

03:03He brings up William Contreras, who sparked the big rally in the third inning.

03:06As Contreras, 3-0 count, got the green light.

03:09He lifts one to center field.

03:10That ball is in launch mode.

03:12That ball is gone.

03:14Contreras is two for two.

03:16And all of a sudden, the Braves have a 5-0 lead.

03:19They're playing long ball.

03:21Contreras to the deepest part of the ballpark.

03:243-0 green light.

03:25Drives it to right center.

03:26And all of a sudden, B.J.'s lead's not looking so big anymore.

03:29First career home run for William Contreras.

03:32Look at that swing.

03:33Stays through it.

03:33Nice and tall.

03:34He knew it.

03:35And they can never take that away from him.

03:36Nor can they take the smile off his face right now.

03:39Here's the 0-2 pitch.

03:40A line drive off the end of the bat.

03:42Shallow center.

03:42Robles racing in.

03:43Closing.

03:44Closing.

03:44Dives and makes the catch.

03:46With a headlong diving play toward the infield.

03:49Came from deep center.

03:50Is a little slow to get up.

03:52After diving in to make the catch.

03:54Headlong toward the infield.

03:55Skidded along the grass.

03:57Might have winded himself just on the stick of the landing.

04:00Nice play, though, for the second out of the inning.

04:02Here's the pitch to Gomes.

04:04A long drive left field.

04:05Hooking toward the corner.

04:06Will this one stay fair?

04:07It's way back there.

04:08It's fair and gone.

04:10A line drive home run into section 106.

04:13Gets the Nats on the scoreboard.

04:16Jan Gomes has home run number three.

04:17His second on the homestand.

04:20He has both Nationals hits.

04:22It's now 5-1.

04:23His swing is so short right now.

04:25That's just a little knee tuck he has.

04:27He's got such good rhythm at the plate.

04:29He's a guy that thinks right center.

04:30But if you want to come in there, he's got enough bat speed and a short enough swing to do damage.

04:34All right.

04:35On the board.

04:36And it's going to be Adiel Hernandez, who, look, has done great work replacing Soto.

04:41Make a pitch, Max.

04:412-2.

04:43He got him with a high curveball.

04:45So that helps.

04:46Now you face Trey Turner.

04:48So a double play gets you out of the fifth inning mess here.

04:51Turner rolled for two.

04:53Broken bat.

04:54Back to the mound.

04:55There's one.

04:56There's two.

04:57Did he hold the bag?

04:58Yes, he did.

04:59Max Freed with a strikeout and a comebacker has gone five.

05:03He just doubled up Trey Turner on cue.

05:07We go to inning number six.

05:10Max Freed breaking bats and breaking hearts.

05:13But Max Freed with a big sequence gets Hernandez to swing and miss.

05:18Gets Turner to bounce out and preserves a 5-1 lead going to the sixth.

05:22Kyle Finnegan on for the sixth inning.

05:2429-year-old right-hander making his 13th appearance.

05:273.86 ERA.

05:29Strike three called and there it is.

05:31An immaculate inning.

05:32An immaculate inning for Kyle Finnegan.

05:34Nine pitches, three Ks.

05:36Three straight, three-pitch strikeouts.

05:38Kyle Finnegan strikes out the side on nine pitches.

05:41And that, folks, is an immaculate inning.

05:43Leading off the inning, it'll be Andrew Stevenson in the pitcher's spot.

05:46And a first-pitch curveball gets it.

05:48So the Nats have their leadoff man aboard.

05:51That's a gift.

05:51You saw Manny Gonzalez look at Jeff Nelson at third.

05:54If he bunts at this, the bunt or the attempted bunt proceeds to hit by pitch.

05:59But he pulled the bat back.

06:00They checked it.

06:00He didn't go.

06:01And then once you say he didn't go, that's a leadoff man on.

06:04So here's Trey Turner with one aboard.

06:06Trying to check in here and give the Nats a chance to do some damage in the eighth inning.

06:11Swing, a long drive to left field.

06:13Ozuna back, looking up, going, going, gone, goodbye.

06:17It's a two-run homer for Trey Turner on a 1-0 pitch.

06:24His seventh home run of the year.

06:26He leads the club.

06:27And now with 12 runs batted in.

06:30And that gets this crowd excited.

06:32413 feet on the distance.

06:35Into the back of the bullpen.

06:36And the Nats are within two.

06:37It's Atlanta 5 and Washington 3.

06:39Well, he wasn't going to hit into another double play.

06:43Tomlin's a fly ball pitcher.

06:44Occasionally we'll give up home runs.

06:46And now the Nationals have made this one a little more interesting.

06:49See if they can get some more.

06:50Turner waiting in the right-hand batter's box.

06:53And Travis shifting.

06:54Worst he can do is hit a solo homer on you.

06:56It's popped up.

06:59Into center.

07:00Pache is there.

07:02And the Braves have beaten the Nationals again.

07:055-3 is your final score.

07:08And the Braves clinched the series over the Washington Nationals.

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