2021 ATL Braves: Braves @ Red Sox (5/25/21)

slavka Botcharnikov

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00:00On the mound for the Red Sox making his warm-up tosses is the veteran right-hander Garrett Richards.

00:08He'll turn 33 this Friday.

00:11Two-ball, two-strike pitch coming from Richards.

00:16Here it is, and he swings it.

00:18It's at Weakley on a soft top to the right of the mound.

00:20Grabbed by Richards on the second hop.

00:22Flips the first for the out that retires the side.

00:24And 37-year-old Charlie Morton, certainly a big-game pitcher,

00:28ready to deliver here.

00:31Morton had a slow start, pitching better of late.

00:34Two and two with a 4-6-0 ERA.

00:36His first year with the Braves.

00:37The first pitch is swung at a broken bat.

00:40One hopper goes through in the left center of base hit.

00:43They had the shift on, but he got it to the left of the shortstop.

00:49One-two pitch.

00:51Line drive.

00:52Oh, it gets right through Albies.

00:54Runners are going to try and move up, and everybody's going to be safe.

00:57On that line shot, and the bases are loaded with nobody out here in the first inning.

01:03That was a missile.

01:04I mean, he put his glove down.

01:06Albies, and it didn't get him to go to his glove.

01:10Swing and a miss.

01:11Boy, did he need that.

01:12Everything hard, and then he pulls the string for out number one.

01:16The 2-2.

01:18He hit him.

01:19He gets hits with a curveball.

01:20The ball bounces halfway to third base.

01:23P.K. picks it up, in fact, as he trots home.

01:25One-nothing Red Sox.

01:29Line to short.

01:30Double play at second.

01:32And Charlie Morton needed that.

01:35A hit batsman costs him a run.

01:37It could have been a whole lot worse, and the Braves are up in the second.

01:40Swung on and missed for strike three, and Riley, who's been as hot as a firecracker, goes down swinging.

01:52Shot toward the wall, racing back for Dugo.

01:55Catches the 10.

01:56And Pablo will have himself a long single off the wall, and the first hit off of Garrett Richards tonight for Atlanta.

02:03The Braves have two on and one out.

02:06Another bullet hit toward center.

02:08Santana back.

02:09That one's off the base of the wall.

02:10Streaking around third is Contreras.

02:12He is going to score standing up.

02:15Ball gets away in the middle of the diamond, and Atlanta's tied the game on a bullet by Ozuna to straightaway center.

02:22It's 1-1, and the Braves are rolling here in the third inning.

02:27A shot into the shallow right field portion of the field, and Ozuna's tagged out, going second to third.

02:36And he's hurting.

02:40Oh, did he mess up a finger?

02:42He dislocated a finger.

02:44Ozuna diving into the third base bag.

02:46I think he dislocated a finger.

02:49The Braves are going to get a run.

02:51And Ozuna diving into third base has injured his hand.

02:56So Walbees gets the ball to the right side of the infield.

02:59He will reach on the fielders' choice.

03:03And Ozuna got the foot.

03:06Got into his foot, yeah.

03:08Oh, man.

03:09Fingertips right across the shoes, and Ozuna's gunned down at third base.

03:16And Devers knew.

03:17He saw it immediately.

03:18So, fielder's choice RBI for Albees.

03:22Freeman scores.

03:23Ozuna is out four to five.

03:26Oh, two count.

03:27And a swing and a miss.

03:29There's Charlie Morton.

03:30Curveball, high fastball.

03:32J.D. Martinez, a strikeout victim number three.

03:34When the Red Sox missed their chances, leaves you wondering about the rest of the night.

03:41That's going to be ripped into left.

03:42That's down for a hit.

03:43Over to cut it.

03:46Adrianza, it'll be a long single for Xander with two down.

03:49As the starters get settled, that'll make the pens settle.

03:53And it has worked out that way.

03:55As Charlie is settling in, he preserves the lead.

03:57And the Braves' bats go back to work in the fourth with a 2-1 lead.

04:04And is chopped up the medal.

04:05He's three for three.

04:06Oh, that'll make those fans just real happy.

04:10Keep, keep it going, Pablo.

04:12And the 0-2 from Garrett.

04:15Cut on and missed.

04:17He struck him out.

04:19Too gone.

04:20Hirocoso Salomora.

04:22On in relief of Garrett Richards, who departs after five and two-thirds.

04:26And the two baserunners belong to him, Sandoval and Contreras.

04:31And now he has to deal, Salomora does, with the top of the order, and Acuna Jr.

04:35They've left three on base since, and have two on here.

04:41Golf toward left field, into the corner, a base hit.

04:44That's going to score one.

04:46Sandoval chugs around.

04:48He's going to score.

04:49And Atlanta gets a big two-out hit from Acuna to extend the lead.

04:56That run belongs to Garrett Richards.

05:00So this will be an intentional pass to load him up.

05:03He's got the one-and-one on Freeman, and passed on him.

05:06So, Adrianza will climb in.

05:09He's 0-1.

05:09He's grounded to second.

05:11First, second, and third.

05:12Two down.

05:12And a 2-2 on the way.

05:14And in there to strike him out.

05:16Went to the fastball to get him.

05:19As Charlie Morton goes to work in the seventh inning.

05:22Swing and a miss.

05:23He's still throwing awfully hard.

05:25His 90th pitch at 96 miles an hour.

05:28That's eight strikeouts.

05:30One shy of his season high with the Braves.

05:33And if they keep swinging at pitches like that, he's not going to have any trouble.

05:36That ties his season high.

05:38He's retired the last 12 Red Sox in order.

05:41Nine strikeouts and two away.

05:44The 2-2.

05:46Broken bat into left.

05:48But caught by Adrianza.

05:50And Charlie Morton, with seven brilliant innings in Boston, has staked the Braves to a 3-1 lead.

05:58And his spot of batting order is next as Freddie shoots one the other way.

06:01That's Freddie Freeman-like.

06:03That'll bang around in the corner at the 3-10 mark.

06:06And Freddie Freeman has a two-hit game.

06:08That's his fifth double.

06:09Stays the same in this one, too.

06:13Then, the Sox would still be a half game back going into tomorrow.

06:16And the Yankees would be one out.

06:18All behind Tampa Bay.

06:20But the Red Sox still have an opportunity in this one.

06:24Vasquez taking a knock here.

06:25That one bit him a little bit, huh?

06:30So Christian trying to walk it off.

06:34Change up.

06:35Down.

06:37Ooh.

06:39At least he had a little bit of padding there, but I don't know how much that helped.

06:43Some bite more than others, I guess, you know.

06:47What a job.

06:48Oh, yeah.

06:48I'm going to have it.

06:52They start pushing on between that and home run home plate up by his.

06:59What a beating.

07:02Plenty of those in for Jason Veritek in his day.

07:07That's exactly how that feels.

07:10So Christian Vasquez to hang in.

07:13And the Braves run out of way.

07:15The pitch to Vasquez.

07:16He struck him out.

07:18And Will Smith has his eighth save.

07:21Charlie Morton has his 96th career win.

07:24He was masterful at Fenway Park again tonight, Jeff.

07:27And despite some early traffic on the base pass, Charlie Morton rolled.

07:31He retired the last 13 men he faced.

07:34And the Braves road trips off to a great start.

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