2021 ATL Braves: Cardinals @ Braves (6/20/21)

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00:00The 32 year old veteran left

00:03hander Drew Smiley coming off a

00:05win last time around Sunday at

00:07Miami and a quick strikeout

00:10reported by Smiley to God three

00:13balls meanwhile the Paul

00:14Goldschmidt sharply hit right at

00:16the shortstop Dansby Swanson and

00:18a sharp opening ending for Drew

00:20Smiley in the nightcap half

00:22inning gone the 32 year old

00:24veteran left hander Kwong Yun

00:26Kim one and four on the year

00:30and he missed with ball form

00:31Acuna board to start the home

00:33first and that'll bring up the

00:34reigning National League MVP

00:36Freddie Freeman who was one for

00:38three in the opener and fly ball

00:40out to center field for Dylan

00:41Carlson and that's the first out

00:43for Kim tonight ball and two

00:45strikes the count to Austin

00:46Riley on the ground for Sosa

00:50who's busy this sending nothing

00:51comes to the lead off the walk

00:55here's a full count pitch home to

00:56O'Neal and he loses him on ball

00:58for first Cardinal base runner in

01:00game two he's had to work really

01:02hard to get through innings this

01:04year quick out here on Sosa's

01:07there are two away and he'll one

01:09pitch squibbed off the end of the

01:11bat to a diving stop by Freeman

01:12gets up runs to the bag what a

01:14play Freddie Freeman takes a base

01:16hit away from Paul DeYoung he

01:18squibbed it right off the end of

01:19the bat I'm sure it had a lot of

01:20spin on it but Freddie diving to

01:23his right made a nice pickup and an

01:25outran DeYoung for the third and

01:26final out no runs no hits one walk

01:28one left we go to the bottom half

01:29of the second Swanson Almonte and

01:32Redia here in the second 2-1 to

01:34Swanson is passed Arenado into

01:36left field known a little slow to

01:39get to his feet after laying out

01:41to try to make that play past

01:43Arenado dives to his left and if

01:46that man can't catch it with eight

01:47gold gloves not many well can't be

01:49caught oh and to the count to

01:51Alamonte who struck out twice in a

01:53hitless opener and he has struck

01:55out in his first plate appearance

01:57tonight one two pitches a fastball

02:01the way that's hit right to Paul

02:02Goldschmidt at first nothing comes

02:04of a leadoff single the 2-0 pitch

02:06on the way to Acuna he hits one

02:08hard deep left field this one

02:10taking flight back there towards

02:12the wall Homer number 100 Ronald

02:15Acuna just scorched one over the

02:17left field wall and it's his 100th

02:21career home run and he touches

02:24them all to make it one nothing

02:25Atlanta here in the bottom of the

02:26third and all these off the end of

02:31the bat pops it up Sosa at the

02:34cutout 2-2 another fastball

02:41Arenado lines it right to Riley who

02:43doubles it up for out number two

02:45one to Sosa hit in the air to

02:49right field coming in as Acuna

02:51going out as Freeman this is all

02:52Ronald Acuna and he has got it

02:54round number three easy little

02:57pop out pitch on the way to

02:59Riley round ball out to third

03:02this will be Arenado's turn he

03:04sends one across and it skips

03:06away safe at first base is Riley

03:08round ball left side taken by

03:12Arenado goes to second to Sosa

03:14Sosa to Goldschmidt double play

03:17now it's a slick turn down there

03:18at second base and that goes 5-4-3

03:21to shut down the Marines in the

03:22bottom of the fourth

03:282-2 breaking ball swung on it

03:30missed and that's four strikeouts

03:32for Smiley in the midst of his

03:34best start of the year 78 mile an

03:37hour breaking ball here by Smiley

03:38his best one and it stays in the

03:40outer third 1-0 pitch at high in the

03:44air to right Ronald Acuna looking

03:46up into the blue sky few steps to

03:48his right opens the glove has out

03:50number two

03:51in the air to shallow center field and

04:04another one two three any for Bruce

04:06Smiley here already leads things

04:09off against Ryan Helsley who is the

04:11new pitcher on the mound for the

04:12Cardinals he starts with a strikeout

04:14and there's one gone one two chasing

04:20and missing Smith skips a few feet

04:22away from Kisner picks it up and

04:23lobs to the inside of the bag and

04:24Goldschmidt secures the strikeout

04:27payoff pitch to him past the

04:30pitcher Sosa has trouble getting

04:33it out of his glove and Smiley beats

04:35it out we talked about the good

04:37fastball the curve one now the

04:39wheels in the contact Maddie eight

04:42straight four seam fastballs by

04:44Housley and he locks him up on a

04:47ninth straight a big strikeout

04:51with a man on to keep it a one run

04:53game to Smiley back to work having

04:57not allowed a hit tonight but the

05:01Cardinals offense has not made a

05:03lot of noise late in games for

05:07Riley has been superb tonight

05:12the ball did he check it on the

05:14appeal he did not fit strike out

05:19of the game for Bruce Smiley in

05:23the fifth strikeout on the curve

05:26ball and his best one of the

05:28night sharp and tight so his

05:31longest career no hit bid

05:33continues now through five and

05:35two thirds here's Goldschmidt on

05:41the ground for all these tough

05:42plays spins throws not in time

05:45likely to be scored a base hit

05:47ending Smiley's no hit bid that's

05:50going to be all for the starter a

05:51great night from Bruce Smiley brave

05:54to the bullpen Riley knocks that

05:59one down nobody has a play and it'll

06:02be a hard hit infield single for

06:04Arenado Tyler O'Neill now with the

06:08tying and go-ahead runs on base the

06:11stretch the pitch swung on miss he

06:15struck him out Luke Jackson with a

06:17big K and the Cardinals strand the

06:20pair swing and a miss he struck him

06:26out came up and in with a heater to

06:30two and Riley swings and misses takes a

06:33hard bounce off the backstop Kisner's

06:36throw to first in time to get Riley by a

06:39half a step now St. Louis is down to

06:44their last strike Will Smith cuts it

06:47loose swung on missed he struck him

06:50out and the Braves have beaten the

06:51Cardinals beautifully pitched one to

06:54nothing win for Atlanta earns a split

06:57of the doubleheader today

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