00:01Number 44 being remembered today as the World Series is back in Atlanta Dusty and Hank Aaron played together from
00:071968 through 1974 and signs from Hank Aaron and his legend lives on throughout not just the city of Atlanta
00:17but specifically in this ballpark all over Truist Park.
00:21Ladies and gentlemen please welcome to game three of the World Series Billy Aaron.
00:30Going out tonight's ceremony of first pitch we are honored to introduce Hank Aaron Jr. accompanied by his grandson Raynald
00:39and sisters Gail and Dorinda.
00:44Catching tonight's first ball is Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.
00:52Ian Anderson can sling it fastball changeup is what he's known for Dan and the postseason resume already for someone
01:00who is still rookie eligible in 2021 it's elite.
01:04One on no one out here's Michael Brantley he has had a great series already and a great postseason all
01:10together he's hitting 352 round ball taken by Ian fires a second they get one there Dan's been a first
01:17place double play.
01:19Great play by Ian Anderson if it gets through I still think it's a double play six to three but
01:23Ian with quick reflexes stabbed at start of that one six three double play.
01:28Dan's be coming across the back from the second base side he's not too used to that but he handled
01:34it just fine.
01:35Yeah Luis Garcia he's ERA is high but his biggest game was on the road in Boston and put that
01:42series and flipped it in favor of Houston and he's hoping to do the same thing here in Atlanta.
01:47Eddie Rosario leads things off for the Braves.
01:59And Eddie's thinking wait a second if you want to appeal that's one thing but there's no way that was
02:04a strike watching the replay in the side angle I don't think he did at all that's called four.
02:09The bat never got out there the body did but the bat didn't.
02:12Got to ask for a little help there Tom.
02:14Gurriel the American League batting champion this year and continuing his success in the postseason.
02:20Dan and Liggins drive three.
02:23Perfect changeup right at the bottom of the zone.
02:26That's a great inning for Ian Anderson.
02:28Solaire three for nine a home run and a double two RBIs in the World Series.
02:32Did he go around on the pitch downstairs?
02:34Yes he did says Ted Barrett at first.
02:37Good morning good afternoon and good night Jorge Solaire.
02:39Third strikeout for Garcia one away.
02:42Tough slider low and away and that's what makes him so tough against right-handed batters when he gets ahead.
02:47So two out of nobody on for Travis Darnot.
02:50No score in the bottom of the second.
02:52Pretty well to right.
02:52It sends back Brantley at the wall against the wall and it's off the brick wall.
02:57Darnot is on his way to second and he has himself a two out double the first hit for Atlanta.
03:03It's a 16 foot high wall in right field.
03:06The last seven feet or so of that wall top portion is brick and that's where that ball hit.
03:15And thank goodness for the Astros that Kyle Tucker raced over toward right field to back it up.
03:21And he's the one that got it off the carom of those bricks.
03:24Otherwise the batter Darnot would have been on third base.
03:27So two down runners at first and second.
03:30He then hit 0-54 during the regular season.
03:33Swing and a miss.
03:34One got a breaking ball that bounced and the inning is over.
03:36So Anderson goes down.
03:38Braves ran a couple.
03:39Garcia has whipped four.
03:40Braves with a really good start here in the bottom of the third inning.
03:43Looking to score the game's first run right here.
03:45First and second.
03:46No one out.
03:46Here comes Ozzie Albies.
03:48And he got him.
03:49Strike three.
03:50Finally through the changeup that he had Albies off stride.
03:53And it's a big strikeout.
03:55Fifth strikeout of the game for Garcia.
03:57And there's one away.
03:58Austin Riley struck out back in the first inning.
04:01This time down the line a fair ball.
04:04And the Braves are going to score first tonight.
04:07Rosario come on down.
04:09It's 1-0 Atlanta.
04:10A diving attempt by Alex Bregman right off the leather of him.
04:15And rolled on down the line.
04:16Kicked off the wall.
04:17And by the time Jordan Alvarez arrived to it, Eddie Rosario had scored.
04:21No hits through three.
04:23The last pitcher with no hits allowed through the first three innings in a World Series game.
04:27I was calling with Tim McCarver and you, John Smokes.
04:30Come on.
04:31Alvarez walked.
04:32Correa was hit.
04:33And Tucker.
04:34Little roller right there to the mound.
04:36That'll be taken by Ian.
04:38Throws to first.
04:39And there's out number three.
04:40That is not an easy play.
04:43Ian calmly approached it halfway between the mound and the plate.
04:46Barehanded.
04:47Delivered a good throw down to Brady Freeman.
04:49Astros searching for their first base hit of the ball game.
04:53And this is a guy you've got to be careful with.
04:55And Uli Gurriel to lead things off.
04:57Hit in the air towards right center field.
05:00Jorge Soler is there.
05:01Has time.
05:02Katsunder.
05:03Makes the catch.
05:03One down here in the fifth.
05:05Going to bring Maldonado up to the plate.
05:08Maldonado in the air on a line.
05:09And Alvarez is all over him.
05:11He was in the shift to the left side.
05:13And he just crumbled to the ground and caught the line drive.
05:15Two up, two down, just like the fourth inning, but got him looking, struck three.
05:21Beautiful changeup.
05:23Strikeout number four for Ian.
05:25And he has silenced the Astros through five innings.
05:28Great five innings from Ian Anderson.
05:31Five innings, no hits.
05:33No runs.
05:35Walk three, struck out four, hit a batter.
05:37He turns it over to the bullpen here in the sixth.
05:39A.J. Minter worked two and two-thirds innings in Houston in game one.
05:44Gave up only one run, struck out three.
05:47Here's Bregman.
05:48He is 0 for 1.
05:49And that's inside of that hit him.
05:51Maybe on the back leg, Bregman down on his hands and knees in some pain.
05:56And obviously this feels even worse in the cool conditions.
05:59There's a slider that Minter just pulled.
06:02And it looked like the outside of the ankle perhaps, Robert.
06:04Yep, and he wears that mini shin guard on that front leg, but that hit on the side still hasn't
06:13put any pressure on it.
06:14All right, now he's favoring it a little bit, but it looks like he's going to stay in this game
06:18as he walks down the first base.
06:20There are two outs.
06:21Alvarez at the plate, 0 for 1.
06:24Got him, Swinnins, strike three.
06:27Cutter fans, Jordan Alvarez.
06:30That ends the top of the sticks, and the Astros still hit less.
06:33Rosario's 1 for 2 with a single, a walk, and a run scored.
06:36Braves lead 1-0.
06:37And Rosario pokes it in the shallow center.
06:40Tucker coming on, coming on, coming on.
06:42Headlong dive, and he made the catch.
06:45Excellent play by Kyle Tucker to take away a hit from Rosario and end the inning.
06:50Just his fifth start in 2021 in center field.
06:54And that took away a big-time hit for the Braves head first.
06:58That's the toughest way to dive.
07:00And Tucker is able to make the catch and not hurt himself at the same time.
07:05Correa 0 for 1 with the walk.
07:06Jackson, a scoreless inning and two-thirds in game one.
07:10Correa on one bounce to Alvarez.
07:14Aggressive scoop and throw, and the Astros are still hitless.
07:18Well, Ron Washington somewhere in that dugout, a smile, and there he is.
07:23They do a lot of work before games.
07:25With that short-hop drill, Ron Washington gets about 10, 12 feet away.
07:30And he makes Ozzie Albies catch that ball out front, backhand, forehand.
07:35Hits allowed by the Braves.
07:37A 1-0 ball game here in the eighth.
07:39The series tied at a game apiece.
07:42Led Miss Diaz off the bench to pinch hit for Maldonado.
07:45And Diaz lifts this one in the shallow left.
07:48Racing in.
07:49Rosario still coming in, and it drops in front of him and then rolls behind him.
07:52But he picks it up before Diaz can think about going to second base.
07:57And that's the Astros' first hit.
07:59And it looked like a ball that, if Rosario had gotten a better read on, would have been able to
08:03catch.
08:04Yeah, he did get a bad jump, rightfully so.
08:07It was off the end of the bat on a big swing from Led Miss Diaz.
08:12Jose Siri running at first, representing the tying run.
08:15Pitch to Brantley.
08:16There goes Siri.
08:16The pitch is low.
08:17Thoated in the second by Darnor.
08:19And a hop, and it gets into center field.
08:21Going past Albies.
08:22And down to third base goes Siri.
08:25So now the tying run's 90 feet away with two out.
08:29Braves leading 1-0.
08:31Brantley.
08:31Popped up.
08:33Left side.
08:34Dansby and Austin both there.
08:36Austin says he's got it.
08:37Makes the catch on the foul line.
08:41They hang another zero up on the scoreboard.
08:44Braves have gone down in order each of the last two innings.
08:47Not at a base hit since Duvall's single in the fifth inning.
08:51Well struck by Darnor to deep central.
08:54Forget about it!
08:59Darnor goes deep again.
09:012-0 Atlanta.
09:04Travis Darnor bombs away here at the bottom of the eighth.
09:07And it's 2-0 Atlanta.
09:09One more out puts this one in the win column.
09:122-0 Braves.
09:14Top of the ninth.
09:15Runner at first.
09:15Two away.
09:16Hit in the air.
09:17A right field.
09:18Duvall going back.
09:19So is Heredia.
09:20Heredia's got a room.
09:22Heredia's got it.
09:23It is a two-hit shutout.
09:26The Braves win.
09:27And they take game three over the Astros by a final score of 2-0.
09:31Nothing.
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