The Braves will clinch the NL East if the Marlins beat the Nationals this evening. The Houston Astros host the Atlanta Braves, with the home team looking to even the best-of-seven series.
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Dan Uggla went 0-for-3 with a couple of walks, but he nearly homered in a second straight game, barely pulling a ball foul off Gregg in the ninth. Game 2 of the 2021 World Series is set for Wednesday evening at Minute Maid Park in Houston. That remained true all the way to the bitter end. He’ll sit tomorrow and start again Sunday. tonight is not a question you'll hear often at a postgame press conference. They will look to clinch the title at Truist.
As scripted, he was removed from the game after five innings. On Saturday, the Braves came back to beat the Houston Astros in Game 4, and enter Sunday nights Game 5 with a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Jason Heyward went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in his return from a broken jaw. Johnson collected three hits in all, raising his average to. Chris Johnson and Freeman both homered off Scott Baker in this one. So, not only was the new closer used in a tie game today, but since he’s now pitched two days in a row, he probably won’t be available for a save chance on Saturday. Last postseason the Braves beat the Dodgers in Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS, lost Game 3, won Game 4 to take the commanding 3-1 series lead, then lost Games 5-7 and the series. But because baseball is low scoring, the spread will almost always be -1.5 for the favorite. It’s especially baffling given that Sveum said earlier this week that Strop was now the closer. The run line is a bet on the margin of victory, like a point spread. Strop’s quick hook might have been explained by the fact that he pitched yesterday, but if that’s an issue, why use him at all in a game that’s pretty meaningless for the Cubs? Parker didn’t pitch Thursday, and there’s no reason he couldn’t have gotten all four outs himself.
While Gregg has closed most of the year, Parker and Strop have been the Cubs’ best right-handed relievers. Strop came in and threw eight pitches to finish the eighth, then was taken out before the ninth even though his spot in the order never came up. Parker got the final out of the seventh and first of the eighth, then was lifted after nine pitches. It is a situation that the Braves, Phillies and Major League Baseball are monitoring currently. The forecast is calling for more showers throughout the evening which puts Game 2’s scheduled start time of 4:35 p.m. The real mystery is why Blake Parker and Pedro Strop were both removed from the game after retiring two batters apiece. The tarp is on the field at Truist Park and rain has been falling. But that wasn’t the curious decision from Dale Sveum. The Braves busted open a 5-5 game with four runs in the ninth to beat the Cubs 9-5 on Friday and clinch at least a tie in the NL East with the Nationals scheduled to play later tonight.Īll four runs in the ninth came after Freddie Freeman was intentionally walked by Kevin Gregg to set up a double play.
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