Captain Clutch | Royals Walk off the Braves to Win Third Straight Series

Captain Clutch | Royals Walk off the Braves to Win Third Straight Series

Rubber game between the Braves and the Royals on a sunny afternoon in Kansas City for the boys in blue three and oh, in rubber games this month in July , something made us blue yesterday. And that was the injury to ronald Acuna Junior. He is out on the 10 day il with an achilles injury. We’ll find out the severity of that when he gets an M Ria little later today. But the show must go on here and the Braves offense even without Acuna as of late has been swinging the bat really well. Serpa will be the opener today and he’s pitching on zero days rest after making an appearance last night, we also expect to see Thomas Hatch who will be making his Royals debut. Matt Olson left handed batter, jammed him ground ball. Serpa took a swipe at it but gets to it in front of second base and throws in time to get matt Olson. Exactly how they drew it up. Serpas lucky that he didn’t get a piece of that ball. If that had ticked off his glove , that’s an easy infield hit ground ball needed in the inning with 11 pitches was a catcher, a shortstop and a first baseman on the mound. A Kansas City native, he grew up a Royals fan. Joey Wentz getting a start back here at Kaufman Stadium where he grew up coming to ballgames. Garcia is four out of eight in the first two games of the series. There’s another hits one to left. The Royals have a runner for Bobby, a wave and a miss a curveball from Wentz his first strikeout of the ball game. Sure nerve being back here and give up that hit, come back and throw a beautiful pitch to Bobby Wood Jr Michael Harris hottest hitter for the Braves. This road trip climbing in, slapped to the left side. Bobby Wood Jr has been busy but this time it will be an infield single for Michael Harris that will do it for the pitching change made. Jonathan Bolin will get Marcel Ozuna three for seven with two home runs. The first two games of this series, he is a double play candidate. There’s a high chopping ground ball behind the mound. Bolin goes behind the mound to pick it off and a throw to first to retire Ozuna as Harris goes to second Michael Harris in scoring position with a chance to make it 1 to 0. Braves started swing. Did he go around? He has a strikeout, a two out walk that will put him at 1st and 2nd for Eli White strikes out two in relief of Serpa and with the Royals for a couple of days, he leads off swing and a miss the cutter is the pitch. Ultimately that gets Gretchen ball never lies. And another inning for jonathan Bolin after he entered in the second inning, nick Allen leads off swung on and missed strike three. Bolin got him with a slider and was diving away from Allen’s barrel three strikeouts. Now for Bolin, he struck out three of the five batters. He’s faced. Bolin delivers and pro grounds it left side with backhand stop jump throw to first in time for the out. What a play? He flashes the leather ranging to his right. How was the throw from left field and out of bounce to get a speedy runner? Folks? That’s why he wears the gold. Tyler Tolbert leads off against Lefty Joey Wentz and he struck him out with a curveball. That’s a good pitch today. It’s his third strikeout. And before Kyle is, climbs in Joey Wentz is feeling good back here at home. Four strikeouts the first time through the order. Adam swinging at a curveball that is by far and away. The best pitch for win today. A good curve. The fight on it right now so far so good. These relievers, it’s reliever. Number three, it is right hander John Schreiber into the game to face austin Riley Riley was really fooled by that pitch that was nowhere near the strike zone. That’s a big sweeper. He was guessing that’s what happens when you get a swing like that. One up, one down in the top of the fourth that brings up left handed hitting Michael Harris the second. He has been red hot swung on and missed strike three. Got him with a high cutter back to back K’s for Shrives two gone in the fourth that brings up Marcelo Zuna swings and misses and a fastball strike. John Sr strikes out the side in the top of the fourth inning. Pasin leads off the bottom of the fourth inning. There’s a little looper in the left field coming in pro bar slide feet first that makes a chest high catch from the seat of his pants. Nice job by Jerson. Good break on that coming in and sliding to it for the out twice fast. Pitino’s hit it out to pro today. Keeping the sasquatch in his cage brings up Salvador Perez, the Royals designated hitter two got him the fastball up in the zone and Perez goes down swinging. That’s strikeout number five for Joey Wentz good heater up at the top of the zone. Wentz in search of his 2nd 1 to 2 to 3 inning. Randall Greek the batter and he strikes out swinging here to end the fourth. Joey Wentz six K’s a season high 123 of the fourth. So back to back singles from Allen and profar and the Braves are in business two on nobody out for matt Olson Olen hits it to center field Allen the tag but he’s not going anywhere. Both runners stay put and that is a crucial first out of the inning for Hunter Harvey. He retires a dangerous hitter and matt Olsen and now contends with another in Austin Riley. Riley pops it up down the first baseline but he passino crosses into foul ground behind the coach’s box. He makes the catch and that’s the second out. And so Hunter Harvey is one out away from wriggling free but jam he put himself in, brings up Michael Harris the second and Harvey won’t cut it off. Frazier throws just in time. Nice transfer from glove to head quickness. Hunter Harvey allows a couple of hits to start the inning but Then gets himself right out of the jam that keeps the game scoreless. Isbell Garcia and Jr some way, find a way, get on base and takes a walk after falling behind 1 to 2. That’s first baserunner since the third inning. Ok. They’re in business one out and Bobby Wood J R the batter’s the pitch off throw to first IBL takes off her second throw to all these tack down and Isbell is out. That is the 15th time this season that a Royals baserunner has been picked off the most in baseball just like that two outs and nobody on base called strike frozen pizza. The homecoming king Joey wins six, scoreless gives up just one hit and strikes out a season high seven. And so the Royals have a leadoff walk for his second consecutive inning and the Royals cash it in this time around Passino down at first base here, Salvador Perez , there’s the ball he wanted 643 double play to perfection. So that will be the final bullet fired by went six and two thirds scoreless from Wentz. And here comes Snitker. Great afternoon for Joey Wentz at a homecoming for him. Luke Williams will come on and run now for Baldwin. Now you have a base runner for the top of the order Jerson profar, he took off. He got a great and he stole it. Luke Williams in scoring position. I like it. It’s 00 right here. Not much has been going on today. You got to take a chance and get one and two on profile one out in the inning. The pitch a little pop up into short left center Bobby right there to make the catch. Raves have gone zero for six with runners in scoring. Now it’s in the hands of Matt Olsen in a ground ball to his left to second baseman Frazier over to first and that’s that. So the Braves get an infield hit a stolen base but top of their order fails to produce one out for Michael Harris. There’s a light shot and Est-vez has it in his glove. I’m not sure he knew he had it, but he did his glove just happened to be in the right spot for that wicked line drive. Now, two down for Ozuna, he has homered twice in this series, a soft ground ball, second base scooped by Frazier flipped to first. That’s that and still have to zero in front of Atlanta in the ninth inning. So now Bobby Wood Junior Rob has struck out, got him swinging, used a sinker and he quickly takes care of Bobby Witt and two down here in the ninth inning. Braves in the 10th would have all these Murphy and White can’t get too far ahead of ourselves. Not with this man climbing in Benny Pas Canti. He is homered in this series through the fastball that’s popped to left a 1239 for Iglesias. Sam Long is the eighth Royals reliever of the game long facing Albs. The runner at second is Jared Kel as he pinch runs for Marcelo Zuna singles through the left side. Knick held up at third, good start here in the 10th for Atlanta. First time that either team has had a runner at third base. A good start. You’re looking for more than just one run. You need a big inning extra innings to sean Murphy. Curveball swung on and missed strike three. Got Murphy to chase. That is a huge first out in the top of the 10th inning for Sam Long. Eli White is the batter fastball knee high called strike three. White is down looking back to back K’s for Sam long two outs in the top of the 10th. The final out of the game last night was luke Williams and now looking for a better out here in the 10th inning. Fastball laced in the left center field. Tolbert Tars to his left makes the catch on the move inning over runners stranded game still scoreless. The runner at second base is MJ Melendez and on the mound now Dabo Hernandez for the Braves table is set for an all time Royals icon. And Salvador Perez, Salvi laces it into right center field down into the base hit Melendez racing around third over runs. The Royals need Kitan walks it off in the bottom of the 10th and the Royals beat the Braves one nothing.

The bullpen put up zeroes through 10 innings and Salvador Perez comes through to walk it off.
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