Walt Weiss called it one of the most complete games of the year. The Braves knew exactly what they were up against coming into the series opener and facing a flamethrower like Jacob Misiorowski. It took quite a while for the bats to get going, but once again, it was the unsung heroes coming through when it mattered most and ultimately lifting Atlanta to a 3-2 win over Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
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Walt Weiss called it one of the most complete games of the year. The Braves knew exactly what they were up against coming into the series opener and facing a flamethrower like Jacob Misiorowski.<\/p>\n
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Martin Perez had a quick 1-2-3 inning on just 12 pitches, while in the bottom half, the Miz threw nine strikes to retire Drake Baldwin, Ozzie Albies, and Matt Olson. Perez had another three-up, three-down inning in the second, including two strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Misiorowski ran into some trouble in the bottom of the second. With two outs and two runners in scoring position, he got Eli White to whiff on a 104.1 mph fastball to end the threat.<\/p>\n
In the top of the third, the Brewers loaded the bases, and a Brice Turang slow chopper allowed the runners to go station-to-station and score the first run of the game.<\/p>\n
Atlanta didn\u2019t have any more traffic until the sixth inning. With the bags juiced, Mauricio Dub\u00f3n tallied his 22nd and 23rd two-out RBI with a line drive to right field. The Braves finally were able to crack through and take the lead, 2-1.<\/p>\n
Next inning, it was first pitch ambush for Mike Yastrzemski. Yaz launched his fourth home run of the season into the Chophouse to put Atlanta up a pair.<\/p>\n
In the top of the ninth, Milwaukee made it interesting. With one out and a pair in scoring position, Turang lined a ball into left field. While one run was able to score, Eli White made a quick throw home and Drake Baldwin applied the tag to nail the game-tying runner.<\/p>\n
That play ended up being all the difference as Atlanta came from behind and take the series opener over the Brewers, 3-2.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat guy is lights out, man. That guy, it\u2019s a different fastball. He\u2019s been blessed, man. He goes out there and throws the fastball and cutter and everything,\u201d Dub\u00f3n explained.<\/p>\n
As for his approach facing him? \u201cAfter that [first at-bat], the whole game, I went two-strike approach. [I] tried to put something in play, tried to make it happen. When I got the bases loaded, I was just trying to put it in play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regarding Dub\u00f3n\u2019s continued success with two outs, Weiss said, \u201cHe\u2019s got that clutch gene. Some people don\u2019t believe in that, but it\u2019s a real thing. Dubie can just slow the game down in big moments. You know, not everyone can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
White added, \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great team camraderie here and we\u2019re all really pulling for each other and rooting for each other. We all, collectively, just want to win ballgames, and so we\u2019re all a tight-knit group and really cheering each other on. It\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
After previously losing six of their last seven games, the Braves now have an opportunity to take the series over the NL Central-leading Brewers on Saturday at 4:10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walt Weiss called it one of the most complete games of the year. The Braves knew exactly what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[191,46,5,2323,2314,2317,2313,3800,2413,2330,11714,2450,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,89849,15000,59,4,2305,2303,1039],"class_list":["post-731023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-postseason","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-events","tag-baseball-finals","tag-baseball-games","tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","tag-brice-turang","tag-champion-seasons-in-major-league-baseball","tag-glossary-of-baseball-terms","tag-jacob-misiorowski","tag-liberty-media-subsidiaries","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","tag-major-league-baseball-teams","tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","tag-martn-prez-baseball","tag-mauricio-dubn","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-mlb-postseason","tag-world-series"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}