![]() 17, giving up 10 earned runs (11 total) on 35 hits in 53 1/3 innings with 13 walks and 48 strikeouts in that stretch. The 28-year-old is 5-1 with a 1.69 ERA in his past nine starts dating to Aug. ![]() Louis hurler in his playoff debut since 2001 (Woody Williams, 133), is 1-2 in three career starts at SunTrust Park (including Game 2) with 11 runs allowed in 17 2/3 innings.įoltynewicz dominated the Cardinals in Game 2, striking out seven with no walks and three hits allowed in seven scoreless innings to earn his first career postseason victory and continue his revival since returning from a mid-summer trip to the minors. It marked only the second time the 23-year-old has surrendered more than two earned runs in his past 17 starts, with 58 hits, 25 walks and 138 strikeouts in 113 1/3 innings in that span.įlaherty, whose 117 pitches in Game 2 were the most by a St. Braves RH Mike Foltynewicz (1-0, 0.00)įlaherty was outstanding despite taking the loss in Game 2, giving up a first-inning run and a two-run homer to Duvall in the seventh while finishing with eight hits allowed, one walk and eight strikeouts in his postseason debut. PITCHING MATCHUPĬardinals RH Jack Flaherty (0-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. The Cardinals have been outscored 16-13 in the series and have leaned heavily on Marcell Ozuna (two homers in Game 4, 8-for-17 in the series with four RBIs) and Paul Goldschmidt (1.563 OPS in the series with seven hits, four doubles and two homers).Īmong the Cardinals looking to break out in the series finale are Dexter Fowler (one hit in 17 at-bats), All-Star Paul DeJong (two hits with six strikeouts in 14 at-bats) and Kolten Wong, who is healed from a hamstring injury but is 3-for-17. (8-for-16, three doubles and a 1.579 OPS), Dansby Swanson (7-for-14 with three doubles in his postseason debut) and Adam Duvall (five RBIs in seven at-bats after spending most of the season in the minors). The Braves have survived offensively thanks in large part to three players: 21-year-old Ronald Acuna Jr. Louis and Mike Foltynewicz for Atlanta, and the Braves will look to jump-start an offense that squandered numerous chances to clinch the series in a 5-4, 10-inning loss in Game 4.Ītlanta's middle of the lineup quintet of Freddie Freeman, Josh Donaldson, Nick Markakis, Matt Joyce and Brian McCann are a combined 10-for-70 in the series with one homer, three RBIs and 16 strikeouts. If the Braves keep sleepwalking, it will be season over the NL East champs well before it should.The finale features a rematch of Game 2 starters Jack Flaherty for St. The 2022 Braves have been the anti-Kirk Cousins this season. While the Phillies have to play up to five straight day games too, Atlanta has notoriously struggled in games before the sun goes down. Unfortunately, this puts teams playing in the Eastern Time Zone at a disadvantage. ![]() Ultimately, MLB baseball is a television product and it will try to space these games out as best as it can. And should it go to a winner-take-all Game 5, of course, it will be an afternoon game back in Atlanta when both teams have to fly the night before it is played… Then again, those games are happening on Friday and Saturday. We should expect Philadelphia to do the same thing in Game 3, and maybe 4. No, it’s not like the Braves won’t pack Truist Park and The Battery during day games. ![]() New York is taking on the Cleveland Guardians. As far as the other series is concerned, MLB was always going to make the New York Yankees a primetime priority whenever it could. Four of the eight teams remaining in the MLB postseason play in the western divisions (Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners). To advance to the NLCS for the third straight October, the Braves must be champions of the sun. ![]() ETĪtlanta Braves fans cannot believe MLB gave them only day games in the NLDS Game 5 would be played Sunday in Atlanta at 4:37 p.m. The Braves and Phillies will play Game 3 at 4:37 p.m. ![]()
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