Braves Excel with Strong Pitching & Front Office Moves
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00:00We'll be right back.
00:03Two really good pitchers going toe-to-toe.
00:05The two aces of the staff.
00:06You take a look at Sale.
00:07Five in the third innings pitch.
00:08Five hits.
00:09Two earned runs.
00:10Which is, look, that's a quality start on the road against a decent opponent.
00:13But Zach Allen certainly wasn't able to match that.
00:15A five in the third innings pitch.
00:16Seven hits.
00:17And four earned runs overall.
00:18This is what the Braves do.
00:20They've been getting great starting pitching after great starting pitching
00:22after great starting pitching.
00:24Holding a team which includes your starter in Chris Sale who gave up the two runs.
00:27They have a quality bullpen that held it down late.
00:2911 hits for the Atlanta Braves which is somewhat of an anomaly along with six runs.
00:33We're typically used to them scoring three or four runs at a max.
00:36It's another good win for the Atlanta Braves.
00:38But I just can't get over making those savvy moves in the offseason.
00:41Like Chris Sale's got an ERA of 2.74.
00:44It's crazy to think about like what he could be doing with the Boston Red Sox right now
00:48who basically said, you know what, this guy's on the market right now.
00:51Take him if you want him.
00:52He's yours.
00:53And for the Atlanta Braves now to be 51-39 on the season.
00:56I love their front office.
00:57I'm interested to see what they do post-All-Star break leading up to the end of the month
01:02which is the trade deadline.
01:03But more importantly here, the Arizona Diamondbacks had a little bit of steam
01:06coming into this series and could have really used it to push ahead
01:09and go over .500 but now slipping behind here.
01:12But again, it's no surprise.
01:13The Braves are going to win a lot of regular season baseball games.
01:16It's just a shame for the Braves, I guess, that the Philadelphia Phillies,
01:18the best record in baseball, are in the division.
01:20But we've always said this all along.
01:22The Braves will be in the playoffs.
01:23And they're showing that they can win playoff-style baseball games
01:27because in the playoffs, it's not 10-1 like the Phillies won typically
01:31against the Dodgers yesterday.
01:32You're going to get more games like 3-2, 4-2, 2-1,
01:35and the Braves are going to be used to that.