On September 16, 2024, the Los Angeles Dodgers delivered a dominant performance against the Atlanta Braves, winning 9-0. The Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas played a key role in the victory, while the Braves' ace Max Fried struggled on the mound. After losing the first two games of the series, the Dodgers turned things around, outscoring the Braves by a wide margin in the final two games【6†source】【7†source】.
This win was crucial as the Braves, who had been battling for position in the NL East, fell behind the New York Mets in the division standings【6†source】.
This win was crucial as the Braves, who had been battling for position in the NL East, fell behind the New York Mets in the division standings【6†source】.
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00:00This is a tough game for the
00:01Braves Yama mode on the mound
00:02Max Fried on the mound a great
00:04pitching matchup but after
00:05winning the first two games in
00:06this series I feel like if you
00:08only win two it's a
00:10disappointment Max Fried out of
00:11the dugout he is taking the
00:13mound for the final game of this
00:14series 14 innings in his last
00:17two starts at Truist Park to
00:19earn runs allowed so he's
00:20pitched really well here for
00:21Otani forty eight stolen bases
00:23three home runs two strikeouts
00:25and two home runs and he's
00:26going to be able to get back to
00:28two stolen bases three home
00:29runs two stolen bases away from
00:32the first 50 50 season in
00:34baseball history nearly an
00:36identical spot a change up and
00:38it works and he freezes
00:40Otani Oh it's a man after my
00:42own heart right there left on
00:43left change up it is such a
00:46good pitch Fried starts his
00:47night with a strikeout up comes
00:49Mookie Betts Betts cranks it out
00:51to left but Laureano is there
00:54two away they have moved Freddy
00:56Freeman to the cleanup spot and
00:58Teoscar Hernandez in the third
01:00spot and Fried gets him a one
01:03two three 14 pitch top of the
01:05first for Max Fried Yamamoto and
01:08his first start in three months
01:09last week eight strikeouts over
01:11four innings eight K's against
01:1315 batters faced Michael Harris
01:16climbing in to take his first
01:17tax versus Yashinobu Yamamoto
01:20and a walk Branson take it
01:22Harris down to first Jorge
01:24Soler has been hitting the
01:25baseball much better over the
01:26last five game two to Soler
01:29takes strike three links through
01:31a fastball and a strikeout for
01:33Yamamoto's first down Marcelo
01:35Zuda trying to end that drought
01:37he has not had an RBI in the
01:39last 17 games that's the second
01:42longest RBI drought in his long
01:44major league career Harris goes
01:46for second and that throw in the
01:48center field and Michael's going
01:50to get to third with just one
01:55Michael got a good job but Smith
01:58got a bad pitch to throw on it
02:00was down and away from Ozuna so
02:03Smith had to backhand it and
02:04kind of throw it submarine like
02:06sidearm like to second and was
02:08way off the mark the two one to
02:11third pick by Muncie I think was
02:13a blur down there that he's able
02:15to grab and get Ozuna that's as
02:17good as a strikeout right there
02:19with the runners still up to
02:20third all right so now it is up
02:22to Matt Olson who's hitting right
02:24at three hundred here in the
02:25month of September downstairs he
02:27walked him on four straight
02:29Ramon Laureano with them at the
02:31corners and two away road a
02:33third Muncie's got it Yamamoto's
02:35going to get out of this first
02:36inning unscathed kind of search
02:38for it right there but the
02:39Braves have nothing to show for
02:41it all for the Dodgers have the
02:43leadoff man aboard in the second
02:44half so Dodgers have their first
02:46base runner as Freeman takes the
02:47leadoff walk here's Will Smith
02:49grounded to the left side
02:51Ramon Laureano to second for one
02:54got him six four three double
02:56play well so Max has done so
02:59well all year long fifty nine
03:01percent ground ball rate coming
03:02in a big one right there and
03:04great turn by Witt so they face
03:06Tommy Edmonds with the bases
03:08empty and a ground ball to the
03:09left side scooping spinning
03:11firing Urshela that's a dazzling
03:14play by Gio what a beautiful
03:17spin to throw right on target and
03:19the inside of the infield very
03:21impressive there in the top of
03:22the second the Braves had him at
03:24the corners in the first inning
03:25couldn't get him across and see
03:27what they do here with that
03:27leadoff double.
03:29This will get the runner to
03:29third so a productive out for
03:32Orlando Garcia Schell made a
03:34nice play defensively in the top
03:35of the inning now looking to
03:36drive a run in swing and a miss
03:38he gets him on three pitches
03:40boy an empty at bat right there
03:42for Schell with a runner at third
03:43and one out.
03:44Good news is with Merrifield's
03:46had a good series he has five
03:47hits in the series ground ball to
03:49Jim Hernandez has it.
03:51Wow he's out of it again.
03:53Braves continue to squander
03:55opportunities and no score after
03:56two for the second straight
03:58inning.
03:59Max Fried has walked the leadoff
04:00man Max Muncy gets ready to hit
04:02after the second leadoff walk
04:04over the last two innings and
04:06once he hits a ground ball right
04:07at Olsen he grabs it steps on
04:08the bag it's a tag play at
04:10second.
04:10However Rojas stepped around the
04:13tag he never slid he went in
04:15standing and he stepped right
04:17over the tag of Arcia who had to
04:20field a difficult throw and
04:22Rojas is safe at second base.
04:24But Muncy grounds out three
04:25unassisted Dodgers with their
04:27first runner in scoring position
04:28in this game and it's for Kike
04:30Hernandez.
04:31There goes Rojas first pitch and
04:32he's stolen third.
04:34Nobody ever accused him of being
04:35a burner these days but it's a
04:37good time to do it and got a
04:39great job.
04:39Freed looking for a punch out.
04:41He got it.
04:42What a combination that slow
04:44curve in the ninety seven there
04:46Hernandez up to a tiny here in
04:49the third no score with Rojas at
04:51third takes a curve in the dirt.
04:53Here comes Rojas he's going to
04:54score man oh man was he on his
04:57toes and ready to break.
04:59I didn't do a double take there
05:00like well he wasn't already like
05:01halfway down the line was he
05:03because he was home like that.
05:04Yeah I was worried about this.
05:06Max looked like he got stepped
05:07on or maybe Rojas his foot got
05:10underneath his foot and he
05:11rolled his ankle a little bit.
05:12He says he's good.
05:13And another crisis averted for
05:15the Atlanta Braves.
05:15Yeah.
05:16Every time something you hold
05:18your breath and we'll look at
05:20all four outside a four pitch
05:23walk to Ohtani and Alex Betts
05:25who lined the left his first
05:26time.
05:27He is not trying to go and it
05:29will not matter called strike on
05:31the outside corner.
05:32Michael Harris able to arch one
05:34over the infield and he's a
05:36board to lead it off here in the
05:36third inning or he's so Laird
05:38the batter.
05:39If he can stay hot you get
05:41Harris Solero Zuno Olsen all
05:43going at the same time.
05:44That's a pretty formidable top
05:46four smack to center field.
05:48Tommy Edmonds bluffs but it was
05:50over his head all the way.
05:52Harris hits third and comes
05:54home.
05:55Here's the relay from Hernandez
05:56it is in time.
05:59It's baseball beauty Edmond from
06:02the deepest part of the yard to
06:04Kiki Hernandez who twirled and
06:06gunned to the plate Smith with
06:08the hot hands for the tag Ramon
06:10Laureano.
06:11He's continuing to be a great
06:12setup for Brian Snitka and the
06:14Braves first pitch swing and
06:15deep fly ball at the bottom
06:16Laureano over the head of Betts
06:17off the bricks rolls by him.
06:19Laureano digging for second.
06:21He's going to get three out of
06:22this plan around second.
06:23He'll go into third base with a
06:25triple.
06:26Well that took a mega bounce off
06:28the bricks in right field and
06:30rocket it back by Betts.
06:33And by the time they got to it
06:34it was in shallow right field
06:37quite the Karam.
06:38And now can they get this guy in
06:40Laureano down at third.
06:42Braves have had a runner in
06:43scoring position all four
06:44innings here strikes out Murphy.
06:47That is a rare slider pitch that
06:49throughout the years has
06:50bothered his arm.
06:51He only threw one of those in
06:52his first start off at the
06:53injured list but he uses one
06:55right here to finish off Murphy
06:56grounder to the left side and
06:58that won't get the job done to
07:00away.
07:00See the anger Orlando Garcia
07:03fuming over there.
07:04Urshela Leiter that's caught not
07:07enough pace to get up the middle
07:10Braves once again strand a
07:12runner at third Dodgers by the
07:14way looking for their first hit
07:16of the ball game.
07:17They got a run on the third
07:18without the benefit of a hit
07:19Edmond down the line.
07:20That is a fair ball and bounces
07:23into the seats.
07:24It's a lead off double.
07:25So the Dodgers get their first
07:27hit of the game a double from
07:28Tommy Edmond here in the fifth.
07:30Those Rojas who generated the
07:31run back in the third minute
07:33second as the two to come home
07:35Rojas fights it off into right
07:37field base hit and it's going to
07:38bring home a run.
07:39He's scored one he's driven in
07:41the other.
07:42He says get off me ball two to
07:44nothing Dodgers Rojas has made
07:46such good contact this year.
07:48Now it's Muncie Muncie gets hit
07:51and the first three have reached
07:52two in the fifth inning against
07:53three oh two pitches hit near
07:55the right field.
07:56So they're racing over toward
07:58the corner right on the warning
07:59track.
08:00He makes the catch tagging from
08:02second and advancing to third is
08:04Miguel Rojas back to first goes
08:06Muncie at the corners for
08:08Ohtani strikeout to walk in this
08:10game for show.
08:11First one from free is chop left
08:13side.
08:14Garcia gets there to second for
08:15one.
08:16Maryfield the first not going to
08:17get Ohtani three to nothing is
08:19Rojas scores.
08:20No chance with Ohtani from the
08:22left hand batter's box with his
08:23wheels.
08:24So Days Bell Hernandez comes in
08:26gets it out and then walks three
08:28straight Dodgers.
08:29The bases will indeed be loaded
08:31for Ohtani.
08:32Brian Sitcher is going to go to
08:34the lefty Aaron Bummer on for the
08:36fifty third time on the year.
08:38Twenty eight percent of his
08:39inherited runners have scored.
08:41He's faced fifty two first
08:43batters.
08:43Thirty seven have got on ground
08:45at the second.
08:46Maryfield will go home late.
08:50Rojas in to score his third run
08:52of the game probably a poor
08:54decision to even go home.
08:56But if Miguel doesn't assume or
08:58assumes anything like he's not
09:00coming there and eases up he's
09:02out still loaded still just one
09:04out here's Mookie Betts.
09:06Mookie reaches out sends this
09:07ball in the air to left center
09:08field Harris there to make the
09:10catcher comes Max Muncy and they
09:13lead five to nothing RBI
09:15sacrifice fly for Mookie Betts.
09:17So two in the bank here in the
09:19seven tasker Hernandez to Oscar
09:21ground ball right field a base
09:23hit Luxell turn third and score
09:25it is six to nothing a two out
09:27RBI base hit for to Oscar
09:29Hernandez and this Dodger Ball
09:31Club's a different team since we
09:33saw what they were able to
09:35create in the ninth inning last
09:36night.
09:37Ohtani at second Hernandez at
09:39first Raymond Oh for two with a
09:40walk tonight struck out looking
09:42as last time he swings it's a
09:44fly ball to left fairly deep it
09:46is carrying going back toward
09:48the wall it is off the wall and
09:50over the wall a home run.
09:52Freddie Freeman with a three
09:53run opposite field Homer hit the
09:56top of the left field wall and
09:57caromed out and the Dodgers have
09:59opened it up in the seventh
10:01inning as Freeman comes across
10:04the door it is nine to nothing
10:07Dodgers and the Braves are down
10:08to their last hour and Orlando
10:10Garcia Oh for three tonight he
10:12swings it's a slow roll of a
10:14short charge by Edman he's up
10:16with it side arms to first
10:17that's the ball game and the
10:19Dodgers back in the win column
10:20for the eighty ninth time.