But yeah, just tried to battle and wait for a mistake and try to put a good swing on it, and fortunately, I got one over the heart of the plate and it found a hole.” I think I fell behind 0-2 anyway, so I don’t think that worked.
“So I just tried to stay calm, didn’t want to get too aggressive. “The at-bat before, he was a little wild to Matt,” d’Arnaud said. Atlanta Braves Radio Network October 3, 2022 D’Arnaud followed and fell behind in the count 0-2, but six pitches later (including three foul balls) he singled up the middle to drive in two runs for a lead the Braves wouldn’t relinquish.īREAK OUT THE DISCO BALL BABY /s9r7SZwX7G Olson had worked a two-out, bases-loaded walk against Mets starter Chris Bassitt, his longtime former Oakland A’s teammate, reducing the Mets’ lead to 3-2.
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Swanson and Olson finished resounding series performances Sunday - Swanson had a solo homer in the first inning, and Olson had a bases-loaded walk in the third and a sixth-inning leadoff homer - and Atlanta’s bullpen continued to excel, churning out 4 2/3 scoreless innings and allowing just one run in 12 2/3 innings in the series.īut the at-bat of the game was Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run single to give the Braves a 4-3 lead in the third inning. This whole weekend felt like a playoff weekend and then some.” “I said Friday when I came to the park, I told my wife, ‘Well, the playoffs are starting today.’ And that’s what it felt like. I mean, this was one of the bigger ones I feel I’ve ever been a part of. The stadium, the support from the fans, everything.
This is about as exciting and emotional a series as I think I’ve ever been a part of, even all the playoff series and everything. “We’re a win away from accomplishing our goal when we left spring training. “It feels great,” said Braves manager Brian Snitker, whose team trailed early in every game in the series.
Just one more Atlanta win in a season-ending three-game series that starts Monday in Miami or one New York loss in its three-game series against Washington will clinch the division for the Braves - and a first-round playoff bye as the second seed in the NL behind the Dodgers. So we’re going to enjoy the sweep, then go to Miami and take care of business.” “That was a tough series, hard-fought, lot of close games, against a really good team. “Those were good arms they threw at us, and to be able to come out of here with a sweep was huge,” Olson said. He and Dansby Swanson became the second pair of Braves teammates to each hit a homer in every game of a three-game series - 61 years after the great Eddie Mathews and Lee Maye did so for the 1961 Milwaukee Braves. “Obviously, there was a lot riding on this series, and we set out to sweep them,” said Matt Olson, who got his 99th and 100th RBIs in the Braves’ 100th win of the season. It finished the sweep with a 5-3 win Sunday night before an energized and sold-out crowd at Truist Park, wresting the tiebreaker advantage from the Mets and reducing the Braves’ magic number to one to clinch a fifth consecutive division title. Atlanta beat New York in games started by vaunted Mets pitchers Jacob deGrom on Friday and Max Scherzer on Saturday to even the season series at nine games apiece.
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