Battery Power - July 4: Braves 8, Marlins 7 (10 innings)Your one stop shop for everything Atlanta Braveshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52890/favicon-32x32..png2021-07-04T17:36:28-04:00http://www.batterypower.com/rss/stream/223269352021-07-04T17:36:28-04:002021-07-04T17:36:28-04:00Braves rally late to stun Marlins
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<p>Atlanta scored four in the ninth before Max Fried walked it off in the 10th. </p> <p id="dIReE2">The <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> rallied from a four run deficit in the ninth to stun the <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Miami Marlins</a> with an 8-7 win Sunday afternoon at Truist Park. </p>
<p id="lUjwwS">It didn’t take Charlie Morton long to settle in early, as he had no trouble turning over the Marlins lineup for the first time. A Sandy Leon single off the glove of Austin Riley in the third was the only Marlins baserunner against Morton over the first three innings. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Charlie F'n Morton, Unhittable 81mph Curveball...and Sword. ⚔️ <a href="https://t.co/KwU7QfioJy">pic.twitter.com/KwU7QfioJy</a></p>— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href="https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1411744731470630915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="0hyjrZ">The Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third. Morton helped himself with a one-out bloop single and then came around to score on Ronald Acuña Jr’s 23rd home run of the season. Acuña had a great at-bat against Miami starter Zach Thompson, fouling off five straight pitches before getting a cutter out over the plate that he drove into the bleachers in right center. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/July4th?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#July4th</a> fireworks!<a href="https://twitter.com/ronaldacunajr24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ronaldacunajr24</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheA</a> <a href="https://t.co/aG7OTCt2hZ">pic.twitter.com/aG7OTCt2hZ</a></p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1411748990199205890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="uXJh0d">Entering Sunday’s start, Morton had a 1.01 ERA, a 2.31 FIP, and a 2.84 xFIP when facing a lineup for the first time. Those numbers jump to 5.63/4.62/3.63 the second time and 5.68/3.68/4.40the third time through. Like his last start against the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>, where he lost a shutout by giving up a three-run to James McCann the third time he faced him that evening, more or less the same thing played out again in Sunday’s start. </p>
<p id="IyRTg2">The Marlins broke through against Morton for their first run in the fourth inning. Starling Marte worked a leadoff walk and then stole second. He moved over to third on a fly out by Jesus Aguilar and then came in to score on a sacrifice fly by Adam Duvall on a barreled ball to left to cut the lead in half, 2-1. </p>
<p id="ZU8Tlo">Morton found himself in trouble again in the fifth when he again walked the leadoff man in the inning. After a five-pitch walk to Joe Panik, Morton recovered striking out Leon and Thompson before getting Jon Berti to ground out. </p>
<p id="TfGUsz">The Braves let Morton hit for himself in the fifth and he came back out for the sixth to face the Marlins lineup for the third time. Marte and Aguilar led off the inning with back-to-back singles. That brought Duvall to the plate, and he jumped all over a 1-0 curveball and drove it out to left center for a three-run home run to put Miami in front 4-2. Duvall continues to torment his former team as he now has five homers and 14 RBIs against Atlanta in just 10 games this season. </p>
<p id="MnF2i9">Morton got Miguel Rojas to ground out for the first out and then gave way to A.J. Minter who came in firing darts and struck out Jesus Sanchez and Panik to end the inning. </p>
<p id="NnGFJl">It was a familiar story for Morton, who looked dominant early only to have his final line skewed by one bad inning. He allowed five hits, two walks and four runs in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and gave up the homer to Duvall. </p>
<p id="tnWefl">The Braves got one of those runs back in the sixth, as Freddie Freeman worked a leadoff walk. Ozzie Albies then hit a rope that Duvall was able to flag down in right center. Freeman had to hustle back to first and narrowly beat the relay throw. Freeman moved up to second on a ground out by Riley and then came around to score on a double by Dansby Swanson. Thompson came back and struck out Guillermo Heredia to leave Swanson stranded. </p>
<p id="C8w9ji">Luke Jackson worked a scoreless seventh but Chris Martin ran into all kinds of trouble in the eighth. Aguilar led off the inning with a single. Duvall then narrowly missed another home run down the right field line that landed just to the right of the pole. The play was originally called a homer and Duvall circled the bases as though he had his second dinger of the game, but replay overturned it. Undeterred, Duvall singled to left and moved to second as Orlando Arcia threw late to third to try and nab Aguilar. </p>
<p id="h128tW">The Braves then caught a break as Martin broke Rojas’ bat on a grounder to Swanson. Duvall broke for third on the play and was tagged out for the first out. With runners still at the corners, Martin then struck out Sanchez for a huge second out. He then got Panik to ground to short to strand both runners. </p>
<p id="YzcM34">Anthony Bender came on to pitch for the Marlins in the eighth and struck out Acuña to begin the inning. Freeman followed with a single to extend his hitting streak to eight games, but he was thrown out trying to steal second with Albies at the plate. Bender then struck out Albies to end the inning. </p>
<p id="P0deWE">Miami blew the game open in the ninth against Shane Greene. Sandy Leon began the inning with a home run on an 0-2 pitch to make it 5-3. Greene then retired Garrett Cooper and Berti before Marte singled again. Aguilar then followed with a two-run home run to left to extend the lead to 7-3. Duvall followed with yet another single before Rojas struck out to bring the inning its merciful conclusion. </p>
<p id="Q4t0A9">The Braves weren’t finished however. Austin Riley led off the inning with a single off of Yimi Garcia but was erased on a fielder’s choice. Heredia followed with a single to right to put runners at first and second. Orlando Arcia, making his Braves debut, singled back up the middle to score Swanson to make it 7-4. Pablo Sandoval pinch hit for William Contreras and walked on five pitches to load the bases. Brian Snitker then sent Abraham Almonte to pinch hit for the pitcher’s spot, and Almonte lined a double to left to score Heredia and Arcia to cut the deficit to 7-6. That brought Acuña to the plate, and he hurt the Marlins again with a sacrifice fly to right that scored pinch runner Ender Inciarte to tie the game. Miami then intentionally walked Freeman and Albies to load the bases to set up a force play. However with the winning run at third base, Riley struck out to send the game to extra innings. </p>
<p id="yfXBNB">Will Smith took over on the mound for the Braves in the 10th with Rojas starting the inning at second. After two failed bunt attempts, Sanchez grounded to Riley at third, who looked the runner back and then threw on to first for the first out. That brought up Jazz Chisholm, who didn’t start the game due to an ankle injury but came on as a defensive replacement late. Smith got Chisholm to lift a fly ball to Heredia in center for the second out, but Rojas tagged and moved over to third on the play. However, that would be as far as he would get as Leon popped out to end the inning. </p>
<p id="C12gx6">Miami turned to right-hander Anthony Bass in the bottom half with Riley starting the inning at second base. Bass quickly fell behind Swanson 2-0 and Don Mattingly elected to put him on to set up a double play. Heredia then lifted a fly ball to right to Duvall for the first out but Riley tagged and moved over to third. Miami then walked Arcia to load the bases for Kevan Smith. Then controversy erupted again as Bass bounced a 1-1 pitch. Leon tracked it down quickly and tossed to Bass who tried to put the tag on a sliding Riley. Riley was originally ruled safe and the Braves began celebrating, but replay ruled that his front leg did not touch the plate before the tag. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Replay review overturned the call on the field and Austin Riley is ruled out here on what would have been the game-winning run. <a href="https://t.co/nB98ENzISl">pic.twitter.com/nB98ENzISl</a></p>— Bally Sports: Braves (@BravesOnBally) <a href="https://twitter.com/BravesOnBally/status/1411798812734152711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="TFJzIY">With a base open, the Marlins walked Smith to reload the bases for pinch hitter Max Fried. Bass fell behind in the count 3-1 before Fried served a solid single to center that scored Swanson to give the Braves an improbable 8-7 win. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let Fried-dom ring!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheA</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/4thofJuly?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#4thofJuly</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y13R1DO2rU">pic.twitter.com/Y13R1DO2rU</a></p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1411800076066951171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="Gui91u">With the win, Atlanta improves to 41-42 on the season and wraps up the homestand with a 4-2 record. The Braves will head back out on the road Monday where they will begin a three-game series against the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> at PNC Park. </p>
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https://www.batterypower.com/2021/7/4/22562901/marlins-vs-braves-final-score-max-friedKris Willis2021-07-04T12:50:00-04:002021-07-04T12:50:00-04:00Marlins vs Braves Independence Day game thread
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<p>Baseball on July 4! How could it get any better?</p> <p id="krlv6c">The <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> will try to end their final homestand before the All-Star break on a good note when they wrap up a three-game series against the <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Miami Marlins</a> Sunday at Truist Park. Atlanta took the opener 1-0 but fell Saturday 3-2. They enter play Sunday four games behind the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> for the division lead. Charlie Morton will get the start for Atlanta while Miami will counter with right hander Zach Thompson. </p>
<p id="CFgExe">First pitch is scheduled for 1:20 p.m. ET and can be seen on Bally Sports Southeast. </p>
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https://www.batterypower.com/2021/7/4/22562896/marlins-vs-braves-independence-day-game-threadKris Willis2021-07-04T10:24:59-04:002021-07-04T10:24:59-04:00Orlando Arcia playing left field in Braves debut Sunday
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<p>Arcia will be hitting seventh in his Braves debut. </p> <p id="3EerOT">The <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> will have a new look to their outfield for Sunday’s series finale against the <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Miami Marlins</a>. The team <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/7/4/22562946/atlanta-braves-recall-orlando-arcia-option-kyle-muller-gwinnett#comments">recalled Orlando Arcia Sunday morning</a> and he will make his Braves debut in left field while hitting seventh. Arcia played four games in left with Gwinnett this week but this will be his first career start in left at the Major League level. He has hit the ball well while with the Stripers and Atlanta is hoping he can jumpstart their struggling offense. </p>
<p id="405q45">Guillermo Heredia will hit sixth for the Braves and play center while William Contreras returns to the lineup and will be hitting eighth. </p>
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<p id="m1ccuA">Jazz Chisholm is out of the Marlins’ lineup for Sunday. Jon Berti moves up to the leadoff spot and Joe Panik gets the start at second base and will hit seventh. Sandy Leon will catch Zach Thompson and will hit eighth. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlins?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Marlins</a> lineup on the Fourth of July against the Braves.<br><br>No Jazz (ankle), so Berti leads off and Panik starts at second base. <a href="https://t.co/RiGwQGnpLm">pic.twitter.com/RiGwQGnpLm</a></p>— Jordan McPherson (@J_McPherson1126) <a href="https://twitter.com/J_McPherson1126/status/1411686671574241282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="8xsVvx">Sunday’s game will get underway at 1:20 p.m. ET and can be seen on Bally Sports Southeast. </p>
https://www.batterypower.com/2021/7/4/22562893/marlins-vs-braves-lineups-orlando-arcia-william-contrerasKris Willis2021-07-04T09:31:38-04:002021-07-04T09:31:38-04:00Braves recall Orlando Arcia, option Kyle Muller to Gwinnett
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<p>Atlanta is hoping that Arcia can help jumpstart the offense.</p> <p id="5IB2yX">In hope of jumpstarting their struggling offense, the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> have recalled Orlando Arcia from Gwinnett. Arcia has hit well for the Stripers all season and recently shifted to left field. To make room on the active roster, Atlanta optioned left-hander Kyle Muller back to Gwinnett. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Braves?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Braves</a> today recalled Orlando Arcia to Atlanta after optioning LHP Kyle Muller to Triple-A Gwinnett following yesterday’s game.</p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1411677253327544321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2021</a>
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<p id="2onFzC">The Braves acquired Arcia back in April in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for pitchers Patrick Weigel and Chad Sobotka. Instead of adding him to their bench, they sent him to Gwinnett where he could play every day and serve as depth should they have an injury to one of their infielders. Arcia has put up big numbers hitting .303/.380/.552 with 13 home runs and a 145 wRC+. </p>
<p id="Vfsr5D">Arcia has played four games in left field for the Stripers and has exactly four innings worth of experience in the outfield at the Major League level. He has also had limited success at the plate in his career posting a career 71 wRC+ in 542 career games at the big league level. Hopefully he can carry some of that production from the minor leagues over and given Atlanta’s recent struggles, it is worth the risk at this stage. </p>
<p id="e260oD">Some may question to send down Muller. With an off day Thursday, Atlanta won’t need a fifth starter for the final week before the All-Star break. Muller can return to Gwinnett’s rotation and continue to pitch on turn and then could be brought back after the break. </p>
https://www.batterypower.com/2021/7/4/22562946/atlanta-braves-recall-orlando-arcia-option-kyle-muller-gwinnettKris Willis2021-07-04T08:00:00-04:002021-07-04T08:00:00-04:00Morton, Braves look to nail down series win over Marlins
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<p>Atlanta is looking to bounce back from a tough loss Saturday. </p> <p id="82A34o">The <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> will be looking to secure a second straight series win Sunday when they wrap up a three-game series against the <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Miami Marlins</a>. <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/7/2/22561718/atlanta-braves-miami-marlins-recap-final-score-july-2-2021-1-0-win-pablo-lopez-ronald-acuna-jr">Atlanta took the opener 1-0</a> but saw their three-game winning streak come to an end Saturday <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/7/3/22562259/atlanta-braves-recap-offense-continues-to-scuffle-in-3-2-loss">with a tough 3-2 loss</a>. The Braves’ offense continues to sputter and save their 20 run outburst earlier this week against the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>, have scored three runs or less in 12 of their last 15 games. At 40-42, they enter play Sunday in third place and four games back of the New York Mets for the division lead. </p>
<p id="8Bhuqk">Saturday was more of the same for Atlanta’s offense as they scored a pair of unearned runs thanks to a couple of Marlins errors. They finished the game 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. They will be looking for a jumpstart Sunday. </p>
<p id="xrbE9Y">Charlie Morton will make his 17th start of the season for the Braves Sunday. Morton was cruising in his last outing holding the Mets scoreless for six innings before running into trouble in the seventh. A three-run home run by James McCann chased Morton from the game and the Braves went on to lose 4-3. That hiccup aside, Morton was excellent through five starts in June posting a 2.73 ERA and a 2.89 FIP in 29 2/3 innings. He has pitched into the seventh inning in three straight starts. Morton has struggled in two previous outings against Miami this season allowing 11 hits and nine runs in 10 innings. </p>
<p id="rM5xTi">If the Braves’ offense is going to get on track, they they will need a better showing than their first chance at Marlins right-hander Zach Thompson. Thompson was called on to start what was billed as a bullpen game back on June 12 but ended up tossing five scoreless innings while allowing just four hits and striking out six. He has allowed three runs (1 earned) total in two starts since. He allowed four hits and one earned run over a career-high six innings in his last start against the <a href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Washington Nationals</a>. </p>
<p id="Qfzwx9">Coverage is slated to get underway at 1:20 p.m. ET Sunday and the game can be seen on Bally Sports Southeast. </p>
<h3 id="dnaYhL"><strong>Game Info</strong></h3>
<p id="W8D1EQ"><strong>Game Date/Time:</strong> Sunday, July 4, 1:20 p.m. ET </p>
<p id="o8bFhi"><strong>Location:</strong> Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia</p>
<p id="O5AAEL"><strong>TV:</strong> Bally Sports Southeast</p>
<p id="E9134N"><strong>Streaming:</strong> MLB.tv</p>
<p id="mqbubX"><strong>Radio:</strong> 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan, WNNX 100.5, Braves Radio Network</p>
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