Chris Sale shook off a homer on the seventh pitch of the game and Marcell Ozuna kept up his torrid start with two more RBIs, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 Friday night in the opener of a series matching MLB's two best teams.
The Guardians like to use their offense and baserunning to pressure the opposition into mistakes. Friday night they discovered that Atlanta plays that game as well. Cleveland, in the opening game of a series between the teams with the best records in the big leagues, made one too many mistakes in a 6-2 loss to the Braves at Truist Park. First baseman David Fry was called for obstruction and right-hander Tyler Beede a balk which led to three of Atlanta's six runs.
The Atlanta Braves entered Wednesday in first place in the National League East with a 16-6 record, the best in the entire National League. They are making a ton of noise to begin the 2024 season and have high expectations. Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud dropped an honest take on the state of the team and what lies ahead for them (h/t David O'Brien of The Athletic).
No | Player | P |
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49 | P | |
60 | P | |
55 | P | |
54 | P | |
26 | P | |
77 | P | |
38 | P | |
52 | P | |
40 | P | |
68 | P | |
33 | P | |
50 | P | |
68 | P | |
51 | P | |
99 | P |
No | Player | P |
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12 | C | |
45 | C | |
16 | C |
No | Player | P |
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1 | 2B | |
11 | SS | |
15 | 2B | |
28 | 1B | |
27 | 3B | |
65 | SS |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
13 | RF | |
14 | LF | |
23 | CF | |
24 | LF |
No | Player | P |
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20 | DH |