After a wild pitch scored Freeman to make it 8-4, Conley walked Yonder Alonso to pack the bases. Charlie Culberson would make him pay, driving a double into the gap that cleared the bases and made it a one-run game at 8-7.
Atlanta Braves baseball officially returned Tuesday night with an eight-run eighth inning and a walk-off crowning achievement by Matt Adams in a 10-9 exhibit win over the Miami Marlins.
Foltynewicz left after tossing 69 pitches over 4 1/3 innings, permitting nine hits and six earned runs. He struck out 4 and didnt walk anybody.
” Im throwing the ball fine. Its never fun throwing in the rain for 5 innings. My cleats were a mess, could not get a grip of the ball,” Foltynewicz said after exiting. “My fastball is coming out where it required to be so Im not stressed over that.”
Atlanta finally got on the board in the 6th inning when Freddie Freeman scored and worked a two-out walk from first on a double off the wall by Marcell Ozuna to make it 6-1.
Brian Anderson grounded to Austin Riley at third for a forceout, but Corey Dickerson followed with a single to center that scored 2 go to make it 5-0. Jesus Aguilar then dumped in another single that scored Anderson to make it 6-0, ending Foltynewiczs night.
Freeman followed with a single that scored Duvall to make it 8-2. Solarte scored on the play to cut the deficit to 8-3.
Foltynewicz left after throwing 69 pitches over 4 1/3 innings, enabling 9 hits and 6 earned runs. Its never enjoyable tossing in the rain for 5 innings. Josh Tomlin and Tyler Matzek integrated for 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Foltynewicz before Miami extended their lead versus reliever Chris Rusin in the eighth. Rusin instantly ran into difficulty, strolling Garrett Cooper to lead off the inning. He escaped further damage as Monte Harrison lined into a double play to end the inning.
Alex Vesia set out Braden Shewmake and Harris to open the ninth, however Matt Adams got on an 0-1 fastball and drove it out to right for the walk-off winner.
It was all Marlins early on as they built a giant lead against Mike Foltynewicz, making his last warm-up start.
The outing was a combined bag all the way around for Foltynewicz, who stated that his primary concern was getting his 75 pitches in and dealing with his changeup. He travelled through the very first two innings while enabling simply one baserunner, then faced big time difficulty in the third as Jorge Alfaro, Miguel Rojas and Jonathan Villar linked on back-to-back-to-back homers to offer Miami a 3-0 lead.
Foltynewicz set out 2 in a scoreless fourth however faced problem in the 5th. Alfaro led off with a single and Rojas followed with a chopper that deflected off of Foltynewiczs glove for an infield hit. Dansby Swanson then made a sliding stop on a grounder by Villar but his throw cruised high and pulled Ozzie Albies off the bag at second to fill the bases.
Josh Tomlin and Tyler Matzek combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Foltynewicz prior to Miami extended their lead against reducer Chris Rusin in the 8th. Rusin instantly ran into trouble, walking Garrett Cooper to lead off the inning.
Contreras then struck out for the 2nd out of the inning, however Adam Duvall delivered a single to left that scored Culberson to give Atlanta the lead for the very first time all video game. The lead would not last long: Chad Sobotka enabled a long home run to Jesus Sanchez with one out in the ninth to tie things back up at 9-9.
