Tyler Matzek came on for the eighth, making his first appearance on a big league mound given that 2015, and his second profession relief look. It was over very rapidly, as he offered up only a comebacker single while his night began and ended with a strikeout. Grant Dayton covered the video game up with a two-strikeout inning of his own, quiting just a single to one-time Brave Rene Rivera.
Porcello offered up back-to-back one-out singles in the second, but Ronald Acuña Jr.s unpleasant start to 2020 continued as he hit into an inning-ending double play (after starting out to start the video game). That, too, was simply the calm before the tempest of Braves bats that eventually chased Porcello– seven straight Braves reached to begin the third, and it was 7-1 by the time that was all said and done. Albies began the frame by reaching on a mistake, while Ozuna, Swanson, and Ender Inciarte each hit RBI doubles. Porcello left after the very first 5 batters of the inning, but Corey Oswalt didnt fare any better. In addition to giving up Inciartes RBI double in the third, Oswalt yielded a two-run homer to Swanson in the fourth, an RBI double to Albies in the 5th (scoring Acuña, who got his very first extra-base hit of the year with a double best in advance), and after that homers to both Ozuna and Austin Riley, the latter a prodigious, outrageous moonshot that went an estimated 458 feet, in the 6th.
After Newcomb left, Jhoulys Chacin began for his 2020 debut in his 2nd stint as a Brave. Chacin was type of the opposite of Newcomb, as he got 11 outs on just 54 pitches, though kind of like Newcomb, there were a lot of balls in play– Chacin set out simply one batter, and walked just one batter (the first one he dealt with in the video game). Newcomb had 9 three-balls counts in his 3 1⁄3 innings of work; Chacin had four.
That, too, was just the calm prior to the tempest of Braves bats that eventually chased Porcello– seven straight Braves reached to begin the third, and it was 7-1 by the time that was all said and done. Every Braves starter had at least one hit; novice William Contreras, making his first significant league start, had three.
Newcomb hit back-to-back batters in the first with one out, however got out of it by striking out Yoenis Cespedes and getting a groundout from Michael Conforto. He retired the very first 2 males up in the 2nd, but then provided up a ghastly five-pitch walk to backup catcher Tomas Nido, threw a wild pitch, and let Brandon Nimmo double to deep left, cutting the then-lead to just a run. He was pulled after Nidos one-out double in the 4th, having gotten 10 outs on 82 pitches, with two strolls and 2 hit batsmen versus one strikeout (but eight groundouts).
By the time Oswalt was gone, it was 12-1 Braves, however they added a couple more off Paul Sewald, as Albies linked for his first longball of the year over the wall in center, another no-doubter of a blast. The Braves stopped working to score in simply 3 innings in this game– Porcellos 2nd, Sewalds eighth, and Hunter Stricklands ninth.
Going blow-by-blow in this one seems almost unnecessary, as the game rapidly mutated into a laugher. Even before the Mets came to bat, they were down 2-0, as Rick Porcello quit a one-out double to Ozzie Albies, walked Freddie Freeman, and then quit back-to-back RBI hits to Matt Adams and Dansby Swanson. Adams was tossed out attempting to take 3rd on the latter, but it wound up not mattering at all in the end.
About 24 hours prior to this video game began, the Braves were down to their last strike and in danger of beginning the 2020 season 0-2 by losing 2 straight to the Mets. Instead, Marcell Ozuna took Edwin Diaz deep to ideal center, and the Braves won their first video game of the season in extra innings. As a follow-up to those heroics, Ozuna and the Braves absolutely obliterated the Mets by a 14-1 rating for their first series win of 2020.
The Braves will now head to St. Petersburg, where theyll attempt to defeat the Rays, who likewise enhanced to 2-1 on Sunday by walking it off against the Blue Jays.
About 24 hours before this video game started, the Braves were down to their last strike and in risk of beginning the 2020 season 0-2 by losing 2 straight to the Mets. Instead, Marcell Ozuna took Edwin Diaz deep to ideal center, and the Braves won their very first video game of the season in extra innings. As a follow-up to those heroics, Ozuna and the Braves absolutely wiped out the Mets by a 14-1 score for their very first series win of 2020.
The offending part of the journal for the Braves was ostentatious. The 13-run margin of triumph was their biggest since a 15-1 win against the Phillies last June, and their biggest versus the Mets since a 15-2 win in Citi Fields inaugural 2009 season. Dansby Swanson drove in 5, tying a profession high. Ozzie Albies had two doubles to choose his homer. Every Braves starter had at least one hit; rookie William Contreras, making his very first big league start, had three. The Braves had 5 strolls and just six strikeouts. Perhaps the only Brave still not having too much enjoyable out there: Ronald Acuña Jr., who went just 1-for-6 with a couple of strikeouts and a GIDP, along with another really weak groundout.
