Atlanta, GA
Brewers bring Braves to rock bottom in 10-0 beatdown
Well, there’s no point in really running down this game in the typical recap fashion since nothing exciting really happened for the Atlanta Braves in this one. Right after the Braves got smoked by the Marlins to end their weekend series in a disappointing split, the Braves got absolutely pulverized by the Milwaukee Brewers to the tune of 10-0 — on OutKast Night, no less!
Considering Atlanta’s abysmal record this season when the opposition scores at least four runs (they are now 7-43 in such games. Seven and forty-three!), you could genuinely make the argument that this game was over by the second innings. That when the Brewers added on a run with an RBI single from Joey Ortiz to make it 4-0 Milwaukee. It was absolutely over once Bryce Elder was done — the Brewers indeed got their revenge for what happened when he saw them in Milwaukee and they tagged him for seven runs over 3.2 innings.
That included eight hits, two homers (from Willy Adames by himself) and two walks. Hey, at least he racked up six strikeouts while he was out there! That was the only positive that he could take away from this one. Still, Willy Adames had a great day against Elder the last time he saw him and he outdid himself this time.
If you want highlights of the Braves hitting the baseball against the Brewers at Truist Park, go watch Freddie Freeman’s home run from Game 4 of the NLDS because you aren’t going to find any action on Atlanta’s part in this one. I’ll even provide a link for you and embed the video! Hooray Braves!
The only drama left in this game once the Braves eventually went down 9-0 in the sixth inning was whether or not the Braves would break their shutout streak. Atlanta went into this game having failed to score a run since the third inning on Saturday and while the Braves gave it the ol’ college try and racked up six hits, they went 0-for-6 with RISP and left six men on base on their way to getting shut out for the seventh time this season and for the second game in a row.
As Scott Coleman mentioned over on X Twitter, this wasn’t exactly Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz that the Braves have been dealing with during this shutout streak.
The Braves have not scored a run in 19 innings. These are the pitchers they’ve faced in that time
Jesus Tinoco, Declan Cronin, Anthony Bender, Andrew Nardi, Calvin Faucher, Edward Cabrera, Emmanuel Ramirez, George Soriano, Collin Rea
Outscored 17-0 since their last run
— Scott Coleman (@scottcoleman55) August 7, 2024
After the game ended 10-0, you can update that Tweet with Joe Ross’ name and run it up to 24 innings — the longest scoreless streak the Braves have had in 10 years. It’s the first time they’ve been shutout in consecutive nine-inning games since 2014, which is when the Phillies managed to keep them off the scoreboard for that long.
With all due respect to each one of those big league pitchers, not being able to scratch a run past any of those guys is embarrassing. The worst part is that this complete outage of offense has come at a time where the NL Wild Card race is tightening up and getting to the point where the Braves could be on the outside looking in if this keeps up for much longer. While I think we all expected that there would be a bit of a downturn with all of the injuries, I can’t say that any of us expected Atlanta to look so feeble at the plate at any point this season.
Well, maybe some of y’all are used to it by now (again, seven and forty-three!) but it’s still been extremely rough to watch lately. As usual when it comes to baseball, the good news is that we can all forget about this if the Braves break out tomorrow and put a bunch of runs on the board on their way to winning and breaking out of this nightmarish slump. With that being said, I will give one (1) gold star to Luke Williams for pitching a scoreless inning in the ninth inning. Great job, man! Way to shut ’em down!
Other than that, all you can do is file this game directly into the garbage can, forget about it as soon as possible and move on to tomorrow’s game at 7:20 P.M. E.T. I might be tempting the baseball gods by saying this but surely things can’t get much worse than this, right? Right?
Two teams in the National League playoff race will meet Tuesday night in the first of a three-game series at Truist Park.
The Milwaukee Brewers (62-49, first in the NL Central) will travel to Atlanta to meet the Braves (60-51, second in the NL East) in a game that’s scheduled to start at 7:20 p.m. EDT.
TBS will carry the action, which you can live stream on Sling TV (discount) and DirecTV Stream (FREE trial and discount).
Colin Rea (9-3, 3.59 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 90 strikeouts) will start for the Brewers against Bryce Elder (2-4, 5.67 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 40 strikeouts) for the Braves.
Milwaukee has played fairly well on the road this season, with a 31-28 record. Brewers hitters have a collective .330 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the NL.
They are 4-6 in their last 10 games and are coming off a series loss to the Washington Nationals.
The Brewers have lost four of five overall, including 4-3 to the Nationals on Sunday despite a homer by Gary Sánchez.
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Rhys Hoskins is third on the Brewers with 29 extra base hits (10 doubles and 19 home runs). Jackson Chourio is 16-for-42 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.
Atlanta has been tough in Truist Park, entering with a 32-23 record at home. They just split a series at home with the Florida Marlins, losing 7-0 on Sunday.
Atlanta Braves’ Marcell Ozuna hits a home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, July 12, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP
The Braves are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Austin Riley had three hits for the Braves, and catcher Sean Murphy reached base three times with two walks and a single.
Marcell Ozuna has 20 doubles and 32 home runs for the Braves while Orlando Arcia is 10-for-32 with a double, four home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.
The teams are meeting for the fourth time this season. They played on July 29-31 in Milwaukee and the Braves won two of those three games.
ATLANTA – Police are working to find out who shot a man suspected in a string of car break-ins in Midtown Atlanta.
Officers found the man shot in the head behind the wheel of a gray Jeep on Bishop Street just before 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
Medics rushed the man to a local hospital in critical condition.
Investigators say they found two vehicles that were burglarized near the victim and believe the man may have been behind similar car burglaries on the 3300 block of Peachtree Road in Buckhead.
“It appears an unknown suspect shot multiple times at the victim, striking him as a result,” a spokesperson with the Atlanta Police Department said in a news release.
The investigation into the shooting continues.
If you have any information that could help investigators, call the Atlanta Police Department.
KENNESAW, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Sometimes, all someone might need is a simple shower.
Michael O’Brien understands that. That’s why he founded Serve Comm, a nonprofit organization that stands at the ready to deploy resources.
He knows he could get that call to come to south Georgia any minute now.
“Typically we bring showers, laundry and food. Also, we have the ability to have internet,” O’Brien said.
Tropical Storm Debby is a slow-moving system and is bringing heavy rain and flooding to parts of south Georgia.
Metro Atlanta sending resources to south Georgia to aid with storm damage
“If you think about how long it would take you to walk across your county, that’s about how long it’s going to take this storm to move through your county,” said Chris Stallings, director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.
O’Brien said he is ready to help his neighbors. He’s been doing it since 2018.
“One of the reasons why I do this is, if something happened in my own community, there are a lot of people I can call for some favors who’d have help here immediately,” said O’Brien.
“We don’t need just teddy bears. A lot of people are going to lose valuable stuff, basic necessities,” said Stallings.
Stallings said GEMA is ready to respond as well, with utility crews and other nonprofits ready to help people impacted by Debby.
“We began prepositioning resources and allocating stockpiles of stuff to those counties we thought would be the hardest hit,” said Stallings.
The group Sirens Project told Atlanta News First they also stand at the ready to deploy resources if needed. They are located in Woodstock.
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Tropical Storm Debby brings power outages, flooding to south Georgia
Officials urge Georgians to prepare for Debby as it barrels toward Florida
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