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?
Atlanta, GA
Philadelphia Phillies lose fifth straight game to end homestand, swept by Atlanta Braves
Michael Harris II homered and had three hits as the streaking Atlanta Braves defeated the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 on Sunday night to complete a three-game sweep of their NL East rivals.
Ozzie Albies hit an RBI double and Austin Riley also drove in a run for the Braves, who have won five in a row and nine of 11. It was Atlanta’s first series sweep of at least three games at Philadelphia in 10 years.
Kyle Schwarber went deep for the Phillies, who have lost five straight and 10 of 13. They were outscored 56-33 on a 2-7 homestand against the Diamondbacks, Cubs and Braves, leaving Philadelphia 6 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta in the division standings.
Raisel Iglesias escaped trouble in the ninth inning for his fifth save. Philadelphia put runners on first and second with one out, but Trea Turner struck out and Schwarber lined out to right field on an excellent running catch by Ronald Acuña Jr.
Tyler Kinley (3-0) pitched a scoreless sixth for the win.
Schwarber’s two-run shot in the first gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead.
Harris homered leading off the third before the Braves went ahead in the fifth with three runs against rookie starter Andrew Painter (1-1) and lefty reliever Tim Mayza.
Painter was lifted after he opened the inning by allowing singles to Harris and Acuña. Mayza loaded the bases with a walk, and the Braves tied the game on Matt Olson’s groundout. Riley’s dribbler to third went for an RBI infield single, and Albies’ double to the left-field wall made it 4-2.
Riley saved at least one run while ending a Philadelphia threat in the bottom of the fifth with a stellar defensive play at third base.
Braves starter Grant Holmes allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings.
On a chilly night, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto sat out after leaving Saturday’s game with lower back tightness.
Up next
Braves: Begin a four-game series Monday night at Washington. RHP Bryce Elder (2-1, 0.77 ERA) opposes Nationals RHP Jake Irvin (1-2, 6.16).
Phillies: Open seven-game trip Monday night with the first of four games against the Cubs. RHP Aaron Nola (1-4, 4.03 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Colin Rea (2-0, 3.63).
Atlanta Hawks (46-36, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference)
New York; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT
LINE: Knicks -5.5; over/under is 216.5
EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Knicks lead series 1-0
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks host the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Knicks won the last matchup 113-102 on Saturday, led by 28 points from Jalen Brunson. CJ McCollum led the Hawks with 26.
The Knicks are 35-17 in Eastern Conference games. New York has a 9-4 record in one-possession games.
The Hawks are 27-25 in Eastern Conference play. Atlanta is third in the league scoring 18.1 fast break points per game. McCollum leads the Hawks averaging 5.0.
The Knicks are shooting 47.8% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 47.4% the Hawks allow to opponents. The Hawks are shooting 47.4% from the field, 1.4% higher than the 46.0% the Knicks’ opponents have shot this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 20.1 points and 11.9 rebounds for the Knicks. Brunson is averaging 19.9 points over the last 10 games.
Dyson Daniels is scoring 11.9 points per game and averaging 6.8 rebounds for the Hawks. Nickeil Alexander-Walker is averaging 21.3 points and 2.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 6-4, averaging 110.4 points, 40.7 rebounds, 26.2 assists, 8.4 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.9 points per game.
Hawks: 5-5, averaging 117.2 points, 43.5 rebounds, 27.7 assists, 8.4 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.0 points.
INJURIES: Knicks: Tyler Kolek: day to day (oblique), Mitchell Robinson: day to day (ankle), Karl-Anthony Towns: day to day (elbow).
Hawks: Jock Landale: out (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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