The Atlanta Braves (21-14) took on the Boston Red Sox (12-24) in a thriller, where the Braves bats came out hot from the start at Fenway Park.
Ian Anderson started on the mound for the Braves tonight; the up and coming young pitcher entered the game 1-0 on the season with a 1.13 ERA through eight-innings pitched.
Ryan Weber would start on the mound for the Red Sox, 0-2 on the season with a 6.23 ERA through 26 innings pitched.
Out of the gate, the top of the order for the Braves got red hot real fast. Marcell Ozuna would crush the ball to deep left field over the monster to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in the top of the first-inning.
After a hot first-inning from the Braves bats, Anderson would take the mound with an easy first-inning.
The second-inning, Weber would settle down, and the game would settle in, with the Braves still leading 2-0.
Anderson had an easy second-inning as well. Weber would have a smooth third-inning as well.
Anderson would struggle in the bottom of the third-inning, Tzu-Wei Lin would single a line drive to center field and make it to first.
After that, Jonathan Arauz would ground out to second, but Lin would advance to second. Alex Verdugo would single a ball to center field, allowing Boston to close the Braves lead 2-1.
A wild pitch from Anderson would get away from d’Arnaud, allowing Verdugo to advance to second.
Rafael Devers would crack a double to center field, allowing Verdugo to get home for the Red Sox to tie the game up 2-2.
Anderson would end the inning, striking out Xander Bogaerts, to keep the game level 2-2 going into the fourth inning.
Weber would easily retire three straight Braves, making it seven straight, to send the game to the bottom of the fourth-inning, still tied.
Anderson, would strikeout Jackie Bradley Jr. and Lin to grab his fifth strikeout of the night and send the game to the fifth inning, still tied 2-2.
Josh Tyler would replace Weber to start the inning, with a 9.64 ERA on the season, who would throw 22 pitches in his first inning and ultimately keep the game tied up.
Anderson would have an easy enough inning, grabbing his sixth strikeout of the game and keeping the game tied 2-2 going into the sixth inning.
Robert Stock would replace Tyler in the top of the sixth inning, who would allow Nick Markakis to score, on a Riley single to shallow right field, to give the Braves the 3-2 lead.
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d’Arnaud would score, to extend the Braves lead by two, before Stock would be replaced by Austin Brice, who came into the game with a 6.48 ERA.
Brice, would strikeout Swanson to send the game to the bottom of the sixth inning, however, with the Braves leading 4-2.
Anderson would pick up his eighth strikeout of the game in only his second big league start, to send the game to the seventh inning, with the Braves leading 4-2.
Ozuna would tame the monster for the second time, with a solo home run off Kyle Hart, who would replace Brice in the top of the seventh inning to extend the Braves lead to three.
d’Arnaud would grab a single to right field, but Riley would groundout to end the inning with the Braves leading 5-2.
A.J. Minter would replace Anderson in the bottom of the seventh inning, with a 0.69 ERA on the season.
Minter would have an easy one, two, three bottoms of the seventh, with the Braves leading 5-2.
Inciarte would crack a line drive to center field, allowing Camargo to advance to second. The very next play, Swanson would crack a single, allowing Camargo to go home to give the Braves a 6-2 lead.
Freddie Freeman would extend his hit streak to 15, sending one to left field to give the Braves a 7-2 lead.
Ozuna would have a three-home run night, grabbing his 11th home run of the season to give the Braves a 10-2 lead, sending all the Braves home.
Hart would stop the hemorrhaging, however, to send the game to the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Braves leading 10-2
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Shane Greene would replace Minter to start the eighth inning for the Braves, who would start the inning by striking out Devers.
Greene would struggle, however, giving up a score from Bradley Jr., who would hit a line drive to center field to send Bogaerts home for the Red Sox to close the Braves lead by seven.
Greene would retire the Red Sox, however, on a pop fly, with the Braves leading 10-3 going into the ninth inning.
Jeffrey Springs would replace Hart for the Red Sox, with a 9.28 ERA on the season. However, he would easily retire the Braves to send the game to the bottom of the ninth inning, with the Braves leading 10-3.
Huascar Ynoa would replace Greene to finish the game for the Braves, with a 4.32 ERA this season.
The Braves would end the game with a fantastic double play, giving the Braves the 10-3 win, winning the series, going for the sweep tomorrow night at 7:30 EST, with Robbie Erlin starting on the mound for the Braves.
