Sunday's Braves Report: Delays, delays, and a loss; Scherzer-Strasburg, trade talk, first-half review, next 5 games; observations
Nationals survive delays a little bit better
The weather was matching the Nationals’ season this weekend.
The Braves-Nats game started about two hours late, and then was stopped again a little after 6 p.m.
Washington led 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, and kept it going for a 6-2 win to split the series.
Mike Foltynewics went 5.2 innings, with five Ks, 4 BBs, four runs and nine hits.
Max Scherzer was done after six innings, with seven strikeouts, one walk, and eight hits, stranding four runners.
Scherzer in a sort-of must-win start
Will Scherzer-Strasburg spat be a spark?
Trade talk: Interest in some Orioles?
Another review of the first half
Next 5
Monday, 7:10 p.m., at Miami, FSSE
Monday, 7:10 p.m., at Miami, FSSE
Tuesday, 12:10 p.m., at Miami, FSSE
Thursday, 7:35 p.m., vs. L. A. Dodgers, FSSE
Friday, 7:35 p.m., vs. L. A. Dodgers, FSS
From beat writers Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter (and others when notable)
Acuña is again leading off. Culberson hitting second./GB
Doubles have accounted for half of the eight hits Inciarte now has in 37 at-bats against Scherzer/MB
It wouldn't be surprising for Braves to add bench bat. Flaherty has made just eight starts since late April, has 27 at-bats since June 1 (hit .134). Culberson, Tucker, Reed round out current group./GB
his is Inciarte's first multi-hit game since July 4 and 27th of the season. He had 37 multi-hit performances through last year's first 96 games./MB
With Harper's RBI single, left-handed batters are now 9-for-23 (.391) with six walks over the past 30 plate appearances against Sam Freeman./MB
Snitker on Sam Freeman: "We need that kid to be a big part of what we're doing down there. He's capable, he's done it before and he'll do it again. We just need to hang with him."/GB
Snitker on Acuna getting thrown out on his single off the CF wall: “He just got caught up watching the ball. That just can’t happen. With a guy like him who can run like that, it’s a double a hundred times out of a hundred."/MB
From Saturday
The Braves will stick with Folty for (Sunday’s) start. (Saturday’s) scheduled starter Sean Newcomb will now start Monday against the Marlins, who have the Majors’ second-worst OPS vs LHPs. Teheran will start Tuesday’s game./MB
Folty is one of 74 starting pitchers who have had at least 50 plate appearances end with a slider. The .124 (17-for-137) batting avg. he's allowed ranks fifth best among this group. Opponents hit .188 (25-for-133) vs. his slider last year./MB