Friday's Braves Report: A sweet one-run win; Inciarte still good; Minter settles in; No. 2 farm system; observations, and more
Sanchez sharp, bullpen holds off Mets
Anibal Sanchez went six innings with a two-hitter and the bullpen held on as Atlanta nipped the Mets 2-1 for its fifth straight win.
Sanchez struck out nine and walked two, and was followed by Dan Winkler, Jesse Biddle, and A.J. Minter, who threw an inning each of no-hit ball, Minter getting his eighth save as Sanchez improved to 6-3.
Jacob deGrom went eight innings, with nine strikeouts and a walk in falling to 5-7, with a sterling 1.85 ERA.
The Braves went up 2-1 in the fifth with a two-out run on back to back doubles from Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies.
Acuna went 2-for-4.
Inciarte: I’m still pretty good, ya know
Minter settles into closer role
Division odds improve after deadline
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Next 5
Saturday, 7:10 p.m., at NY Mets, FSSO
Sunday, 1:10 p.m., at NY Mets, FSSO
Tuesday, 1:05 p.m., at Washington, FSSO; 7:05 p.m.,MLB/FSSE
Wednesday, 7:05 p.m., at Washington, FSSE
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From beat writers Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter (and others when notable)
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Acuña went from home to third base in 11.15 seconds on his leadoff triple last night, fastest such time for #Braves this season and 4th-fastest since 2015 according to Statcast./DOB
Freddie Freeman vs. #Mets Mets this season: .400 (20-for-50) with 12 RBIs in 13 games. His 95 career RBIs against them are third-most among active players behind Chase Utley (116) and Ryan Zimmerman (103)/DOB
Acuña leading off any inning: 18-for-57 (.316) with four doubles, a triple, five homers, .361 OBP and 1.045 OPS./DOB
Freddie Freeman's numbers vs. LHP are ridiculous: .338/.399/.599 in 158 PA. The last left-handed hitter to eclipse those numbers against LHP, over a full season, was Barry Bonds in 2003./Joe Trezza, MLB.com
Braves have won all 4 games against #Mets starter Jacob deGrom this season despite him pretty much dominating -- only 2 runs allowed in 25 inningsof those games./DOB
deGrom has the lowest home ERA (1.66) in the majors.... He has a 1.80 career ERA vs. #Braves (19 earned/95 IP) and has allowed 1 or no runs in five consecutive starts against them./DOB
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Johan Camargo with a BLAST off deGrom. He's a superstar. 1-0./GB
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Anibal Sanchez's night is over. Threw six innings of one-run ball, struck out nine. Season ERA now at 2.89./GB
It is truly remarkable how deGrom's efforts go to waste. He was even responsible for Mets' only run. Pitched eight innings, allowed two runs. Still left trailing./GB
The Braves have scored four runs across 33 innings in five games against Jacob DeGrom this season. Atlanta is 5-0 in those games.
Braves win, 2-1. They're 5-for-5 against deGrom, 5-0 at Citi Field and now on a 5-game winning streak. By the way, this was road game No. 55. 59-47./GMB
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