Atlanta ties up NLDS with late heroics
Atlanta center fielder Michael Harris II catches a fly ball off the bat of Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Castellanos in the ninth inning of Game 2 of a baseball NL Division Series on Oct. 9 in Atlanta.Baseball’s most potent group of sluggers finally got into the swing of things – maybe just in time to save the season for the Atlanta Braves.
D'Arnaud, who started at catcher over slumping Sean Murphy, gave the Braves hope with his shot into the left-field seats in the seventh, cutting Philadelphia’s lead to 4-3.Riley provided the second, driving a 3-2 pitch from Jeff Hoffman into the Phillies bullpen with two outs in the eighth to put the Braves ahead for the first time in the best-of-five series. Ronald Acuña Jr. scored ahead of Riley after being plunked on the left arm by Hoffman’s first pitch coming in from the bullpen.
Harper had rounded second base when Harris made the grab. He backtracked desperately, and the throw back to the infield skidded past second baseman Ozzie Albies. But Riley alertly backed up the play and zipped a throw to first that completed the double-play. Wheeler fanned the side in each of the first two innings, with the Braves making contact on just 12 of 26 strikes. Matt Olson was the lone baserunner, reaching when Turner bobbled a routine grounder to shortstop.
Fried, who went on the injured list late in the season with a recurring blister issue, laboured through four innings. He surrendered three runs and six hits and was lucky to leave the game trailing only 3-0.
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