Padres vs. Braves Game Highlights (4/9/23) | MLB Highlights

What did Dylan Dodd do in his first game that had Brian Snitker say he's going right back out there for game two. Well the best way to impress a pitching coach or a manager is to be fearless on the mound and fill up the strike zone and that's what he does. He only had thirty four walks and one hundred and fifty six innings in his entire minor league career. Top of the second for this game here at Truist Park. Jake Cronenworth coming up for the Padres against the young left hander Dylan Dodd. Next one at Cronenworth and this one is lifted deep to right field back goes Acuna. He watches it off the base of the wall fielded cleanly strong crowd a second not in time on an arm by Acuna and good hustle by Cronenworth and a lead off double. So here is Kim last year's shortstop. He swings at the first one this one to the gap and that's going to get down off the wall. That's going to bring Cronenworth in from second back to back doubles one nothing Padres. About that not wasting any time whatsoever. The adjustment seems to be swinging early against Dodds and Bogaerts just rifled a shot he's aboard some Bogaerts at first for Manny Machado Manny swings at the first one Acuna is going to have to come hard. Here he comes. Oh what a catch by Ronald Acuna no but dropped it and it's a fair ball I believe so going to third base is Bogaerts everybody froze there it looked like he had it in fair territory and then he lost it and as a result going to third a good hustle is Bogaerts Nelson Cruz who got the day off yesterday again plenty of room between first and second I'll be shaded up the middle that ball is ripped and Nelson Cruz has left the building a three run home run from the forty two year old designated hitter can't make a mistake like that to the boomstick still got some bad speed over one hundred and eight miles an hour top of the fourth inning in Atlanta Padres with a four nothing lead on the Braves this ball is hard off the bat of Trent Grisham and that one is gone the Padres continue to attack Dodd with that first pitch and they have capitalized in a major way. Trent Grisham second time he hits the ball hard first time he's able to be rewarded for it. Manny Machado coming to bat that's a fair ball down the line and rounding here's that throw from Acuna and second base Manny Machado that's a great play by Manny Machado with two outs force Acuna to throw you out he did lefty to lefty against Juan Soto Goodwood here deep right center field and off the top of the wall for Soto about a two strike double off Dodd choked up shortened up was able to slow down the at bat with that throw to and be himself Soto having a good game a single and a double now and here's Cruz who homered his last time up and this one is hooked into left that's going to get down and it is a fair ball. Nelson Cruz picks up another RBI and it bounces into the stands for a ground rule double home run a double four runs batted in for the boomstick has not been a day at the beach for that guy Dylan Dodd he's coming out of the game looks like the lefty Lucas Littke is coming in Braves got a big hole to dig out of six if a song drove in the first Padre run of the night with an RBI double in the second inning that played in Jake Cronenworth that's a really good job by Kim this one is deep at the wall leaping and it is over the wall and Eddie Rosario Kim went down and took this off the ground for a two run shot and it's eight nothing looks like he overran it to the point where he was a little towards to the left of the ball when he reaches out hits right off the end of the glove here Seth Lugo gave you good seven innings his first time out we're in the bottom of the fifth he's got a commanding eight nothing leading give you another seven innings tonight RC off the end of this bat and that's through snakes its way all the way to Trent Grisham in center field and lead off single for Orlando RCA hard shot up the middle RCA turns he'll go to third Soto's throw comes in and the eight nine hitters RCA and Hilliard back to back singles off Lugo this feels like the Braves chance if you're going to do something tonight down eight zip you do it here with nobody out top of the order up back up the middle it goes right past Lugo Campbell go to third and he will get Hilliard there Wow Hassan Kim cuts down Hilliard at third the one comes in and a quick dip goes to first now they're loaded this is this is an historic potential night for Nelson Cruz and that one's going to get down in center field he's adding to his RBI total he had four before that at bat he's got six now he brings in two more and the Padres have reached double digits six RBI night for Nelson Cruz we watch Olsen step in with two on here three two on the way to Olsen and that one's in the left field and that's going to get down in front of Soto that's going to bring in the Braves second run RBI Matt Olsen and the boomstick still getting it done and here he is to lead off the ninth inning out on that back leg we're going to get hit it's a good place to get hit tell his foot that he ran on the bunion to Adam of the ninth inning Nabil Chris Matt worked to scoreless eight back out there to try and finish this thing off Padres in front of the Braves tended to want to swing and miss Chris Matt strikes him out that is the second of the night for Nabil and one away in the bottom of the ninth inning Padres two outs away from taking three out of four here in Atlanta what a start to this road trip pitch Olsen grounded off Chris Matt's glove deflects to the right side Kim tracks it down throw to first is in time and the Braves are down to their final out in the bottom of the ninth inning Adrian's and now steps to the plate for the Braves the two down and a pop up here comes Soto if it lands in his glove that'll do it and the Padres take three or four from Atlanta and do it on Sunday night in decisive fashion thanks to six RBI from Nelson Cruz and a couple of hits from Soto 10 to the final a lot of loud sounds off the bats of the Padres tonight except Lugo looking the very much the part of a good starting rotation member.