Braves vs. Nationals Game Highlights (4_21_26) _ MLB Highlights

Foster Griffin the lefty making start number five. Yeah start number five. We look at it to know the three or five year rate just your standard seven pitch mix that you're going to get Foster Griffin and it is a pleasure to watch because we get to see it work in so many different ways. Here's a Kunya to lead it off. There was some concern when he played tonight. The good news folks he is out there ready to lead off. That one's in there and now Acuna is going to challenge. He's not been good on these guys this year. So both teams only going to have one challenge to play with the rest of the way. Took seven pitches but Griffin gets Acuna to start off our night. He's now three for nine on that A.B.S. Ozzie Albies digs in from the right side his stronger side. Find out the left center in his eye. A nice running catch. So eleven pitches all that Foster Griffin needs to get through a one two three first. And Reynaldo Lopez made his debut on this mound as a national back in 2016. And now here he is a decade later with the Atlanta Braves. That's got to be kind of cool for Ronaldo right. The organization and where you kind of cut your teeth. James Wood draws the walk to start the game. Here's Luis Garcia Jr. after the leadoff walk to wood with a jab step as Garcia rips one out to right. James will go first to third with these as Acuna bottles it the Nationals threatening here early against Reynaldo Lopez would at third Garcia at first and up comes Jacob Young. Taking off from first is Garcia throw cannot beat him. Tag applied by Dubon it was close but Garcia rips a bag and now there's two in scoring position for the Nats in the first see it with his second stolen base of the year and now young the liner up the middle would will score easily Garcia held the third and young on a high throw going to advance all the way to second. That a baby great pace running by the batter runner young and again two in scoring position with the Nats up one nothing now. Good swing right up the middle but Louie got going so Michael Harris can look and see if Lou don't get that jump I think Michael Harris might just shut it down right now to in scoring position for Abrams another three to take it up and that'll load the bases for Dale and Lyle. He takes it away three walks in the inning including back to back free passes by Abrams and Lyle and a bases loaded walk makes it to nothing. Nats here's Nassim Nunez batting sixth in the order in field back for Atlanta Taos Nunez a busted bat flair at the center that's going to fall to the plate young everybody moving up 90 feet and the Nationals are making Reynaldo Lopez work here in the first already three across and the base is still loaded with nobody out. And there is the first out comes thirty five pitches into the outing for Reynaldo Lopez and it gets the start as the D.H. He does get the strikeout of Taina for out number two and now we'll see what happens. Miller's. Softly to short Dubon has it and makes the play forty six pitches three runs later. Rains offense with some work to do on a chilly Tuesday night. This is a ballpark that Matt Olsen has hit extremely well in another two to get right in there with the two Seamer Foster Griffitt to Kase both OK to down for Mauricio Dubon base is empty. Dubon gives it a ride out to right center toward the gap. This one is going to plug the gap and bounce up against the wall. There's the first hit first base runner for Atlanta. It's a Dubon double and he does it against the Griffin cutter here and finding another gap an eight pitch at bat and it gives a chance to Michael Harris left on left matchup. Driven down that's going to get the Braves on the board doubles first Dubon now Harris three to one. That's Michael doing his homework and being ready for this left on left matchup. We talk about Michael's exit velocity consistently. Here he is at one hundred and three Jonah Heimel back with Harris at second and two down Finn to see Nunez to his left. Nice adjustment to throw out Jonah Heim second inning and James Wood is striding to the plate to lead off for the second straight time. The one barreled out to left center is Paul's carrying a screamer off the bat of James Wood. He has three hits on the homestand. All three of them have been out that way into the bullpen for one Washington here in the second. I don't think Michael Harris moved. No he didn't. I was about to say one fourteen point five off the bat. Here's Garcia three to swing a little soft line drive base hit past the ranging third baseman Riley and out in the left field. So Garcia pokes that one off the end of the bat and through. And so Lopez gives up a homer in a single and Walt Weiss is coming out. He only records three outs and he leaves in the second inning six time that we've seen Jose Suarez this year. He knows what the job is. Get as deep as you possibly can. Jacob Young will bat with no outs and Garcia at first to the backstop that went off the glove of Heim barely a wild wild pitch and sends Garcia to second. Out to left field Eli White is over to take it one away. He's in Dale and Lyle Garcia second now two away. Well good job by Suarez. He comes in and gets Abrams and Lyle and Young in order here to send us to the third. It'll be nine one and two for the Braves starting with Eli White. What a job. Now he's going to run a John James Wood laying out towards the line to take one away from Eli White doing it all tonight off the bat. He had what a play two down in the third for Drake Baldwin would listen deep out to right center. Drake Baldwin strikes yet again and it's four to two sixth of the season. All of the solo shots for Baldwin the second against the left hand of pitcher he came in just destroying left hand of pitching. He does it again against that curveball from the three walks in the inning. Wood Young and now Lyle and the bases are loaded for Nassim Nunez. High in the air toward the right field line Acuna is in he's got it Suarez walks three but bottom line no damage done. White was robbed of an extra base hit by a diving James Wood in the third inning. I went deep to right here. How much does this have to get over the wall. Solo shots in the opposite field to make it four to three. The Braves inch closer as White knocks his first homer of the season. Nothing in Eli's teeth just a big smile after going to the opposite field. Good look there at Brady House ready to pinch it leading off the bottom of the fifth Brady swinging first pitch and a line drive single to left that died a hero and Brady House picks up a pinch hit knock to lead off the fifth inning. Now Curtis Mead will bat for Santana in the D.H. spot to two to meet with house on the move pitches up and away throw down not in time. How about Brady House getting on the move there picking up his first stolen base of the season swing and a miss three to two Seymour and Don gets the strike out. They're going to walk them guys. This is I mean yep James Wood will take the intentional pass and forces Garcia to bat against the lefty Garcia line drive out to left center. That'll get the job done. Brady House to the plate it's five to three as Luis Garcia Junior comes through left on left. Guys have the choice of maybe Tara usually Curtis Mead be going in for Louis but he chose that second spot in that order. There's something about the matchup that he likes. I still have two on for Jacob Young and Young sends it high into the sky and it will be Ozzie Albies to take it and send us to the sixth inning. Two out walk to Reilly will bring the tying run to the plate. Looks like Blake Gutierrez spinning away from that dugout and here he comes up the steps maybe not giving the ball to his manager. Let's go. All right let's go boys. Given what he's done tonight they feel like he deserves the opportunity and one more hitter finish up six innings. In on his hands over to Nunez corrals it throws out DuPont and Foster Griffin gets through six Sparlin the first up out of the bullpen the six one to twenty five Pounder out of Minnesota and one down here in the innings. Jonah in the batter now it's oh two he's got to protect. It's a pretty good swing out to right field one twist around and he can't get it. That's better than a but it's a stand up double for Jonah. Even those long limbs of James would could not come up with that one. Miller's out to chat with Gus Farley's pinch hitter introduced for Atlanta Mike Yastrzemski and he strikes out Yastrzemski for the second out of the seven Ronald over four in the series. He is do something big. Acuna ground ball left side Brady House stays down on it. Throw out Ronald Acuna Junior. So Gus Farley gives up a one out double Jonah I'm unable to move up. Miller's comes through with a base hit to left and would will come up with two men on and one out here in the bottom of the seventh inning. Big spot here. No more pitch walk will load the bases three guys on for Luis Garcia Junior meet at third Millis at second would at first Garcia line drive up to right center over towards the gap is a Acuna. He can't get it in his mead in it. Miller's stopping at third is would huge insurance runs coming off the bat of Luis Garcia Junior the last few innings. He's driven in three and the Nationals lead seven to three. At the last second look to see if Michael Harris is going to go after it. I think he thought it was hit a little bit harder than it was. He kind of went back towards the track and then came in field coming in here for Atlanta as they try and put the brakes on this Nats offense here in the seventh. I chopper and I'll bring another run in Wood to the plate. It's eight three and Jacob Young picking up his twelve RBI maybe maybe something brewing. Get the walk by Baldwin Ozzie with a single. Nobody out here came in playing up the middle. Abrams stops it and they're able to get the one at second. Olsen beats it out at first Baldwin moves to third Olsen safe at first runners at the corners for Austin Reilly. On the second wild throw. Oh my first that it's one of the strangest plays you will ever see. They somehow get it out with a one run scoring Garcia through to second base. No one was at the bag. Well that was all sorts of this combined for the Nationals. It could have been disaster. Dubon takes his base not done yet here. Chance for the Braves to really make some noise here in the eighth inning. One two from Perez chopped over his glove out to Abrams at the back and get the Nats through the top of the eight ball four on Nunez who draws a one out walk. He comes in with eight stolen bases and nine tries. Here's house runner goes from first Nunez in well ahead of the throw and he has another bag nine for ten for Nunez this year. He's going to take off again throw down. He holds the bag make it ten of eleven. Yes maybe made off the sweepers away laid off the sinker down and he works a one out walk to put him at the corners. He started the game on the bench pinch hit for the D.H. Taina and the fifth struck out and walked and scored in the seventh. No go ball fly ball to deep left field off the bat of me into the corner and it's gone. Curtis made a three run bomb and he busts it open here bottom eight like you boys like you eleven to four Nats on the second base for Acuna. OK get Drake Baldwin another at that Nationals trying to snap this six game Braves winning streak. Got a dynamite slider from Clayton Beater gets a strikeout of Baldwin and the Nationals put the finishing touches on an eleven to four win here tonight. Foster Griffin a quality start couple homers from these Nats bats they draw twelve walks and they power their way to a win in game two of this four game set.