Red Sox vs. Braves Game Highlights (5_15_26) _ MLB Highlights

It's a second annual rivalry weekend around Major League Baseball. There are 11 series between interleague rivals this weekend. Ours is Brady's versus Red Sox here at Truist Park, red out Friday. Boston comes in having lost four of six, dropping a series to Tampa, while it stays hot, taking two and three from the Dodgers and the Cubs. Spencer Strider getting the ball tonight, so encouraging what we saw his last time out at Dodger State. He turned it on in a big way. The fastball was good. His slider was back. It was a vintage. Spencer Strider and Duran with the leadoff walk. And two down here in the first inning. Here's Wilson Contreras. Picked off over to first base, might have him. They do. They just picked off Duran. Well, they've had a hard time scoring men all year. The last thing they want is to have a guy picked off, and that's exactly how the inning ends. Connelly early, 24 years old. It's a great challenge. He's facing a terrific offense. This year, it's a little bit different. He continues to adapt. Whiff hasn't been there, however. Still that 3-1-6 ERA. Great one down for Drake Baldwin. No score, bottom of the first inning. Center field, pretty well struck off the bat of Drake Baldwin. Back to the wall, but it's over the fence, and Baldwin gives the Braves the lead. You have to call him Solo Drake. I mean, that's 11 of his 12 homers now solo shots. Seven of his homers have come in the first inning this year. Get him early. First pitch here to Drake Baldwin is a four-seam fastball, pretty much middle, and he drilled it near right. What a great shot right there in the glove, and the wall helps. Raffaele looked at his glove in disbelief as it popped out on him. So, for Connelly early, he has had some trouble here early. Giving up the homer, now hitting Ozzie Albies. Here comes Matt Olsen, left-on-left matchup. Cut and a miss, and down he goes. Strike three, Olsen down swinging. Yeah, that's that sneaky fastball, top of the zone, set up by his changeup. Runners at first and second, good trip to the plate for Austin. So, Bailey out for a conversation. Braves have a record of 13-3 when facing southpaws, so hoping to see more of that here tonight. And now has to face a guy who's been one of the more productive hitters this season, Michael Harris, and popped it up. Drifting out on stereo, calling everybody off. He's there and makes the catch. Side retired. Two men left, but a run in on the Baldwin homer. Now Wilson Contreras leads off for the Red Sox. There's Peppers right there. Fastball at 98. And there's strikeout number one for Spencer Strider. Good fastball. This is 98 miles an hour here from Spencer Strider. Runner at first, bluffs. That's swung on, missed. Good fastball, 97. And he zaps Meyer. Two strikeouts in the inning. Two strikeouts by fastball. That'll bring Montesterio to the plate. Two down. Steel for Sadon. That is his third of the year, and he's in scoring position. Off the end of the bat, right back where it came from. Strider clean through two. Hasan Kim leads off. Has a ground ball on the left side, Durbin dives. He gloves, comes to his feet, throwing the first pick down by Contreras. Lovely job there. And there's one away. Durbin continues to excel defensively. I don't think he had the best grip on this ball, but you see that quick step. It's been a tougher play for Montesterio. But a nice pick by Contreras. Wilson's been so good over there. Toward the hole, another diving play, Durbin. He'll fire it a second to get the out there. That's an outstanding play. Made a couple in the inning, but two gone. Yeah, that was a beautiful one. The other one was a little slower, yeah. But actually, he bobbles and stays with it. Really nice play just to get him out. Top of the order, Durbin. He's 0 for 1 with a fly to center. Swing and a miss. He blew him away. Connelly's got his second strikeout. Nice job settling in here. Drake Baldwin gave the Braves a 1-0 lead in the first. He leads off the third. Wave and a miss. That gets by everybody. Nevaez has to go to get it and fire, but not going to get him despite the strikeout. Baldwin will advance to first base. This sweeper was way outside. I mean, this wasn't even ever close to the plate. Nevaez couldn't get to it. Two down for Austin Riley. And he strikes him out. He puts him away. Two strikeouts in the inning for Connelly early. Willier Brehu, the batter. Had Brehu to pop out to third base back in the first inning. And he strikes him out with the curveball. And good execution of the curveball. This gives you an idea. Even though he's not using it nearly as much as he did in Colorado, the confidence level that Spencer Strider has in this pitch. A lot of numbers to like for the 30-14 Atlanta Braves. Braves 61, homers now 62 after the Baldwin-Homer second most in baseball. That's what is in play. Michael gives it a ride. Right center. Sink, solo shot. Just put the jumper cables on that thing and shocked it right over the right center field wall. Two-nothing Braves. Holy smokes, what a swing. And this is not where you throw a sinker. Top of the zone, even above it a little bit. They want this ball down maybe below the zone instead it's up above. Michael's eighth homer of the season. His second this year off of a lefty. Spencer Strider, just to bring you up to date, four scoreless innings to this point. Three strikeouts, three walks, giving up one hit. Rafaela Meyer and Monsterio in this inning. Leiter in the left field, down into the corner. He hooked that ball, it's going to be fair. It takes a skip. And over the wall for a double. Sadon with a two-base hit to begin inning number five. Just keeps doing it. You know, this is a mistake. This is a bad slider up in the zone. Does what he should do to it, but still going to put the ace swing on it. That in the hands of Marcelo Meyer. Left-handed hitting second baseman. Popped up. Under it at third base, Austin Riley. He's right next to the bag. I mean, standing right in front of it makes the catch. That's the first out of the inning. One out in the top of the fifth inning. Here comes Andrew Monsterio. Play a third. Yes, they got it. That's two tonight for Sandy Leone as he gets Rafaela trying to slide into third. That's just bad baseball and a bad decision here for a team that has struggled to score runs. You're already in scoring position. One-two. Popped up left field. Coming in Mauricio Dubon. Medium-depth left. Looking up into the twilight, but he spots it and he's got it for the out. So they send the minimum to the plate in the top of the fifth. We're off to the bottom of the inning. Two-nothing Braves. Two down for Matt Olsen. Base is empty. Strike. Not called. And the Red Sox will challenge. I thought that was over the corner. Carlos taps the helmet and we'll see. And yes, on the corner. Nice job. Nice challenge. And it'll be Carlos Narvaez leading off of the Red Sox in the top of the sixth inning. Hammered into left field. It's down for a hit. Rolling for the corner. Narvaez digging for two. Up with it. Dubon. And he is safely in the second base. A stand-up double set. It's the second inning in a row and the third straight inning that the Red Sox have had the leadoff man on. You have Narvaez at second. Red Sox are trailing by two runs. They have one run out there right now. Are they going to bunt or are they going to go for the bigger inning? Durbin is not squaring yet and... Had time of swing and a miss on the slider. He's out on the front foot. I couldn't tell for a second if he got a piece of it and fouled it off, but it was held onto by Leon. Yeah, that's the slider you have to throw full count. That's Strider's fourth strikeout and his last. Here comes Walt Weiss and Dylan Lee will be called upon to face the lefty stick of Jaron Duran. Lee gets the strikeout. They know the slider is coming and it simply does not matter. It doesn't. I mean, it's good to lefties and to righties, but really devastating to these left-handed hitters. Two down for Mickey Gasper. And a base hit in the left field. Levi's hitting third. Dubon up and throwing, tumbles in to score the run. Gasper with his second hit tonight. The Red Sox get on the board. On the board, aggressive send from Emerson at third base. He's trying to make some things happen. Another quiet night for Marcel. He's had a lot of them as of late. He has struck out and popped up. Swung on, hammered, high in the air, right field and deep, back to the wall. We are tied! Marcel O'Meara makes this 2-2 with one of the biggest, loudest swings in recent Red Sox memory. Man, oh, man. 2-2 game in the seventh. Ward just hit homers. He gets this little hanging breaking ball, which is really nice to see. That first extra base hit in 17 games. There's that slider. Spinner just left it up and in. Talk about that down and in spot for lefties. He likes it right there. Coming to a better spot. Tied this ball game up late. I'll say. Monasterio's 0-for-2. There's a line shot deep into the left field corner. That's down for a hit. That'll bounce over the wall for a double. Red Sox coming to life here in the seventh. Home run and a two-base hit. And now the go-ahead run is at second. Braves will go to the bullpen. Robert Suarez will be called upon. Narvaez will be the batter. Suarez got it. Gats 99 at the top of the seventh. All tied. The Red Sox need Duran to get it going. Another grounder. How about Ozzie? Full extension. Now, if that foot is bothering him, we would never know it based on this play from Ozzie Alves as he goes ranging to his left. Does a great job getting behind and around that baseball. And he goes with a long hop to make it a little bit easier for Matt Olsen. 2-1 with two out for Andrew Monasterio. Monasterio has never faced Iglesias. That should be an advantage for Rossell. And at a 2-2. He struck change-up for McGee to send us to the bottom of the ninth tied at two. Lefty Eraldis Chapman, the Cuban Missile. Wednesday night, Chapman converted his 24th consecutive save opportunity. In save opportunities during that span, Chapman has allowed zero runs and two hits. Braves looking to do some damage. Just need one run to win it. Michael Harris climbing in left on left. And he puts him away. Struck him out. One down. Gave him a little fastball on that chance, but he's really laid on it. So, if you're Harris, you're thinking, I got to speed this thing up. I was late, and he's just committing no chance. Now the 0-2 to Farmer. The pinch hitter struck him out. One, two, three, they go. We are going to the 10th inning in Atlanta. Red Sox, two. The Braves, two. Red Sox have eight, nine, and one. So, Carlos Narvaez, Isaiah Conner-Falefa, and Jaron Duran against an Atlanta reliever. The right-hander, Didier Fuentes, is on. Got him swinging. Fastball, 98. To the right side. Aussie over. So, there's your second out. Monasterio to third. That's why you love having swing and miss in your bullpen, right? The Narvaez strikeout was a big one, and it gives you that opportunity now to get out of this inning, even with contact. Mickey Gasper has been the hottest hitter of late for the Red Sox, and he's continued that tonight. Duran at second. Monasterio at third. And Fuentes, the young right-hander, looking for one more out. One-one pitch. Liner. Johnny on the spot. Everybody can exhale. Reyes will try to walk it off. Reyes with a great opportunity after Didier Fuentes keeps the Sox close to the top of the inning. The new reliever is the left-hander. Tyler Salmoniego facing the left-hand hitting Jastrzemski. Jastrzemski, long major league career. Winning run at second, and Ha-Seong Kim. Jastrzemski out to west center. Impressive there for Yaz. Left on left. He's been locked in. He's been seeing the baseball very well lately. The swings have been solid, and this was not easy to do, and he stung it. This team now 31 and 14 with the best record in baseball, and they win in 10 innings tonight.