After giving up eight earned runs in 3.2 innings against the Cardinals, Tuesday’s outing was a big-time relief for Carrasco. He’s a great guy to have at the back end." Carrasco in the clutchīuck Showalter knew he could rely on Carrasco to provide length in the second half of the doubleheader.īy going eight innings on Tuesday night, Carrasco ensure that the Mets only needed to use three relievers over the course of the two games.Ĭarrasco gave up leadoff hits in the first, second and sixth innings but was able to strand the Braves runner at third in each frame. He’s arguably the best reliever in the game. "It’s always been good but he’s obviously pitching with a lot of confidence as he should. Smith has only given up four hits this season as his WHIP has dropped to a sterling 0.79 mark.Īdam Ottavino struck out two Braves batters in a perfect sixth, giving him five strikeouts in his last two outings, and Edwin Diaz picked up his fifth save of the season with a pair of strikeouts and working through a two-out single from Orlando Arcia.Īs his slider has ratcheted up in effectiveness, Diaz has converted his last three save chances, including as part of the Mets' five-man combined no-hitter on April 29. "The longer I go, the more comfortable I am mixing in all my pitches and keeping guys off-balance a little bit more," Smith said. Austin Riley threatened to boost the Braves in front on a deep fly to right field, but Starling Marte tracked it down for the final out of the seventh. Philadelphia reliever Gregory Soto threw a 101-mile-per-hour fastball to strike out Orlando Arcia to strand a runner at second to close the seventh inning.As he featured his fastball and slider, Smith only allowed one walk in the two innings while throwing 32 pitches in his longest outing of the season. Realmuto grounded out and the inning was complete.Īlbies doubled with one out in the sixth, but Riley struck out and Ozuna grounded out.
Turner drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth and stole second with two outs. But Travis d'Arnaud flied out to end the threat. Riley singled with one out in the fourth for the Braves' first hit. The Braves increased their lead to 5-0 on Ozuna's home run. Kyle Schwarber then dropped a soft fly ball to left from Riley while attempting a sliding catch, allowing two more runs to score. In the 10th inning, Harris hit an RBI single to put the Braves ahead 1-0. Phillies right-hander Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the ninth. But he was left stranded when Ozuna was robbed of a go-ahead single as the Phillies' Trea Turner made a sliding stop deep at shortstop to throw him out. Harris doubled off Jose Alvarado to open the eighth inning and then advanced to third after Ronald Acuna Jr. Yunior Marte (0-1) allowed all five runs in the 10th inning, four earned, and took the loss.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola tossed six scoreless innings and allowed two hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Raisel Iglesias (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless ninth inning.īrandon Marsh had two hits for the Phillies, who received a sacrifice fly from Alec Bohm in the 10th. Marcell Ozuna added a two-run home run in a five-run 10th for the Braves, while right-hander Bryce Elder gave up three hits with six strikeouts and two walks in seven shutout innings. June 22 - Michael Harris II had two hits, including a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning to break open a scoreless deadlock, as the visiting Atlanta Braves extended their winning streak to eight games with a 5-1 victory Thursday over the Philadelphia Phillies.
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