National vs. Brave – Game Summary – August 8, 2021

ATLANTA-Ozzie Albies and Adam Duvall hit a two-stage home game from Patrick Corbin, Max Fried made six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals on Sunday 5-4.

The Albies were in the last 3 of 26 as he went deep 18th time and made a 2-1 third set.

Corbin have allowed 27 homes, most in the National League, and are 0-4 and 7.22 ERA in their last five starts. The left has lost his last five starts against Atlanta.

Three-time Eastern Division champion Braves, who won five out of six, was second behind two games after Philadelphia. They won their second consecutive series for the first time since June 29-4. July against the New York Forests and the Miami Marlins.

Atlanta manager Brian Snitker was pleased that his team had lost 3-2 the night before.

Those hard losses are happening, “Snitker said.” They’re part of it, but still, when you go to sleep and suddenly you’re here, it’s good to see how they came back. “

Fried had gone 1-1 ERA with 8.44 in three matches against Nationals this season. Fried (9-7) runners in the first and third sixth. He allowed seven hits and one run with one walk and five attacks.

Mostly it just slows everything down, focusing on my breathing, the only thing I can control is to perform this pitch here and there, Fried said. There is no attempt to do too much on one field and rely on defense. “

Atlanta scored 5-1 in the sixth set when Albies walked and scored a goal in the Austin Rileys double and Duvall hit his 24th home game.

Chris Martin faced five strikers in the ninth Braves to earn an unstable first fight in three situations. Ryan Zimmerman doubled the run and made Martin 5-4.

Corbin (6-11) gave up five hits and five runs in one walk and five attacks in six innings. He really couldn’t explain why so many of his fields have left the yard this season.

I tried to set it to zero, but that’s how it has gone for me, “Corbin said. I don’t know the answer to that … I feel good and that’s all I can say. The results really haven’t been. I wasn’t tired at all. They just happened to score goals there. “

Washington led 1-0 in the third set. Luis Garcia single, advanced walk and bunt and scored a goal Alcides Escobars single. Victor Robles and Zimmerman’s RBI Singles cut the lead 5-3 against Jesse Chavez in seventh.

Fried beat Josh Bell to run at the runner’s second base on the first. Yadiel Hernandez conquered the second and was eliminated in a double.

Nationals have dropped six out of seven. They missed nine games after Phillie.

TRAINERS ROOM

Citizens RF Juan Soto, who took care of the right knee bruises, was considered a member of the lineup for the third consecutive game before he attacked by a pinch in the eighth. He walked as a striker on Saturday, but told manager Dave Martinez that he felt a little insecure about the bases running. Martinez hopes Soto can return to the lineup on Tuesday.

Braves 1B Freddie Freeman was not in the line-up after leaving Saturday’s match with upper respiratory infections, but he became the defensive substitute in seventh. Freeman had started 110 of 111 matches in Atlanta. Since its first full season in 2011, Freeman has embarked on 1,471 starts, the second largest of the major companies in Kansas City’s Carlos Santana.

CHANGE

Bell started on the right field for the first time since 2016 with Pittsburgh. Martinez wanted to get him and 1B Zimmerman into the same lineup for the first time this season. Bell made two singles, but he didn’t have volleyball. He and Zimmerman went 4 and 10.

NEXT

National: After a day off on Monday, RHP Paolo Espino (3-3, 3.66 ERA) will face RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 3.24) as Washington opens a three-game series in the New York Forests.

Braves: After a day of rest on Monday, LHP Drew Smyly (7-3, 4.50) will face RHP Sonny Gray (4-6, 4.44) as Atlanta opens a three-game home set against Cincinnati.

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