![]() Machado, sidelined indefinitely after finding out he has a fractured bone in his left hand, agreed. The way that we finished the game, I would boo ourselves, too," Tatis said. Yet they dropped two of three to the Royals, who are last in the AL Central, and have lost nine of 11 overall to tumble to fourth place in the NL West, eight games behind the rival Los Angeles Dodgers and four games under. The Padres were supposed to be so much better this year, with baseball's third-highest payroll and a quartet of superstars in Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Juan Soto. It wasn't the first time Wednesday frustrated fans let the high-priced Padres have it as they continued to flounder with runners in scoring position and make baserunning blunders. Join us for game 3 tomorrow at 2:10 PM ET.SAN DIEGO (AP) - What was left of the crowd of 32,416 at Petco Park on a gloomy afternoon loudly booed the San Diego Padres after Ha-Seong Kim made the last out of a dismal 4-3 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals. Kirby Yates came on to secure the game and allowed a leadoff double to a scalding hot Bobby Witt, but nothing else to secure the series win. An Ozuna walk was the only productive part of the top of the ninth for Atlanta. Nick Anderson got the eighth and shut things down with two strikeouts. Sean Murphy then got another RBI walk and Ozzie brought two more runs home with a single before Jackie Bradley made a great play on a Grissom bloop to end the inning with a 9-3 score. A ball hit off the handle of Austin’s bat, initially ruled a HBP, before being called back and being struck out. Ronald got hit just above the knee with a ball on a full count and Matt Olson also worked a full count before earning an RBI walk. Marcell Ozuna continued to contribute nothing as he flied out to lead off the top eighth, but the Braves then got a rally started as Pillar and White singled. ![]() Chavez allowed a soft double to Jackie Bradley, but struck out Bobby Witt and induced a ground ball to end the inning. The Braves offense couldn’t do anything in the top of the sixth and Elder was somewhat questionable back out to start the inning, but was pulled for Chavez after allowing a single and inducing a lineout. Bryce did a good job to limit the damage at one run, however. Ozzie and Vaughn each got a bit of a lucky single before Marcell Ozuna did his thing and flied out to end the inning.Įlder allowed some hard contact in the fifth, as Witt led off the inning with a double and came home to score on another double. #ForTheA /kzGowH6TgG- Atlanta Braves April 16, 2023 Olson singled and Austin Riley just beat out a double play, setting men on the corners for Sean Murphy, who came through with another double that was absolutely smoked at 111 MPH, scoring Acuna.īasically at this point you can count on a Sean Murphy highlight being posted from this account every 30 minutes or so. The third inning was more productive for Atlanta offensively, as Acuna drew a leadoff walk. ![]() Murphy had the runner dead to rights with a great throw to second on a steal attempt, but Grissom was unable to handle it as it skimmed the infield grass. On the pitching side, Elder struck out two and allowed a single but no runs. On to the second and all that the Atlanta offense managed was to turn the lineup over, thanks to a single from Kevin Pillar. Elder escaped the inning with Perez still on second, however. Ronald made a nice catch at the wall for the first out, but Salvador Perez blasted a double off the wall to tie the game. In the bottom of the inning, Bobby Witt led the inning off with a single that he hit at 112 MPH. The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on the board in the top of the first. With Bryce Elder on the mound, the Braves looked to seize a series victory in game 2 against Kansas City.
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