![]() ![]() Soroka thrived on the road this season, which is probably why they pushed him back to Game 3 in St. 29, however, the Braves opted to give Soroka his first start in 10 days, which ruled him out for Games 1 and 2, and thus ruled him out from making more than one full-rest start against the Cardinals. Mike Soroka was the Braves' ace during the regular season, and he's likely bound for a top-five finish in the NL Cy Young balloting. Maybe the Braves erred with their rotation Ozuna ended the regular season in a slump, but his NLDS surge is just the latest reminder that we shouldn't read too much into how playoff teams and their players conclude the regular season. 471/.500/.1.000 with five extra-base hits and a team-high four RBI. Across these four NLDS games, he's now batting. On the other side is Ozuna, who homered twice in Game 4. Freeman's been dealing with elbow problems for some time, and it's possible that's affecting him at the plate. That allowed the ball to hit Edman, as detailed above, and bounce away. As well, Freeman made a defensive miscue in Game 4 when he prepared to receive a Markakis throw while positioned behind the baserunner. Over that same span, he's left nine runners on base. Since Game 1, Freeman has gone 0 for 12 with a walk. Since that home run in the Game 1 loss, the Braves' All-Star first baseman has struggled badly, often in key plate appearances. Over that span, those actual Atlanta relievers struck out seven, walked one, and allowed just four hard-hit balls.Ĥ. Yes, Greene got tagged with the blown save, but that was in the midst of his longest outing of 2019. At one point, Braves relievers, Josh Tomlin among them, retired eight straight. The Atlanta bullpen, a source of consternation for much of the season, actually did quality work in Game 4, as five true relievers (i.e., we're not counting Teheran in the forthcoming numbers) combined to twirl 5 2/3 innings - all of them high-leverage innings - of one-run ball after an ineffective Keuchel was lifted. The Atlanta bullpen actually did a solid job The most famous of these was in Game 6 and Game 7 of the 1991 World Series against the Twins. Smyth goes on to note that the Braves on four occasions have lost in walk-off fashion in a potential postseason clincher. The second was Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, when David Freese sent 'em home. The first was on Jim Edmonds' home run in Game 6 of the 2004 NLCS. As James Smyth points out on Twitter, this is just the third time that the Cardinals have won on a walk-off in an elimination game. This was a walk-off, and the Cardinals coming in were down 2-1 in a best-of-five. In the bottom of the tenth, though, the Cardinals of course notched the walk-off. Then, for an instant or two, it seemed like Dexter Fowler had ended it, but his yanked liner down the line landed just a couple of feet foul. On the play, Edman was running and nearly got doubled off first on the throw from Nick Markakis, but the ball hit Edman and scooted away from first baseman Freddie Freeman. Paul DeJong then got behind in the count thanks to a poorly executed (and poorly conceived) bunt attempt but made a well struck out to right field. In the home half of the ninth, Tommy Edman started things with a sharply hit leadoff single off Shane Greene. The Braves threatened in the top of the ninth with a leadoff double by Ronald Acuna Jr., who had four hits on the day, but Carlos Martinez was able to strand him. Each hit had an exit velocity of less than 70 mph. In the bottom of the eighth, Paul Goldschmidt dumped a broken-bat double into left field, and with two outs Yadier Molina sneaked a game-tying single just off and over the outstretched glove of Freddie Freeman at first base. ![]() Here's a look at how NLDS Game 4 tracked, courtesy of FanGraphs: The win probability chart tracks each team's chances of winning a given game as that game progresses. Now for seveb key takeaways from this one. ![]() ![]() Ace Jack Flaherty will take the mound for St. Game 5 between the Cardinals and Braves will be in SunTrust Park on Wednesday. Molina also had a game-tying single in the eighth. Yadier Molina lifted a deep fly ball to left to plate Wong on a game-winning sac fly. An intentional walk of Paul Goldschmidt followed, and then Marcell Ozuna advanced Wong to third on a fielder's choice. Kolten Wong led off the bottom of the 10th with an opposite-field double off Julio Teheran, who had been pressed into high-leverage relief because of bullpen churn earlier in the game. Louis prevailed 5-4 ( box score), in 10 innings and in walk-off fashion, to force a decisive Game 5 back in Atlanta. NLDS Game 4 between the Braves and Cardinals purveyed yet another taut affair, as St. ![]()
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