ATLANTA – Didi Gregorius took a three-run win in the fourth inning of four-lane Philadelphia and blew the sacrifice in the ninth to help the Phillies win the Atlanta Braves’ four-game streak with a 7-6 victory Sunday night.
Alec Bohm doubled Braves closer to Will Smith to start the ninth, advanced to third in a bunt and scored 7-6 with Gregorius flying on the left flank. Marcell Ozuna’s shot bounced twice before Bohm was initially considered safe, though it looked like he didn’t put his foot down on the plate against Arnaud receiver Travis’ etiquette attempt.
The play was reviewed and confirmed, causing Truist Park fans to throw debris into the field and cause the ground crew to come out to pick up trash.
“I was told he was safe,” Bohm said when asked if he thought he was out. “That’s all that matters.”
Bohm was not surprised that the base’s third coach, Dusty Wathan, sent him.
“The whole bat-bat that said,‘ We’re scoring a fly ball. I’ll put it in your ear and let you know, ”Bohm said. “The ball went up. I reached into my bag and said, “Yes, yes, yes!” As soon as (Ozuna) caught him, I took off ”.
D’Arnaud was disappointed with the decision to review the video.
“A nice jump of two, it hit me in the chest,” D’Arnaud said. “I leaned over, applied the label and blocked the plate after catching the ball. Initially, I didn’t know if I was safe or just because I had slipped to the right to make sure I was blocking the plate, but after watching the playback it didn’t look like his foot was touching the bag, since no angle we saw.
“Then I saw it from more angles and it didn’t look like his foot was touching the plate.”
Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins scored at home for the Phillies, who had lost three of four. Héctor Neris faced the minimum in the ninth to win his second save and has an ERA of 1.86 with five consecutive savings converted and 25 shots, a period of 19 1/3 innings, since last August 28th.
Jose Alvarado (2-0) pitched eighth to win. Smith (0-2) took the defeat.
Ronald Acuña Jr., Freddie Freeman and Ozzie Albies got a domestic for the power of the brave. Acuña, in a hot streak during his last six games, won 9 for 13 in the three-game series and scored twice.
Homer for the second night in a row, Harper pulled reliever Nate Jones deep with a solo shot on the left field to make it 6-5. Acuña’s fourth homer, who reached the bottom half of the inning to make it 6, sailed 428 feet to reliever Sam Coonrod’s center field.
Freeman’s fourth homer, who came out of starter Matt Moore’s initial change, cleared the fence in the center to force a five-pointer in the fifth.
“It was a great match,” Bohm said. “Every time they scored, we responded. Any time we scored, they responded. It’s a good victory. “
The Braves went up 3-0 in the first. Acuña got a field single and Albies got his first home run before Arnaud doubled and scored on Dansby Swanson’s single.
Philadelphia made it 3-1 in the second when JT Realmuto doubled and scored on Jean Segura’s sacrifice.
In the fourth, Hoskins’ second homer went to the left, reducing the lead to 3-2, before Gregorius crushed a curve ball from starter Drew Smyly in the right field seats to get a three-street homer give the Phillies a 5-3 lead. .
Gregorius credited Bohm and Jean Segura for getting to the base before their three-run shot.
“I came out great for the team with the three-run homer, but that inning didn’t happen without Seggie doing his job, and I tried to hit the ball deep enough for Bohm to score,” Gregorius said. “That’s the best part of the game.”
The Braves responded with a run to make it 5-4 at the end of the quarter when Cristian Pache doubled, advanced on a bunt and scored on the wing of Acuña’s sacrifice.
Phillies starter Matt Moore gave up five runs and nine hits and scored three in five innings. Smyly allowed five runs and five hits and scored three in five innings.